Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ask a seasoned meeting planner what they would recommend you do to further your career and, more often than not, they will tell you to network. Networking is a great way to meet industry leaders as well as to keep on top of the latest and greatest event planning trends. Most meeting planner associations also have local chapters.

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Event Industry News

JULY 8, 2021

The CHS Group, in partnership with the wider West Midland meetings and events industry, has launched a celebratory week for event professionals. CHS is once again collaborating with ICC Birmingham as part of the week long itinerary, but also bringing together the industry’s key trade associations.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 3, 2023

For the hiring wave of 2023, it’s taking longer to find the right meeting planning candidate—it’s not always a clear fit in today’s workplace environment. Meeting and convention departments powered through these macro workplace trends. It’s been an intense few years for U.S. workplaces. In fact, in March 2022—one year ago—a record 4.5

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2024

Changes in the work environment and in the next generation’s mindset mean that in-person corporate meetings must be different—but still must happen. In addition to online training, GE will now hold more regional meetings at hotels and other venues that are near the company’s production facilities around the country.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 6, 2022

Five Associations Professional Meeting Planners Need to Know. Have you recently entered the events industry and are looking for associations to join that will help you learn the tricks of the trade? Are you an experienced event planning professional and searching for new associations to become a member of?

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Event Industry News

MAY 5, 2021

The City of Vienna is providing the Vienna Tourist Board and its Vienna Convention Bureau with an additional €4 million to support national and international organisers of meetings held in the city, from 1 May 2021 to 31 December 2023, paving the way for the sector’s growth offering up to €60,000 of funding per event.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2022

The annual Walmart Associates Week accomplishes much more than fulfilling the company’s regulatory requirements of reporting the past year’s performance and voting on matters affecting corporate operation. We’re a purpose-driven company,” explains Walmart’s Mark Henneberger, vice president of shows and events. Live Better.’”.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2024

What to expect at Business Events Industry Week 2024 The meetings and events industry calendar is a crowded place, filled with must-attend association conferences, regional gatherings and our own projects, especially in the summer and fall. April 8-11 to incorporate the spirit of Global Meetings Industry Day in the festivities. “We

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StraussCA

DECEMBER 9, 2021

When was the last time you got together with colleagues for an in-person association meeting or event? We had a three-day meeting with a board of directors – a group which hasn’t gotten together in the flesh since before the pandemic. Some association board members hadn’t even met each other yet.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2017

Changing compliance codes in Europe regulating medical-device companies are expected to have a major effect on U.S.-based They will need to plan for a loss in revenue from any international delegation sponsored by medical-device companies in Europe.” medical-meetings industry braced for a loss of revenue that didn’t materialize.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Eastside Rooms is continuing to target domestic and international association meetings through a partnership with industry expert Julie Watterston from Watterston Associates. The venue is already working closely with West Midlands Growth Company and ABPCO to extend its partnerships throughout the sector.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Most recently, she was sales director at Resort Lifestyle Communities in South Carolina, a hospitality company that provides resort-style living options for its retired residents. Dallas hospitality management company Makeready added Hafer to the team as director of global group sales. Maritz , the professional services company in St.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to planning a meeting or event, whenever possible we all want the top of everything. Top venue, top accommodations, top service companies and yes top city and country. The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) released its Top Rankings for cities and countries around the globe. Who is the ICCA?

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Many companies offer seminars as part of their company’s marketing plan. While that may be true, I’m always leery when I see companies start to promote their services during the seminar. Another reputable source are the industries associations. They have since expanded and offer many cloud-based meetings and events tools.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 11, 2024

Do you simply hit the streets and submit an event planner resume to as many companies as possible? Well, while that is one way of getting your name out there, it may not necessarily be the most effective way to promote yourself in the meetings and events industry. So you want to be an event planner. Be honest with yourself. Networking.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. That book came out in 2009, and suddenly I was in the meeting industry.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Milburn recently spoke with Convene from her home in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, which happens to be in the middle of a United Nations biosphere reserve — a place where you can easily picture the founder and CEO of a company called Ethical Swag living. To this day, Milburn said, the company does next to no advertising.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Nasdaq: CVT), a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, and Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. The Business Combination was approved by Dragoneer shareholders at a special meeting held on 7 December 2021. Cvent Holding Corp.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 7, 2019

Companies have more money for meetings, but planners have less funds to host the events. The new normal in events is incremental growth, says American Express Meetings & Events in its 2019 Global Meetings & Events Forecast. Meeting budgets are expected to increase by.8 But don’t be alarmed. Training Days.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The set-up is already being well received by both corporate ‘brand-heavy’ events, as well as association meetings and conventions. As a technology-based company, it’s been exciting to look at the pitch side stage experience that we can offer at the stadium,” commented Ian Walker, Managing Director, LEDhouse.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Home to the British Medical Association since 1925, their venue now boasts 22 unique and versatile spaces for up to 320, including 11 purpose-built meeting rooms, all fitted with cutting edge AV technology. Take a step out of your meeting into the Courtyard and Garden, a rare asset within a city.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

Events confirmed range from corporate conferences and AGMs to association meetings and government departmental events. It is apparent that companies are looking to increase employee or member engagement with the events planned. These bookings are largely from new customers and SMEs rather than large enterprise companies.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 15, 2016

During a recent Blab chat, AV and production pros talked about the plusses and minuses of using in-house versus third-party AV companies. read more.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Leading venue, Manchester Central, is pleased to announce that it has extended its partnership with technical event production specialist, Blitz, a GES company, to be its preferred, in-house partner for audio visual services. We look forward to creating many extraordinary and memorable experiences for both the venue and their clients.”.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 8, 2018

Always striving to improve the customer experience for both meeting planners and meeting […]. The post ETS Reminds PCMA Attendees that Transportation is Technology Too – #PCMACL appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Event Industry News

JULY 1, 2021

The Meetings and Events Support Association (MESA) has been launched to embrace and support innovation in the meetings and event industry. The new organisation’s principle aim is to create A community network of companies and a ‘people-first’ ethos, collaborating and working together with fresh new ideas.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

a travel company specializing in incentive cruises and corporate events at sea. Today’s ships are every bit as stunning as some of the best hotels out there and offer tremendous meeting and event options.”. Cruises appeal to affinity groups, alumni organizations, corporate groups and geographically dispersed associations.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 22, 2018

When ASAE President & CEO John Graham, FASAE, CAE, announced a bold, new registration-payment model for next year’s Experience Design Project (XDP) event during the Opening General Session of ASAE’s Annual Meeting in Chicago this past Sunday, the audience of around 6,000 attendees erupted in applause. “Not at all.”

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 3, 2019

Meetings held in these laid-back locales pair well with team building. Smart Meetings checked in with Nancy Light, vice president of Wine Institute , for some of the best group programs up and down the state. Wine Concerts: Start the meeting off with a concert in the vineyard at Clos LaChance Vineyards in San Marin. North Coast.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Located in the heart of Downtown Cleveland, the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland offers more than 390,000 square feet of flexible exhibit and meeting space for conventions, tradeshows, meetings, conferences, and special events. of meeting and event space, 30 breakout rooms and a 32,000 sq.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

For professional associations and meeting planners, membership does have its privileges. As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? For the meeting planning industry, smartphones provide an easy way to keep clients engaged and deliver content.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

I have a combined deep industry knowledge with experience design and project management, while maintaining excellent stakeholder relationships to elevate customer engagement in my company’s annual conference. metro area in 2007, I had the opportunity to start working in a medical specialty association on educational programming.

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Attendify

JANUARY 12, 2018

So, how can you do it for your meetings and events? Earlier this week, the event technology company announced that it would publish its product roadmap. That’s right, anyone can now see what Attendify is planning and developing in the foreseeable future,” the company wrote in a blog post. So, why is the company doing it?

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Are you one of the more than 1,000 association meeting professionals attending the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) Holiday Spectacular at Sacramento Convention Center this week? You can even go online to meet the farmer providing the eggs, tomatoes and lamb shanks that will end up on your plate.

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The MICE

JANUARY 11, 2021

Switzerland is a premium country for meetings and events. The lobby lounge bar is a ‘meeting place’ because it’s close to the train station and easy to access for those coming by train even for a meeting. Everyone at this stage is concerned with being associated with a “spreader event”. Full destination spotlight video.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 14, 2017

In addition to skiing enthusiasts, the hotel and travel industry—as well as event planners that specialize in selecting venues for intimate corporate and association meetings—is taking notice of the deal. The post Aspen Skiing and KSL Capital Acquire Mammoth Resorts appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

We’re thrilled to welcome meeting and event attendees back to the City by the Bay. San Francisco’s welcoming people, its unbeatable food scene, and its endless activity regularly lead to record-breaking meeting attendance. And in the past year, a dozen new meeting and event spaces have opened throughout the city.

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