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Solving for Pricing, Sponsorships, and Skills Challenges When Going Digital

PCMA Convene

Standups — or short meetings — can be a great tool for teams who are having to shift skills in order to meet the needs of digital event planning. As we move into May, the immediate future of live events remains uncertain. They have to get two things right: Working on that and on a virtual event. Punt to fall?

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19 Trends to Watch in 2019

Connect Your Meetings

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 On the Up-and-Up.

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IBTM World reveals first details of 2019 Association Programme

Event Industry News

Created in partnership with the Association of Association Executives (AAE), the programmeincludes eight topical sessions addressing some of the key challenges facing association event organisers. The afternoon concludes with Associations Connect, a peer-to-peer networking event, in association with ICCA.

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14 Best Event Management Software Solutions for 2024

Eventmobi

As an event organizer, your to-do list is likely never-ending. You have to juggle all of your event goals, priorities, vendors, sponsors, and attendees at once. With so many tasks on your plate, how can you ensure everything gets done while still creating an immersive, engaging event experience?

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China Exerts More Control Over Foreign-Based Associations

PCMA Convene

Activities of a temporary nature — such as meetings and events — are to be registered with Chinese partner entities that agree to serve as sponsors. based associations will rethink their activities in China. My current understanding is that foreign associations that have no presence in China will need to find a local partner.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas. Event Technology in Action. Innovation Tours were led by Glenn Thayer of Emcee Squared.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. Similarly, the chief indicators of the business-events industry continued to reflect a healthy economic environment, with mostly positive increases. Thinking ahead — The average booking window for large meetings is 2.2