Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Festival of Learning is being supported by: GES – headline sponsor Anna Valley – Excellence Awards sponsor EventsAIR – digital platform provider ExCeL London – live event venue and hospitality Outsourced Events – PCO (delivered by ABPCO member Sue Frye and her team) The Meetings Show – after show party sponsor ACC Liverpool – Excellence Awards (..)

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Featuring a dramatic location on sparkling San Francisco Bay, Berkeley is an inspiring destination for meetings, events, and celebrations. Meetings and conferences gain focus and status from Berkeley’s university-town climate of thought leadership. There’s also the Berkeley bonus.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 14, 2018

As a venue provider that fully understands the current market trends as well as clients’ needs and demands, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) knows that more creative and innovative measures must be implemented to ensure successful delivery of client events. The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 26, 2016

The Event Services Professionals Association just released a customizable toolkit of accessibility checklists hotels, convention centers, and convention and visitors bureaus can customize to show planner clients how they accommodate people with disabilities. read more.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 26, 2016

The Event Services Professionals Association just released a customizable toolkit of accessibility checklists hotels, convention centers, and convention and visitors bureaus can customize to show planner clients how they accommodate people with disabilities. read more.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

APRIL 16, 2019

You have fallen in love with a destination and want to hold your next meeting there. With so many wonderful countries, cities and venues to choose from, this selection process can seem like fetching a needle out of a proverbial haystack. Hotel Room. Types of Hotels and Meeting Space. But will attendees love it too?

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Its rankings by International Congress and Convention Association (ICAA) have risen steadily over the decades: In 2016, Mexico City hosted more association meetings than Toronto, New York City or Washington, D.C. 38,479 hotels rooms (four-star and above) at 600 hotels. of meeting and convention space.

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Event Industry News

MAY 9, 2018

In the latest International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA) ranking, Germany is once again ranked as the number one association meetings country in Europe for the 14 th time in a row. Based on the just-released 2017 ICCA statistics, 682 international association meetings took place in Germany in 2017.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 14, 2018

Look for hotels with family suites. Check with the CVB or hotel for suggestions (daycare, in-hotel babysitting, local day camp programs, etc.). Better yet, arrange for a small room with a refrigerator in the conference venue for mothers who need to use breast pumps. military and association meetings around the globe.

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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? On J Street, Grange Restaurant & Bar in Citizen Hotel is an award-winning, locally sourced dining experience.

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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.

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Event Industry News

MAY 20, 2020

The mia represents more than 800 members within the business events industry from hotels, venues and industry suppliers. The association also runs the AIM accreditation scheme, the UK’s only recognised accreditation scheme for the meetings and events industry.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

In fact, the biggest hindrance to association meeting planning right now is that “time is ticking away,” Colangelo said. You have these rock-star meeting planning employees. This prearranged meeting structure can create comfortable, private networking opportunities for attendees. What is the plan: Hit pause? Punt to fall?

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SmartMeetings

JULY 17, 2017

According to the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) 2016 rankings, the number- one city for international association meetings is Paris. The Southern California city is ready to take on its third Olympiad by utilizing pre-existing venues. Other considerations: Los Angeles.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Spacebase, a website for finding and booking unconventional, non-hotel venues for small meetings, has expanded out of Europe, with a just-launched presence in New York. read more.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

I expect to continue to improve at a slower pace now because venues are taking away or not offering concessions, plus have greatly increased room rates. I am finding it difficult to find venues that meet our needs and stay within budget. I feel that I am being pushed out into less desirable locations/hotels.”.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) drew crowds to its trade show booth with a citywide interactive screen, which allowed users to access to hotel, convention and event spaces through the power of touch-screen technology. Industry Trends. said Karen Ruiz from Au Courant Events, who attended the session.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

And in the past year, a dozen new meeting and event spaces have opened throughout the city. With these new venues, San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area offer more than 360 special event facilities in addition to the city’s impressive Moscone Convention Center.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As Heart Attack on a Plate.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

Like many DMOs and venues, Meet Minneapolis and the Palais des congrès de Montréal field hundreds of leads each year. “I I try to develop, every single year, about 60 or 70 international associations,” said Perron, who, with three other people, focuses on the international market. “We A JOURNEY ABROAD. We are a knowledge hub.”.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Lastly, I’d like to generate more interest in association meetings management and make this industry more attractive to students, who potentially will be the future leaders of our field. My favorite part of my job is the amazing people I get to interact with and meet on a daily basis. Associate Meeting Planner, Harborside.

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