Eventmobi

MARCH 6, 2024

The best event management software will act as your partner throughout the event management process. Whether you need an all-in-one solution or a tool for specific event needs, you can use event software for any aspect of managing your next conference, trade show, association meeting, workshop, or fundraising event.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 27, 2023

Ksenija Polla, CMP is Regional Director North America at ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association. Ksenija started her career in Croatia, […]

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2022

Editor’s Note : As part of Back Light, an ongoing series of looks behind the scenes at how events are being produced today, we asked Paula Mettler Marketing and communications manager with Leo Events to share a look at a recent production for a major retailer. Associates Meeting, and the legendary Associates Celebration to wrap up the week.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 29, 2024

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups. That’s because all the fixed costs of maintaining a property still had to be paid” during a time when in-person events were halted or limited.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Emirates Old Trafford have announced the appointment of SFA Connect that will see the agency target larger, experience led, business events, including association meetings, for the Manchester-based venue.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 27, 2023

asked Jennifer Mammele , manager, conference & events, Merchant Advisory Group in the PCMA Catalyst forum. However, the plant managers at our summer training session barely responded to our numerous requests. This was a workshop of under 45 so it was easier to manage. Here’s a sampling from two recent Catalyst discussions.

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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. They have a great team and a really good product that association meeting organisers will find easy to work within.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Tourism bureau Experience Columbia SC hired both Shaffer and Lilly as sales managers. Shaffer has also been association and corporate sales manager at The DeSoto Savannah in Georgia, sales manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center and more. Daniel Gibson. Tiffany Alves Hafer.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Lime Venue Portfolio is looking to grow its partnerships within the association meetings community by joining ABPCO.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Initially developed by SearchWide Global in partnership with Destinations International and the International Association of Venue Managers, the program provides hands-on work experience to ethnically diverse applicants in three career tracks: meetings and events, destination hospitality, and sports. Ray Bloom, chairman, IMEX.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

An Event Planners Association Is a Great Place to Start Networking When I first started in the meetings and events industry, I was part of a young, upstart, DMC (Destination Management Company). What I and my partners quickly learned was that we needed to join industry associations so that we would start to be recognized.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 11, 2023

And their management consists of experts from the event planning industry. Over the last several years management at convention centers have begun to address the supplier cost perception. In other words, you may be pleasantly surprised to learn how low the fees can be for some of the services associated with convention centers.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2024

A Robust Agenda The week starts with Certified Destination Management Executive certification April 6-9 and Convention Sales & Services Summit, which has expanded to two days. Then Global Leadership Conference, which brings together PCMA Advisory Boards, partners and chapter leaders from around the world.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 10, 2016

While a new report finds meeting risk management much improved over the past three years, these areas still need attention. read more.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 25, 2020

BMA House has created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect the ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. Kat Winfield, venue manager of BMA House comments: “We recognise that events are changing. Created using professional camera and sound suite managed by two technicians.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. They are trying to make up for lost revenue and profit” from the Covid pandemic.

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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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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The holiday spirit took over Sacramento’s renovated SAFE Credit Union Convention Center last week as 400 association meeting professionals came together during the return of CalSAE ’s Seasonal Spectacular event Dec. Associations pivoted faster than they ever have before,” said Jim Anderson, CalSAE president and CEO.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 11, 2024

Join major industry associations (Meeting Professionals International, Professional Convention Management Association, CVB’s, for example). Then when reviewing job ads, try to narrow down the skills that they are seeking. Be honest with yourself. Networking. Attend industry events. Social Media.

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Eventmobi

DECEMBER 9, 2020

With their first hybrid event MEET THE CHANGE, the German meetings industry association MEET GERMANY needed to deliver an innovative event format. Michael Hapka, Managing Director, Mercedes Benz Arena Berlin. MEET THE CHANGE in Numbers. The Experience on Site. At first glance – business as usual!

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 7, 2019

2019 will be a growth year for the meetings industry, with activity expected to increase across all meeting types and regions,” says Issa Jouaneh, senior vice president and general manager at American Express Meetings & Events. Meeting budgets are expected to increase by.8 Here Comes the But. That’s Not Fair!

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Another reputable source are the industries associations. Meeting Professionals International (MP I) and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) are two of the biggest associations in the meetings and events industry.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

In a nutshell, I think that our industry associations have become too focused on justifying their continued existence financially, and are neglecting their core mission of supporting and representing their members and association meeting attendees.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 8, 2018

Today, Event Transportation Systems (ETS), shuttle transportation management company for corporate and association meetings, conferences, and conventions, released the latest web-based versions of the ETS-Next-Shuttle app and ETS-Shuttle-Tracker transportation management software at the Professional Convention Managers Association’s annual conference, (..)

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Launched an expanded partnership with Amadeus, a leading hospitality technology platform, to increase bookings for small meetings and events. Extended its long-standing strategic partnership with the largest global meetings and event industry association, Meeting Professionals International (MPI).

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 6, 2022

If you are searching for an association which boasts global connections and a diverse community of event professionals, look no further than the American Planning Association. Meeting Professionals International (MPI). These amazing resources are at your fingertips when you become a member of Meeting Professionals International!

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StraussCA

APRIL 21, 2022

Not only can you videoconference for meetings, which has been utilized to see each other “face-to-face” for years, I have learned to use it for so much more. The AGM is the gathering of members of an association to carry out such transactions as presenting financial statements and appointing new directors to the board.

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StraussCA

AUGUST 5, 2021

As associations consider when to bring members together, they must consider that members must be ready, willing, and able to do so. When I look at pictures of colleagues gathering at association meetings in the United States – maskless – I realize that I too will be able to do this (more restrictions not withstanding).

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

As part of ongoing investment in the services most needed by clients, BMA’s expert technicians have created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. Created using professional cameras and sound suite managed by two technicians.

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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. Corporates are looking to bring senior managers and partners together to plan and strategise. It is apparent that companies are looking to increase employee or member engagement with the events planned.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

As part of ongoing investment in the services most needed by clients, BMA House’s expert technicians have created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. Created using professional cameras and sound suite managed by two technicians.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2021

As part of ongoing investment in the services most needed by clients, BMA’s expert technicians have created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. Created using professional cameras and sound suite managed by two technicians.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 19, 2016

It’s just one of the smart behind-the-scenes initiatives that Keegan Hooks, senior director, SAPPHIRE NOW, SAP events business management office, shared with me and a group of corporate and association meeting professionals who took part in a PCMA Roadshow this week, sponsored by Visit Orlando and the Orange County Convention Center.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Heather Wakefield, 39, works remotely in Nashville, Tennessee, as a s enior manager of education and events at Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society. What I do: I am a results-oriented, event and education professional with more than 10 years of experience in healthcare nonprofit associations. When I moved to the Washington D.C.

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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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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Wednesday 1st – Online 1345-1400 ABPCO Chairs – Michael Smith & Barbara Calderwood Welcome 1400-1445 Adam Baggs, Soaring Worldwide Positive thought, Positive interaction and Positive action – how the 3Ps can support your mental health 1600-1645 Martin Boyle & IAPCO Representatives International Collaboration: working together (..)

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 4, 2021

AIM led one client, the Federation of Family Paediatricians (FIMP), into a 3D world with the 3D FIMP House — the first fully digital annual conference for the association, held in October 2020 in an immersive, 3D environment that gave participants the experience of learning in a family home.

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