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2017 Association Trends that Impact Travel, Trade Shows & Hotels

SmartMeetings

As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? SmithBucklin—a leading association management and services company—released Circuit , its 2017 trend report that examines what issues professional organizations face in the coming year. Meeting planners do, too.

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

PCMA Convene

Joe Colangelo, CEO and cofounder of Arlington, Virginia–based Bear Analytics , a consulting and tech firm for associations and events, said that associations realize that they must pivot faster. If they have a live meeting planned in 2020, Colangelo said, they see that they must take it down — like a house, brick by brick.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

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. LVCVA developed the trade show booth over the past year in partnership with Inhance Digital.

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Ninja Moves for Improved Conference Session Marketing

Velvet Chainsaw

As conference education trumps the exhibit hall experience at many association meetings, or creeps into your trade show experience to create a solutions-driven, holistic experience for your attendees, upping your game with session titles, descriptions, and learning objectives has become more important than ever.