Event Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2022

IMEX America, which returns to Las Vegas October 10 – 13, is set to address the new needs of the industry head on, bringing together the global business events community in a four-day event designed to deliver a tailored, targeted and enjoyable business experience.?? . 3,000+ global buyers.

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EncoreAPAC

JULY 3, 2023

They can be constructed on the ground or from the ceiling, flat or curved to create a custom solution to suit your event design and create an immersive experience for your guests. Mobile, Modular, 2D and 3D LED Choose from a variety of modular LED shapes to suit your event design or content needs.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. And a bright, tropical design freshened the halls and meeting spaces.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Johnson (GPJ) partners on marketing campaigns and flagship events for IBM, including its Think conference. After taking Think to the Australia and New Zealand market in 2016 and 2017, GPJ wanted to kick things up a notch for 2018. Johnson Australia, the global event agency partner of IBM. Agency George P.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In this post, you’ll find a comprehensive list of the most important event industry conferences that every event professional should attend this year. Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals. Melbourne, Australia. Phoenix, Arizona.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 22, 2018

And how does culture impact meetings? These were a few of the topics during “Multi-Cultural Design Thinking: Custom Touches for Remarkable Events” at Convening Leaders 2018. Posch stressed that the concept of the “cultural iceberg,” — there’s only so much one can glean from the surface when meeting someone.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2017

Event Details. July 23–26, 2017 International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney Sydney, Australia.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Old Melbourne Gaol, Melbourne, Australia. Pictured: Atlantic Group and Solution Entertainment presented ‘The Future of Events’ in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. An old jailhouse for an event space? Insanely Innovative Meeting Space. Espace C2, The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada. Photo Credit Frank Lee.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2023

Italy, Australia, Mexico and Canada to roll out the welcome wagon for attendees. Intel is meeting the event industry’s high stakes with high-touch experiences guided by its subject matter experts for curated groups of customers. And from the ceo to the facilities manager, all hands were on deck—and all egos were in check. “It

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 4, 2019

Sessions scheduled in eight countries including Australia, China, India, Japan and Indonesia. PCMA is significantly increasing its Asia-Pacific presence in 2019, as one of the global leaders in business events demonstrates its dedication to supporting the region’s thriving industry. “As 2019 PCMA APAC Annual Conference.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. Right now, those sorts of challenges are popping up at events all over the world.

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EncoreAPAC

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Here, Encore shares insights on how your venue can capitalise on a resurgent market in Australia and the South Pacific. Improved pitching, adding value and event enhancements. Actual Event. of event planners would prefer to remove some installed equipment for more flexible staging, lighting, audio and other production demands.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2017

The inaugural Pink Hour at IMEX in Frankfurt, Germany, last week, celebrating women in the meetings and events industry. Only 30 percent of the women who responded to a new international survey about women in the meetings and events industry said they feel as if they are treated equally compared to men when it comes to salary.

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Decibel Management

MARCH 27, 2021

Need another great keynote speaker for your next virtual or “in real life” event? Meet Charlene Li. This one’s for the event peeps among us. Meet Eric Stuart. Meet Dr. Jennifer Golbeck. So if you’re looking for someone who can do that, online, or in person, meet Greg McKeown. Charlene Li.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? Convene Salary Survey 2017. Ninety percent are female; 10 percent are male.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? Convene Salary Survey 2017. Ninety percent are female; 10 percent are male.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 13, 2017

The second half aimed to make attendees more comfortable performing under pressure, and included a “string of pearls” improvisational exercise in which volunteers wove together a story from unrelated sentences — starting with “Ten years ago, I visited Australia” and ending with “And the detective shut the door and walked away.”

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EncoreAPAC

MARCH 1, 2021

With majority of events turning to a hybrid format, so too are company Annual General Meetings. Hybrid AGMs have even been endorsed by Australia’s Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, who weighed in on the debate last year around virtual AGMs confirming the government’s preference for a hybrid event model. Lumi Global.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Those questions are fueling research projects, articles, meetings, and, increasingly, corporate social responsibility efforts. In the United States alone, nearly one-third of beehives have succumbed to colony-collapse disorder in recent years; last September, seven species of Hawaiian yellow-faced bees landed on the U.S.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Meeting Planner, Association of American Medical Colleges. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Heading home from our annual meeting a few years ago. It was so much fun just relaxing and visiting with everyone, knowing that the meeting had been such a success. Melbourne, Australia.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

Airbnb rented out the recently opened retail destination for Australia-based BNKR—pronounced “bunker”—to deliver a rarity at face-to-face gatherings: time to think. Where in the world have you traveled to meet one of your guests? The map guided me to my favorite part of Airbnb Open—an environment called Share Your Story @BNKR.

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EventMB

MAY 26, 2022

Australia-based Delegate Connect raised $10 million in seed capital in their first ever funding round. The round is one of Australia’s largest Seed rounds, and for AirTree Ventures , who led the round, it’s the biggest Seed cheque written in the fund’s history. Delegate Connect Raises $10M in Seed Funding. September 16, 2021.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

His travels included Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii, moving up the U.S. And the reviews are glowing; event planners are extremely happy with the helpfulness of the staff, their small personal touches, and their overall willingness to accommodate special requests. Imperial is where styles meets technology.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 22, 2018

Event Marketing Like a Boss : The must-know secrets to event success for event organizers — from maximizing registrations, to the importance of attendee networking and engagement. 6 Event Venue Trends to Consider : Harness the power of event venue design to maximize your attendees' experience and engagement!

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

This event invites the best and brightest hackers in the ever-expanding Swift community to explore new horizons. DGI has military, civilian and industry geospatial intelligence leaders at this year's meeting in London to discuss new policy developments and the latest in technology. East Meets West. Sydney, Australia.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Every year, when we compile the latest Meetings Market Survey results, we compare them to the previous year’s survey. Other key benchmarks, like room-block size, reflect greater fluctuations, indicating that there are other factors at work besides the economy that affect the way event organizers do business. In last year’s survey: +2.9

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