Event Industry News

MAY 20, 2020

Despite the Corona crisis, German consumer electronics fair IFA 2020 is to take place as an on-site event in Berlin, but with a significantly smaller number of visitors. The reason is the ban imposed by the state of Berlin on major events with more than 5,000 participants until October 24 in order to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.

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Bizzabo

MAY 31, 2019

Ready to host a stellar event in Berlin? The first known settlement in Berlin is estimated to have originated in 1192. And while Berlin has a bit of a checkered past, it has been able to move beyond it and become one of Europe's crowning jewels. 30 Berlin Event Venues. Location: Berlin. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

United Adds New Non-Stops to 100+ International Cities This Summer to Meet ‘Soaring Overseas Travel Demand’ United Airlines has announced that it will fly to 114 different international cities this summer and has expanded its flying by 25% versus last year to meet the sharp increase in demand for travel outside of the U.S.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 10, 2020

The Hague & Partners hosted a HagueTalks event at the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin last week. The event, which was supported by The Hague Business Agency and The Hague Convention Bureau, was attended by around 50 participants from the global meetings and events industry, NGOs, public and private sector.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 6, 2020

The news comes at a time when meetings and events around the world have been postponed due to Coronavirus. Grip, the award-winning event matchmaking software, has announced today a development in its software which allows event attendees to conduct meetings via virtual meeting rooms.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As stated previously (in this blog as well as many others), meeting planners are a busy bunch of industry professionals. They accomplish these responsibilities and tasks through an unbelievable amount of effort, planning and organizing the various meetings and events on their plate. Have no fear there is some great support out there.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 10, 2019

Neptunus , the structure specialists, have built a temporary terminal building that will be in place for up to two years while urgent renovation work is carried out to Flughafen Berlin Schönefeld Airport. To meet the increased demand major renovations are required to the airport’s infrastructure.

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EventMB

JUNE 1, 2022

If our industry is to meet net-zero targets by no later than 2050, the entire supply chain must work in partnership to find and implement powerful solutions,” said Virginie De Visscher, Senior Director of Business Development, Economic Sectors, Destination Canada Business Events. Read more about Panama’s sustainable efforts here.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Heike Mahmoud , CMP, was one of the first European meeting professionals to earn the Certified Meting Professional (CMP) designation through the Events Industry Council (EIC) in 2006. It is a seal of quality that is immediately understood and is one of the foundations for success in the international meetings industry,” she says.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As scientists across the globe research Covid-19’s Omicron variant to learn if it’s more transmissible, resistant to current vaccines, or likely to make people sicker than other variants, meeting professionals remain on alert. Here are four reasons the meetings industry is more resilient than ever.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Berlin is in its highest season of the year in September and October, groaning from one fair and event to another. What an ease when November is here — time for your short-term meetings, with fair prices and high availability. During September and October, availability for events and groups is limited in Berlin, and prices are high.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Last weekend, the second edition of the Future of Festivals took place in the Arena Berlin.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

MARCH 1, 2019

Today, these ideals are very much the representative characteristics of the city of Berlin. During Berlin’s emergence from its divided past, an attitude of tolerance and acceptance became the city’s defining vibe. Consider, for a moment, that according to the May 26 edition of Business Insider , Berlin ranked No.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 3, 2020

The pivot from physical to virtual is upon us and Grip has already facilitated several thousand virtual meetings over the last couple of weeks. Whereby is now fully embedded into the Grip platform and has now rolled-out the additional features to clients including Clarion, Informa and ITB Berlin.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Cvent, a meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, today released its annual list of the Top Meeting Destinations for meetings and events in Europe. For the fifth consecutive year, London retained its number one ranking as the most popular destination for business meetings and events. Areas of interest.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

CWT Meetings & Events, a division of global travel management company Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), today unveiled its predictions for the top ten cities in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in M&E. Berlin, Germany (8/3). Meanwhile, Paris, Barcelona, and Berlin remain popular. Moscow, Russia (6/-).

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Massive Hotel Aquarium Explodes at Meetings Hotel. The BBC reports that a massive hotel lobby aquarium has exploded in a Berlin Radisson Blu hotel. The hotel, which has three floors of meeting space has been closed following the incident. Social media was flooded with images of the damage.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 26, 2022

The Scottish Event Campus will plant a tree for every person who meets with its delegation at IMEX Frankfurt. The Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow has pledged to plant a tree for every person its team meets with during IMEX Frankfurt. A volunteer plants Scots pine seedlings.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

NIO and VOK DAMS jointly staged a multifaceted event with media interviews, partner meetings, keynote presentations, digital experiences, and an afterparty. The event was also livestreamed worldwide. Successful cooperation for the launch in Europe. As a global brand, this mission serves a worldwide society.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Chair-Elect: Amanda Armstrong, CMP, corporate travel and meetings manager, Enterprise Holdings Inc., Vice Chair of Finance: Gerrit Jessen, CMP, CMM, regional managing director Germany, Austria and Czech Republic, MCI Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany. Visit Meeting Professionals International

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

Berlin, for instance, was cited as an example of a city that excelled in the “Concentration” category. The city updated its “Going Local Berlin” mobile phone app, which highlights Berlin’s 12 districts and launched a magazine with the same name. Copenhagen has also created a free bike system, half of which are used by tourists.

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Eventscase Blog

JULY 6, 2023

The main one is to offer them a space on its platform where they can hold conversations and meetings with investors and corporations and thus establish the first contact links. IFA BERLIN 2023 Nowadays, technology paves the way for new inventions. That is why TNW benefits startups in different ways.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 8, 2017

ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association, has released its annual rankings of top meeting cities and countries , and there have been quite of a few shake-ups among the top 10 meeting destinations. Top Meeting Cities. Paris has landed at the top spot with 196 meetings, one more than No. Buenos Aires.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Popular destinations throughout the world have been busy adding new properties and attractions—from a spectacular entertainment venue in Montreal to a stunning convention center in San Jose, Costa Rica—that have enhanced their offerings to meeting groups and tourists. Related : Cvent Reveals Top Meeting Destinations for 2018.

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The MICE

JULY 27, 2022

One of the presentations that highly inspired me to think differently about event design took place in 2019 at the MICE Forum at ITB Berlin (Organised by VDVO ). One of the talks that impressed me the most was ‘Participant experience design – how do we create meetings which move people more deeply?’

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2020

Joining our incredible hosts Linday Martin-Bilbrey and Brandt Krueger are Angie Ahrens and Peter Berliner. Peter Berliner of Innovative Entertainment. PCMA: The Largest Network for Meeting Planners – #EventIcons Episode 134. So, whether or not you got the chance to attend, we’re giving you the scoop.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to planning a meeting or event, whenever possible we all want the top of everything. Along with the top rankings the ICCA is reporting some meetings industry positive update. Along with the top rankings the ICCA is reporting some meetings industry positive update. Basing the rankings on events that took place.

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Skift

MARCH 9, 2020

Arabian Travel Market Skift Take: Unlike ITB Berlin, Arabian Travel Market is at least giving attendees enough time to make alternative arrangements. An image from Arabian Travel Market. The event has been pushed back until later in the year. Patrick Whyte Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Visitors to the show will see the best of British with destinations including Liverpool Convention Bureau, Visit Belfast, MeetInWales, Meet Bristol and Bath, and Birmingham & West Midlands Convention Bureau. Event creatives and suppliers include Chill and Charge, Visions AV, Reftech, Totem, and Concept Furniture International Ltd.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 24, 2020

When the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) decided in March to move its in-person annual meeting scheduled to take place in July in Milan, Italy, to a virtual platform, it kept certain components intact. and the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, depending on the event’s audience. “All

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Before Rosewood, Duerr held leading positions with Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Burj Al Arab in Dubai, Four Seasons Hotel Berlin and Jumeirah Essex House in New York City. The post Smart Moves in Florida, Virginia and More appeared first on Smart Meetings. Jason Perkins.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The event market’s hybridisation is developing dynamically: As early as March 2020, 75 percent of organisers surveyed in the Meetings & Events Barometer rated virtual formats as expandable, and 60 percent of providers described hybrid and multi-site events as forward-looking. BOCOM’s initiator. © GCB German Convention Bureau.

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Eventmobi

JULY 9, 2020

Nothing beats the power of in-person meetings to create long lasting relationships or enhance learning, but a well executed online event will allow you to foster your community in different ways. Consider upgrading to EventMobi’s Multi-Event App if you run meetings throughout the year, and use this as your community’s main information hub.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

I’m guardedly optimistic by the news,” said Christy Lamagna, CMP, CMM, CTSM, founder of Strategic Meetings & Events. “It David Bruce, founder of Meeting Planners Unite and founder and executive director of Alliance of Independent Meeting Professionals, thinks that the merger will have a negative impact on planners.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Like the Christkindlmarkt of Munich, Berlin has many traditional markets, and the Berlin Christmas Markets with Culinary Tour takes up to 12 guests through a string of bustling, bright and inviting Berlin Christmas markets. Learn about Wroc?aw aw legends, history and tradition at the Wroc?aw

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

It took a while for the meetings industry to accept that virtual programs wouldn’t cannibalize the audience for face-to-face events, but eventually people came around, and today the conventional wisdom is that virtual complements face-to-face. But that doesn’t mean virtual meetings aren’t a necessity for some attendees.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The airline will also add six more flights to Rome, Paris, Barcelona, London, Berlin and Shannon in the Republic of Ireland. Internal travel was defined as “meetings with colleagues or working at other company office locations,” while external travel examples are trips for sales meetings and conference travel.

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