SpotMe Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

As the effects of the pandemic begin to ease, hybrid events are becoming a go-to event type for more and more industries. To ensure a smooth event is achieved, companies can’t just hope and pray for things to go right, they need certainty. What are Hybrid Event Management Companies? . Meetings & Incentives .

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PCMA Convene

MAY 27, 2021

Airbnb founders saw Airbnb Open, its in-person event for hosts, as the way for the then-fledgling company to gain credibility. While he worked with two outside production agencies, he only had one staff member to develop the strategy, environment, and program for a three-day event at Fort Mason in San Francisco in 2014.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

As an event professional, you know intuitively that it is the event industry. put into circulation for every $1 spent, including injecting fresh tax dollars into cities where meetings are held , with international travelers having an even larger impact because they spend more and stay longer.

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Event Industry News

MAY 6, 2020

More than 12,500 professionals from the event and hospitality industry gathered virtually to commemorate Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) on Tuesday April 14, 2020 in an attempt to break the record for the largest audience at a live-stream conference.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2016

The answer describes your personal interaction style, in a model that Opening General Session speaker Erin Meyer shared yesterday at PCMA’s Global Professionals Conference – Europe, held at the Palais des Congres de Paris. Which, in turn, requires flexibility on the part of time-obsessed North American meeting organizers.

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Eventmobi

APRIL 25, 2018

They often have stressful jobs, serving in critical roles that span a variety of responsibilities, including acting as impromptu event planners. She coordinated all the operations for this year’s annual event, which brought together 146 business associations from all over the region of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Introducing….

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Eventscase Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Event legacy has become an increasingly important topic in the world of event planning, with organisations, attendees, and host cities all looking to maximise the long-term benefits and positive impacts that events can bring. What is event legacy?

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

What do you do when you’ve booked your ambitious biennial conference just as your country’s economy slips into a serious recession? Soon after congress planning began, the country was rocked by two political scandals, and skyrocketing unemployment threatened to put Brazil back on the UN hunger-crisis map it had just vacated in 2014.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

There’s no question that the meetings industry is constantly changing. Smart Meetings has identified some of the most important tips, tricks and trends from this year, in order to help meeting planners become better prepared for 2017. 20 Event Industry Trends Shaping the Meetings Landscape.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

With over 3,000 global buyers and 3,000+ exhibiting companies already confirmed, IMEX America 2022 is set to be one of its largest editions since its launch in 2011, suggesting a confidence-boosting bounce-back for the global meetings, incentive travel and business events industry.

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Event Industry News

JULY 26, 2019

The MJR Group, a UK-based event promoter and venue operator, is pleased to announce that leading club night brand, Propaganda, is being integrated into the group with immediate effect. Propaganda is the UK’s biggest weekly club night, with fifteen weekly events across the country. Brand Events. Conferences. Event Tech.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 20, 2018

As of 1 October, Mariana Sanchotene will be the new Director of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) foundation. She succeeds Richard Zijlma, who, together with Buma Cultuur director Frank Helmink, is still responsible for the upcoming edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event. Originally from Brazil, she now lives in Amsterdam with her family.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 24, 2023

Exhibitors, industry professionals and other attendees will meet at the second annual SIAL America 2023 , organized by Emerald X at Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) to showcase food and beverage categories that are key to retailers, wholesalers, food service companies and distributors. “We Importers and exporters from the U.S.,

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Bizzabo

MARCH 31, 2020

Learn how to host a must-attend event like industry titan, Netflix. Part of the Netflix content strategy includes numerous live, in-person event types and marketing activations. In this article, we'll take a look at 12 of them and pull out key takeaways you can use to improve your own conferences, training seminars, and trade expos.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 4, 2019

With over 40 years’ experience in ticketing and live entertainment, TEG operates as the exclusive ticketing provider for over 135 venue and promoter clients and delivers 30 million tickets annually for over 30,000 events spanning live sports, concerts, theatre, festivals, and exhibitions across more than 13 countries. Brand Events.

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Event Industry News

JULY 17, 2019

The members who have been re-elected for a two-year term: Mariane Ewbank, director of Fulstandig Shows e Eventos MC Ltda, Brazil Jim Kelty, Airways Freight Corporation, USA Emmanuel Pitchelu, director of E.S.I. The 2019-2020 plan for action was discussed during the first BOM Meeting which took place in Venice on Friday, 28 th June.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

said Kate Hurst, vice president of community advancement, conference, and events for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which produces the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. We’re looking to attract 1,000 attendees to our full conference content.” It’s a 300,000-person show,” Hurst said.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

said Kate Hurst, vice president of community advancement, conference, and events for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which produces the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. We’re looking to attract 1,000 attendees to our full conference content.” It’s a 300,000-person show,” Hurst said.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

2017 GameStop Conference and WB Injustice eSports Tournament. Nominated for its staff, leadership and facilities while hosting a legal industry conference in 2018. This event provided diabetes screenings, educational opportunities and follow-up access to primary care to underserved populations in downtown Indianapolis.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Returning to F2F, do alcohol and meetings still mix? It happened in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009,” Juliane Farinazzo, co-founder and events director of Bijou Events, remembers as if it were yesterday. Faceplanted on the table during a global investigator meeting, causing four glass bottles to topple to the floor.”.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 10, 2020

Is it possible to routinely start online meetings on time? Think about the last three meetings you attended. Why don’t scheduled meetings start on time? The reason that almost no scheduled meetings (in-person or online ) start on time is that we provide one single time for meetings to both open and start.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Booking.com has released its Top 10 Trending Destinations for 2018, and from the sun-washed splendors of Cartagena, Colombia, to the food scene in Philadelphia, there’s a place and a reason perfectly suited for your event. Be they halfway around the world or close to home, these prime meeting spots should be on your radar.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

Humber, CGMP, GVEP, is no slouch when it comes to meetings. As special-event coordinator for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) at Harvard University, Humber has access to some of the most technologically advanced venues in the United States. I was scared out of my mind when this first dropped in my lap,” she said.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Department of Commerce’s International Buyer Program, partnering with baking industry organizations and publications in countries all over the world, and exhibiting at leading trade shows overseas such as IBA (Germany), Europan (France), MOBAC (Japan), Fipan (Brazil), and Bakery China. COOKING SCHOOL .

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GEVME

JUNE 15, 2020

In our first episode of Digital Event Series , we discussed how to start running a virtual event with Ed Nedin, the founder of Geekle.us , where Ed shared his first ever experience of organizing an event. Interesting, that Ed had never organized events before. You recently organized a virtual event “Node.js

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Yet in just two weeks, the variant is known to have spread to 17 countries: South Africa, Botswana, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, as well as Hong Kong and Reunion, a French island. Is it time to “lift and shift” events again?

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Lewis, a social entrepreneur, was sick of traditional conferences. “He He even had what he called a ‘Bug List,’” said Topher Wilkins, who worked closely with Lewis early on and is now CEO of the annual meeting. “It And it still strives to be as “un-conference” as it can. Diving Deep. Unlikely Allies’.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Is it time you discovered a new approach for that annual conference or general session? Simply scroll through for images and tips to get the inspiration flowing for your next corporate event. IBM Impact Conference. Source: Encore Event Technologies. Organizers assigned each conference topic a color. Source: Adlib.

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TicketBud

MARCH 1, 2017

A lot of people have been asking about tips and tricks from event ticketing professionals. Today, I'm excited to introduce to you the first of many Event Professionals: Deidra Sibila. Today we have Deidra Sibila, Director of Ticketing at 3Can Events. Kayhan: So Deidra, you built your career in the Ticketing and Events Industry.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2016

No matter that a single state had never hosted the event, only entire countries. Held once every four years, WCC is an esteemed meet-up of stakeholders in the world of conservation: scientists and academics, politicians and policy makers, educators, NGOs, business interests, environment and climate experts, and indigenous groups.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 9, 2017

Conde Nast Traveler has released a list of the 50 Most Beautiful Cities in the World, many of which would make great meeting destinations. Venice offers a unique experience to meeting-goers because you get from place to place via foot or the canal system by way of water taxis and gondolas. Venice, Italy. New York, New York.

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Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When it comes to conferences, one type of soothsaying that our industry indulges in every year is predicting what trends are going to be big at our peer’s events. Event Trend #1: The rise of ‘bleisure’. What does this mean for event organisers? Event Trend #2: Mindfulness at events.

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The Castle Group

APRIL 10, 2023

Castle’s Role in PRGN Castle lends expertise in public relations and is one of four agencies specializing in event management. Sandy previously served as secretary and Wendy has chaired the conference and site committee since 2009.

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Bizzabo

JULY 30, 2018

Each month we interview an events professional that is doing something amazing. This month we spoke with Vasil Azarov, Co-founder of Growth Marketing Conference, about starting a career in events, building an event brand from scratch, and how to be smart with event partnerships. The growth of event marketing.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2019

A decade after the 2008 recession, the industry appears to be stable, with steady growth on the horizon according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events (M&E), a division of American Express Global Business Travel (GBT). Related: Market Trends Point to Strong Growth for Meeting Venues. Global Growth.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2017

As busy event planners, this technology saves time in lines, at airports, at hotels and even on airplanes by eliminating a need to dig through wallets searching for the right cards or wait for the loading of multiple mobile payment apps. The post Google Just Made All Your Transactions Much Easier appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Plan Your Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2016

Sporting events are a huge draw. Yet, corporate event and conference planners rarely incorporate sports into their events. Yet, corporate event and conference planners rarely incorporate sports into their events. The majority of event planners are women. Quick Tips for Planning Sporting Events.

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