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From 2021 come-back to 2022 bounce-back: IMEX America numbers suggest confidence boost for the industry

Event Industry News

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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SIAL America 2023 Kicks Off in Las Vegas

Smart Meetings

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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IBTM World launches visitor registration

Event Industry News

The flagship Barcelona show, which will focus on culture creation as its theme, has confirmed several of the world’s best-known destinations and suppliers, including several who are returning to the event for the first time since before the pandemic. and CWT Meetings & Events.

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Embracing the Power of Event Legacy: A Guide for Event Organisers

Eventscase Blog

Despite facing numerous challenges, the Rio Olympics also left a legacy of improved infrastructure, increased tourism, and enhanced awareness of social and environmental issues in Brazil. Anyone can create beautiful event websites, registrations, badges, perform check-ins, event apps, 1:1 meetings and more.

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Is the Party Over?

Smart Meetings

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.”. Yes, they did.

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How the International Baking Industry Expo Keeps from Getting Stale

PCMA Convene

For all of these different segments of the grain-based foods industry, someone had to go to a different trade show to get what they needed.”. PMQ Pizza Magazine has been a partner since IBIE 2013, staging “a unique town-hall-style pavilion” called PMQ Pizza Village on the show floor. Now, they can just go to IBIE.

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IMEX America Proves VR is More Than a Trend

SmartMeetings

But there is one common trend that has continued popping up all over the trade show floor and even the afterparties, and that’s virtual reality. At a media breakfast hosted by Meet L.A., At a media breakfast hosted by Meet L.A., Here are some of the places VR made an appearance at IMEX. Virtual Discovery L.A.

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