Event Industry News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Meet Blackpool has announced it has become a member of three key industry associations: the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO), beam and the Tourism Management Institute (TMI), further cementing the town’s dedication to the global events and tourism sectors.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

Held this year on Thursday, April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day is “an international day of advocacy showcasing the undeniable value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences, and conventions bring to people, businesses, and communities,” according to the U.S. Everyone has help along the way.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 25, 2020

Nicola Kastner, Global Head of Event Marketing Strategy at SAP. When I was tasked to change [SAPPHIRE NOW], if I hadn't tapped on the expertise of Johann [Senior VP & Head of Global Events at SAP] and many, many others in the organization, we wouldn't have been successful in getting to where we were today.”.

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Hubilo Blog

JUNE 16, 2020

Event planners and managers have been left with no choice. Scheduled events and conferences have been cancelled/postponed. Virtual conferences – COVID19 impact and disruption. Virtual conferences – COVID19 impact and disruption. – Quoted by Will Curran, Endless Events. And when? .

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Hubilo Blog

APRIL 18, 2019

Interacting with the event industry influencers, knowing how they have developed and managed to achieve success and how the industry has changed in the past few decades. Let’s hear a version from a renowned event marketing influencer?—? My clients and friends at Maritz Global Events have identified 8 phases of a live event.

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Post authored by Jeff Fugate, CASE, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. As an event manager, you work with a lot of moving pieces and parts as you bring your event marketing strategy to life. And this isn’t your typical conference call that can last hours. Director, Marketing, Taffy Event Strategies.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 21, 2023

Jessica Blake, Senior Director-Global Events, Confluent Creating an event for the industry, as opposed to only your customers, is a power move that requires a nuanced approach. The post Podcast: Launch Stories—Creating an Event for an Industry appeared first on Event Marketer.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Knowing how to find the right event venue is critical to any event marketing campaign. One of the most challenging aspects of securing an event space is choosing the best one for your unique needs. However, the key to finding event venues is to carefully lay the foundation of your search. What is the event’s image?

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Event Marketer

JUNE 20, 2023

CLIENT LIST: Partial list: Logitech, NICE, Renesas, Red Hat, Ping Identity, Masonite, EFI, Rapid Recon CLIENT CASE STUDY SNAPSHOT: We hosted Logitech’s annual global sales conference which featured over one thousand employees from more than 50 countries.

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Event Marketer

MAY 24, 2023

The flagship experience, launched in 2018 as part of a portfolio consolidation, marked a new chapter this month as it reconvened May 9-11 in Orlando as a smaller, targeted in-person conference designed to serve up content and networking experiences “that matter most to you.” Emphasis on the you. It’s a curated experience unique to ‘me.’

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Event Industry News

JUNE 1, 2022

All event professionals are encouraged to explore its capabilities and provide feedback through the URL: [link].In In addition to Cvent, SAM is funded by leading industry organisations including Encore, Maritz Global Events, DRPG, SEC, ACC Liverpool and ICE.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Organisers Event Industry News (EIN) are excited to announce that they have partnered with global trade show and event company Global Event Specialists (GES) EMEA.

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Event Industry News

MAY 31, 2022

Developed to exceed industry standards in sustainability, the new project will create additional state-of-the-art ICC convention facilities, exhibition halls and conference rooms, together with stunning outdoor spaces – all designed to put London at the forefront of the global events industry.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

The global event marketing agency Hamilton has been recognized with an EDDIE award for an exceptionally smart move in February. The company transitioned from immersive brand events to vaccination events. 1 at EDPA’s ACCESS Conference. Feature photo by Courtney Cantor at Hamilton Exhibits.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 13, 2024

The Meetings Show 2024 has opened registration for its Hosted Buyer Programme and is inviting event planners from the UK and Europe to apply.

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Event Marketer

JULY 25, 2023

Figma’s community of users helps guide the content strategy for the annual Config conference. The community of users (product designers, builders and marketers) helps populate the agenda. And it’s paying off.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

It will allow organisers of large-scale events to monitor attendance. CEO, Chris Newlands, told Event Industry News: “Spelfie aims to positively disrupt the $144 billion events marketing and sponsorship industry, allowing brands to increase revenues by driving event attendees, influencers and their traffic directly to the brands’ websites.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Evolution Dome, the international leader in temporary inflatable event structures and solutions, is excited to announce a new partnership with Auckland-based Air Space Structures. The traditional marquee is king in New Zealand and the events market is ripe for disruption by Evolution Dome’s innovative inflatable structures.

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Eventbase

JANUARY 30, 2020

Over 90 percent say that sponsor retention rates are static or decreasing — a worrying trend that event marketers need to pay attention to. According to Forrester, 45 percent of global B2B technology decision-makers rely on conferences and trade shows to make technology decisions. The event app is a great place to start.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Global event industry PPC specialist firm, Tag Digital , has been announced as the first ever sponsor of Event Tech Live’s (ETL) new MarTech Stage. The stage has been introduced to provide a dedicated area for speakers and panellists to discuss the technology used for event marketing.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 18, 2021

Later, Hopin outright purchased New York-based physical event-services company Boomset after swallowing video service StreamYard and mobile-app company Tobi. It also purchased event-marketing platform Attendify and announced functionality to support short gatherings of up to 100 people with an integration with GoFundMe.

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Endless Events

MAY 9, 2023

Plus, AI chatbots are available around the clock, so if you’re hosting an international event across time zones, this tool can help you be there for attendees 24/7. Simplify Event Planning Events have a lot of moving parts. Even the most seasoned event planners get overwhelmed, especially with global events.

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TicketBud

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This holds true for event management, which when done sustainably can help the environment, as well as improve an organization’s reputation, cost efficiency and long-term success. According to a study published in Nature Communications, the global events industry accounts for more than 10% of global CO2 emissions annually.

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Socio Events

MARCH 11, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing serious uncertainty in the event space, and it’s already impacting many global events. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Updates European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Updates CDC Guidance to Event Organizers CDC Resource for Event Organizers from the 2017 Pandemic Flu.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 6, 2022

A group of major event brands, led by ICE (In-house Corporate Events), is calling for event industry input into the continued development of an event sustainability measurement tool that will be free of charge and applicable for every event. It means that the technology will be universal, as well as free of charge.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 27, 2018

Wales Business Events today announced a five-point plan to accelerate its growing share of the global business events market. A programme of attendance at national and international shows and events across the rest of the UK, Europe and North America.

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Event Leadership Institute

MAY 20, 2021

One overwhelming sentiment was the lack of high-quality strategic and business content, which is the thrust of our conference.” Bob Bejan, Corporate Vice President: Global Events, Production Studios and Marketing Community, Microsoft. Kathryn Frankson, Director of Event Marketing, Informa.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Smart Meetings sat down with Tahira Endean , head of programme for IMEX Group, to discuss how the talking point of Human Nature will be woven through the experience during the three days of the conference and during Smart Monday immediately preceding the trade show and hosted buyer experience.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 10, 2018

They know exactly who they want visiting their events, and they train their staff to respond to any attendee concern accordingly. What You Can Learn from Global Events. GetResponse, a company 20 years in the event business, has recently concluded a tour of global conferences. Click To Tweet.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

Kate Patay : Kate brings 20+ years of rich experience in business travel, tourism and event marketing strategy. She is the founder of Strategic Meeting and Events which produces mid to large scale corporate events. Throughout her career, Carina has been an active member of the events industry.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 1, 2018

MCI Experiences is a newly formed division within the global events agency of Geneva based MCI Group. MCI is truly global with 60 offices covering the world. Register for free on Eventbrite for any of the sessions: search Event Design Open Lecture series.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 28, 2020

Post authored by Rachel Stephan, Event Marketing Strategist, sensov/ event marketing. For many associations, events are key strategies for member outreach and growth. To increase event attendance, yearly conferences must consistently achieve their goals for growth and evolution. Focus Groups.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 18, 2018

Community Brands, the leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for associations, nonprofits, schools and faith-based groups, today announced it has acquired Expo Logic, a global event technology company. The post Community Brands acquires leading event technology company Expo Logic appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Event Industry News

MAY 27, 2020

International convention bureaus, venues, hotel groups, industry associations, technology providers and global event organisers – including the organisers of the leading event in the industry (a partnership of over 15 years!).

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Alex is an Events Manager at SaaStock, a global community of SaaS (software as a service) founders, executives and investors. SaaStock boasts Europe’s biggest SaaS conference which takes place in Dublin every October with 4,000 attendees from 50+ countries in addition to a calendar of global conferences.

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Maritz Global Events

APRIL 25, 2019

Have you noticed a demographic shift happening at professional conferences? You might not think the over-50 crowd still matters for events anymore. Quite a few event marketers are investing heavily to win over Millennials and Gen Z – and it makes sense. At many conferences, this vintage crowd is largely ignored.

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Event Marketer

JULY 26, 2021

The most memorable events immerse attendees into a story, make them part of the story and send attendees home feeling like they have a better understanding of the story the brand is trying to tell. It’s that connective tissue that holds your event together. Mark Henneberger , Vice President of Events Solutions at Walmart.

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