Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2022

Marketing conferences is more complicated now than it was two years ago. They are looking for venues and practices that are earth-friendly and give back to the culture they are packing a bag to visit. Leaders were cautious and protocols are in place at venues and in the community. Green Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. And almost a third were new since 2021.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Despite the increasing number of events held yearly, many still feel like copycats of other successful conferences. Workshops are fast becoming the preferred activity for many conferences and meetings. Of course, the venue itself can make or break a bleisure event. Orlando, Florida. Your Audience Craves Authenticity.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Leaving the comfort of your own city and venturing out in the great big world for a conference is exciting. We zeroed in on the destinations listed in The Valuable 500 ’s new survey of the most accessible cities in the world and asked what these places are doing for groups. Las Vegas: Sin City < Accessible City.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2019

Each year, meeting professionals are surveyed for their predictions on meeting industry trends. Attendees want to leave a conference having learned something new in a setting that fosters a conversation between the audience and speaker and among themselves. Transformational Experiences. There’s something new each month. .

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

based strategy consulting firm for the events industry, Rankine said that he and coauthor Giberti — founder and CEO of Miami, Florida–based consulting company Vesuvio Ventures — were “freaked out” about the timing. That’s just going to be a “conference” and no one’s going to call it a “hybrid conference.”

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 29, 2018

Radabaugh, whose company is based in Delray Beach, Florida, expresses her hope that other hotel brands “remain wise and respectful of the planner and their buying power, and take this as an opportunity to further build and strengthen their relationships with them.

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Planner WIre

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

There are a lot of platforms in the event and conference management space. That’s where we got the initial idea for Planning Pod, but it has taken dozens of surveys, hundreds of interviews, way too many workhours to count, dozens of iterations and three true “piviots” to get to where we are today.

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Planner WIre

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

There are a lot of platforms in the event and conference management space. That’s where we got the initial idea for Planning Pod, but it has taken dozens of surveys, hundreds of interviews, way too many workhours to count, dozens of iterations and three true “piviots” to get to where we are today.

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Planner WIre

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

There are a lot of platforms in the event and conference management space. That’s where we got the initial idea for Planning Pod, but it has taken dozens of surveys, hundreds of interviews, way too many workhours to count, dozens of iterations and three true “piviots” to get to where we are today.

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Planner WIre

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

There are a lot of platforms in the event and conference management space. That’s where we got the initial idea for Planning Pod, but it has taken dozens of surveys, hundreds of interviews, way too many workhours to count, dozens of iterations and three true “piviots” to get to where we are today.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 8, 2021

It was piloted at sports events and will be required at theaters, sports arenas, event venues, and at weddings with 100 or more people. Other large states like Florida and Texas are fully open and do not require health passports. Yes, but be aware of restrictions in certain states like Florida (see above). How do they work?

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 15, 2024

Some can also track attendee movement inside a venue. Moutafi doesn’t seem to realize that not all events are a “success” only when people express “positive sentiment” Moutafi tries to dilute his message by adding that “users consider multiple sources of information, including surveys.”

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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. The issue with this, from a research point of view, is that it’s easy to source data on the number of conferences about mindfulness. Verdict : True-ish.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

percent of those surveyed said they would return to San Francisco. Destinations, venues and organizations stepped up during the pandemic to help each other during devastating times for the industry. San Francisco is one of the safest cities in the country,” he says. Research conducted before the country’s COVID outbreak shows that 97.4

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Capterra Event Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Orlando, Florida. Being conservative, let’s assume the daily parking rate at the venue is maxes out at $8. For instance, USA Today conducted a survey in 2013 of the per-mile charges for taxis in sixty major U.S. When you multiply these savings with your pool of conference attendees, ridesharing becomes non-negotiable.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

It’s difficult, imprecise — and only growing in importance for meeting and events, according to the results of a new Convene survey as well as inter-views with industry professionals in a variety of sectors. In the Convene survey, 24 percent of respondents said they take open-carry legislation into account when making site selections.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

It’s difficult, imprecise — and only growing in importance for meeting and events, according to the results of a new Convene survey as well as inter-views with industry professionals in a variety of sectors. In the Convene survey, 24 percent of respondents said they take open-carry legislation into account when making site selections.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 30, 2019

Loneliness often is associated with the elderly, but the youngest group surveyed, Generation Z, ages 18-22, reported the highest levels of loneliness. When Gielan speaks at conferences and events, she introduces an interactive experience within four minutes of the beginning of her talk. It’s a three-minute icebreaker I’ve developed.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

We wanted PCMA to expand and to be more proactive in the convention industry,” said Nichols, speaking from her home in Florida, where she is retired. The surprising thing about the PCMA ‘Meetings Survey’ was how many different ways planners could say it. Nearly 70 percent of those responding to the PCMA Survey were female.

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