EventMB

JUNE 21, 2022

For Courtney McGee, president and CEO of Event Logistics, challenges began just before 3,000 attendees were set to arrive in Nashville for a convention. To her dismay, she learned that none of the bus drivers handling transfers to the hotels would be touching any of the luggage on the buses. The hotel was very grateful.”.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Last month, Mastercard wrote about technology’s impact on travel planning, citing tech platform CWT’s Global Business Travel Forecast for 2024, which shows a 3-percent rise in “average cost per attendee, per day for meetings and events,” and a 3.6 percent increase in hotel rates.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. By the Numbers.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Shaffer has also been association and corporate sales manager at The DeSoto Savannah in Georgia, sales manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center and more. Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years. Steve Maritz and David Peckinpaugh.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Smart Meetings founder Marin Bright built her career in hospitality, first in luxury hotels at Mandarin Oriental and then in the meetings and events B2B publishing industry. The seeds of that powerful community were planted nine years ago in a ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver. She loved everything about the business.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 9, 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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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Traveling for a conference is no longer an excuse to abandon your mental health and physical well-being goals. However, Stevens suggested that hotels could be part of the solution for many. Hotel rooms also play a major role in how attendees feel when they prepare to head over to their first meeting for the day.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

The Ultimate List of Conferences to Attend in 2023 Are you struggling to find which conferences are worth investing your time and money in? We’ve put together a comprehensive list of 200+ top in-person, virtual and hybrid conferences that you should attend in 2023.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 25, 2019

Experient EnVision attendees participate in a guided meditation session at a Mindfulness Centre created for the conference. You want to find an area that isn’t in a noisy part of the venue but still easily accessible to attendees, said Karen Watson, senior director of strategic events at Maritz Global Events. “We

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Read on to see the hotel properties and convention centers these destinations offer. We spoke with Jill Blood, vice president of deputy general counsel for Maritz Global Events, about what these new laws could mean for meeting planners. Iceland took the top spot, followed by New Zealand, Canada, Sweden and Japan.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Significantly, 81% of event carpet was returned directly to inventory for reuse and the food court was uncarpeted, saving an estimated 4,184 pounds of CO2, earning MeetGreen Calculator’s Visionary designation. IMEX is not new to the quest for more sustainable events. A total of 14,557 pounds of food has been donated in that time.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Meeting Professionals International announced new certificate programs, the purchase of a Canadian event, details about the upcoming World Education Conference, leadership changes, and other developments during the IMEX America show in Las Vegas.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 2, 2022

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and Questex announced a collaboration to launch “ The Hospitality Show” , an innovative new hospitality event to be held June 27-29, 2023 at The Venetian Las Vegas. This comprises the largest US distribution in the market. This comprises the largest US distribution in the market.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 7, 2019

Looking to attend an AI event or two this year? Below, we've listed 20 of the top machine learning conferences in 2019. Some of these events focus specifically on machine learning. So without further ado, here are the top 20 machine learning conferences in 2019: 1. International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML).

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2021

Before joining Yotel, Greenwald worked as director of sales for AC Hotel by Marriott Boston Cleveland Circle and AC Hotel by Marriott Boston North. Greenwald also was account director of new business development for Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ six Boston properties. White is general manager for Hu Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.

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EventMB

MAY 12, 2022

The company also licenses a global event database that includes everything from major sports and music events to arts festivals, trade shows, fairs, and conventions. It’s a comprehensive list, collated from a daily data stream of more than 40 million events from more than 300 sources. a client requests.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

– In addition to membership the venue has attained AIM Secure accreditation – The Celtic Manor Resort, part of The Celtic Collection , has joined the Meetings Industry Association (mia), one of the fastest growing associations in the conference, meetings and events sector, cementing the venue’s commitment to the global events industry.

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Stova

JANUARY 17, 2023

Challenge Solution Challenge BI Worldwide Challenge As an organization with offices in eight different countries, the team at BI Worldwide hosts conferences all over the world. During their conferences, they have an opening plenary followed by a series of small workshops. and Europe.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The biggest events conference in the world is a marathon in itself with participants reporting that they recorded 10,000, 20,000 or more steps walking the floor and hoofing it to after-parties. Stevens is a four-time winner of Fittest male #Eventrprof and earned a Delos Wellness for Meetings and Events certificate.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

The 1,700 attendees checking in live at Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference ( WEC ) at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week were treated to a performance in three acts designed to provide “perspective,” “approach” and “action,” according to Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO. Forward Looking.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

Technology: Removing Friction from the Hotel Stay Marriott has been investing in the Marriott Bonvoy app since it was created as part of the Starwood merger in 2019. It now allows members to book hotel rooms, check-in, access mobile keys, “unlock experiences” and “have the world in the palm of your hand.”

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Eventtia

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

With a Customer Satisfaction Score above 90%, Eventtia is pro-active in accompanying its clients throughout the entire event planning cycle, ensuring an agile reaction. Tripleseat Tripleseat is a software company that delivers event management solutions for the hospitality industry, targeting restaurants, hotels, and venues.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Investing time to learn how to find the perfect location at any stage of the event planning process is a smart and cost effective solution. There’s obviously no sure-fire way to guarantee a perfect location for your conference, but by having a more refined search plan clever event managers can skyrocket their chances of success.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

RFP activity and hotel group room nights showed a significant increase in 2022 Q2, with both indexes reaching over 80% of 2019 levels, according to the 2022 Q2 Global Business Events Barometer released today by the Events Industry Council (EIC), the voice of the global business events industry.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Hotels have executed multiple rounds of layoffs and attendees are settling in for an extended case of Zoom fatigue. Hotels and venues, too, are stepping up with protocols and GBAC STAR certifications , but, in many cases, no one is there to answer the meeting planner’s call. What if someone gets sick at the event? Kevin Edmunds.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

David Stevens, director, Global Events , San Francisco Bay Area-based data company Alation , adopted a wait and see approach in March about his incentive planned for the end of May. Two Everest-level planners shared their solution to this 16,000-ft. Flexible Luxury. Stevens asked himself.

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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

MARCH 11, 2022

Freeman EMEA , the London-based global events leader, welcomed Megson as managing director of the company. Megson has spent more than two decades leading independent and global agencies throughout the U.K. Smith was previously general manager of Omni Frisco Hotel and area managing director for Omni properties.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Leadership with Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) wanted to set an example. For the group’s 2021 FICP Annual Conference in Arizona, they put a stake in the desert early on that they would hold an in-person event at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa for 500 fully vaccinated people Nov.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Your executive is a commitment-phobe but the hotel won’t hold your space. Even for planners at the top of their game, the current meeting climate has created new levels of stress—the result of severe hotel booking compression, high turnover in supplier staff, and short meeting lead times. What’s a planner to do?

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Maritz Global Events

JULY 3, 2019

Let us introduce you to Dan Potter, Senior Strategic Events Manager at Maritz Global Events. Anyone who has attended one of our many strategic events has seen the magic that Dan has conjured alongside his equally talented peer, Karen Watson, Sr. Director Strategic Events. I fell into this really,” Dan said. “I

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SmartMeetings

JULY 21, 2016

Each year, thousands of meeting and business travel professionals head to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) annual conference to unveil new products , participate in education sessions and discuss the industry’s latest trends. Global Events Take Center Stage. Small Meetings Offer Big Opportunities.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

September 2021 — Are in-person events COVID safe? Probably the most important of these is adequately modeling the air quality at the event, given the paucity of information available about the safety of specific venues and properties from an air quality perspective. appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

A sampling of how the leading independent planning companies execute every sort of event, from user conferences to exotic incentives. Gallery Slide description: Personalized conference bags, handed out at an arrivals block party organized by Maritz Global Events , enhanced networking by showing each guest’s favorite things.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 23, 2022

Since 1937, Encore has been creating memorable event experiences that engage and transform organisations. With imagination and skill, the latest technology, and a passion for excellence, our global team of creators, innovators, and experts, transform events into immersive, collaborative experiences. Facebook.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said. Defining Risk.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

UBQ Materials, developer of the world’s first bio-based thermoplastic, is helping create the first global event built from landfill waste. Tuviahu says UBQ is cooperating with conference organizers of PLANETech to donate their materials for the construction of the start-up booths. That doesn’t always come hand-in-hand.”.

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