Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

Sheridan President and CEO of Meet Boston and co-chair, Meetings Mean Business Coalition What does the official end of Covid mean for the meetings industry? We’ve adopted new guidelines, heightened vigilance, and better public health education for all, but it’s really a matter of adapting to a new normal.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 11, 2021

An assortment of venues from across London saw a large uptick in enquiries for both corporate and private events after the news, with some seeing increases as high as 550%. These statistics demonstrate that having guidelines on what will be allowed and when is the confidence boost we’ve been so desperately waiting for.”

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Event Industry News

MAY 26, 2020

The Meetings Industry Association has developed contract and cancellation guidance to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on future bookings and ensure all parties are protected. The intention is there, but the threat of a further pandemic-related business interruption still looms large and, in many cases prevents that final signature.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Galvanizing the salesforce is a top priority for vision technology manufacturer Zeiss, so it’s pivotal that the brand’s National Sales Meeting (NSM) not only serve as a celebration of those teams, but as a pep rally of sorts that fires them up for the new fiscal year. But the event wasn’t held in the bustling center of the city.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 7, 2021

Virtual conference engagement is here to stay. Conference live streaming technology has come a long way since the glorified Zoom calls of March and early April 2020; attendees expect more than a choppy, poorly lit, and unrehearsed webinar. 10 Virtual Meetings Best Practices for TV-Level Production. The upshot?

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Endless Events

MAY 10, 2018

Finding a conference venue is a lengthy and detailed process. Which venue will be available? The main component of a conference is the venue, it’s where the main show takes place! Finding the perfect conference venue can be challenging. This meeting will also help you organize your team.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That brutal attack was fresh on Lauren Parr’s mind as two protesters from the audience rushed and jumped on the stage as a plenary session was about to get underway at last year’s Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for Earth and planetary scientists at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Samuel Thomas Jr.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

HBAA is spearheading a new campaign with a supporting member action group to rectify misperceptions of government rules and build confidence to kick-start the meetings and events sector. Some 65% stated they will only run online meetings and events in the foreseeable future. In total, 71% had concerns over employee and delegate safety.

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Master the Event

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

There’s no doubt that green meetings and events are becoming mainstream. As proof of that pretty much all of the major meetings and events associations have adopted green meeting guidelines. It’s hard to believe that we still live in a world where many people are in denial regarding climate change.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Award winning consortium Venues of Excellence has just launched its ‘Confidence in Us’ campaign to underpin their venues commitment to deliver safe events as the UK opens up to ‘business as usual’ for meetings and events. Our venues continue to offer flexibility with their contracts and terms of business. Read more here.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Meetings Industry Association has updated its contract and cancellation guidance to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on future bookings and ensure all parties are protected. To download the latest contract guideline visit [link].

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Event Industry News

MAY 17, 2021

HBAA has relaunched its ‘Meet Safe, Meet Smart’ (#MSMS) campaign with a supporting member action group to install consumer confidence to kick-start the meetings and events sector. It will also highlight the flexibility of contractual terms and conditions at all venues involved.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Knebworth House has become the latest venue to join Lime Venue Portfolio, extending the groups historic, heritage and country house options for event organisers looking for rural retreat-style meetings and events. Again, this is about giving our clients choice within our portfolio, be it sporting stadia, attraction or heritage.

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Event Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Meeting halls and venues are ready to accommodate these business events safely and follow CDC guidelines. Event Guru is dedicated to aiding venues and conference professionals in this new age of safe, event planning with COVID-19 event compliance. However, it can be a difficult task with information changing daily.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 22, 2021

Do capacity limits for indoor meetings include event staff? Samantha McKenney , associate director of conferences and events for the Cato Institute, wrote on the PCMA Catalyst forum. “If I just read this below in the Nevada state guidelines. Sandy Yi-Davis , Head of Event Design, Strategic Meeting International.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 9, 2020

Many meeting planners and are looking to someone else to tell them the right way to plan a successful and safe event. However, we can minimize the risk with proper emergency preparedness education, and a pre-plan of how to execute your next meeting. The education piece is more in-depth than checking the latest guidelines from the CDC.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The new campaign urges conferences, event organisers and venues to support gender-balance, diversity and inclusion on stage. Manel” is industry jargon for a panel of featured speakers at a conference or event consisting of all men. Conferences. No geography is doing a good job although some are doing better than others.”.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 1, 2020

When the lights went dark on the more than $1 trillion meetings and events industry in March, the call to shelter in place dimmed prospects not only for 26 million people whose jobs are directly or indirectly connected to bringing people together, but also for the 1.5 billion globally who attend meetings and $2.5 Out of the Shadows.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 6, 2021

Convention centers and other venues hosting 5,000 or more will need attendees to be tested or show vaccination proof. In Nevada, as of March 15 gatherings are limited to 250 people or 50 percent of a venue's fire-code capacity, whichever is fewer. As of June 15, indoor gatherings can take place with participants wearing masks.

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Eventmobi

MAY 18, 2020

Evaluating Events: Square Footage – Number of guests on the dance floor, number of guests at each table, matching up new events: guest count with venue square footage What we need from our vendors – what precautions are they taking? What we need from our venues – what precautions are they taking?

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 16, 2020

As COVID-19 wanes and people begin meeting again, what should planners know about precautions venues must take to ensure clean, safe spaces? He offered insight into how venues can make sure their spaces are ready for meetings. Class 2: Someone in the venue has had recent contact with an infected person.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 9, 2022

CLEARED4, the United States’ largest and most trusted HIPAA-compliant health verification platform, announced today it is providing custom features and solutions to conferences, events and tradeshows across the U.S. The platform is available globally and can interpret health passes from over 80 countries.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The Meetings Industry Association can confirm that business events can still take place where they follow the pre-existing COVID-Secure guidelines, following clarification on last week’s ‘Rule of 6’ announcement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This business reflects not just much-needed revenue, but a lifeline for many venues.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 20, 2020

“There are so many new, more time-consuming considerations that event planners will have to face in arranging meetings under the new guidelines, though this shouldn’t be a deterrent from organising live meetings and events. Even while abiding by social distancing, there is a warmth that an online conversation can’t match.”

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The conference industry has been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, with questions still hanging over us as to when the industry will start to meet face-to-face or in a live environment. Live conferences and events have ceased as we continue the fight against COVID-19.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 5, 2021

When everyone returns to meeting venues again, meeting professionals will have a whole new list of concerns on their checklists. Smart Meetings asked RJ Frasca, vice president of marketing and product with background screening company EBI for a shortlist of proactive steps that could save heartache later. RJ Frasca.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The impact and importance of meetings for medical and pharmaceutical industry attendees is not only increasing, but the complexity of the events and what is expected of planners is more demanding as well, according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events and a survey conducted by Smart Meetings.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 12, 2021

A year after converting their annual business conference to an online event, the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) returned to an in-person event in March, 2021. Strupp spoke with Convene about PDPW’s conference and how it fits into its overall education program. Cassandra Strupp. Face-to-Face + On-Demand.

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Eventmobi

MAY 26, 2022

Many events can work outside and inside, including company all-hands meetings, executive retreats, and social activities for larger conferences—think al fresco lunches, networking sessions, and live entertainment. Select a location with indoor and outdoor venues. Twice we were able to select indoor venues without a 4th wall.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 , I sat down with Martin Duffy and Paul Nunesdea on LinkedIn Live for an hour’s deep dive conversation about peer conferences: the participant-driven, participation-rich events I’ve designed and facilitated for over thirty years. Peer Conferences Unveiled—The Transcript! Here it is—enjoy!

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Event Industry News

JUNE 24, 2020

A long list of Thai MICE venue operators are exhibiting their new health measures ready to be executed for the debut of business events after the government allowed MICE industry to restart with no limit on size and attendance under the fourth-phase easing of lockdown measures.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Heike Mahmoud , CMP, was one of the first European meeting professionals to earn the Certified Meting Professional (CMP) designation through the Events Industry Council (EIC) in 2006. It is a seal of quality that is immediately understood and is one of the foundations for success in the international meetings industry,” she says.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Is there a solution for putting an end to fake and predatory conferences? Sounds like traditional association conferences’ calls for subject matter experts. Fake meetings are not fake news,” he writes. That is to say, fraudulent conferences exist, and they are becoming a real problem for the meetings industry.”.

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EventMB

JUNE 1, 2022

Attendees had the chance to explore this venue in a behind-the-scenes tour. Another IMEX Frankfurt sustainability-focused initiative features the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, which has pledged to plant a tree for every meeting the company hosts at the show.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 13, 2021

People are eager to meet face to face and step out from behind the camera. If, however, your event will be one of their first trips in months, or even a year, then the prospect of getting on a plane and meeting others face to face may make them uneasy. Are you prepared to follow all of the federal, state, and local guidelines?

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 10, 2023

For what literally seems a like a life time convention centers have relied on conferences and conventions for success and revenue. The steadfast focus was to secure the big business of conferences and conventions, citywide and the like, and if additional outside the box business was booked that was icing on the cake.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 27, 2022

2022 Meeting and Event Trends for Professional Planners. The world is ever changing, and event planners and venues need to be ready to change their plans in an instant. To make your jobs a little easier, we highlighted five meeting and event trends for professional planners in 2022. Hybrid Events. Micro Events.

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