Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

From the excitement of Palm Springs International Film Festival to the fascinating cities of South Korea, the Smart Meetings editorial staff was busy traveling throughout the world in 2018 to bring back ideas and inspiration about destinations for you to consider for upcoming meetings and events.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 10, 2019

The Meetings Show, as part of the Centaur Media Travel & Meetings business, has entered into a definitive agreement for acquisition by Northstar Travel Group. The Meetings Show 2019 will take place on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 June at Olympia London, with more than 4,500 meeting and event professionals expected to attend.

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Event Industry News

MAY 10, 2021

However, according to IPK, a high intention to travel for business can already be seen in 2021 for some overseas markets, above all in Japan, China, the USA and South Korea. “Event centres, conference hotels and event venues are adjusting well even under the more difficult conditions. Adjusting capacities to “New Now“.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

My name is Song Yi KIM, and I am COO of Chris & Partners, a total business event service provider based in Seoul, South Korea. I have built the firm’s business into a growth position from the ground up for the last six years, and we are a well-known company becoming an industry leader, faster than other players in Korea.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 30, 2022

Many of the casinos and resorts operated by local tribes offer meeting and event venues, giving event planners the opportunity to contribute to the financial support of Native Americans. We’ll look at how some communities celebrate the beginning of July and what they have to offer meeting planners. of meeting space. Washington.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 17, 2017

Guam has been in the headlines in recent days and weeks due to a potential threat from North Korea to fire missiles in the direction of the U.S. soil and remains safe and protected,” he tells Smart Meetings. territory has over 20 hotels housing meeting space and in excess of 9,450 guest rooms to accommodate groups of any size.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Mercadante’s tenure in hospitality has taken him all over the world; most recently, he worked as pre-opening general manager for Andaz Seoul Gangnam, the first Andaz property in South Korea. Before the move to Nashville, Nelson worked as general manager for UNC Charlotte Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.

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Planner WIre

JUNE 4, 2018

If you are like me and many of our clients, we are always looking for something unique that we can bring to the conference experience that does not feel hokey or out of place and conference time-lapse videos are one of the coolest things an event team can put together. Here is our simple setup for conference time-lapse videos.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 23, 2017

Meetings professionals can infuse the Olympic spirit into their next event by selecting a venue that has hosted the world’s greatest sporting competition. Spaces can accommodate anywhere from 18 to 250 people for meetings. Spaces can accommodate anywhere from 18 to 250 people for meetings. Seoul, South Korea (1988).

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Event Industry News

JULY 23, 2019

For example, Tomorrowland has launched UNITE with Tomorrowland with locations in Spain, Germany, Lebanon, Taiwan, Malta, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, to stream the main festival live from Belgium. Conferences. Truly understanding customers. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Exhibitions. Event Tech.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Sports enthusiasts don’t have to travel to PyeongChang, South Korea, to watch the 2018 Olympic Winter Games this month. Conference organizers face a big question: How can they capitalize on this growing appetite for digital content? The current content at most meetings is not always streaming-friendly.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

of meeting space. of meeting space. of meeting space. of meeting space, the most of any property in the worldwide brand. Grand Hyatt Seoul in Seoul, South Korea Grand Hyatt Seoul Get in Olympic shape in time for February’s Winter Olympics in South Korea. of meeting space. of meeting space.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 15, 2017

Meeting professionals are very busy people who have to juggle many work-related responsibilities. The struggle of finding work/life balance is not unique to the event and meeting industry. Many careers take parents away from home for conferences, interviews, speaking engagements and more. ” Two little thumbs up.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Sports enthusiasts don’t have to travel to PyeongChang, South Korea, to watch the 2018 Olympic Winter Games this month. Conference organizers face a big question: How can they capitalize on this growing appetite for digital content? The current content at most meetings is not always streaming-friendly.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

You can find all these advances in design or fashion, but when you walk into a meeting, people still do business the way they did many, many years ago. For conference organizers, it’s important to know how this concept impacts Chinese attendees at events. Most of the time, a Chinese person will not go to a conference alone.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

Deep local expertise is also how Sehgal, who is managing director, Asia-Pacific and Japan, strategy and innovation, for the business-intelligence firm ORC International, came to be the opening speaker for the 2017 PCMA Global Professionals Conference – APAC, which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. Sehgal earned an MBA from the T.A.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 12, 2018

As the conference wraps-up today, it’s time to reflect on the full-scope of innovations we can expect over the next 12 months. It’s also set to light up the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The post CES 2018 Introduces Ground-breaking Innovations on the Event Tech Horizon appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2017

These top-tier cities are meetings hotspots, with enough convention space and hotel rooms to accommodate thousands of attendees at any given time, plus the cultural amenities and intangible cachet to keep them around. Convene recently spoke with representatives from three such cities that recently have hosted renowned international meetings.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

Cuts in conference attendance by U.S. government–funded scientists made headlines yet again in December, when it was reported that there had been a 60-percent drop in participation by scientists from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), at the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) annual meeting that month in New Orleans.

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Hubilo Blog

JANUARY 22, 2019

In VG 2019, the partner countries included Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Japan, Morocco, Norway, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, The Netherlands, UAE, and Uzbekistan. The entries were first approved by the organizing committee and they were then allowed access to register for seminars and meetings.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

Last September, when more than 9,000 beekeepers, researchers, and honey traders descended on Daejeon, South Korea, for Apimondia 2015, the 44th International Apicultural Congress, two groups of outsiders — a few dozen people in all — were among them. Illustration by Daniel Chang.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2016

This month, the Aloha State will host World Conservation Congress (WCC) 2016 and its estimated 10,000 attendees — representing not only the first time the group meets in the United States in its 68-year history, but the largest conservation event ever to be hosted by a U.S. WCC will meet for the first time on U.S. destination.

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GEVME

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the case of tech conferences or product launches, the presence of press can help you raise awareness at the local level. Unless you are organising a historic meeting like the North Korea-US Summit , you have to give reporters a good reason why they should spend their precious time on your event. Value offer.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 9, 2017

Conde Nast Traveler has released a list of the 50 Most Beautiful Cities in the World, many of which would make great meeting destinations. Venice offers a unique experience to meeting-goers because you get from place to place via foot or the canal system by way of water taxis and gondolas. Venice, Italy. London, U.K.

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EventMB

MAY 26, 2022

Virtual conference platform Allseated announced $15 million in new funding to be used to develop corporate metaverses. EventRebels adds a configurable online and onsite event registration, membership authorization for conference and trade show attendees, and lead retrieval to the Cadmium platform. March 15, 2022. Spatial Raises $25M.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2020

Volunteers ready the ski jump during the 1028 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. We evaluate the event planner — did the organization work with speakers to adjust,” Delpy Neirotti said, “or did they really try to just translate what a normal conference would look like and put it online?”. Vytautas Dranginis on Unsplash).

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Plan Your Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2016

Yet, corporate event and conference planners rarely incorporate sports into their events. Adding a question about preferred athletic activities to a conference or meeting registration form is easy. Spectator sporting can generate excitement at corporate events and conferences. billion viewers. Live Games.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As platforms like Mastodon, Counter Social, and Hive Social grow rapidly, they will also have to evolve and scale how they perform content moderation if they are going to meet their founders’ goals as a safe-enough space for conversation. What you see on the platform. Please share in the comments below!

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Five months earlier, Singapore played host to another memorable international event: the meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The short notice didn’t stop the city from successfully pulling off the iconic meeting. In fact, Singapore is already excited for its next big challenge.

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