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The Conference Big Idea Road Less Traveled That Harvests Success

Velvet Chainsaw

Most conferences are stuck in a rut! So how do you create a conference experience that is not like all the others? Start by considering one or more of these conference big ideas. They are the conference planning road less traveled that harvests success! Big Conference Ideas On The Road Less Traveled Part 1.

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Four Business Travel Trends and Forecasts Impacting Events in 2024

Event Marketer

Your attendee travelers are eager to hit the road, but thanks in part to economic challenges like inflation, companies are cutting back on T&E. Those able to travel freely are combining remote work with longer leisure trips. Corporate travel policies may start including air emissions tracking.

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37 Conference Gift Bag Ideas Your Attendees Will Actually Be Excited About

Eventmobi

From delight to disappointment, conference gift bags can inspire a range of emotions depending on the type of swag and goodies included. with conference swag bags full of clever, thoughtful, and practical gifts. In this article, we’ll provide tips on best practices (including dos and don’ts for conference swag!)

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Q&A: San Francisco Travel Association Discusses Event Safety and Business

Event Marketer

The city’s challenges related to homelessness, crime and drugs are part of a combination of factors that are impacting the city’s event business, with a number of big tech conferences announcing historic moves out of the city and to Las Vegas. It’s the iconic architecture, the bridges, the bay, the wine country, the mountains.

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Diary of a Conference and Meeting Planner

Coterie Spark

Why should you hire conference and meeting planners? Experienced conference and meeting planners, however, allow you to focus on the important stuff: VIPs, attendees, speakers. We produced a conference for 250 guests where a famous singer was set to perform in the evening. What kind of business do we handle, you ask?

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Pivot MIA: How Vox Media Turned its Podcast Into a Futuristic Tech Conference in Miami

Event Marketer

In actuality, it was a forward-thinking dinner, gallery and performance experience activated by Hygienic Dress League (HDL) during Vox Media’s inaugural Pivot MIA conference, an event based on its “Pivot” podcast that addressed the intersection of technology with nearly all aspects of life. Welcome to the “museum of the future.”.

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Event planning conferences you won’t want to miss in 2023!

Expo Pass

An event planning conference! In this article, we share our list of event-planning conferences in 2023 that you won’t want to miss out on! In this article, we share our list of event-planning conferences in 2023 that you won’t want to miss out on! Event planning conferences are THE place to learn from influential people.

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