Event Industry News

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Owen Sullivan, formerly Gordon Ramsay’s executive chef at Maze, the Maze Grills, and the Savoy Grill, has taken over the kitchen at luxury event and bespoke contract caterer, Noble House Events and Kitchen. The newly installed kitchen facilities give significant increased capacity for both contract and event catering production.

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Social Tables

AUGUST 10, 2023

How much do event planners make, really? Event planning is a dynamic profession that requires a great deal of creativity, organization, and people skills. Event planners are responsible for organizing and coordinating events such as weddings, corporate events, conferences, and fundraisers.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 17, 2017

Search the Internet for the phrase “event planning challenges” and you will find countless surveys and lists (like here and here ) that name reduced event budgets or budget cuts as one of the top challenges facing event professionals every year. Craft a unique event theme and name.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The old meeting industry normal is long over, and many event professionals are still hoping and waiting for a new normal. In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. As I write, two years have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the world and the event industry.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Natasha Stamper Pedigo, CMP, 38, works in Lexington, Kentucky, as a meeting planner and event manager at The Asphalt Institute. A s a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Pedigo discusses her passion for the events industry. I am responsible for every aspect of the event. I had four months to plan, sell and market the event.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. How safe are your meetings and events? New disruptions seem to be invented every week: food terrorism means planners need to think about kitchen security and new camera and drone technologies mean proprietary knowledge can be stolen and outdoor spaces can be accessed from the air.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

Jim Clapes, 37, works in New York City as conference and events manager at the Drug Policy Alliance. As a 2018 40 Under 40 honoree, Clapes discusses his passion for the events industry. and marry my interest in event coordination with the non-profit sector. Connect with Clapes on Instagram.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

After a year spent moving in-person events to digital platforms and monitoring the shifts in the feasibility of meeting in person, the timelines for holding safe in-person meetings in the future are slowly coming into focus. Several years ago, Events DC developed an interactive online walkthrough of the Walter E.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2022

A lot has changed in two years since the actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had contracted what was then known as novel coronavirus on a film set in Australia. The costs of meeting spaces and hotel rooms in destinations remained the most important factor for business event planners, with health protocols ranking only fourth.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The evolution of the meetings landscape continued today with the announcement that Convene, which targets the small-meetings market by offering full-service facilities in five major American cities, has made a strategic investment in Bizly, an end-to-end software solution for meetings management. Convene has leased nearly 1 million sq.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 8, 2020

However, that Harvard Medical School facility soon after announced it was closed indefinitely and would be unable to accommodate the logistics of the event, even if it re-opens by August. The event itself, however, has not been canceled. Project Voice is its marquee event, and it has cut its registration limit from 5,000 to 850.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 27, 2018

But in terms of development of hotels, meeting industry infrastructure, and new or improved attractions, the Big Apple appears more active than ever. With an abundance of blockbuster openings across New York City, 2019 will truly be a monumental year,” says Fred Dixon, NYC & Company president and CEO.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 31, 2018

He will cover the basics of contracts, how the staff is AV union staff is hired, shadow labor and more. Unions have contracts with the venue. Number one is that unions, if you didn’t know, always have their contracts with the venue. Here’s our contract.” Video Transcription – How AV Unions Work .

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 2, 2018

Hotels in major cities such as San Francisco call their daily fee an “urban fee.” In New York City, it’s often known as an “amenity fee” or “facilities fee.”. Even if a hotel has no resort or urban fees currently, I would put it in writing in the contract, so that there is no potential issue in the future.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

Brought to you by: Carly Roncaglio-Marotta manages a team of planners for IQVIA, a global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services to the life sciences industry. What was your favorite event to plan? The event was almost a year in the making, and it was huge.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The Event Technology Awards (ETA)’s eighth edition will take place this Thursday 5 th November. The calibre of entries this year highlights the role technology has played in helping to adapt the industry to serve new demands post-Covid-19. Here are some of the finalists: 2Heads Global Design nominated for the Event Technology Awards.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 22, 2019

After event organizers manage to motivate attendees to register for a program, they face another — and arguably, more challenging — hurdle: getting them to book a room at one of the hotel properties in the official hotel block. Study stakeholders discuss highlights of the “Room Block of the Future” research.

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Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 17, 2021

It took a 100-year event like COVID—slamming the brakes on all in-person events—to finally get people to pay attention to virtual. On April 13, 2010, I moderated a panel discussion on virtual events for the International Association for Exhibitions & Events. Business Barometer: Market Caps & Valuations.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 25, 2019

That changed when, as a graduate student earning a master’s degree in social work at Columbia University, Guelbart encountered ECPAT-USA, an anti-child-trafficking nonprofit based in New York City and the first U.S.-based based nonprofit to work to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children.

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Unique Venues

MAY 19, 2021

AEG Presents Special Event Venues (AEGSEV) Are Springing Back to Life. progresses forward in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, live event venues are getting ready to reopen. Live Event Venues Have Extra Perks. The show must go on – and finally after 14 long months, it will. As the U.S.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It’s the conversation you always wanted but never had – wages in the events industry! And what do we do better than anyone else here in Event Brew? Thuy Diep, Dustin Westling, Will Curran, and Nick Borelli are ready to take on the topic of wages in the events industry. Because I used to live in New York.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. Events Industry Council to Update CMP Criteria.

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

A streamlined AV experience is essential to a successful event. We asked experts to help deconstruct the complexities of the AV world to equip event coordinators of all experience levels with new information to employ at upcoming conferences. What’s Trending in AV.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

November 11, 2016 – Smart Meetings, the leading media company and most trusted resource for meeting professionals, was awarded two Eddie Awards and two Ozzie Awards at the 2016 Eddie & Ozzie Awards by Folio in New York City. About Smart Meetings 360, Inc.:

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

One of the main reasons event professionals learn with us is to hone the skills needed to advance their event planning careers, and many of them ask us about job openings. Meeting & Event Job Openings | February 2018. Events Coordinator II – Operations Logistics | Isagenix | Gilbert, AZ. Learn More.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

“There are no silos in catering,” said Phillips, director of catering and events at Conrad New York. She has spent the last 12 years with Hilton Hotels & Resorts, working in Toronto and South Florida before a stint at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City and, finally, Conrad New York.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. What I love about my job: I love to see the pride my team takes in their work and the creative ideas they come up with to create value for each client’s events. Job title: Founder and CEO Company or organization: Glow Global Events in New York City.

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Capterra Event Management

JUNE 4, 2018

Attendees expect a lot out of their event experience these days. But these amazing venues are nothing without the foundational aspects that make the venue right for the event. There’s more to choosing an event venue than finding one of the right size (although that is part of the process).

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Unique Venues

AUGUST 3, 2020

Don’t Just Plan an Event…Plan an EXPERIENCE! They have everything you need for a successful event - plus offer unique experiences that your guests will remember for years to come. Turn Your Next Event into a Beach Getaway. By Brian Finn. Check our latest list of unique venues…with unique experiences.

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All Seated

JANUARY 17, 2019

A wedding planner’s tasks include the overall design and vision of wedding, keeping the couples within their budgets, contract negotiations, the hiring of vendors, as well as execution of the event vision on the day of the wedding. A full-service wedding planner basically handles everything for the couple, from start to finish.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Yes, we are planning an event at Wynn this year, and nothing we hear is much of a surprise these days—only disappointing,” said Barbara Spear-Prokopik, president of LT Planning & Incentives in the Greater New York City area. “No .” Other planners were, if not sympathetic with Wynn, more philosophical.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. What I love about my job: I love to see the pride my team takes in their work and the creative ideas they come up with to create value for each client’s events. Job title: Founder and CEO Company or organization: Glow Global Events in New York City.

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Brilliant Event Planning

MAY 17, 2020

We addressed this for clients in our Covid-19 FAQ , but today we’re talking about the rescheduling fee as it pertains to event pros, especially wedding and event planners. This is a fee to rebook a client’s wedding or event. You have a contract (hopefully!) Let’s start with the basics. What is a rescheduling fee?

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 23, 2019

20, 2018, hosted the inaugural All Tech Is Human: A Summit on Ethical Tech in New York City. Four more events on technology and ethics are slated for this year throughout the U.S. A couple days before the event, I did have a few people reaching out to say, ‘Can you tell me everyone else who is going to attend?’”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. Events Industry Council to Update CMP Criteria.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

One of the main reasons event professionals learn with us is to hone the skills needed to advance their event planning careers, and many of them ask us about job openings. Fundraising Event Management. Technical Meeting & Event Production. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals. Upcoming Courses.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 20, 2018

Each month we interview an events professional that is doing something remarkable. This month we spoke with Dayna Rothman, CRO at SaaStr, about multi-channel event promotion, the differences and similarities between B2B and B2C events, and what it takes to scale a rapidly growing event.

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