EventMB
JANUARY 6, 2022
Established event players MeetingPlay and Aventri will merge, helped by an undisclosed investment from two private equity firms, the companies announced Thursday. The deal marks the latest in a wave of consolidation driven by the demand for hybrid and virtual event capabilities. The financial currents swirling around the event tech industry for the last year […].
Endless Events
JANUARY 6, 2022
The Event Brew is back after a well-deserved holiday break! Inspired by their time off, the Brew Crew will talk about taking a break as an event professional. Will, Dustin, and Thuy know all about staying productive all year round and have all experienced event-industry-related burnout in the past. But as they matured, they learned their ways to work around it.
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Event Industry News
JANUARY 6, 2022
The IMEX Group has today confirmed that it has secured new dates for IMEX in Frankfurt 2022. The change allows the team to stage the 20th anniversary of its market-leading trade show from Tuesday 31 May – Thursday 02 June, giving the global meetings, incentive travel and events industry an additional five weeks to prepare. The increase in Omicron cases across Europe and around the world together with current regulatory uncertainty caused Chairman, Ray Bloom and CEO, Carina Bauer to review their
Hubilo Blog
JANUARY 6, 2022
Engaging members has always been a key priority for association executives. 50% of them report that members are most likely not to renew because of lack of engagement. Year-round member engagement is a challenging task. More so in an increasingly virtual and distracting world. But it’s critical to achieving your future membership goals. Here are three best practices to follow while building a robust, member-centric engagement plan. .
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The greats learn from the greats. Set yourself and your team up for success with tried and tested strategies and insights from event marketing geniuses at Vanta, Partnership Leaders, Quantum Metric, Rocketlane, and Explori.
Smart Meetings
JANUARY 6, 2022
Event platform MeetingPlay and meeting management SaaS provider Aventri announced today that they will merge to create a full-service event software company. The deal, backed by a growth equity investment from Sunstone Partners and Camden Partners, is positioned as a blend of technology and service to close gaps in the planning process and deliver a full-service solution for meetings ranging from 100 people to more than 200,000.
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Glisser
JANUARY 6, 2022
As I sit here in London witnessing another raft of postponed or cancelled events in the European region, whilst also hearing of US events resting on the all too familiar ‘should we/shouldn’t we?’ knife edge, I am feeling confused that this is happening.
Smart Meetings
JANUARY 6, 2022
IMEX Frankfurt , the European sister of IMEX America announced today that they will move the 20th anniversary show from April 26-28 to May 31-June 2, 2022. “The recent rise in Omicron cases combined with our desire to give our business community certainty has led us to push IMEX in Frankfurt back by five weeks,” said IMEX CEO Carina Bauer. She said the announcement was being made now to allow clients, customers, supplies and partners the time to prepare.
Eventbrite UK
JANUARY 6, 2022
Looking for inspiration for your next spiritual retreat? Here are five fun activity ideas, plus a few promotion tips to help you get the word out. The post 6 Retreat Activities to Inspire Attendees appeared first on Eventbrite UK.
SevenEvents
JANUARY 6, 2022
with many clients still looking to host their events virtually for the first part of next year, we have some great activities to help energise your audience. haka. this unique haka activity is a high energy 45-minute class. lead by one of our organisers, guests will learn the iconic tribal dance. this is a great opportunity to learn a new skill and put together a sequence of moves to perform as a team at the end of the session. this activity lends itself to being recorded and shown back at a fut
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In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret
Unique Venues
JANUARY 6, 2022
Five Associations Professional Meeting Planners Need to Know. Have you recently entered the events industry and are looking for associations to join that will help you learn the tricks of the trade? Are you an experienced event planning professional and searching for new associations to become a member of? Either way, you wandered upon the right article!
Exhibitor Magazine
JANUARY 6, 2022
ATLANTA, GA Tradeshow Logic is excited to announce a new strategic relationship with Explori. This. partnership will empower event organizers and s.
Lennd
JANUARY 6, 2022
The year is officially 2022! Now that all of the champagne has been popped and the confetti has been vacuumed up, it’s time to look towards this year’s events with excitement and optimism. Sure we learned a heck of a lot in 2021 about the future in event management, but as we all know there is always more knowledge out there just waiting for us to tap into.
Sendo
JANUARY 6, 2022
You may have all of your wedding elements coming together nicely but stuck trying to figure out how to pull off an equally memorable rehearsal dinner. While the wedding is the main event, everyone knows that the real fun is to be had at the pre-party aka rehearsal dinner. It is the party that hypes everyone up for the main event, making it the party everyone wants to be at.
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Get ahead of the curve and stay informed with Zuddl's industry report on the future of B2B events in 2023. Stay up-to-date on the latest trends and insights from leading experts in the field. Make informed decisions and stay ahead of the competition.
Prestige Events Magazine
JANUARY 6, 2022
Lime Venue Portfolio is pioneering for greener marketing within the meetings and events industry with the announcement of a new ‘clean and green’ website for 2022. The brand was recently recognised for its sustainable education campaign ‘Beyond Food’, by The Drum, and is now looking to ensure its digital marketing supports the brands sustainability credentials.
Exhibitor Magazine
JANUARY 6, 2022
NEW YORK The LGBT Meeting Professionals Association (LGBT MPA), a professional MICE organization based in Philadelphia, announced its newly electe.
Special Events
JANUARY 6, 2022
Special events business news
StraussCA
JANUARY 6, 2022
No longer do we live in the days where messenger pigeons carried letters to home. It’s plain to see that we are experiencing the digital age, especially since now almost all correspondence is done over video chat and email. At the risk of stating the obvious, digital communications are where it’s at. For an association, members should receive regular updates on their industry and community.
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