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JANUARY 5, 2021

Virtual events are part of today’s new normal. In fact, the virtual event platform market is predicted to skyrocket, with Travel News Daily reporting how enterprises are now pivoting towards hosting virtual events instead of in-person ones to adapt to the changes brought about by the pandemic. And available technologies making it convenient to attend events hosted in the digital sphere only strengthens the case for virtual events as the industry's next big thing.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 5, 2021

Uncertainty prevailed at a Live Music Festivals Committee meeting this morning, with industry representatives calling for a clear message about when, and if, it will be safe to reopen; to start selling tickets for outdoor events in 2021. A government-backed cancellation insurance, which European markets including Germany already have in place, and maintaining the cut in VAT for the hospitality sector are two other vital elements in protecting the UK festival map.

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Expo Pass

JANUARY 5, 2021

(3 Minute Read). Looking for a job. Networking. Interviewing. Preparing for meetings. Taking meetings. Submitting CVs. Reading CVs. Hiring. It’s all hard work! And doing it all from a virtual setting sounds like even more hard work. But the virtual world offers a really good platform for people to make connections all over the country, and maybe even land that perfect job, or new hire.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has called upon government to provide clarity in response to today’s announcement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Jane Longhurst, chief executive of the mia, said: “While the highly-documented rise in COVID-19 cases left many expecting the worst over the festive period, the industry is now faced with the fact that business will be stalled well beyond Q3 2021.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2021

Cisco’s announcement in November that it was buying the virtual interaction company Slido may have been a foreshadowing of event tech mergers to come in 2021 according to event tech experts. That could be good news for meeting professionals looking for new features and end-to-end solutions. “This is the time where larger, more well-funded companies will buy up smaller companies that are struggling,” said industry watcher Corbin Ball.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 5, 2021

Adweek, the leading source of news and insights covering marketing, media and technology, today kicked off the new year with a bang, announcing it has acquired Social Media Week (SMW) and its flagship properties, including Social Media Week Conferences, SMW News & Insights and its recently launched streaming platform SMW+. Social Media Week was founded in 2009 by Toby Daniels to foster an engaged and elevated conversation on the impact of social media on advertising, media and culture.

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Opus Agency

JANUARY 5, 2021

Get ready for a week-long gathering of the top leaders in the events and experience industry. Join Caryn Mambro, EVP Creative and Kristin Waters, EVP Global Accounts for their fun and informative session on how to use events to amplify engagement and power your ongoing marketing campaigns. This year, the Convening Leaders program offers […]. The post Join us at PCMA Convening Leaders appeared first on Opus Agency.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 5, 2021

Reed Exhibitions announce that Anna Dycheva-Smirnova has been appointed CEO, Reed Exhibitions UK, in addition to her role as CEO of Russia, Turkey and the Middle East, effective from 1 January 2021. Dycheva-Smirnova joined Reed Exhibitions as Deputy General Manager of Reed Exhibitions Russia in 2008 and became CEO of Reed Exhibitions Russia in 2017.

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The Expo Group

JANUARY 5, 2021

Happy New Year! This month on The Exposure Podcast, one of our hosts becomes the guest. Our VP, Communications and Public Relations Dana Freker Doody along with speaker extraordinaire Thom Singer, CSP presented Engagement Strategies for Hybrid, Virtual and Live Events at IAEE’s Expo! Expo! last month. Also, we hear about what Todd and Dana have been binging this past month and we look forward to a new webinar featuring Wired For Wonder author Dee O'Neill next month.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 5, 2021

The first edition of the European Music Week will kick off on January 8, 2021. A campaign to celebrate European music across the world, the European Music Week will be a call to support and introduce new European talent and give artists centre stage. . In the past year, due to the current pandemic, festivals have been cancelled and venues had to close their doors and suspend events, with severe consequences for the live music industry, including the artists who were unable to take the spotlight

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Opus Agency

JANUARY 5, 2021

Get ready for a week-long gathering of the top leaders in the events and experience industry.

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Skift

JANUARY 5, 2021

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