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Code Red! Your Fix-It Guide for Today’s Event Emergencies

SmartMeetings

Three-and-a-half months prior to a client’s largest annual trade show, Mandi Graziano, vice president of global accounts for HPN Global , was notified that San Diego Convention Center would be unable to host the program. The venue was being commandeered as a temporary Emergency Intake Site and was not going to be available for groups.

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12 Powerful Event Statistics and Trends for 2016

Capterra Event Management

The event management industry is a numbers game. How many attendees will show? How much should you spend on a venue ? Can you afford to fly a team to an event? Mobile phone usage for events is still on the rise with 86% of event planners expected to have an app at their event in 2016.

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5 Next-Gen Technologies That Already Are Changing Meetings

PCMA Convene

Destinations have been early, obvious adopters, offering VR tours of attractions and venues for meeting planners and tourists alike. P icture this: As an attendee wanders through your trade show, a notification appears on her Apple Watch that walking toward her is someone who shares her interest in, say, clinical nuclear cardiology.

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The Commonsense Guide to Coronavirus for Events and Conferences

Bizzabo

We are working with Orlando Health and Dr. Phillips Hospital (closest to convention center) to provide extra medical support as needed on site. HIMSS and the Orange County Convention Center will consult health teams at Orlando Health when necessary. Reach out to all meeting spaces, hotels, and venues. It will be a requirement.

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The Road Ahead: What’s In Store for the Event Industry In 2021 & Beyond – Part Three Virtual Events

Event Leadership Institute

In Part Two of this series where I focused on in-person events, I talked about the difficult—but necessary—contraction on the supply side (at venues, hotels, and other suppliers) to deal with the dramatic drop in demand. Event apps made it easier for planners to see who attended which sessions but did little to track engagement.

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