Event Industry News

APRIL 18, 2024

The Meetings Show – the UK’s leading exhibition for the meetings, events, and incentives community – has unveiled an enriching knowledge programme jam-packed with sessions designed to empower event professionals to think, connect, plan and live differently.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 19, 2024

Creative events agency Meet & Potato today announced their CEO Jon Kelly has been appointed to the Meetings Industry Association (mia) board. The appointment follows Jon’s many successful years at the frontline of the events industry where he oversees strategic plans, designs and production of events for well known brands.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Define clear goals and objectives To successfully execute an event, you first need to know what you’re aiming at. That’s why the first step to running a winning event is clearly defining its purpose and objectives. This is best done by scheduling a planning meeting with company leadership and other key stakeholders for the event.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As 2024 fast approaches, we spoke to some of the business meetings and events industry’s leading figures to find out what they think the next 12 months will have in store for the sector. Building trust through accreditation Championing industry standards will be a key theme for 2024.

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Event Industry News

JULY 3, 2023

By Matt Coyne Attending The Meetings Show last week, co-located with the Travel Technology Show and the Business Travel Show, was an excellent opportunity to enjoy the buzz and energy of professionals from various industries, connecting, learning, networking and relationship building.

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Event Industry News

MAY 2, 2023

The Meetings Show, the UK’s leading event which brings together the world’s meetings and events community, has announced Meeting Needs as its chosen charity partner for 2023.

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Event Industry News

MAY 18, 2023

Meet in Wales has further reinforced its position as a preferred destination for sustainable business events, with the announcement of a series of initiatives that will not only attract ‘green’ leaning businesses and events, but which also incentivise more sustainable events while in Wales.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 16, 2018

What’s the future of event technology? ” — Bill McGlade, senior director, emerging markets, a2z Inc., who added, “Technology is meant to enhance f2f meetings and as it develops and becomes more personalized, it will change our perception and definition of f2f.” Photo Credit: Jacob Slaton.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 2, 2023

hivr.ai, a travel technology start-up that automates meeting and group sales processes for conference hotels, today announced an integration partnership with Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider. The new integration will allow hivr.ai

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Event Industry News

MARCH 4, 2024

As a partner, moment maker, and solution-finder, we understand that flexibility and functionality are key to ensuring we can seamlessly deliver exactly what our meeting and event partners need in order to create impactful meetings.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 13, 2024

The Meetings Show 2024 has opened registration for its Hosted Buyer Programme and is inviting event planners from the UK and Europe to apply.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2022

He was definitely one of those folks I could easily spend hours talking shop with, and his enthusiasm for creating amazing events was infectious. The early work he and others did in that time established many of the best practices for online, hybrid and multihub meetings and events that still stand today. There and Back Again.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Meetings Show, the UK’s leading event that brings together the world’s meetings and events community, is seeking submissions for its 2024 content programme.  Submissions are also welcomed from […]

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

American Express Meetings & Events has launched the latest evolution of Meetings Insights, a business intelligence platform designed to help clients make faster, more informed decisions.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 12, 2024

a DMC Network Company, proudly announces that president and founder Diane Lyons, CMP, DMCP,has been named a recipient of the esteemed 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Award by Smart Meetings. ACCENT New Orleans Inc.,

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Event Industry News

JUNE 19, 2023

The Meetings Show’s 2023 Hosted Buyer Welcome Reception will be the first event held onboard Oceandiva London, the new state-of-the-art sustainable events vessel operated by the UK’s leading hospitality and events company, Smart Group.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 30, 2024

The strategy will see major investments across the hotel’s high-profile meetings and investment spaces, including its iconic International Suite. The Mercure Manchester Piccadilly hotel has announced a new vision, strategy and investment plan for the hotel that will revolutionise the hotel throughout 2024 and beyond.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 5, 2024

International Production professionals will meet in Hungary for EPFE24, for the 9th edition, on October 28th at the Budapest Arena. A new name has been announced that is Event Production Forum Europe which see’s the acronym updated to reflect the growth of […]

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Meetings Show – the UK’s leading exhibition for the meetings, events, and incentives community – has signed a three-year deal to remain at ExCeL London until 2026.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Meet Blackpool has announced it has become a member of three key industry associations: the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO), beam and the Tourism Management Institute (TMI), further cementing the town’s dedication to the global events and tourism sectors.

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Event Industry News

JULY 31, 2023

The Meetings Show 2023 welcomed a record 5,704 attendees through the doors of ExCeL, London last month. There were 28,070 connections made via the Swapcard app, both before and during the show (28-29 June), where buyers were welcomed to #TakeTheTime to learn, network and be inspired at the leading event for the meetings and events community.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 28, 2023

Meet in Wales has confirmed the arrival of more ambassadors to its growing programme, aimed at building relationships with industry to support business events in the destination. The Ambassador Wales Conference Programme mirrors Wales’s wider strategy of working with specific sectors that underline its own industrial strengths.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Croke Park is changing the game by championing seasonally inspired and locally acquired food for meetings and events, with carbon ‘foodprint’ scores and a new 50 Mile Menu concept, making it easier for businesses to plan sustainable and environmentally conscious events.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 3, 2024

Strata, the award-winning brand experience agency, has appointed Caroline Lumgair Wiseman as Group Head of Strategic Meeting Solutions, a new position created to develop Strata’s Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) offering. In her new role, […]

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

FCM Meetings & Events (FCM M&E), the long-standing specialists in the sector and flagship division of the Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG), has announced a global expansion of the business that will see industry expert Simone Seiler moving into the role of Global General Manager to oversee lofty ambitions and bring all the global M&E […] (..)

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Event Industry News

JUNE 5, 2023

The Meetings Show, the UK’s leading event which brings together the world’s meetings and events community, has unveiled further commitments to minimising its environmental impact.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest global meeting and event industry organization with over 12,000 members, announces the agenda and programming for its upcoming annual European Meetings and Events Conference (EMEC) taking place 3-5 March, 2024 in Luxembourg.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Convene, a hospitality company that designs, builds, and manages premium meeting, event, and flexible office spaces, today announced that it has acquired etc.venues, an established leader in urban day conferencing with venues across the United Kingdom in London, Manchester, and Birmingham, and in the United States in New York City.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 29, 2023

Event professionals have been empowered, informed and inspired to think, connect, plan and live differently during day one of The Meetings Show 2023.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 5, 2023

The Meetings Show, the UK’s leading event for the meetings and incentives industry, has announced new creative partnerships to shake up its education programme for 2023.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 15, 2023

Lime Venue Portfolio is launching a cross industry and collaborative campaign to understand what the Meeting of the Future will look like.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 27, 2023

Northstar Travel Group, the leading B-to-B information, events and marketing solutions company in the travel industry, announces the launch of a major hosted buyer led tradeshow for the Asia Pacific meetings industry.

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Event Industry News

MAY 19, 2023

The Meetings Industry Association has unveiled its exciting plans for The Meetings Show as it prepares to have its largest stand at next month’s event.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 10, 2024

The Business of Events (TBOE) has announced that the All Party Parliamentary Group for Events (APPG) is to hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 16th April 2024, in line with current Parliamentary rules and requirements.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Organizations worldwide are increasingly realizing that captions go far beyond providing accessibility for their events and meetings. With Ai-Media, you can access all the captioning technology you need in one easy-to-use, end-to-end cloud solution. […].

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Unity Place has become the latest meetings and events venue to join the Lime Venue Portfolio (LVP), the UK’s largest collection of iconic venues. Opening September 2023, the purpose built, multi-functional venue represents the latest thinking around multi-purpose spaces created to embrace community, business, and sustainability.

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EncoreAPAC

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

As the events market ramps back up to full speed, it’s worth asking an important question about use of space. Instead of just picking up where we left off, could we find a more suitable way to set up staging, technology and more in event venues? The future of event technology and production in hotels.

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