SmartMeetings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Meeting Profs Travel: Over Half of Passengers on Flights from China Test Covid-positive Hong Kong has announced the lifting of all mandatory PCR test requirements for inbound travelers; however, travelers coming to the U.S. The post Meeting Profs Travel Report appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

United Adds New Non-Stops to 100+ International Cities This Summer to Meet ‘Soaring Overseas Travel Demand’ United Airlines has announced that it will fly to 114 different international cities this summer and has expanded its flying by 25% versus last year to meet the sharp increase in demand for travel outside of the U.S.

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GEVME

MARCH 15, 2019

When you’re in the events industry, you should know the main event management conferences for 2019 so you can visit them to improve your knowledge and share your own experiences of working long hours while trying to pull off amazing corporate events for your clients. The top 13 event management conferences to attend in 2019.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Smart Meetings spoke with Harmony Nordgren, vice president of operations at Cyberbacker, about things to consider when setting up international travel for your attendees. Read More : Adventures in International Meetings All others arriving in the U.S. That requires a lot more planning and forethought.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Net Zero Carbon Events will be launching its Roadmap for the events industry at COP27 at Sharm El- Sheikh in Egypt on 11 November – Decarbonisation Day. Twenty-four supporting partners, including exhibition and event organisers, service providers, associations, convention bureaux and venues, are now financial contributors.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Instead of scrapping their events amid COVID-19 concerns, more organizations are moving their face-to-face programs online. The multi-hub format, with multiple connected venues like this meeting with 18 hubs in Spain, combines the benefits of both. The Multi-Hub Meeting. The Internet quality is there. The equipment is there.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Meetings Show has announced the UK’s leading exhibition for event, meeting and conference professionals will now be a fully virtual event this October. The Meetings Show will run virtually from 19-21 October. The show will run virtually from 19-21 October.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Events Industry Council (EIC) held a webinar on Feb. That means that it’s prudent for event organizers to do everything they can to minimize the spread of germs, making sure that hand sanitizers are readily available and working with venues to step up sanitation efforts. A close-up view of coronavirus. Photo Credit Adobe Stock).

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The WRLDCTY festival will broadcast 30 panels and discussions on three stages from venues in five host cities — New York City, London, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and Toronto. Next week, Resonance Consultancy will kick off WRLDCTY , a new virtual event billed as the world’s largest virtual cities festival. What’s the goal?

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The event industry’s Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge requires signatories to commit to targets aligned with the Paris Climate Accord, which includes achieving a 50-percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 on the way to net zero emissions by 2050. The event industry’s Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge session takes place at 10 a.m.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2018

When planning end-of-year meetings during the winter season, a few decorations can go a long way. But having an entire destination behind you, humming with holiday cheer, can transform an event into much more than just another business trip. And that’s not even counting the internal events hotels put on themselves.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

emissions-reduction conference, the Joint Meetings Industry Council has developed goals and strategies for drastically reducing carbon from events in the coming years. Net zero means a level balance between the amount of greenhouse gas produced by events and the amount of carbon removed from the atmosphere in return. “In

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2022

The first six months of 2022 were a busy time for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, as Dubai Business Events (DBE), Dubai’s convention bureau, as the two destinations collaborated to procure 99 event bookings over the coming years. Dubai’s ability to book this number of events are credited to the success of the country’s Expo 2020.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2024

Chalcraft first joined Sledge as Project Manager in 2017, and returns to the business following several years in Hong Kong, where she held roles including Lead Producer within the APAC arms of global event and experiential agencies.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Popular destinations throughout the world have been busy adding new properties and attractions—from a spectacular entertainment venue in Montreal to a stunning convention center in San Jose, Costa Rica—that have enhanced their offerings to meeting groups and tourists. Related : Cvent Reveals Top Meeting Destinations for 2018.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Download this episode (right click and save) In this week’s Event Industry News podcast, host James Dickson welcomes Maarten Vaneste, founder of Multi-Hub Meetings. The post Podcast: Multi-Hub Meetings and the efficiency of video conferencing appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 17, 2021

PRA , a corporate event planning company in Chicago, has promoted Breining to global sales director. He has also been vice president of sales and marketing at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in Hong Kong, as well as group director of sales at Minor International in Thailand. Lindsay Breining. Carole Manning-Kim.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Grand Resort Bad Ragaz Hong Kong In celebration of its 90th anniversary, The Peninsula Hong Kong recently introduced an all-new rendition of its “Culinary Journey.” Carlsbad, California Customize a private group experience with Carlsbad Food Tours as a team-building event or corporate party.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Net Zero Carbon Events initiative will launch its Roadmap at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, on November 11. The Roadmap creates a common framework for all event industry stakeholders to meet the net zero goal. The event is open to everyone and will also be streamed live.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 14, 2021

Mazmanian is director of account services, live events for virtual event platform Bluewater Technologies in Wixom, Michigan. Volm is senior vice president of sales and success for virtual and hybrid events platform Hubilo Technologies. The post 8 Smart Moves in NYC, Los Angeles and Maui appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A leading global destination and event management company has decided to expand its efforts by initiating additional programs to address environmental and social development issues. Founded in Hong Kong in 1980, Pacific World operates in more than 40 countries around the world. Learn More.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Net Zero Carbon Events will be launching its Roadmap for the events industry at COP27 at Sharm El- Sheikh in Egypt on 11 November – Decarbonisation Day. Twenty-four supporting partners, including exhibition and event organisers, service providers, associations, convention bureaux and venues, are now financial contributors.

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EventMB

MAY 20, 2022

Leanne has worked with organizations around the globe, both in person and online, from Australia to Canada, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and more. A theme we have been seeing crop up across multiple podcast discussions is the idea that a great event starts way before it has actually started.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The Academy Awards isn’t the only star-studded event this week. Stick around as we present some of the winning newcomers from the 61st annual awards, for your next event and personal inspiration. The Peninsula Hotel New York offers the most event space of the U.S. Find out which cities are on the rise for your next meeting.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

All too often we attempt to glean some semblance of an explanation or understanding when confronted with an understaffed hotel or event venue and you have probably strategized about all the ways you would “fix” the situation if you were in charge. The post How Hotels Scrambled to Staff the Return of Events appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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zkipster

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The zkipster team, from New York to London to Hong Kong, put together a video to share what gets us so excited every day. But at the core of it is one mission we all share: helping event professionals around the world create perfect guest experiences. On a red carpet, on a televised event, on a global movie premier.

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GEVME

APRIL 18, 2018

Are you willing to spend your money and time on an event you know nothing about? Unless you’ve attended the very same meeting before, it’s hard to predict what you should expect. A clear, comprehensive agenda is the backbone of an event that provides invitees with a worthy value offer. Show off your speakers.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2021

New spots for business meetings and events are also opening up across Canada. of event space in three sizable rooms, and the location features a waterfront terrace. A relatively new arrival to the Cabos San Lucas hotel scene is The Cape, A Thompson Hotel —an alluring event space for business planners that opened in 2015.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Collaboration, commitment and consistency emerged as key themes when the Net Zero Carbon Events initiative launched its Roadmap at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Hundreds of events professionals around the world watched and listened to the presentations and panel sessions.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2017

The new partners will cover territories in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia, and will be licenced to supply Giant iTab’s across the meetings and events sectors. The post Giant iTab expands into Asia Pacific markets following Mobile World Congress, Shanghai appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Hubilo Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

With the year 2019 round the corner, event professionals must be already busy with the planning of the set of events to plan and visit in the next year. MICE industry welcomes all the event planners, event ogranisers, event-tech enthusiasts and event professionals to witness the rise of MICE in all forms!

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

Live music, sporting events, and arts and theater shows are often held at the park, and there are plenty of places to eat and drink from coffee and cocktails to barbecue and vegan food. Read More : Roundup of Post-Event Life for Olympic Venues. Hong Kong; 8. Hong Kong; 7. Macau, China; 2. Seville, Spain; 4.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Alex Balding, Events Manager at SaaStock. Alex is an Events Manager at SaaStock, a global community of SaaS (software as a service) founders, executives and investors. Read the Event Tech Q&A here. Read the Event Tech Q&A here. Aleksandra Panyukhina, Head of Event Marketing at SEMrush.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Polito is currently managing director for mdg, a San Diego-based agency that specializes in event and association marketing. Before that, he was senior manager of performance and revenue optimization for Greater China for WorldHotels, where he managed the brand’s hotels in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Brian Smith.

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Expo Pass

JUNE 1, 2021

Hybrid and in-person events are officially on the books, and we have to say it’s making things feel a little more normal these days. The only problem is marketing in-person events in 2021 is a whole different story. Here are our top tips for marketing your hybrid or in-person event in 2021 and beyond. It’s a tall order.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

If you’re a meeting planner and you happened to book your next gathering in a small village in France, you’re in sync with the top meeting trends for 2017, according to Pacific World’s 2017 Annual Destination Index. Top 9 Trending Meeting Destinations. 10 Top Meetings Trends. 10 Top Meetings Trends. ” 4.

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EncoreAPAC

DECEMBER 15, 2020

COVID restrictions left Australasian Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition (AHICE) and Design Inn with two options, delay or continue in a unique hybrid event format. They chose the second option and engaged Encore to help, utilising their latest technologies to deliver a professional engaging event from Hyatt Regency Sydney.

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