Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

Gavin Brennan Gavin joins Davis Events Agency from Keywords Studios – a Global gaming tech company now valued at over $2bn and one of the biggest gaming tech companies in the world, and was previously in a senior role in Websummit, leading one of the world’s biggest tech conferences and expos.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Strong gains indicate a return to pre-pandemic stability Global business events entity Events Industry Council (EIC) has released its Global Events Barometer for the second quarter of 2024, with results showing positive growth in nearly every region around the world.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2024

With an increasing emphasis on carbon neutrality and integrating new technologies like AI, the UK is positioning itself to remain competitive in the global events landscape. Additionally, the report points to the industry’s growing focus on sustainability and technological innovation.

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EventMB

JANUARY 24, 2024

Skift Take: Through its acquisition of MGME, InteleTravel is looking to leverage its leisure travel experience to grow in the meetings and incentives market. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 16, 2024

host city that aligns values with Sephora,” says Kate Biancamano-Brown, senior director-event and experiential marketing at Sephora. Now, SEPHORiA is a global event designed to welcome beauty lovers everywhere. “We choose a [U.S.] So we’ve never intended SEPHORiA to exist in one market, exclusively.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It is this skill for adaptability that is driving growth in the global events market. Whether this be older people looking for a new career or people travelling around the world for a new opportunity, the industry is looking at every area of society to find innovative and creative talent.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 26, 2025

The UKs leading event that brings together the worlds meetings and events community returns to Excel London on 25-26 June, offering high quality educational and networking opportunities and the chance to meet over 650 global event suppliers.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 2, 2025

Shoptalk 2025, a global event for retail and ecommerce, owned by Hyve Group, took over the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, March 25-25, bringing together more than 10,000 attendees and more than 225 senior-level speakers from top retailers, including Macys, Inc., Mattel, Canada Goose and P&G.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Event Crisis Communication Templates Worth Copying What do you do when crisis strikes pre-event? The process of weighting risks can have a positive impact on your planning budget. Do you have a plan in place?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2024

They discussed how they each have created actionable sustainability strategies and seen successful outcomes at their companies. This article breaks down their conversation.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The novel coronavirus outbreak has had a significant impact on the events industry, from venues and vendors to speakers and sponsors. We feel great sympathy for all affected by COVID-19 and the ripple effects this global pandemic has caused.”.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2025

His appointment comes during a period of expansion for Identity is it increases its global footprint and innovative brand experience and event offerings. At Identity, were building a team that truly understands the power of human experiences.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2025

In his new role, Fullard will lead Identity’s global marketing and communications strategy, leveraging his expertise to showcase the agency’s innovative approach to creating human-centric events and experiences.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The 2024 NACS Show, a global event for the convenience store industry, brought together over 26,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Oct. Bourbon-glazed fried chicken with fluffy biscuits, Barbie Jelly Belly and Orange Cream Coke… it was enough to convert any health-food addict into a convenience store connoisseur.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Elevate also published more episodes of its popular podcast series, Just One Thing , where event professionals share advice and stories based on letters to their younger selves. Looking ahead to its 10th anniversary in 2025 , Elevate has big plans to keep expanding its reach.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI, said of the development, “EMEC has long been a cornerstone for the global events community, fostering professional development through innovation, learning and connections. With 1,000 members and 10 chapters and clubs, MPI has the largest presence at the conference.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In addition to overseeing Visit Denver’s sustainability initiatives, she has served as a member of the EIC Sustainable Event Standards Committee and is a former Event Services Professional Association board member.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 2, 2024

The Human Network, parent company of leading independent agency Identity, has acquired the Smyle Group in a move that is set to redefine the Global events industry.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Simon Hambley, Group CEO of Strata, said: “Partnering with Element and adding them to the growing Strata Group is another important step in our journey to reach our destination as the leading brand experience agency in the global events industry.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The acquisition of IME Connect follows the merger of Miami-based A-Plus Meetings & Events and Utah-based Columbus Travel into M-Plus Global Events earlier in 2022. Newest Acquisition. Read More : Acquisition to Enhance Breakout Rooms Could be First Step Toward Zoomiverse. Partnership Benefits. The Future.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2025

He pointed to the wave of unprecedented global events happening in the next decade, including WorldPride, FIFA World Cup, America 250, 100th Anniversary of Route 66 and the 2028 Olympic Games and 2034 Paralympic Games. truly extraordinary, he said.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 14, 2025

Claudia Hall, Exhibition Director at IBTM World, said: Podcasts are the media of choice for so many people, and were incredibly proud to be bringing exceptional conversations and insights to our audience of global events professionals beyond the IBTM World stages.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

The UKs leading event that brings together the worlds meetings and events community returns to Excel London on 25-26 June, giving buyers unrestricted access to high quality educational and networking opportunities, plus the chance to meet hundreds of global event suppliers under one roof.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In Response to Continued Demand, the Agency Has Filled a Key International Growth Role with Matt Culverhouse Opus Agency , a global experience agency and member of The Opus Group network , announces the hiring of Matt Culverhouse as Director of Strategic Accounts and Growth for our Europe, Middle East, and Northern Africa markets.

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APRIL 20, 2020

Since the beginning of worldwide shelter in place orders due to coronavirus (COVID-19), we’ve admired the global event marketing community’s heart and ingenuity. Whether you promote multi-day festivals, cozy club shows, or yoga workshops, no event has been untouched during this crisis.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

EM sat down with Stacey Gromlich , senior director-audience engagement and global events at Siemens, for a deeper dive into the brands robust approach to measurement and the insights that informed its exhibit program.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2023

Before joining Aspen Hospitality, Azevedo worked as vice president of acquisitions and development for Loews Hotels and vice president of development for the Americas for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Rachel Riggs, CMP, DES, SEPC Riggs is general manager of environmental strategy for Maritz Global Events.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 28, 2025

Community meetups for those new to the industry, international attendees and marketers who produce global events, EMS first-timers, sustainability champions, EDPA members, and the inaugural gathering of members from our Experiential in Color Mentorship Program , are all on tap.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

These exact same questions were put to an invited audience at The Hoxton, Holborn, earlier this month, when event and marcomms specialists gathered for an exclusive insights event hosted by Strata, the award-winning brand experience agency. Hambley added: “The global event space has been transformed over the past few years.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 11, 2022

Erin McElroy, Head of Innovation for Global Events, IBM. In our inaugural episode of Event Peeps, we discuss how the industry is doing and feeling in a mid-year update on the back-to-live with Erin McElroy, head of innovation for global events within IBM’s event and experience marketing group.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2025

One of the things that drives me forward is my passionate belief in the events industrys capacity to create social progress and economic transformation, and the meaningful role our industry plays in solving the pressing problems we face in the world today.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 15, 2025

On night one, the Hall of Ideas was the place to be for special events, too. There was also a mixology class and, back by popular demand, our Vintage T-Shirt Contest returnedand didnt disappoint.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

5-7 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, the event will once again serve as the definitive destination for experiential marketing education, offering 60 sessions presented by 50 brand-side marketers (get all the conference details here ). More From Cisco’s Event Leadership: Q&A: Cisco on ‘Starting from Scratch’ in Virtual Event Planning.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this episode of the Event Industry News Podcast, host James Dixon is joined by Karen Saragoussi, Founder and Director of TeamTogs. Celebrating their 20th year in November 2023, TeamTogs was founded with the aim of creating merch and apparel specifically for events and brand activations.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 6, 2025

Having previously run her own event staffing agency, Charli provided staffing support to event agencies including Principal. With a strong background agency-side, leading on key client accounts such as Remington, GES and American Express, Charli steps into this newly created role to lead on client experience and business growth.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

The Business of Events (TBOE), the Think Tank and Advocacy Network for the global events sector, has today published its Plan of Activity for 2024/5.

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