Event Industry News

MAY 2, 2023

Meetingselect, the world’s leading meeting management platform and venue marketplace for meetings, events, group bookings, and workspaces, announces the appointment of Jeroen de Hooge as Program Director Global Events. As Events Director, Jeroen will […]

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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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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

For the past nine years, HubSpot’s INBOUND event has been an in-person, three-day conference for sales and marketing professionals, bringing individuals and teams from across the globe together to attend keynotes, breakout sessions, networking lunches, creative activations, after parties and musical performances from major acts.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Swiss-based contactless event pioneer, Konduko, has today announced the appointment of Mathew James as new VP for marketing and communications. Mathew will lead the award-winning company’s marketing effort in communicating how Konduko’s Kontactless Smart Events will allow the return of large exhibition events safely and successfully.

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Event Marketer

MAY 9, 2022

More than 30 brand-side experiential marketers took the stage at the 20 th annual Experiential Marketing Summit, April 27-29, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, presenting best practices on a range of topics, from hybrid strategies to career and mentorship to building multi-year campaign platforms. Embrace corporate-wide event strategies.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tim Simpson and Liz Smith, both from Maritz Global Events, speak during their Convening Leaders 2022 session, “Transforming Event Experiences: How to Deliver Meaningful Human-to-Human Moments.”. Simpson hasn’t yet arrived at a standard definition of what human-to-human design means for the events industry, he said.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 29, 2021

As the number of Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 increases and the country begins to reopen businesses, more marketers are beginning to consider producing live, in-person events again. But in terms of logistics, budgets, technology and safety, events post-COVID will differ in key ways from those held before the pandemic.

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Endless Events

MARCH 5, 2019

For the second time ever, the International Live Event Association (ILEA) held the Global Events Forum in August 2018 in Denver, Colorado. The forum brought together 30 of the brightest and biggest influencers in the events industry to delve deep into issues, challenges, and opportunities facing the event industry today.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Award-winning global events agency, emc3, hosted an intimate dining experience for marketing and events professionals at Zuma Boston, located in the Back Bay neighbourhood of the city in September to celebrate the launch of their new online community.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Foresight Group, the leading listed private equity and sustainable infrastructure investor, is backing growth at Live Group, an established and respected live event management company, with £2.8 million VCT funding to support its development of audience engagement technology.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

James C Morris joined full-service event and experiential marketing agency Impact XM, where he is now VP client service, at the beginning of 2018 – bringing nearly 12 years of industry experience at Atlantic Exhibits with him. Have things bounced back as predicted and what the driving factors are if so.

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Lennd

APRIL 13, 2021

Lisa Day knows what it takes to build meaningful campaigns that resonate. After a long year of of pivoting, planning and cross-functional collaboration, Lisa and her team at InVision mapped out a recording-breaking year of campaigns. 207 to be exact.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 11, 2021

These were among the key themes that emerged during the 19 th annual Experiential Marketing Summit, Oct. The show opened with a fireside chat between Soo Young Kim, head of global programs and experiences at YouTube, and Jessica Heasley, group editor and publisher at Event Marketer. Alex Sapiz, VP-Global Events, Cisco.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

International Convention Centre Wales ( ICC Wales ) has won a prestigious international award for its work in educating the global events sector on the incoming Protect Duty (Martyn’s Law). It’s not just about marketing a destination, but about improving security in convention centres.

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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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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The global exhibitions market is set to contract by c.70% This forecast is the only analysis that measures the direct impact of Covid-19 on the global exhibitions organising market. AMR’s methodology has focused on three factors – event cancellations, event postponements and the contraction of events.

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EventTechBrief

AUGUST 16, 2019

Event Technology Awards. Organizers of both events, A.M.P. Events Ltd, earlier announced a record number of entries for the Event Technology Awards, including many of the global event industry’s biggest brands and companies.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

International Convention Centre Wales ( ICC Wales ) has won a prestigious international award for its work in educating the global events sector on the incoming Protect Duty (Martyn’s Law). It’s not just about marketing a destination, but about improving security in convention centres.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 14, 2021

Experience builders obsessed with the attendee journey know that in the last few hours of an event, attendee attrition—people leaving early—can make the difference between an event that falls a little flat or one that wraps leaving everyone with all the feels. The approach has typically involved a reward of some kind.

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Bizzabo

JANUARY 7, 2019

This month we spoke with Aleksandra Panyukhina—Head of Event Marketing at SEMrush—about unifying a global events brand, leveraging events for every step of the funnel and tracking event ROI. Germany, Italy, India, Australia, the UK, the US—in 2018 SEMrush held 35 events across five continents.

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Picatic by Eventbrite

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 Industry News

MAY 9, 2017

Fast Growing Event Management Cloud Software Provider Poised to Accelerate Growth and Digitally Transform the Global Events and Venue Sourcing Market etouches, a leading global provider of cloud event management software and sourcing solutions, today announced that it has been acquired by HGGC, a leading middle market private equity firm.

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Event Industry News

MAY 19, 2022

A21, formerly known as Agency 21, a national leader in culinary event and festival production, is thrilled to announce their acquisition of Art Market Productions, a New York-based creative events firm that designs, builds, promotes, and produces important cultural experiences worldwide. Lauderdale Boat Show, and many more.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 12, 2021

Positive Impact Events is empowering its 1,400 strong community of Ambassadors to raise funds that will support the creation of a science-based carbon target and reduction framework, a requirement to ensure future generations can still attend events. million event professionals. I really want it to happen”.

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InGo

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In a recent Forbes article, Why Is Influencer Marketing Such A Big Deal Right Now? , the author Michael Fertik, an internet entrepreneur, says influencer marketing content delivers 11x better ROI than other more traditional marketing tactics. For example: Informa’s average audience grew by 17% across 469 virtual events.

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Opus Agency

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Across a reopening world, these are the latest insights and inspiration for evolving global events—online, in-person, and everywhere in between. As with nearly everything about event strategy and design, the playbooks for delivering events worldwide and engaging local participants have changed.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 6, 2024

Impact XM, a renowned global event and experiential marketing agency, proudly announces the advancement of James C. Morris to Executive Vice President of Growth.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 20, 2022

Hubilo Technologies Inc, the world-class leader in virtual, live, and hybrid event management technology, recently announced the appointment of Sophie Ahmed as senior vice president of market strategy. Hubilo has grown from a 30-member team to a team of over 400 in less than two years – a growth rate exceeding 1000%.

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Event Marketer

JULY 26, 2021

Storytelling has always been the beating heart of experiential marketing. The most memorable events immerse attendees into a story, make them part of the story and send attendees home feeling like they have a better understanding of the story the brand is trying to tell. Mark Henneberger , Vice President of Events Solutions at Walmart.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

ILEA UK Chapter has outlined its educational strategy and key themes for the next 12 months, once again looking to start a conversation about the future of the events industry and the role of experience. The main themes are Millennial and Centennial Mindsets, Creative Play and Global Event Technology Trends.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2023

Ang joins events management and engagement agency Live Group from global market intelligence firm IDC, bringing with him a wealth of experience in international account management spanning across key markets in North America, Hong Kong, China, Japan and Southeast Asia.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 23, 2023

Event venue marketing can be tough. Hollywood has a habit of portraying marketing, advertising, and lead generation as a glamorous lifestyle and profession that comes with ease and inevitably ends in success. In 2023 there are plenty of options for marketing your event venue, so what sets Unique Venues apart?

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Glow Global Events

APRIL 11, 2024

Focused Marketing Efforts**: Microsites provide a dedicated platform for marketing and promoting the event. Integration with Event Technology**: Microsites can integrate seamlessly with other event technology platforms, such as registration systems, ticketing platforms, virtual event platforms, and mobile apps.

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EventMB

AUGUST 22, 2019

This is a sponsored post by Maritz Global Events. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. It’s no secret that event planners are experiencing more pressure than ever to apply the hottest marketing trends to their own industry. What’s […].

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Event Industry News

APRIL 13, 2021

Sponsored virtual events are now the second most popular lead generation tactic for B2B marketers 73% of B2B marketing professionals cite virtual events as highly effective 79% of marketers plan to sponsor six or more virtual events in 2021 Access the report “The State of Marketing Acceleration”.

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Hubilo Blog

JANUARY 22, 2019

A global event accompanied with a tradeshow and exhibition. Using the latest tech inventions to upgrade the global event management and organization. Barcode Check-in system: A barcode on-site check-in system was designed by the Hubilo’s team to help the organizers with an uncomplicated check-in process during the event.

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