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Not So Close! New Distancing Tool Eases Transition to F2F Meetings

Event Industry News

What should ballrooms look like when we are all back to meeting again? Meeting planners no longer have to worry about figuring that out. A new event-tech tool could smooth the return to meeting by making it easy to plan room layouts that take each region’s safety rules and recommendations into account. Room to Experiment.

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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Slower Growth Ahead

PCMA Convene

government shutdown — which wasn’t even on respondents’ radars when they participated in the survey in November. I expect the industry to improve again this year,” one respondent wrote, “as meetings become more innovative.”. “I 33 percent expect to plan more meetings in 2019; only 4 percent expect to plan fewer meetings.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

PCMA Convene

Rather than leaving it solely up to governments to take action on climate change, associations representing industry and professional sectors that are not directly related to environmental health are declaring climate emergencies in an effort to encourage their members to lead the charge for a more sustainable future. Laura Kate Bender.

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts about why certification has become so essential, the commitment required and specific areas where event professionals are focusing to achieve their A-game. Certified Meetings Experts. Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States. Jessie States.

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Health-Care Event Planners Adapt to a Shifting Landscape

SmartMeetings

As she presented a session at the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) most recent World Education Congress, titled “The Future of Healthcare Meetings,” Pat Schaumann made a telling comment. government in early 2017 are still being argued in the courts.

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Will San Diego Keep Comic-Con?

SmartMeetings

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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Will San Diego Keep Comic-Con?

SmartMeetings

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?