Gallus Events

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Choose a unique venue. One of the best ways to liven up your annual conference is to choose a very different venue. Out goes the hotel or conference centre and in comes a unique / creative space. We choose Proud in Camden which is “normally” used as a nightclub and cabaret venue. Get some help!

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2020

Virtual meetings require careful design to keep attendees engaged and deliver value for the hosts. But how do you translate the energy and insights from a face-to-face meeting through a computer screen? One of the benefits of online meetings is that they are more convenient than in-person meetings.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

Conference venues included the 125-year-old Carnegie Museum of Art and the Victorian-era Phipps Conservatory at the Botanical Gardens, both in Pittsburgh’s historic Oakland neighborhood, home to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. More Meeting Trends. 5 Trends That are Changing Meeting Design.

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Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2023

For the first time, the Hall of Ideas, with more than 60 exhibitors, served as homebase to three EMS venues—EMS Theatre, Highmark Hub and Implecho Theatre—that hosted breakout sessions. “You have to give them something unique that you can’t get anywhere else.” And EMS did just that.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. MeetingsFocus Meetings Focus are the destination experts when it comes to all things related to the meetings and hospitality industry. Sean McCracken writes for Hotel News Now. TahiraCreates. Venue_Finder.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 25, 2018

The Homeless Hackathon in Glasgow took place on the weekend (as Hackathons tend to do) of the 13/15 April at the brilliant Citizen M hotel. The venue is absolutely crucial. But the venue is EVEN MORE important for a hackathon and the simple reason is that attendees are likely to spend perhaps 30hrs in total in the place.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 8, 2016

Now I’m bringing my expertise to Chicago for a 1½ day October 6 – 7 workshop, a unique opportunity for you to: Learn how to make your conferences and conference sessions far more engaging and effective ; Gain powerful meeting design insights ; Significantly increase participation and satisfaction at your sessions and events; and.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 17, 2022

We will have an intentional mix of physical and virtual presences with in-person gatherings driven by purpose and designed for collaboration.”. When it matters enough to gather, the meeting design could be much different that in the BC (before-Covid) times. Expectations have evolved for team building as well.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. So much so, that she predicts that the days when business travelers see only see the inside of their hotels, moving from conference room to hotel room and back again, will soon be history.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 19, 2021

Armies of cleaners have been deployed to disinfect surfaces at venues, yet the risk of surface transmission of COVID-19 is low. At the start of the pandemic, fears around the spread of COVID-19 spawned a cleaning frenzy among consumers and venues. Venue Ventilation. Seventyfour/Adobe Stock). Maridav/Adobe Stock). Adrian Segar.

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Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

The blog from popular enterprise event software Cvent is divided into categories so you can peruse based on your interests: social media, site selection and budgeting, association tips, meeting and event intelligence, planning how-tos, and strategic meetings management. It also includes rankings of top meeting hotels and destinations.

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Each week, we email a short survey to a mix of over 23,000 planners, venues, and hotels. Meanwhile, venue respondents reported that important pieces get lost in endless email chains and cross-functional work can get confusing due to a lack of alignment on priorities across departments.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2022

Another multi-hub AIM event connected as many as 40 venues, she told Convene. The joint event was simulcast in the morning from Rome and projected on big screens at the 13 hotels hosting the event throughout Italy. Barbara Sambugaro. It wasn’t only a one-way knowledge transmission, however.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

Transportation plans help planners identify how they’ll manage the movement of participants from the airport to hotel to meetings and offsite venues and if additional requirements, such as visas, might be required for attendee travel. Design site layout. Manage meeting/event site. Manage protocol requirements.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. So much so, that she predicts that the days when business travelers see only see the inside of their hotels, moving from conference room to hotel room and back again, will soon be history.

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Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2019

“Slowly but surely, the meeting industry is learning that the old lecture-saturated conference model is increasingly inferior to meeting designs that incorporate the active learning, connections, engagement, and outcomes that attendees actually want and need.”

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2019

“Slowly but surely, the meeting industry is learning that the old lecture-saturated conference model is increasingly inferior to meeting designs that incorporate the active learning, connections, engagement, and outcomes that attendees actually want and need.”

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Endless Events

JULY 19, 2019

This time around, we welcomed Maarten Vanneste of the Meeting Design Institute to go over a topic we’re all too familiar with – internet connectivity. When Brandt and Maarten first met, it was at an event with a beautiful venue, an old hotel in London. It’s actually a funny story for these two.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

An entrepreneur since he was only 18 years old, Maarten has over 35 years of experience in meeting design. Ready to hear all about the ground-breaking magic of multi-hub meetings? In 2006, Marteen started the Meeting Design Institute. Meeting Architecture: A Manifesto by Maarten Vanneste.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Say you are preparing for a meeting, or a conference, or a class, or a banquet, or a wedding, and you want to optimize the venue or space you are using so that the seating and tables are set up for the best attendee experience. What type of layout or setup would you choose? Hollow Square Setup.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

For venues and planners, that means looking into the crystal ball to get ahead of event trends and expectations. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. Demand continues to outpace supply of meetings-eligible hotels.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

The fact that I get to promote a city that I love, meet and network with people from all over the world, and at the same time provide jobs and economic development still blows my mind every day. Also, from the amazing food scene, unique venues, and of course the 3 M’s (museums, monuments, and memorials), Washington, D.C.,

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Cvent: Event Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The resort is making investments in digital technology across its meeting spaces and frequently pilots new meeting designs, concepts, and themes with group clients. ” No matter what an event is seeking to achieve, meeting planners should brainstorm with their hosts during the design phase.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 4, 2020

Operationally, your favorite venues may be much different as well. Smart Meetings asked industry leaders from the front lines of hotels, event venues and creators, transportation, travel, networking, wellness and sustainability to share their commitments and challenges for keeping everyone safe and connected.

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