Event Industry News

JUNE 19, 2019

IBTM Asia Pacific will bring together a high calibre group of international, APAC regional and local meeting planners and exhibitors for two days of pre-scheduled one-to-one business meetings, education and networking. Senthil Gopinath, ICCA CEO: “We congratulate IBTM on the launch of this new platform in the Asia Pacific region.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Smart Meetings researched these topics and compiled a list of cities that are consistently scoring high in all three categories, making them desired destinations for meeting professionals who want to treat event attendees to a mouthwatering international experience. What brings diverse cuisines and flavor profiles together?

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

17, the switch flipped on 150 education sessions and thousands of one-on-one meetings at IMEX America 2023 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas as Nick Santonastasso, CEO of Victorious International, took the stage to help everyone rewrite their stories with themselves as the narrative hero. Day 1 At 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 24, 2019

Tokyo is eager to attract more of the international meetings market, and a high-tech entertainment hub on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay could play a more important role. Like many destinations in Japan, however, Odaiba needs to attract more foreign visitors, including meeting professionals. Kazutoshi Takatani.

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Event Industry News

MAY 10, 2021

From 2021 onwards, the market is expected to recover under changed conditions. From 2021 onwards, the market is expected to recover under changed conditions. ” Structural changes in the market. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, the German event market underwent structural change last year.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Attending conferences is one of the best ways to stay ahead in the ever-changing marketing industry. At these events, you will learn from the top industry executives while networking with marketing professionals just like yourself. 2019 Marketing Conferences. 2019 Marketing Conferences. Growth Marketing Conference.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 6, 2020

Informa Markets has today announced the appointment of Margaret Ma Connolly as President – Asia, Informa Markets, effective 1 January 2020. The Informa Markets business in Asia delivers over 300 exhibitions across China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and South East Asia, which include FURNITURE CHINA, COSMOPROF ASIA and CPhI CHINA.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2021

She also worked as area director of sales and marketing for Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts’ properties in Toronto and Vancouver; before this, she worked with Destination Toronto as director of citywide sales and event management. Westdrift Manhattan Beach in California named Jones director of sales and marketing.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2016

I asked Meyer what this might mean for North American–based meeting professionals whose conferences are now attracting participants from around the globe. Those countries include Mexico, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Japan, China, and India — and to a lesser extent, France, Italy, and Spain. Relationships are built slowly.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 28, 2019

It’s no secret that traditional advertising has been suffering and digital users are numb to banner ads,” said Leah Judge, author of Agency EA’s “2019 Experiential Marketing Trend Report,” a companion report to the research study. Agency EA collaborated with Cheil, Samsung’s Japan-based agency, which developed much of the content.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

The Beale Street hotel, said to have an “contemporary-meets-urban industrial aesthetic,” will be in the main building of William C Ellis & Sons Ironworks and Machine Shop, one of the longest-running businesses in the city. According to the property’s website, there will be meeting space, but details on how much has not been released.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Smart Meetings researched these topics and compiled a list of cities that are consistently scoring high in all three categories, making them desired destinations for meeting professionals who want to treat event attendees to a mouthwatering international experience. What brings diverse cuisines and flavor profiles together?

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

With over 25 years of experience in travel, tourism and business events, and in leadership roles with Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Destination Toronto, he brings extensive experience to oversee BestCities operations, focusing on their values of legacy, sustainability and advancement of the global impact of meeting events.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 30, 2023

And then we sent an actor to Japan to use some of our Free Viewpoint volumetric type of capture to have a volumetric representation of the actor so he feels lifelike. Canon developed AMLOS (Activate My Line of Sight), introduced at CES 2022, to help amplify engagement and collaboration in hybrid meeting environments.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to planning a meeting or event, whenever possible we all want the top of everything. Along with the top rankings the ICCA is reporting some meetings industry positive update. Along with the top rankings the ICCA is reporting some meetings industry positive update. Basing the rankings on events that took place.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 21, 2020

Rakuten is a Tokyo, Japan-based organization that was founded in 1997 by Hiroshi Mikitani. The company began as an online shopping marketplace and quickly became one of the most popular websites in Japan. In fact, over 4,000 one-on-one meetings were scheduled in 2019 alone! For marketers, this is a must-attend conference.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 21, 2019

The innovative program was first designed to help marketing and sales teams connect with and secure prospective clients, but it was such a success that Marriott expanded it across hotels internationally. Jain says the program is based on market request and can be customized according to market needs. It’s All in the Details.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

It’s been recognized as a currency by the European Union, yet China recently closed cryptocurrency exchanges serving its local markets—where more than 80 percent of the world’s Bitcoin transactions and financing activities were taking place until recently. Meeting planners can potentially save money by paying in Bitcoin.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

IHG, which has hotels, resorts and event spaces spanning Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe, Japan and China, is now looking to HBCUs to recruit educated and dedicated hospitality professionals to join their team. The post IHG Diversifies Workforce and Provides Opportunities for HBCU Students appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 17, 2019

T&G is a market leader in the wedding business, widely respected throughout Japan for offering professional wedding planning services and hosting the largest number of wedding ceremonies in Japan. “We We have held our events in various hotels throughout Japan, so the benchmark we hold for Macao is high,” Shiga says. “We

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The Castle Group

APRIL 10, 2023

The World’s Local Public Relations Agency Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) is the world’s local public relations agency—a network of more than 50 independently-owned public relations firms servicing key markets worldwide. Williams & Associates – Chicago, Illinois (USA) Landis Communications Inc.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 5, 2019

There are many factors that determine the attractiveness of a destination to meeting and event planners, but infrastructure and accessibility are perhaps the most important, according to Nelson Khoo, event manager at CWT Meetings & Events. By Kim Benjamin, Untangled. Nelson Khoo. Anne Ridyard.

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GEVME

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

While many companies resort to software like zoom to have virtual conferences or meetings, how can one take an entire social group of thousands of people virtual, and how do you manage such an event? To enter the China market, they had to bypass the China firewall, for which they had to understand Tencent Cloud to get through that firewall.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2022

He has spent the last decade leading The Ritz-Carlton properties across Asia, with executive leadership roles in China, Indonesia and Japan. The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad , the newest Manhattan property by the brand, welcomed Donald as director of sales and marketing. Katie Donald. Regis New York. Olivia Sage-El.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

And the removal or easing of travel restrictions at some key Asian destinations, including Japan, will certainly accelerate the recovery in Asia. The mainland of China is the last major market retaining severe Covid entry restrictions,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s director general.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

To understand how data analytics can transform meeting planning, forget about meetings and consider how UPS saved $320 million. It’s because systems like Orion represent huge possibilities and potential for associations and meeting organizers. Demographically, certain people are coming from Germany, Japan, or other countries.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2019

A decade after the 2008 recession, the industry appears to be stable, with steady growth on the horizon according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events (M&E), a division of American Express Global Business Travel (GBT). Related: Market Trends Point to Strong Growth for Meeting Venues. Global Growth.

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Bizzabo

MAY 31, 2018

Learn how to use events as a part of your multi-touch marketing strategy. These conditions, coupled with advancing technology, have given rise to multi-touch marketing which aims to capture the consumer through a multitude of channels. A channel that is often underused within multi-touch strategies is event marketing.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Marriott’s shift toward the upscale market has been accumulating since acquiring Starwood in 2015. The Luxury Collection will have 10 new properties opening in remarkable locations across the globe, including Los Cabos; Savannah, Georgia; Vail, Colorado; and Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Photo credit: Marriott International .

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Otake Otake has been appointed as the director of marketing at The Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo. Otake will be responsible for spearheading all sales and marketing initiatives within the Hotel. Her most recent position was the country director at De Beers Diamond Jewellers Japan. Embassy Suites by Hilton Mandalay Beach Resort.

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Decibel Management

AUGUST 13, 2021

NBC’s 2021 effort included : 8,000: Number of miles that the “Rings Across America” marketing activation will drive across the country. and Tokyo, Japan. The Raw Numbers. 7,000: Total programming hours across NBCUniversal. 6,745: Miles between Stamford, Conn., 1,800: Approximate number of domestic-based NBC Olympics employees.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s going to get out there, so it might as well be out there in a good way.” — Darlene Somers, senior meetings manager, Association Management Center. “If you’re going to enter [the Chinese] market, this is a long-term investment. “The hotel room is the enemy of the meeting planner. ” — Brenda J. .

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 19, 2020

Hopefully, meeting professionals everywhere are finding their own ways to remain productive. But, as you may soon discover, being confined to home offices and virtual meetings can feel…limiting. When else would you be able to check out Nagoya City Art Museum in Japan? Read All About It!

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Be they halfway around the world or close to home, these prime meeting spots should be on your radar. For meetings, Hyatt Regency Cartagena has 12,000 sq. of meeting space, including a 536-square-foot ballroom that can hold up to 700 attendees. of exhibit space and 23 meeting rooms. Host your meeting within 6,241 sq.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2018

“If you’re going to enter [the Chinese] market, this is a long-term investment. “The hotel room is the enemy of the meeting planner. Is a Millennial in Japan the same as a Millennial in Austria? .”— Hannah Alkaff, Republic Polytechnic student from one of two Singapore MICE Challenge–winning teams.

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MARCH 27, 2021

Michael Brenner is a globally-recognized keynote speaker on leadership, culture, and marketing. He led sales and marketing for software companies like Nielsen and FullTilt. Today, Michael is the CEO of Marketing Insider Group, founded on the belief that strong leaders who champion their teams are the key to unlocking massive growth.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 27, 2019

We’ve worked hard to scale the business over the last five years and this next step in our evolution will further strengthen our position in the market. MJR operates out of Sydney and Port Macquarie in Australia and London and Bristol in the UK and has operated and promoted tours across Dubai, South Africa, Japan and China. Event Tech.

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