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Arabian Travel Market Swears by Live Events, But Won’t Give Up on Virtual Yet

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The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) that concluded in Dubai on May 12 is testament to the fact that live events are irreplaceable and no virtual extravaganza can replace the human element of in-person events. Arabian Travel Market 2021 was one of the very first travel trade shows to take place in Dubai last year.

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Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis: How the Events Industry is Helping

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MPI condemned “the acts of aggression from Russian forces” in a statement, suspended business with all companies in Russia, and postponed plans to formalize an MPI chapter in Russia. Petersburg into an all-virtual event based outside of Russia. The Ptak Warsaw Expo Trade Fair and Congress Center in Poland transformed 1.6

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Global exhibitions market forecast to grow 5% to 2022 with continued high growth from emerging markets countering a modest gain for mature regions

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Globex 2018, to be published on 5 November 2018, will show that 2017’s global exhibitions market growth was boosted by continued high growth in emerging markets, while mature markets continued to trade in an improved macroeconomic environment. Global market – 2017 highlights. 5% CAGR to 2022, above GDP growth.

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CWT Meetings & Events research: London to remain top EMEA destination for corporate meetings and events in 2019

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Moscow, Russia (6/-). The increase in growth is expected to be driven by a favourable global economic environment, stability in the oil market at slightly higher prices, and post-conflict reconstruction. 2019 forecast (2018/17 positions in brackets): London, UK (1/1). Barcelona, Spain (5/2). Berlin, Germany (8/3). Paris, France (2/5).

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Temporary Fix or Permanent Change? An AV Perspective on the Evolution of Trade Shows

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Sean Wargo, AVIXA’S senior director of market intelligence, says of events: “We need to move away from this idea that there’s this calendared moment … it doesn’t make any sense. Sean Wargo joined the nonprofit organization as senior director of market intelligence just as it was in the process of rebranding.

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Event Heroes: How ShowPad is Driving Sales Enablement with Events

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Recently, Showpad rebranded its user conference Showtime to TRANSFORM with the goal of building an industry-leading event for sales and marketing professionals. ELINA: Showpad empowers modern sales teams to scale sales excellence and optimize marketing impact. Elina Jutelyté is the senior events manager at Showpad. Source: Showpad.

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CreativeMornings: A Global Community Built on Connection

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CreativeMornings hosts submit an application to start a chapter in their areas, and take on responsibility for leading a team in finding monthly speakers, a venue, local sponsors, marketing the events, and creating a video for event talks. I eventually realized there was me.”. Petersburg, Florida, and St.