Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

To provide clarity for the sector, the Meeting Industry Association (MIA) has produced a practical guide to help the business meetings and events industry navigate the forthcoming Martyn’s Law.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This new global program is focused on helping meeting planners embed sustainability into their events at our hotels, with the aim of making us all better stewards of the communities and environments where we operate. In October, Marriott International was thrilled to announce Connect Responsibly with Marriott Bonvoy Events.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The team had 20 rooms running for the entire duration of the 2024 event, with more than 165 meetings hosted at Amplify Americas and 51 meetings at Amplify EMEA. The post B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Valerie Strehle appeared first on Event Marketer. Weve got a code name just for Strehle: CID or Consider it Done.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 22, 2025

Strategic use of emerging technology such as generative artificial intelligence for meeting planning and facial analysis can streamline tasks and drive creative advances. Read More : Atlantic City: A New Wave After curated meetings, attendees left with a stronger sense of how to leverage technological possibilities and new relationships.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 15, 2025

On 30 April 2025, the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel will host beam s All Members Meeting, with a content-rich agenda tackling some of the industrys most pressing topics. The day will also introduce members to Sean Tansey from beam s new charity partner, Rainbow Trust, followed by an evening of networking, dinner and a bit of fun.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

A cash grant of 7,500 at the end of 2024 by event industry foundation Meeting Needs helped finance the delivery of ambulances, food and medicine to Ukraine this month. In particular, our heartfelt thanks to Meeting Needs, who sponsored an ambulance, and to the Country Food Trust who generously provided the food supplies we delivered.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 26, 2025

Event professionals are urged to register now for The Meetings Show 2025 to gain access to an unforgettable experience. Some new elements include sessions on neurodiversity inclusion and The Human Library offering one-to-one meetings with experts in their field.

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EventMB

JUNE 12, 2025

Wordly helps organizations create more inclusive meetings and events by using AI to provide real-time translation and captioning, making it easier for global teams to participate fully and stay connected. Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Everyone deserves a seat at the table, no matter what language they speak.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 15, 2025

Sutton Hotel Collection is delighted to announce the launch of its new Meet Well, Live Well delegate meeting package designed to place wellbeing at the heart of every meeting. Fresh smoothies and non-alcoholic cocktails for breaks and post-meeting networking sessions. Wellbeing gift in the meeting room for all delegates.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

One of the most powerful moments at beams 2025 All Members Meeting, held on 30 April 2025 at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, came from a panel of four confident, passionate final-year students from Manchester Metropolitan University, who shared their hopes, fears, and expectations for the future of employment in the events industry.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 9, 2025

Three fresh faces have been added to the board of trustees of event industry charity foundation Meeting Needs to replace four board members who have stepped down after serving Meeting Needs for a total of 20 years. We also need to thank our outgoing trustees, all of whom have made a magnificent contribution to Meeting Needs.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 28, 2025

Veteran event tech expert Tim Albaum has some straight talk for planners In the whirlwind world of meetings and events, AV is often treated as a checklist item. Treating All Events the Same A general session isnt the same as an internal employee meeting. Two screens, a black backdrop, some lights and youre good to goright? Not exactly.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

Event industry foundation Meeting Needs has announced changes at the top of its management structure with Chair Chris Parnham stepping down after serving two years, the maximum permitted. Meeting Needs funded 1,000 healthy meals. These changes followed the addition of new faces on the board earlier this year.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2024

MPI, the largest association within the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) industry, has announced it will hold its 2025 European Meetings & Events Convention (EMEC) in Istanbul, the site of the EMEC 2014. The post MPI Gears Up for EMEC 2025 in Türkiye appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2025

When it comes to incorporating healthy experiences in events, the saying meet people where they are was the touchstone for a series of seven Caesars Entertainment Meetings & Events Wellness Roadshows crossing the country. The post Caesars Wellness Road Show Event Resonates appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 12, 2025

On the attendee side, it can suggest sessions to attend and people to meet. Read More: Cvent’s Top 5 Meeting Destinations Recent industry data from Cvent shows 58% of organizations plan to increase their volume of small, in-person events in 2025–2026. It can also automatically create content for emails, event pages and marketing.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 12, 2025

Read More: The Rise of the Unconference When the topic turned to why meeting planner life is often depicted as so hard on social media, the overwhelming pressures named were not the fact that they are planning for unpredictable humans who have diverse needs and emergencies, dealing with extreme weather or even rising prices.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Refract Seattle 2024 was the largest yet, in the festival’s sixth year—and it’s a shining example of an opportunity for business meetings and events, from citywides to VIP groups, to get connected with the locale of their chosen destination in an unforgettable way.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Refreshes for your next Marriott hotel meeting Take a journey through Marriott history with these new and renovated properties. of meeting and event space. of the hotel’s indoor meeting space has been completely redesigned. meeting and event space. Seasonal outdoor event space spans 4,700 sq. and 7,200 sq.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Hologram technology can increase engagement and attract hard-to-get speakers Meetings may be a mostly in-person experience but—as we learned during Covid, with the use of Zoom, Teams and other online video platforms—the use of communications technology has its place in the world of meetings and events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2024

HeadBox, the UK’s fastest-growing B2B meetings and events platform, is proud to announce the release of its latest whitepaper, “How AI is Solving the Event Industry’s Biggest Challenges.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This year, Smart Meetings published a repertoire of sustainability content geared especially around how-tos and making sure everyone has access to the knowledge and resources to feel confident talking about sustainability and implementing it into their business practices. Working with partners can help take much of the load off.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Content-Meets-Connection Space Leveraging the buzz concept, the show introduced a dedicated space that hosted two MoneyPot podcast booths, a stage and a bar. At Money20/20, attendees had an opportunity to have up to six 12-minute meetings that best met their goals.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 12, 2025

Smart Meetings’ Vice President and Editorial Director JT Long sits down with Shawn Pierce, President of Strategic Events, Meetings & Incentives at MCI-USA, to trace his extraordinary journey from humble beginnings on a Texas pig farm to leading a 130-person global team. a Smart Meetings podcast. We have such a treat.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 27, 2025

Its not perfectbut theres plenty to celebrate and a lot for the meetings and events world to learn. Final Thoughts: Celebrating Progress, Inspiring More IMEX Frankfurt is a beacon for where the meetings industry is headedblending business, wellness and human connection, all through the lens of the European lifestyle.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 8, 2025

Inside IACC’s vision for a smarter, greener future in meetings and hospitality Attendees at this years 2025 IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange in College Station, Texas, were in for an exciting experience. Mark Cooper Smart Meetings Compared to last year, what made this year’s event different? Can you expand on that concept?

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

Lime Venue Portfolio is set to release the third and final edition of its ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Event Planning Guide series, with the ‘G’ Guide making its debut at The Meetings Show. We believe these guides can drive real change across the events landscape.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 6, 2024

At a private event in Las Vegas, a group of researchers found a hacking technique called Unsaflok, allowing hackers to open several models of Saflok RFID-based keycards, putting meeting planners and their attendees potentially at risk. The post Best of 2024: Event Safety and Security appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

Events Industry Council (EIC) , National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP), International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) and The Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) joined the founding partners and kicked off the event at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in 2022. “Be like U2,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

I transitioned from restaurants to hotel management, focusing on meetings and events. In my earlier career, I planned more than 600 weddings (you could usually find me tearing up in the back as couples said their I Dos), then hundreds of corporate & nonprofit events, trade shows, and medical meetings.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Smart Meetings’ October webinar, From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices , breaks it down. As planners learn more about practical best practices and work to implement them in their meetings, before they know it, the scope and scale of sustainability don’t seem nearly so daunting.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designing accessible events topped almost all meetings industry event agendas in 2024, but few planners understand what is required to make everyone feel welcome even as equal access moves from the desired to the required column in their job descriptions. Her father had cerebral palsy, which brought its own needs.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The Meetings Show is excited to announce the opening of applications for its 2025 Tomorrows Talent programme, a key initiative aimed at discovering and celebrating future leaders in the business meetings and events industry. To nominate yourself or a colleague visit The Meetings Show.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 29, 2025

Extreme meeting preparedness is the new standard for putting Gen Z at ease Do you remember what it was like the first time you walked into a room full of strangers? A meeting professionals job at its core is to make everyone feel welcome and connected. Pretty intimidating, right? Hilton’s advice? ” Show it.

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