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Mike Dominguez: Hotel, F&B Prices Aren’t Going Down, and Other Predictions for 2023

Smart Meetings

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! predictions conversation about the trends meeting profs need to prepare for in 2023. A lot of it is new meetings.

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In the Cloud We Trust

Smart Meetings

How meeting profs can keep event data safe with the latest cybersecurity tools You don’t want to be the next data leak to hit the headlines. Improved Public Wi-Fi One thing that Schwartz noted that meeting planners can be thankful for is the improvement public Wi-Fi. The post In the Cloud We Trust appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Book a Spy at Your Next Event—Yes, You Read Right

Smart Meetings

The skills and lessons learned by these experts in intelligence can be fascinating—and useful in the nonespionage world—and now many of these specialists from the CIA, FBI, KGB and Mossad are for hire for your next meeting or training session for keynotes, corporate training and team development.

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Industry switch to hybrid and virtual events propels ExpoPlatform to a new level

Event Industry News

Newfound event flexibility and a collective pivot to virtual exhibitions has led to major growth at Cambridge-based event tech company ExpoPlatform. In March, CloserStill Media’s London Tech Show was the first event to use ExpoPlatform’s suite of online tools.

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#EventProfs to discuss collaborations at Baltic-Nordic Event Forum

Event Industry News

The Strategy also welcomes cooperation with EU neighbouring countries (Russia and Norway). The goal of the strategy was to strengthen cooperation between the countries in order to meet common challenges, and to benefit from the common opportunities facing the region.

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16th Annual Meetings Industry Forecast

PCMA Convene

And there will be growing use of cashless payments and livestreaming at meetings and events. What is one trend that meeting planners should be keeping an eye on in 2017 and beyond? The United States will continue to outperform the global exhibitions market. Airfares will be up 2.5 percent worldwide. EXHIBITIONS. and France.

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IMEX America Shatters Attendance Record

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IMEX America was hotter than ever this year, drawing a record 12,227 meetings and events professionals to Las Vegas Oct. The hosted buyers program has become a very popular way to get destinations, hotels and resorts, and products in front of meeting planners. To get a feel for the trade show floor, visit our Smart Meetings TV report.