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

PCMA Convene

” The name AVIXA may not ring a bell with you, but you’re likely familiar with InfoComm, the largest professional audiovisual trade show in North America. It got pushed to June and now is going to this localized, fragmented event instead of being in Barcelona with the normal trade-show presence.

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Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis: How the Events Industry is Helping

PCMA Convene

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. The Ptak Warsaw Expo Trade Fair and Congress Center in Poland transformed 1.6 Petersburg into an all-virtual event based outside of Russia.

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

EventMB

Arabian Travel Market 2021 was one of the very first travel trade shows to take place in Dubai last year. Danielle Curtis : Last year, we were the first international travel trade show to operate globally and it was no mean feat. EventMB : Hosting a live event during a pandemic is not completely new for you.

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Event Heroes: How ShowPad is Driving Sales Enablement with Events

Bizzabo

ELINA: My career was an evolution of event management positions in various sides of event industry: I worked for a venue, an event agency, a PCO, associations and corporate organizations. We also participate in a small number of trade shows and collaborate with partners on producing co-hosted programs. I was born in Russia.

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Guest Blog: The 7 MICE hotspots of tomorrow revealed

Event Industry News

The city hosts around a third of all conferences held in the Czech Republic and is enjoying vigorous investment in new congress and convention facilities; growing its portfolio of dedicated MICE venues. Set to open in summer 2019, the new ‘O2 universum’ is the perfect example.

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