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Smart Venues 2.0 + Site Selection + Tech Trend

Event Industry News

What is a Smart Venue? An expert panel – James Rees, ExCeL London; Sven Bossu, the International Association of Convention Centres and Wee Min Ong, Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre – explore what a smart venue is and how the meaning is changing and taking account of new issues and challenges facing the events industry, globally.

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Are Family-friendly Conferences in Your Future?

Smart Meetings

If that is the case for your attendees, here is a checklist of things to look for from a venue and the benefits of traveling this way. This will help narrow down the venue. This could mean places with fun attractions such as theme parks, zoos or historic sites. Select a hotel or conference center with family suites.

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Not So Close! New Distancing Tool Eases Transition to F2F Meetings

Event Industry News

A new event-tech tool could smooth the return to meeting by making it easy to plan room layouts that take each region’s safety rules and recommendations into account. Allseated was one of the first companies to digitize venues to make sourcing and site selection more collaborative and efficient. Room to Experiment.

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AI-Powered Event Sourcing is Now a Reality

EventMB

Skift Take: A new AI-powered event sourcing tool aims to streamline the way planners research venues and vendors, and automated their interaction with sales teams. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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CVBs and DMOs: A Hidden Resource for Meeting and Event Professionals

Eventsforce

A: If a planner is just starting a search, the CVB and DMO can provide support when looking for a venue or hotel by consolidating and bridging communication with these properties. Everyone is looking for a unique venue to fit their audience. Referrals to members and businesses for transportation, local gifts, etc.

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Breaking Down Convene’s Meetings Market Survey: What It Means for Venues

All Seated

Here is what the research means for venues: Takeaway #1: Belt-Tightening Still on the Horizon. What is unstated, but still likely in the crosshairs of belt-tightening, is the pressure for organizers and planners to reduce both the cost of time and travel associated with conducting in-person venue site visits. The answer?

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Tarsus Connect announces acquisition of BizBash

Event Industry News

Connect has excelled in assisting meeting planners with site-selection needs, however BizBash inspires a different audience of event professionals with education on design, inspiration and technology that creates a meaningful experience and wow factor for event attendees.”. Event Tech. Connect Midwest. Areas of interest.