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No Spectators: How Four Brands Altered Their Game Plans for the Tokyo Olympics

Event Marketer

First, organizers delayed the games by a year in deference to the COVID-19 pandemic (yet kept the name Tokyo 2020). New this year was the Samsung Galaxy Tokyo 2020 Media Center, a virtual experience that served as the center of all Samsung p.r. activities throughout Tokyo 2020. Then they announced a ban on nearly all spectators.

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New and Renovated: Innovators, Go International!

Smart Meetings

Venues around the world reveal groundbreaking debuts Pioneering venues make the meeting world go round. Luxury like you so far have only imagined pops up in new and renovated hotels and venues in Tokyo, coastal Mexico and London. Vertical gardens adorn the hotel tower’s metal lattice façade.

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4 Progressive Design Events to Get to Before 2019 Ends

Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

Design for Innovation is another annual event, but this time we’re moving *cough* slightly further across the globe to Tokyo to take in what it has to offer. Key themes the event will examine will include technology and global expansion strategies. Location : Tokyo, Japan. Tickets : 10,000 – 13,000 yen.

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These are the events we’ll be watching (and learning from) in 2022

Expo Pass

Their event website is already live with pre-event videos , health and safety info front and center, venue and lodging info, and tons of press. Tokyo 2020, while a success, had far more than zero cases during the games. We’ll be watching for how Sundance 2022 all shakes down, but it looks like they are already ahead of the curve.

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Krowdthink awarded best innovation for crowd resilience

Event Industry News

Krowdthink Ltd, developers of the Krowd® event and venue app for security and fan engagement, announces that it has been awarded best innovation in crowd resilience by Major Events International (MEI). .

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WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth

Smart Meetings

In addition to the Olympic venues, London cleaned up and rebuilt its canals, extended and built new transportation, and invested in its hospitality infrastructure. In 2016, the venue even opened a ride, The Slide, at the ArcelorMittal Orbit, which doubles as the United Kingdom’s tallest public art piece. million visitors. New York; 3.

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PRESS RELEASE: Boomset Announced as a 2017 BizBash Event Style Award Winner

Boomset

Submissions flooded in from across North America, as well as India, Belgium, Spain, Mexico, Qatar, Tokyo, and other global destinations. Each month more than 225,000 unique users across North America and beyond look to BizBash for venue discovery, event style, technology, and tools for their next event.

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