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MeetingPlay and Aventri Merge as First Big Event Tech Deal of 2022

Smart Meetings

Aventri, which was founded in 2008, had grown into a global provider of data-driven solutions for event sourcing, marketing, registration, onsite technology, data security and reporting. He will remain with the company in an executive role. Former Aventri CEO Jim Sharpe will remain a shareholder and advisor to the new company.

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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE Blog

Angeles has been in the events industry for over 30 years and possesses international experience with a large network. You had an event management agency during the 2008 crisis and lost 50% of your business in one week. I went through the dot-com crisis, 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008, which impacted us significantly in 2009.

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ADMEI Welcomes Denise Malo, DMCP, as New Board President

ADMEI

She has been a member of the association since 2007 and attended her first ADMEI annual conference in 2008. A special thank you is extended to ADMEI’s outgoing ADMEI President, Lonise Carey, MHA, DMCP with Island Destination Services, a DMC Network Affiliate, Nassau, Bahamas. Denise is also no stranger to ADMEI.

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Diversity In Events 2021 With William S. Matthews

Endless Events

In 2008, he launched his very own event planning business, RSVP with Will. “Normally [at in-person events], people would get a swag bag and networking. But when you’re about ten years too late, I wonder why didn’t you do this possible when the US elected its first Black president back in 2008.

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New ITA Airways Shows Its Colors

Business Traveler USA

The carrier says it plans initially to operate a network of 44 destinations and 59 routes, rising to 74 routes in 2022 and 89 by 2025. Italy’s new flag carrier ITA Airways launched on October 15, following the closure of its predecessor Alitalia. itaspa.com. The post New ITA Airways Shows Its Colors appeared first on Business Traveler USA.

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The Rise of LinkedIn

Convene by PCMA

That gave content creators access to potentially much larger audiences — users shared 40 percent more content on the network in Spring 2023 than they did in the same period in 2021, according to LinkedIn. Everybody understands that this is a professional network,” Holub said. It’s a business networking platform.

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5 Lessons From The Atlantic Festival’s Second Virtual Event

Convene by PCMA

COVID forced The Atlantic , which has held The Atlantic Festival annually since 2008, to go virtual for the second time. We created videos that we play during breaks of the show to help people navigate the platform better, to find out how to chat, network, and find the schedule.”. Focus on engagement metrics, not just attendee numbers.