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

Smart Meetings

Event platform MeetingPlay and meeting management SaaS provider Aventri announced today that they will merge to create a full-service event software company. 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.

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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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The Rise of LinkedIn

Convene by PCMA

Long considered the duller, nerdier counterpart to platforms like Facebook and Twitter, the 20-year-old business-oriented social-media channel was ranked as one of the top 10 fastest-growing brands in the world in 2022. The platform, which has reported that it adds a new user every three seconds, now has 950 million users in 200 countries.

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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 really doubled down on the platform experience,” she said. “We million views across all platforms on social, including YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn.”. Upping the production and experience. We are at 1.5

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Top 8 Hospitality Platforms for Events and Consumer Experiences

Eventtia

However, that’s impossible without using hospitality platforms for events. Whether managing events logistics, booking accommodation, or arranging transportation, hospitality platforms are necessary for planning and hosting results-driven events. Eventtia has a particular focus on developing solutions for consumer and luxury brands.

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Answering Hybrid Event Production Questions We Hear the Most

Meeting Tomorrow

Although we’ve been producing hybrid events since 2008, they’ve exploded in popularity since 2020. Do our in-person and virtual audiences have to interact or network with each other? Also, while there are many software solutions that allow for your in-person and virtual audiences to chat or network, it’s difficult to pull off well.