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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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ADMEI Welcomes Denise Malo, DMCP, as New Board President

ADMEI

She is skilled in event production, program development, event design, and logistical implementation, and she thrives in educating the next generation of event producers to achieve their goals of excellence in the hospitality industry. She has been a member of the association since 2007 and attended her first ADMEI annual conference in 2008.

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Incentive Travel: Interactive Connection is the Name of the Game

Smart Meetings

Andrew Luan started ExperienceFirst Walking Tours in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Andrew put together a tour for his friend centered around the 2008 crisis. Once customers choose their guide or tour, they can communicate through the ToursByLocals platform with their guide to adapt the tour for their needs.

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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. Add a gamification element in the virtual platform you’re using. For example, use the lounge feature of your virtual event platform, or create a Slack or Discord group for people to connect before and after the event.

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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. Upping the production and experience. We also improved the production value and quality,” Montgomery said. “We We also improved the production value and quality,” Montgomery said. We are at 1.5

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How We Pivoted to Produce Virtual Events

Meeting Tomorrow

As an audiovisual production company, our alarm bells grew louder and louder. Clients were turning to us because we’d been producing virtual events since 2008, and also brought a deep understanding of live events. Google’s developer conference. Adobe Summit. They realized they needed more than access to virtual event software.

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19 Event Trends That Will Shake Up Meetings & Group Business in 2019

Social Tables

Screen time per day has more than doubled since 2008. From the proposal through setup, personalization needs to be at the heart of how you communicate, negotiate, and create a meetings product. However, this doesn’t mean that meat at events is going away — a majority of the population still eats animal-based products.

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