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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events. Trapeze chairs, a speakeasy, smoothie shots at the revolving entrance, Cirque du Soleil performances… The laundry list of creative attractions at Montreal’s C2 conference sounds more like a festival than a networking event.

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5 Ways the Meetings Industry is Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events. But make no mistake, the networking is there: over 3,000 face-to-face meetings were scheduled at C2 2017 alone. since 2009, but the total number of attendees at these meetings has grown 22.7%.

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Smart Moves in Albuquerque, Maui and More

Smart Meetings

Craighead has won several accolades, including the Planner of the Year Award by Smart Meetings in 2020 and the Show Manager of the Year Award in 2015 from the Expo Group and Trade Show News Network. Patrick Lacassagne. Lacassagne joined NoMo SoHo in New York City as general manager. Carl Pratt and Daniel Birnstiehl.

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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

Unlike older books, it covers the impact of digital technology (apps, online meetings, and social media marketing) on the meetings world, includes a healthy dollop of the relevance of learning theory to meeting design, and manages to squeeze in trade shows, accessibility, and wellness in a fairly short book.

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Is the Party Over?

Smart Meetings

It happened in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009,” Juliane Farinazzo, co-founder and events director of Bijou Events, remembers as if it were yesterday. I am not keen to restart show-floor happy hours where too many people crowd into the booth,” adds Lisa Grogan, who manages events, meetings and trade shows at Canadian tech company Matrox.

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The New Economic Significance Study: Making Sense of the Numbers

MeetingsNet

The newest study from Oxford Economics on the economic significance of the meetings industry is out, illustrating the size and impact of meetings, conferences, incentive travel programs, and trade shows. First the new numbers…. In the U.S. in 2016, there were: • 1.9 million meetings • 251 million meeting participants. For the U.S.

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Navigating International Attendance Challenges in 2025’s Political Climate

Smart Meetings

When policies close doors, technology opens windows In a beautiful garden under the soft Portland sun in 2009, I stood in my wedding dress, exchanging vows with my soon-to-be husband. government to expedite visas for legitimate business travelers, stating that visa woes are “disappointing and costly” for global trade shows.