Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2021

Diamond holds a certificate in virtual event and meeting management and is a member of MPI, PCMA, Association of Molecular Pathology (AMP) and Senior Planner Industry Network (SPIN). He’s also owner of and worked as CEO for Big White Dog Events in Washington, D.C. Doug Bennett, CASE.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Conquer Cancer Foundation first decided to partner with the Chicago Cubs in 2016. Davis said social events and networking are now an even bigger part of conventions than they were pre-Covid. It was a lucky choice for everyone, because that was the year the Cubs broke their losing streak and won the World Series.

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Techsytalk

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

According to one report , the social network giant has 500 million monthly users and 300 million daily active users as of June 2016. Why should you use Instagram? Well, it’s really more of a question of why not. The statistic says it all.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Compiled by analyzing more than $14 billion of group business value sourced through the Cvent Supplier Network in 2022, the rankings highlight hotels, venues, and destinations. 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. In addition, our use of the Cvent Supplier Network has been critical in our success.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Marriott says it inherited Starwood’s compromised data when it bought the competitor company in September 2016. Hospitality has widely distributed networks that extend around the world. “That means the bad guys are doing better than the good guys,” he says. Why did it take almost two years for them to identify that?”

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Despite her doubts, in early 2016, she began studying for the exam anyway. She also relied heavily on her network. “I “It wasn’t until my second industry role that I realized that not only would it apply to what I was doing at work, my company would support me in studying for it and help pay for me to obtain the certification.”

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

In 2015, the first ‘big Summit’ took place on the campus, and in 2016, the event relocated to the Olma Messen St.Gallen, the biggest exhibition hall in the city. Global Network To extend the entrepreneurial spirit beyond St. START Summit was later established as one of the Global Projects and had its first event in 2007.

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MeetingPool

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

with Last year Loopd, the two way beacon device for networking at events, was the big winner selected from a pool of promising startups. The #IMEXPitch competition is an annual opportunity for event technology startups to showcase their products to an audience of event planners and a panel of knowledgable, expert judges.

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Endless Events

MAY 19, 2020

Choosing what to do at an event especially larger scale events with hundreds of sessions, networking events, keynotes and more can feel very overwhelming. They have ability to make activity suggestions using algorithms based on attendees’ profiles and networks. Having data-driven activity suggestions in your event app.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The global professional organization officially launched 50 years ago in 1973 in that very city and has since grown to include more than 2,000 members, delivering research, education and networking. New Foundation President Hamish Reid, MICE Consultant with Hills Balfour, shared that between 2016 and 2022 alone, more than $1.7

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

December 2016. Given PSAV’s high costs of AV solutions, there is a massive opportunity for non-hotel venues like Convene, a growing network of full-service meeting and event venues, to supply their own AV solutions with a preferred partner or internally at highly competitive rates.”.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

In 2016, millennials became the largest segment in the U.S. ” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events. In 2016, millennials became the largest segment in the U.S. But make no mistake — the networking is there: over 3,000 face-to-face meetings were scheduled at C2 2017 alone.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Choosing what to do at an event especially larger scale events with hundreds of sessions, networking events, keynotes and more can feel very overwhelming. They have ability to make activity suggestions using algorithms based on attendees’ profiles and networks. Having data-driven activity suggestions in your event app.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

In 2016, millennials became the largest segment in the U.S. ” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events. In 2016, millennials became the largest segment in the U.S. But make no mistake, the networking is there: over 3,000 face-to-face meetings were scheduled at C2 2017 alone.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Though the company did not start up until 2016, it has already made significant progress. It opens our region to the rest of the Midwest, connecting us all in a network of technology, resources, people and jobs.”. Since then, HyperloopTT has signed on to build the first routes in the United Arab Emirates and China.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2023

The AIANTA network of organizations and destinations helps meeting planners host an event or find accommodations at a tribal property in every region of North America including Hawaii, Alaska and Canada. Read More: How to Honor Native American Tribes.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

Wasser-Agenda 21 , a forum and network organisation for Swiss water stakeholders, organised the first International Symposium on Bedload Management which took place at the Lindner Grand Hotel Beau-Rivage in Interlaken from 8 to 10 November 2021. The platforms also process scientific findings and make them available to practitioners.

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Business Traveler USA

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Nevertheless, the airline took the lead early in offering pre-flight testing, and continues to restart and expand its network as the industry recovers. Isom, who has more than 30 years of experience in finance, operations, planning, marketing, sales, alliances, pricing and revenue management, was named American’s president in 2016.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

So I think kind of in 2016, we really decided that this was potentially going to happen and potentially being a future model in the meetings industry and a niche within the meetings industry as a format. Multi-hub meetings also play a huge part in the quality of networking. “It’s more intense”, says Marteen.

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Endless Events

JUNE 28, 2018

The 2016 Experiential Marketing Content Report states “Seventy-two percent of consumers say they positively view brands that provide quality event content opportunities and experiences. Both revolve around gathering specific networking attendees that will promote the product or brand by attending your event. An Intimate Environment.

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Endless Events

MARCH 11, 2019

I can absolutely think, you know, now you start kinda extrapolate that out to temporary staff, or someone’s who’s … a lot of the kinda big news cycle stuff that we saw during the campaign, during the 2016, ’17, time was catering staff. It’s terrifying how open these hotel WiFi networks are.

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SITE

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Chicago, 2 September 2021 – Today SITE President, Aoife Delaney, CIS, CITP, Director of Global Marketing & Sales, The DMC Network, announced the appointment of Krzysztof “Kris” Michniewicz, CIS, CITP, Founder & CEO MrPoland, to SITE’s International Board of Directors.

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2018

Wi-Fi on an open network that doesn’t have encryption leaves you wide open for security breaches. Alarmingly, in 2016, Eventsforce found that nearly half of the UK and US event planners they surveyed “didn’t know if they were PCI DSS compliant, with 84% not being able to identify compliance requirements”.

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Crowdriff

AUGUST 16, 2016

People will be coming from around the country to attend ESTO 2016 in Boca Raton. We did some digging around in the Boca Raton food scene so that you don’t have to when you’re hungry and busy at ESTO 2016. Check out these dining options for an enjoyable sit down meal after a long day of conference events and networking.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 30, 2023

A collaboration among several industry associations results in a three-day agenda in March for education and networking in metro D.C. metro area to deliver professional development, idea incubators, community/social transformation activities, exhibit-hall interaction, and other networking experiences.

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Social Tables

APRIL 15, 2019

Corporate meetings such as conferences, trade shows, and other professional networking events are far from stuffy these days. The best corporate event themes will do just that, offering up an escape where attendees can engage, interact, and network — all the while staying true to event objectives. Choosing a theme for corporate events?

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 8, 2016

This will be the only North American workshop offered in 2016. It was great networking too!” When: Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM; Friday, October 7, 2016 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (CDT) – Add to Calendar. Earn CIC education credits. Participant at Adrian’s 2012 EIBTM Participation Techniques Workshop.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 13, 2016

A simple search for DMCs in the exhibitor listing of the recent IMEX America 2016 returns 732 results from all over the world. I would strongly advise all planners to use their professional network to get advice. Ask for help, even if you don’t think you need it. Click To Tweet. Ask for Help. A last word of advice.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 2, 2019

For example, a speaker will get their own landing page with their content and customized social media posts already done for them so it’s easier for influencers to share content with their networks. Emma interviewed attendees and speakers after Marketing United 2016. Here’s a simple example from Emma.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

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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Travel Daily Media

MAY 17, 2024

These lists – which also include regional rankings for North America, Europe, and the Middle East & Africa – were compiled based on sourcing activity through the Cvent Supplier Network, one of the world’s largest venue-sourcing platforms. More than $16B in MICE business was sourced through Cvent’s online platforms in 2023.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

And then 2016 they acquire Southern Audio Visual. 2016, one year later. They’re still sorting that out just because I want more network and all that kind of stuff. Or reach out to of course, on Twitter and we’re on all of the social networks. They’re just in Arizona. So it was 2012. 2015, one year later.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2018

When Marriott acquired Starwood in September 2016, it added 11 new brands—including Sheraton and Westin—that contained some of the leading hotels in the world. The Westin Copley Place, Boston. The purchase strengthened Marriott’s presence in many locations, and has been a total game-changer in some places, such as Boston.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 18, 2022

million visitors in 2016. The International Live Events Association (ILEA) provides its stakeholders and members collaborative networking, credibility, educational development, inspiration, outward awareness and professional development to ensure a growing global events profession.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

in 2016, there were: • 1.9 The meetings industry in 2016 supported: • 5.9 International attendees made up 2 percent of meeting participants in 2016, but 11 percent of the spending. First the new numbers…. In the U.S. million meetings • 251 million meeting participants. For the U.S. million jobs. Printer-friendly version.

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Business Traveler USA

AUGUST 3, 2021

Jetsmart, founded in 2016, is controlled by Indigo Partners, which also owns stakes in Wizz Air, Frontier Airlines, Volaris, Cebu Pacific and Canadian start-up Enerjet. AA network currently includes 17 destinations in South America served from its US hubs at Dallas Fort Worth, Miami and New York.

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Airlines Proposal Networking Travel 59

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Despite all this, more than half (55 percent) of survey respondents say the “open bar” is still a necessary and expected part of event and networking planning. Serving food during a networking event or happy hour, even tapas-sized, is also a popular strategy. Managing (Relative) Sobriety. Actual alcoholism showed a similar pattern.

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