Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

And specific to the trends that were emerging in 2016, we are now wading waist-deep in most of them. Instead of finding some embarrassing miscalculations, I was delighted to see that our foundational ideas were fairly prescient. One that jumped out at me was a trend labeled “intelligent reduction.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Marriott, which purchased Starwood in September of 2016, is emailing guests of W Hotels, St. “We fell short of what our guests deserve and what we expect of ourselves. We are doing everything we can to support our guests, and using lessons learned to be better moving forward.”.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

A total of 174 people took part in the event, including 54 online. There were two reasons for choosing to host the symposium at the Lindner Grand Hotel Beau-Rivage in Interlaken: In 2016, Wasser Agenda 21 hosted a similar event in terms of duration and number of participants in Interlaken. Online event component. Event format.

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Crowdriff

JUNE 23, 2016

We’ve just returned from beautiful Philadelphia where we spent two action-packed days at the 2016 Tourism Academy conference which we were proud to support as a key sponsor and as a presenter with our client Visit Stockton. A post shared by CrowdRiff (@crowdriff) on Jun 8, 2016 at 7:50am PDT. View this post on Instagram.

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Motivation Excellence

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Our VP of Sales, Rhonda Brewer, helped start a two-way mentoring program in 2016 for the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence Women in Leadership committee and their Young Leaders program. Then hop online and search for organizations that fit your interests. It’s called Advisors in Action.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The organization announced this first-time host city all the way back in July 2016, for cryin’ out loud! Smith of Franklinton Board of Trade in an online testimonial. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions World Library and Information Congress was the first organization to rent the space in 2016.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 13, 2016

If the destination is already chosen, then a good place to start might in the library or online with some cultural research. One of my favorite resource is Kiss, Bow, and Shake Hands , the book and online resource by Terri Morrison on how to do business around the world. Here are a few tips that you might find useful. Click To Tweet.

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2018

Here are some tips on online event security to make sure your event and attendees are safe in cyberland. 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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MeetingPool

APRIL 5, 2017

It’s probably a pretty big understatement to say that online video consumption has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade and it’s definitely no surprise that there’s no sign of it slowing down. In fact, according to the 2016 Ericsson Mobility Report, video will account for 70% of all mobile traffic by 2021.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 2, 2022

In 2016, the Montreal-based entrepreneur created Piccles, an interactive online platform where users create and share computer-generated drawings, as an outlet for his own creativity. “The drawings are great,” Piccles founder Chris Bent has said, “but the stories are gold.”.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 23, 2021

Some examples: The Pennsylvania Convention Center converted to low-flow toilets and sinks throughout its facility in 2016 and has seen a 23 percent decrease in annual water usage since then. There are several calculators online that can show you how much water is required to produce each ingredient.”.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 4, 2022

Two years after adopting the code, Nature reported last December, the number of women keynote speakers at its conference had climbed to 48 percent, compared with 29 percent of keynote speakers at Nature conferences held between 2016 and 2018.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The post Technology takes off at ibtm world 2016 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Meetings industry technology went mainstream at ibtm world 2016 in Barcelona last week. The post Technology takes off at ibtm world 2016 appeared first on Travel Daily. ibtm world.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 3, 2021

Source: South African History Online. Source: South Africa History Online. In 2016, a monument was erected for the remembrance of the four heroic women who led the protest at the Union Buildings. To honor stories of powerful women across Africa, this blog highlights historic attractions focused on African women.

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Tourism eSchool

JANUARY 14, 2023

From social media and email marketing to website marketing, search engine optimisation and online advertising, the internet offers so many fantastic ways for tourism businesses to connect with their best customers. This Article was originally published in September 2016, and has been updated in January 2023.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Founder and “chief mysterious officer” of Los Angeles–based Mystery Trip , a team-bonding event planning company, Green has helped create experiential, offbeat trips in 10 cities across the United States for Netflix, Lyft, and Google, among other corporations and associations, since 2016. And it’s a great bonding experience.”.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 24, 2022

In 2016, Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) established a working group aimed to clarify the best practices for hotel payments. First, there are credit cards used both at the point-of-sale terminals and online, when paying via your booking engine. These common problems stall many hotels’ transformations.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

Here are three session-based examples: At the 2010 edACCESS conference, Joel Backon designed an incredible experiment to explore the use of online collaborative tools , which at the time were in their infancy. Session-based experiments. These events made a profound impression on pretty much everyone who participated.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 18, 2022

Choose Chicago built a partnership between the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Chicago Cubs to raise money for cancer research in 2016. Sveta Pyntikova is agency sales and marketing manager of mdg , a marketing and public relations agency specializing in audience acquisition for live and online events.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 17, 2024

More than $16B in MICE business was sourced through Cvent’s online platforms in 2023. Shanghai, China Dr Edward Koh, Executive Director, Conventions, Meetings & Incentive Travel, Singapore Tourism Board, said: “We are honoured to be named Cvent’s Top Meeting Destination in Asia for the sixth time since 2016.

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Crowdriff

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Though there are plenty of creative ways for museums and galleries to grow their audience online, doing so takes dedication, patience — and a willingness to learn from the best! — adamrozan (@adamrozan) November 10, 2016. — Mar Dixon (@MarDixon) January 20, 2016. VAJIAJIA) October 4, 2016.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

in 2016, there were: • 1.9 The meetings industry in 2016 supported: • 5.9 The meetings industry in 2016 supported: • 5.9 During an online briefing announcing the results of the new study , Adam Sacks, founder and president of Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, shared some insights into the big numbers.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 30, 2016

The importance—or lack thereof—of having a diverse speaker lineup was the topic of a pretty lively online conversation during a livestreamed session at the 2016 Professional Convention Management Association Education Conference. read more.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Juraj Holub It may be a mix of all of the above, combined with the fact that LinkedIn, which has been owned by Microsoft since 2016, has found ways to be different things to professionals at different stages in their careers. It brings the whole professional world together,” he said. “We We are passionate about events and meetings.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In April of 2016, social media giant, Facebook launched a chatbot service that acts like a virtual assistant allowing businesses to provide automated customer service, deliver content, and come up with an interactive experience to their customers. In fact, more than half of consumers prefer businesses that use chat apps.

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Tourism eSchool

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Happy customers will become advocates for your business and help become a sales force for your business by sharing their positive experience with the people both online and offline. This article was originally published in 2016, and has recently been updated in December 2022. Public Relations (including Famils) and Advertising.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 27, 2016

In this case, “there” was a wonderful five-day improv and mindfulness workshop Mindful Play, Playful Mind , held June 8-13 2016, at Mere Point on the beautiful Maine coast. You had to be there. In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ).

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AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Last year, according to Amadeus research , almost 40 percent of all tickets were sold online. How online criminals commit fraud most often. What online companies can do to prevent fraud. By the end of next year, online booking is expected to account for more than half of all ticket bookings. Billion in 2011 to $32.39

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Crowdriff

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

And if you haven’t, well, their locals and tourists can’t help snapping up picture after picture and posting online. A post shared by emily blanca (@offthegridgirl) on Aug 10, 2016 at 8:50pm PDT. A post shared by •Paige• (@coloradomtnlife) on Aug 10, 2016 at 6:12pm PDT. Instagram is your magic portal. westons_camera.

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Crowdriff

JANUARY 19, 2016

2016 is finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited! 2016’s already picking up speed, so before 2015 disappears in the rearview mirror, let’s take a minute to reflect on a truly special year. 2016’s already picking up speed, so before 2015 disappears in the rearview mirror, let’s take a minute to reflect on a truly special year.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 20, 2021

After acquiring Starwood Hotels in 2016, the brand became the world’s largest hotel company, and now combines the membership bases of three hugely popular rewards programs: Ritz-Carlton Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest, and Marriott Rewards. Marriott is one of the most prominent examples.

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Crowdriff

AUGUST 11, 2016

In the words of Visit Franklin’s Josh Collins, “ your goal as a marketer should be to treat people like human beings even when your interaction with them is online only ”. We thought of this problem and created CrowdRiff’s Conversations feature for that very reason. — CrowdRiff (@CrowdRiff) July 28, 2016. Don’t ignore anyone!

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 27, 2023

For details on the structure of the exam and testing periods — and to learn more about the online event planning classes — check out the ILEA website. The GTP program also offers a variety of ways to help applicants succeed through the program, from study guides and resource lists to online prep courses. Learn more: ILEA 3.

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Crowdriff

JULY 5, 2017

We’ve received over two million visitors from Mexico as of 2016,” said Florez. In order to connect better with Mexican travelers in their own language, Visit Houston launched a Spanish-language travel marketing campaign titled “Hola Houston” in 2016, which included a new website: HolaHouston.com.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 13, 2024

By analyzing thousands of brain images, researchers have found that the same parts of our brain that light up when we are learning and using social skills come online when we engage with art. Bent founded Piccles in 2016 as a kind of an interactive coloring book that would provide a creative outlet for himself and others.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Also, in 2016, Hilton and IBM partnered to develop a robot concierge (two feet tall with arms and legs) which can help guests to find anything at the Hotel property. Many online freelancers and remote workers who earn multiple figures now travel the world while working from hotels, beaches, Airbnb’s, and anywhere else.

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Solimar International

JANUARY 16, 2025

Previously an obscure hiking spot, Trolltunga saw visitor numbers skyrocket from a few hundred annually to over 80,000 by 2016. What it is: Tools, such as mobile apps and online platforms, that enable non-experts to participate in scientific research, often by recording observations or measurements.

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