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Welcome to the Age of Intelligent Reduction

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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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Cvent Connect Rolled Out Road Map to a More Integrated and AI-enabled Meetings Future

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It is a place that is expanding its airport, convention center (reopened in 2016) and its downtown while preserving its history and amenities such as the famed San Antonio River Walk. That includes websites, registration tools and agendas that might otherwise rely on paper and pencil.

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Get Ready for a Human-centered IMEX America 2023

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Learning tracks cover challenges that keep meeting professionals up at night When what is expected to be the largest crowd ever for an events industry trade show arrives at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in October for IMEX America 2023 , the focus will squarely be on connecting people in new, effective ways.

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PSAV Acquires Encore Event Technologies: What It Could Mean for Event and Meeting Planners

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December 2016. The acquisition brings together in one ownership group an experiential events and trade show company with one of the largest event experience providers in North America and Europe. PSAV acquires Hargrove a leading experiential events and exhibitions production company. November 2018.

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Event Gamification Guide: Reach Your Event Goals!

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Here are some of the most popular ways of implementing gamification at conferences, trade shows, and corporate events. Editor’s Note: This was originally published on August 12 2016 by Kaitlin Colston and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Gamified Polling & Feedback.

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Smart Moves in San Diego, New York and More

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In this new role, Forte will oversee the resort’s portfolio of corporate groups and aim to maximize sales and hotel revenue by developing and maintaining client business relationships and representing the hotel at customer events, trade shows and more. At her side will be Rawlins as director of leisure sales.

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New Meeting Chairs Take Charge at Anaheim Marriott

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The chair actually made its big debut nearly two years ago at HX: The Hotel Experience in New York City in November 2016, but Anaheim Marriott is the first to put them to use in the United States. It won Best New Product and Best in Show in the hotel products categories at the aforementioned trade show. of meeting space.

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