The MICE Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Its unique automotive theme proved so popular that in 2018, the V8 Superior Hotel was added, bringing the total to 187 rooms, including 26 distinctively themed accommodations that celebrate automotive history. V8 Hotel Motorworld Region Stuttgart The V8 Hotel began as a boutique property with just 34 rooms in the V8 Classic building.

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Endless Events

MARCH 8, 2018

Sustainable events are one of our top choices for 2018 Event Trends.The sustainable event trend is continuing to grow with no signs of stopping so it’s time to get on board! You know that sign-up, registration and scheduling are areas you want to target to become sustainable, but how? Say you are planning an annual conference.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The cybersecurity theft affected reservations made up to September 10, 2018. Marriott is also phasing out Starwood guest registration systems. Personal information from as many as 500 million Starwood guests dating back to 2014 may have been stolen, Marriott International announced Friday.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Tech companies Zenus, Fielddrive and Kubify each recently won a 2018 IBTM World Tech Watch Award , the longest-running industry prize of its kind. Zenus integrates security facial recognition for easy and efficient event registration, while Fielddrive employs on-site tech assistance at events.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Even more importantly, she has founded her own company in 2018. One of the biggest things that you should adjust is registration and conversion rates. There’s usually a 35% drop-off for registrations in virtual events.” When you’re thinking in-person versus virtual, there are a lot of differences there.

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Endless Events

JULY 27, 2018

Gen Z Marketing Lessons from VidCon 2018. This is why it’s important to eliminate all possible check-in pain points, such as long lines at the registration and the lack of guidance about how the whole process will go. What tips and tricks can you share to improve registration for events?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Do you accept registrations online? eBay Open 2018 Has Some Great B2B Strategies. This is highlighted in the recent announcement by the American Society of Association Executives that all early-bird registrants in its October event would pay nothing beforehand. Getting Early Birds to Flock to Your Event.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

We’ve watched them do their first-ever 4K live stream , and included them on the list of our favorite events in 2018. “My first job was opening the mail and entering the data from the registration forms. ” “We started doing online registration in the late nineties,” says Scott.

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Endless Events

MARCH 30, 2018

One example would be registration trends, which allows them to see how the event is growing over time. Understanding Engagement for 2018. You can’t wow them with something as abstract as “the event was awesome!” ” You need to learn what he or she wants to hear, then get the numbers you need.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In 2018, this number dropped to 63 percent—still a huge problem. Include an alert about the official room block and potential poaching risks in the registration process. In 2014, the Convention Industry Council conducted a survey of 622 event professionals, and found that 73.1 percent of respondents had events targeted by poaching.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 4, 2018

Using a combination of research and survey data, we’ve rounded up the 18 most important trends set to hit planners, hotels and venues in 2018. That speed and ease has led us to a state of modern ecommerce that has consumers growingly impatient with drawn out registration and booking processes. Better buckle up! HOW TO STAY AHEAD.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The main idea is to offer free or discounted merchandise to early registrants. Chloe McAlpin | The Simple Joy Of Being (@chloe_mcalpin) May 7, 2018. Make sure to offer plenty of intuitive ways to purchase merch throughout the entirety of your event, from registration to the event itself. Published December 5, 2018.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Feedback uncovers pain points — like registration issues or problems with a virtual event platform — that can be addressed to improve the attendee journey. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in November 2018 and has been updated for relevance. This ensures future events offer more engaging and valuable programming.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

To achieve event success and prove ROI, one of the first — and most crucial — steps is creating a registration landing page. Your event registration page is your sales pitch to potential attendees. A poorly designed or confusing registration page can lead to decreased attendance and, ultimately, a loss of revenue.

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Endless Events

MAY 14, 2018

The episode touches on everything from live events and emerging tech, young people in tech, and InfoComm 2018’s Center Stage! Use an integrated platform that manages all your registration tasks at once. With a panel of industry experts and hosts with a vast knowledge of the industry, you do not want to miss this!

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Endless Events

JULY 19, 2018

We predicted a trend for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to show its potential in 2018, and now we’re anticipating its dominance in the years to come. How on-demand AI can be anything from a registration assistant to a comprehensive virtual concierge. Notably, in the form of chatbots as well as integrated into fully-fledged event apps.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 17, 2022

and compared them with registration numbers from those same three conferences after they moved online in 2020. Women registrants grew by 66 percent compared with a 35-percent gain for men. The study’s lead author, Manish Kumar, Ph.D.,

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 30, 2024

‘I decided I’m going to make something … culturally relevant,’ said Armando Zumaya (third from left in front row), who in 2018 founded the professional development organization Somos El Poder to address the disparities he saw within the fundraising community. “As

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Endless Events

MARCH 22, 2018

And that trend is expected to continue in 2018. Some software even lets event planners manage conference registration, on-site check-ins, payment processing, and 24/7 support. They are tried and tested, successful and strategic. Use technology to better connect your attendees.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The virtual format opened registration to anyone. the inaugural workshop took place 18–20 August 2020, virtually over Zoom … In total, 1038 registrants from over 30 countries participated, with individual session attendance in the low-hundreds.” Online events make it easier for them to attend. 1 and 2, respectively. .”

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 28, 2022

In 2018, only around one out of 10 business event professionals responding to a Convene survey said that they bake sustainability into their planning process from the start, making sustainability clauses part of their RFPs — and more than one-third said that they didn’t source or design their event with an environmental lens at all.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Real-estate giant Keller Williams used Zenus facial recognition technology at several of its agent conferences in 2018, and Moutafis says that attendee adoption rose from 49 percent to 67 percent across the year. Event management and registration software was cited by 31 percent, versus 28 percent the year before.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 24, 2019

At AAO 2018 , more than 23,000 ophthalmologists, health professionals and industry personnel from across the globe met in Chicago to learn, network and grow in their careers. With attendees from all over the world, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) uses a variety of strategies to create new and valuable meeting experiences.

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Endless Events

JULY 18, 2018

We’re seeing a 2018 event trend for creating a personalized event experience. It’s more important than ever to pinpoint the interests of attendees by collecting data throughout the registration process and up to when they arrive at your event. Why this trend? Use audience responses to inspire new “event paths”.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Tysons Corner, VA – October 16, 2018 – Cvent , a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, today announced that it has acquired Social Tables , the leading event diagramming, seating, and collaboration platform. The company was seventh in Washington, DC in the 2018 Inc 5000.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

It was a literary milestone, but what caught my attention was how the mystery was solved with the kinds of digital tools — Zoom and the online registration platform Eventbrite — that have been in daily use by many in the meetings industry over the last two years.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

of event organizers were able to reach a wider audience with virtual events ( Bizzabo , 2020) 54% of virtual event registrants convert to virtual attendees. of event organizers were able to reach a wider audience with virtual events ( Bizzabo , 2020) 54% of virtual event registrants convert to virtual attendees.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 30, 2023

We have filled all our available hosted buyer spots in record time and day buyer registration is now open with chances for domestic event organisers to win travel to Wellington for MEETINGS,” she says. Registrations are now open for day buyer positions.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 24, 2024

Jack Macleod Align on Success Metrics It had been six years since the last NPE was held (the event is usually held every three years but was skipped during COVID), so one major goal was to reestablish its international audience, which typically represents a significant portion of registrants. The challenge? Do it on a budget, of course.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 11, 2018

High praise, indeed, for an inaugural event, which only adds to the success of the Get Global event that has seen ticket sales rocket for 2018 and fills the organisers with pride and positivity for the upcoming show. The 2018 Get Global programme can be viewed here.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 28, 2023

Machado was recognised by Adweek as Grand Brand Genius (2013 and 2018) – the only person to ever win it twice. The festival has just opened its doors to early-bird delegate and awards gala dinner registration. Prior to joining Burger King, Machado worked for 18 years at Unilever.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Following the success of the 2019 event, OTDYKH Leisure Fair 2020, the annual travel market in Russia will be back and the early bird registration is now open. In 2018, Russia placed 8th on a UNTWO report which ranked countries by their contribution to outbound tourism. Russia’s total spending amounted to USD 31.1

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 5, 2018

As early as today, the registration data from ITB China 2019 reveals that Chinese tourism to Europe is increasing. In the first four months of 2018, Chinese arrivals in Europe were up 9.3%.”. ITB China 2018.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Following the success of the 2019 event, OTDYKH Leisure Fair 2020, the annual travel market in Russia will be back and the early bird registration is now open. In 2018, Russia placed 8th on a UNTWO report which ranked countries by their contribution to outbound tourism. Russia’s total spending amounted to USD 31.1

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

In the first quarter of 2018, I’ve booked more business than all of 2017.) These days, someone like me is lucky to be offered event registration and expense reimbursement, let alone any kind of token fee for the hours it takes to design and prepare a great session. But their inclusion looks good on the promotional materials.

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Eventtia

JUNE 26, 2024

It specializes in managing virtual events, conferences, trade shows, exhibitions, and corporate events. Features Eventtia offers one of the market’s most customizable event management platforms, featuring a back-office web portal for event organizers and a suite of web and mobile interfaces for attendees.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 4, 2019

After a highly successful debut in 2018, three Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Chapters — MPI Toronto , MPI Montréal/Québec , and MPI Ottawa — have again joined forces to provide cutting edge, innovative, experiential education at The EVENT. .'” I’m excited to present my Participate!

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