Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

The problem is that there are more than 100 virtual/hybrid event platforms out there—many having started up during the pandemic. As the biggest companies get bigger, will they realize planner dreams of an easy, off-the-shelf solution they can plug and play? Not all will survive,” he warned. Is Bigger Better?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 16, 2022

With 20 years of hospitality and business development experience, Arrogante most recently worked for Maritz Global Events as its global event strategist. Fireplay , an event production company based in Nashville, is opening a Los Angeles office and has selected Sims to lead the branch.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. Skift Meetings (formerly EventMB) Formerly known as EventMB, Skift Meetings was founded in 2007 as one of the first blogs for event professionals. Ready to dive straight in?

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

There are a lot of things event planners need to be ready for. Want to get ahead of the game and modernize your event? Here are challenges and opportunities event planners can expect in the next decade. Event Planner Challenges. Data protection is always on event planners’ minds.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Maritz Global Events released its Industry Trends Report at IMEX America with some eye-popping data on the rising cost of hotels, airfares, F&B, and other event-budget elements. For its Industry Trends Report, October 2023 edition, Maritz Global Events crunched numbers from the U.S.

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Endless Events

APRIL 20, 2021

Before we even start considering the event tech side of things, for example, we have to go back to basics. The future of events is human-centric! Human-centric events of the future meet people where they are rather than simply going back to 2019. We’re now moving into that space,” explains Megan.

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The MICE Blog

MAY 28, 2020

While there’s a shift happening as I write, on a recent MICE Exchange Instagram Live Episode with Sabrina Meyers from Hot Hospitality Exchange (you can follow us on Instagram @themiceblog and @hothospitalitye ), we discussed the event industry’s fragmentation caused by geographic market segmentation. . It’s the concerns that they have.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 16, 2021

In partnership with Oxford Economics, EIC announced a new research initiative on March 16 that will quantify the global events industry’s economic impact and, for the first time, the total losses experienced in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Articulate how meetings and events can be a catalyst for economic recovery.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 12, 2019

And if technology is the disruptor that is focusing these things” “I think the biggest burden on event designers, strategists, planners, and even implementers has been these huge leaps in technology”, he continues. How to Foster Inclusion At Events. The Official 2019 Global Event Forum Report Breakdown!

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

Would you believe that 60% of leadership believe that events are the most critical marketing channel for achieving business goals? We’ve compiled a list of marketing and event statistics to inspire your event strategy or as fodder for your next event marketing presentation to get buy-in from key stakeholders.

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The MICE Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

When I was invited to be part of the jury at the International Corporate Events (ICE) Awards , I jumped at the opportunity. I was really excited to join this international jury, as it gave me a front row seat to see what some of the best corporate event planners are doing, but there was another reason. Location of Event.

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Event planners have too many horror stories to tell for one article, so here are more nightmare scenarios that will keep you up at night. All event planners have one. The most significant changes happened during the 2019 event. Let the Right Ones In.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Examples include wearable tech capable of capturing real-time data that promises to revolutionize how organizers gather insights into attendee behavior, software solutions that automate various aspects of event planning and thus increase planner efficiency, and a service that offers web-based augmented reality activations.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. Skift Meetings (formerly EventMB) Formerly known as EventMB, Skift Meetings was founded in 2007 as one of the first blogs for event professionals. Ready to dive straight in?

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Switzerland-based futurist Gerd Leonhard is a keynote speaker at global events. It does seem impossible to predict with complete accuracy what business events in the near and far future will look like. Will face-to-face event attendance return to 2019 levels soon? Words From Gerd. There may be,” she said.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

What’s a planner to do? Even for planners at the top of their game, the current meeting climate has created new levels of stress—the result of severe hotel booking compression, high turnover in supplier staff, and short meeting lead times. And planners need a similar attitude, he said. “We Stakeholder Trust. It's about us.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 17, 2023

companies based on revenue growth, is led by a healthcare management company, but a close second is a group-transportation platform that meeting and event planners may want to know about if they don’t already: CharterUp. 1,132: Global Evento The St. 5000, a ranking of privately owned U.S. Three-Year Growth: 3,885% No.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It’s appropriate that, at one of the world’s most significant global events, the meetings industry would have a voice. The negotiations between nations are the centerpiece of the COP meetings, but at every COP, industries make climate pledges at the conference — and this year the event industry stepped into the spotlight.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

According to the 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast, released by travel management company CWT and the Global Business Travel Association, meeting costs per attendee will be a whopping 25% higher than it was in 2019, followed by additional growth of 7% in 2023. Now they’re done with you.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 28, 2020

Reaching new attendees remains a consistent challenge for 90 percent of meeting planners, and it is of critical importance. It means the world to attendees, who crave meeting new people at events: 75 percent of them said that networking and making connections was important to them. Event Data. This may be down to event design.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Even still, our survey found that 68% of event organizers plan to have a virtual component at their next onsite event. PCMA research uncovered similar findings: One of two event planners planned hybrid events so attendees could attend according to their preferences. VP of Global Events. Devin Cleary.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Looking for an event or experiential marketing agency? We've compiled the most comprehensive list of US event agencies on the internet for 2019. According to the Event Marketing 2019 Report , events are the single-most effective marketing channel. Look no further. The cat's out of the bag. CADENCE, INC.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

Marriott International President and CEO Tony Capuano kicked off the event by thanking the 314 association planner customers for sticking with the company and helping the hospitality industry recover so quickly. And, of interest to many of the meeting planners present, integrating billing to make it more user-friendly.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 12, 2022

Would you believe that 60% of leadership believe that events are the most critical marketing channel for achieving business goals? To inspire your event strategy or as fodder for your next event marketing presentation to get buy-in from key stakeholders, we’ve compiled a list of marketing and event statistics.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 18, 2022

Based on your votes, and in no particular order, here are the Top 55 Event Experience Leaders of 2022: Akosua Boadi-Agyemang. Global Experiential Marketing Lead/Marketing Manager, Microsoft. Currently, she leads the global event team at Dremio and their premier community event, Subsurface.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Whether your next event is a quiet gathering or a huge reveal, you’re sure to find some theme ideas for your next event on this list. So hold on to your seats, corporate event planners, for 25 crazy creative themes. Photo source: Eventive Marketing. Photo source: First Global Events Agency.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A telling statistic from a 2019 workplace study by BetterUp reveals that employees who feel a sense of belonging are 167 percent more likely to recommend their company to others as a great place to work. Using the Belonging Playbook, an event planner will plug in the region and industry vertical she is serving, says Crellin.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

With thanks, Your Smart Start Hosts, Eming and Sara Navigating Event Work/Life Balance Spencer Glazer, e vent management specialist II, Global Event Management, Wolters Kluwer What is one thing you are grateful for this year that has helped you excel in your profession? and the wild and crazy that is NYC!

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