Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

The 3 days of gathering started with Destinations International ’s Convention Sales and Services Summit, covering everything from trends in what is important to attendees today to tips for planning more inclusive events. Stuff doesn’t get done unless people talk to each other, he said.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In 2024, AI’s impact will be felt in the widespread adoption of gen AI, as well as other forms of artificial intelligence, influencing how events are conceptualized, planned, and experienced. When IBM’s Institute for Business Value released a “ 5 Trends for 2024 ” report, it also noted the fundamental need for trust amid technological change.

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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! We were already sort of trending towards societal and cultural shifts and turning toward digitization across numerous services and industries.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

It’s very similar to whether you have a swiss army knife of specialized tools, or one butcher knife that doesn’t do everything, but it’s good enough,” explained the entrepreneur who in a previous career built the mobile event app company DoubleDutch into a leading position and sold it to Cvent in 2019. Twine, which announced a $3.3

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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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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

Technology: Removing Friction from the Hotel Stay Marriott has been investing in the Marriott Bonvoy app since it was created as part of the Starwood merger in 2019. “When we look at our forward bookings, particularly in the group segment, which has been remarkably strong, we’re just not seeing it, yet.”

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

An excited 2,449 attendees took to Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando over four days, a 5% increase in attendance from 2019, according to the association. “It To realize their vision, they partnered with Design Studio by Maritz.

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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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Endless Events

DECEMBER 12, 2019

We can’t look at the future of events without talking about sustainability. I mean we’re talking about how it’s such a big focus, such a big trend and how it needs to be it. I think also they’re also staying on top of a lot of the trends too. How to Foster Inclusion At Events.

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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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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The 21st annual Silent Auction raised $106,896.02, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 by $6,114.02. Proceeds benefitted Massachusetts Association for Mental Health ($81,896.02) and the Above and Beyond Foundation (two $3,000 grants and an additional $19,000 donated). JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) November 15, 2022.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 16, 2024

There’s encouraging news in the Freeman Trends Report: 2024 Attendee Intent and Behavior , released Tuesday, Jan. 16, by the global events company: Attendance at in-person events, which has risen as the worst of the pandemic has receded, is expected to hold steady over the next 12 months.

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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. Indianapolis, IN.

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 20, 2018

As 2018 ends and 2019 begins, we thought it might be fun to share thoughts from the Experient team – as they look back at favorite event moments in 2018 and look ahead at predictions for 2019. They did everything they could to make their event guests feel special. Prediction for 2019? Prediction for 2019?

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Social Tables

APRIL 16, 2019

So in the spirit of continued growth for all of us in the crazy world of event planning, we’ve rounded up slideshares of the 12 event management powerpoints (which we’ll abbreviate ppt) that every pro can learn a little something from. Looking for an event planning ppt? Don’t want to watch?

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Musician Ciaran Gribbin leads PCMA EduCon 2019 attendees in a song during a session about team building. Creating engaging future events will partly involve more active audience participation, says one events organizer. Events UnPaused - Maritz Global Events · E5 - The Future Of Events And Where The Industry Is Going.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The addition will be led by Barbara Labrit, head of meetings and events for France, who is based in Paris. Reed & Mackay has also recently expanded meetings and events operations in Spain, Italy and the Nordics, with its global events team growing from six to over 165 employees since 2019. “I

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The addition will be led by Barbara Labrit, head of meetings and events for France, who is based in Paris. Reed & Mackay has also recently expanded meetings and events operations in Spain, Italy and the Nordics, with its global events team growing from six to over 165 employees since 2019. “I

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 1, 2020

A recent Forrester report caught our eye, as it touched on several business trends that will also impact the event strategists and the industry: PREDICTIONS 2020: On the Precipice of Far-Reaching Change. Three Noteworthy Trends for Event Professionals to Ponder. Which trend will you focus on mastering in 2020?

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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? A soft trend may or may not happen.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 8, 2019

The full version of this article was originally published in the Maritz Global Events Blog. When we ask clients about their event challenges, we frequently hear: “Every year it becomes harder and harder to top last year’s event.”. At Maritz Global Events, we face the same challenge. Consider Space Design.

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Tourism eSchool

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

How Destination Southern Tasmania honed their storytelling on their website to achieve year on year growth in visitor engagement through a global pandemic. We conducted extensive social listening across media platforms and pages, and monitored trends, sentiment and comments (daily) and planned content around this. By Paige Rowett.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

By aligning an engaging and location-relevant corporate theme with their customer’s brand, AgencyEA created a successful event that will be replicated in 2019. Photo source: Eventive Marketing. Photo source: First Global Events Agency. The now-global trend served as inspiration for a conference welcome reception.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

Meetings Today Meetings Today offers monthly print and digital publications, industry news, blog posts, webinars, videos, podcasts, books, and educational resources for meeting and event planners. Business Travel News publishes several newsletters and magazines, including Travel Procurement, BTN Global, and BTN Daily.

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

A lot goes into crafting the ultimate event experience. Putting a successful event together means a lot of moving parts. There are a lot of things event planners need to be ready for. We’re always looking at new trends, tech innovations and the social climate to see what will shake up the industry.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2022

This event provides an excellent opportunity to learn and share insights on the current cryptocurrency trends and strategies, whilst networking with like-minded leaders in the field. 20 to 24—One of the most influential global events in the blockchain industry. OB & SCA LEADERSHIP FORUM. Frankfurt, Germany.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 20, 2024

Before WHAHC 2019 — the first-ever edition of the congress, held in Madrid — the HaH field had yet to establish a formal community, or even an official definition. Since that first edition — which earned silver in the “Brand Experience – Healthcare” category in Eventex’s 2020 Global Event Awards — WHAHC has grown significantly.

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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. Then they were done for you. Now they’re done with you.

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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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Bizzaboo

MAY 6, 2024

How To Build Event Sponsorship Packages The global events industry — which was valued at $1.1 trillion in 2019 — is projected to reach $2.1 The main driver of this growth is the surge in event sponsorships. Identify trends in what sponsors appreciated most and what had less impact.

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Interface Tourism Spain

MAY 9, 2022

In the lead up to the 2022 European summer, after two years of pandemic restrictions, it was expected that tourism and travel statistics would be reaching similar numbers to those of 2019. However, recent global events, such as the invasion of Ukraine, have affected the travel plans of European tourists. from the previous year.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 28, 2020

. — stephanie selesnick (@stephselesnick) October 23, 2019. Event Data. Analyze the event data from years past to track any trends related to new sources of attendees. If other segments have been on a downward trend of late, devise a plan to recover these losses and appeal to them once more.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

Meetings Today Meetings Today offers monthly print and digital publications, industry news, blog posts, webinars, videos, podcasts, books, and educational resources for meeting and event planners. Business Travel News publishes several newsletters and magazines, including Travel Procurement, BTN Global, and BTN Daily.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 3, 2020

. “Sometimes, you lose perspective on what’s really happening at your event,” said Kim. “PCMA knew that they and the industry could really learn from the prevailing trends in this report. Steelcase unleashed three of its applied research consultants during Convening Leaders 2019 in Pittsburgh.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 13, 2023

3 to 5—NFTNYC is the leading Non-Fungible Token event. Since its inaugural conference in February 2019, NFT.NYC events have hosted tens of thousands of attendees, the leading speakers and the best projects in the NFT ecosystem. NFTNYC2024 4/3/24 New York, NY Apr. New York FinTech Week 2024 4/8/24 New York, NY Apr.

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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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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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