Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

Recall that Cisco , which offered WebEx before streaming was cool, purchased Socio and just closed the deal on Slido last month in an attempt to make engagement on the platform seamless. The platform recently announced that it can host up to 50,000 attendees. The big players want to expand their offerings and have the funding to do so.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to another episode of #EventIcons, and this time around we’re talking 2020 event tech trends! In recent past episodes, we covered several 202o trends in the industry, including marketing and design. In recent past episodes, we covered several 202o trends in the industry, including marketing and design.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What does it mean to be a part of the events industry in 2019? For venues and planners, that means looking into the crystal ball to get ahead of event trends and expectations. Here, we cover the top 19 trends which promise to shake up event planning and hospitality in 2019 and beyond. Industry Performance Trends.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

A long-anticipated reckoning after the boom of investment in virtual meeting platforms during Covid and an aggressive return to in-person events has sent many streaming platform companies scrambling to position themselves in the best light for a possible looming merger and acquisition season.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Our hosts Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting & Will Curran of Endless Events will be talking about their favorite tech from CES 2019. Will and Brandt will guide you through the 2019 show, what tech they thought stood out and how that technology can be applied to events. Hey, Brandt. Brandt Krueger : Hello.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The 2019 Global Meetings and Events Forecast found that North American planners predict an almost three percent increase in app usage in 2019. The post AMEX M&E: Meetings App Usage to Rise by Almost 3% in 2019 appeared first on Smart Meetings. To address this speed bump, AMEX M&E launched Meetings Marketplace. “We

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Endless Events

MARCH 1, 2021

As proper tech nerds, our hosts Will and Brandt always check out what the year’s biggest innovations and trends are. They have covered the CES 2019 in the past, and it’s high time they go over the CES 2021. Next up, Brandt talks about the rising trend of decoupling. CES 2021: What Was The Platform Like?

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

This blog post is by no means an act of fortune-telling; it’s based on current event trends and innovation. Event planners got along just fine with this playbook until 2019, but these days, they find themselves easily frustrated and confused. Ask yourself: what is the function of an event platform ?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 8, 2019

— PCMA (@pcmahq) January 7, 2019. — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) January 8, 2019. More : 5 Trends to Watch for the Future of Business Events. The five trends that can help planners deliver better conferences will be covered as part of the Marriott Convention and Resort Network (CRN) Mastermind program.

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Endless Events

JULY 18, 2020

We are known for our yearly event trends guide, but this year we stepped it up a notch and created a 2020 Virtual Event Trends Webinar! Whether it’s a virtual , hybrid , or in-person event, this platform has got you covered. The Best of the Best: Hybrid Events: 10 Questions About Hybrid Events, Answered. 1-hour podcast).

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Smart Meetings

MAY 28, 2021

Positivity sentiment rose from 30 percent in February to 45 percent in April, and by all accounts those numbers have continued their upward trend in May. Who’s Booking : Hyatt is seeing a huge increase in leads from third-party RFP platforms like Cvent, and site selection companies like HelmsBriscoe. 75 in February to.81 81 in April.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Rising prices for business travelers are predicted to continue in 2022 and through 2023, according to a report, “ 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast ,” by travel management platform CWT and Global Business Travel Association. Cost-per-attendee in 2022 is expected to increase by roughly 25%, as compared to 2019.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

If you read our last piece on why collaborative learning is the future of event-networking , you are already familiar with e180 as the creator of Braindate , an online platform and an in-person experience that helps participants at events meet for topic-driven, knowledge-sharing conversations called braindates. Source: SOCAP. Source: e180.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. 6 in 2019 Similarly, San Diego was able to move to the No. 7 in the 2019 listing Interestingly, Las Vegas slid to No. While Orlando, Florida retained the number one spot in North America from 2019, both Nashville, Tennessee (No. 7) in 2019, respectively.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Planning at least three months ahead could save as much as 10 percent on the bottom line, according to a new 2019 Meetings & Events Future Trends study from Carlson Wagonlit Travel Meetings and Events (CWT M&E). This allows attendees to have access to the event’s preferred flights and hotels in one place.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2024

to Open Field & Stream Bozeman in Winter 2025 The iconic Field & Stream brand’s new branded hospitality platform, Field & Stream Lodge Co. , Between 2019 and 2024, Hilton Worldwide Sport Sales revenue tripled in volume, 80% of which was driven by youth or amateur sports. Field & Stream Lodge Co.

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Endless Events

MAY 6, 2021

New trends emerged: we embraced hybrid events , put safety first, and saw an incredible surge in event app platforms. In terms of designing their platforms and support, for example.” In this past year, the events industry has been through quite a shakeup. Nick shares his story to back up his claim.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 19, 2019

Discover blockchain events and conferences happening throughout the world in 2019 and beyond. This directory aims to help you find the right blockchain event to attend in 2019 and beyond. Below, we've scoured the internet for the the top Blockchain conferences of 2019, leading into the top Blockchain conferences of 2020.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Curt Wagner, digital editor Trust Takes Center Stage I’ve been torn between writing about two trends — the ongoing story about how generative AI is transforming events and the increasingly critical role that trust will play in the future. The trend I’m keeping my eye on in 2024 is social media. The irony of this is not lost on me.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

Through the challenges of the reopening world and the joy of reunions, our industry mostly picked up its 2019 playbooks and went back to its comfort zone. In 2019, we put attendee tools and experience front and center. In 2020, it was (and still is) all about platforms. Today, platforms are like the new Event Operating Systems.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

With the acquisition of digital event platform Run The World, EventMobi wants the industry to know that virtual events are a more powerful tool than we realize. Run the World was founded in 2019 and was massively adopted early on. The most successful virtual events use a platform that allows users to view TV-quality content.

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Endless Events

APRIL 20, 2021

We were already sort of trending towards societal and cultural shifts and turning toward digitization across numerous services and industries. And if we look at historical trends after periods of mass trauma or upheaval from a behavioral trend perspective, the period after that lived dramatically differently than those before.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2022

Equally, sophisticated virtual event platforms can create an environment where communication can be most effective among all levels of stakeholders. More people have used technology for both personal and professional interactions: from 2019 to the end of 2021, an estimated 782 million additional people went online. Desire to Connect.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Everyone is posting their Spotify 2019 Wrapped analytics, and as an Apple Music listener, I am feeling EXTREMELY LEFT OUT! Then there are people like my boss, Will who are rewarded for their extreme loyalty to the music streaming platform. EventIcons – 2020 Business Trends & How They Impact Events ??.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Smart Meetings talked to experts building the next generation of virtual meeting platforms to find out how the technology is changing to fit these new requirements and what predicted consolidation and continued layoffs may mean for meeting professionals. A More Customer-focused Virtual Environment. Then omicron and the culture wars hit. “We

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Read More: You Should Go Here: 3 Travel Trends to Woo Attendees Bringing Your Attendees to Refract Seattle Another, more involved option, is to directly plan offsites. Dale Chihuly, Chandeliers, The Evelyn Room, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2019 © Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 3, 2022

Thanks to the global pandemic, we have seen an upward trend in many companies, celebrities & even family members trying to live stream since 2019. According to Upcomer , the online live streaming industry saw a 99% progression between April 2019 and April 2020. Therefore, with an estimated valuation of $184.3

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

And meeting in person— while having been substituted for the better part of two years by Zoom meetings, Hubilo gatherings, Meta get-togethers and conversations of all sorts on ever more video conferencing platforms—just can’t stop winning. The North Carolina-based Special Event Company ( TSEC ) is another case in point.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Tracking event industry trends is a favorite activity here at Meeting Tomorrow. After sifting through all the noise, we wanted to highlight three trends that you should expect to see on the rise this year, and one surprising trend that might be on the decline. Rising: AR/VR at events. Final thought.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

On the Bizzabo platform, 75% of events in May 2023 are scheduled to be in-person events! of events on Bizzabo’s platform were in-person. of events on Bizzabo’s platform were in-person. In Q4 2021, 75% of events on Bizzabo’s platform were virtual, in Q2 2022 30.6% We’ve come a long way from Q4 2021 when a mere 16.8%

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Central issues included health and safety, energy and waste management, sustainable procurement, venue accessibility, climate action, compliance and ethics, and a platform for good. ExCel’s internal working groups reviewed and validated these issues, ranked by their total score. Read More: The SEPC: Learn to be a Green Planner 3.

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Bizzaboo

MAY 27, 2024

Tess Vismale , founder and CEO of iSocialX Matthias Gutzmann , founder of DPW Not only did this webinar feature a look at current trends, but it also revisited the trends identified by our December 2023 webinar to reveal how things are shaping up based on predictions from six months ago.

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Endless Events

MAY 27, 2019

These platforms are getting bigger with more and more features.” “Essentially, it’s a platform for people to be able to have interpreters and translators for their events remotely”, explains Will. Top Event Tech Trends in 2019 – #EventIcons Episode 143. Let us know in the comment section below!

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Social Tables

APRIL 16, 2019

19 Event Trends for 2019 19 Event Trends Shaking Up Group Business & Meetings in 2019 from Social Tables An annual Social Tables tradition, our event trends report predicts the biggest changes to hit both planners and venues in the year ahead. We used the content to create an event trends blog post too!)

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Travel Daily Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

shows that the trend is seeing a shift and weddings are now extending beyond Muhurat dates. jump from pre-covid levels of 2019 where only 34% of weddings were booked for non-muhurat dates. Speaking about this trend, Aditya Sharma, Business Head, Weddingz.in However, a recent data from Weddingz.in This is a 1.7X Weddingz.in

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Interface Tourism Spain

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

They travel alone, the tourist trend that is triumphing among millennials All the news Back to newsroom The tourism sector confirms that solo travel is trending and that women are the ones most daring to embark on these adventures. This showcases the momentum that this trend is gaining, even in Spain.

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Interface Tourism Spain

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

They travel alone, the tourist trend that is triumphing among millennials All the news Back to newsroom The tourism sector confirms that solo travel is trending and that women are the ones most daring to embark on these adventures. This showcases the momentum that this trend is gaining, even in Spain.

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