Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Relive the 2020 ASAE Classic. In-person and online attendees accessing through the Intrado platform learned from author, activist and comedian Baratunde Thurston, “How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time.” Association Exchange conversations showcased the benefits of a strong partner-client relationships.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JULY 26, 2024

That’s sort of what’s happening with online cookies. In 2020, Google announced their plan to phase out 3 rd party cookies (the small pieces of data that allow marketers to serve personalized ads across websites). Have you ever been on a rollercoaster that stops and you think the ride is over, but then you start going in reverse?

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

After the event, they put all their content online on demand. But in 2020, the pandemic forced us to take our events online. . Event platforms and other online platforms are a great way to connect with your community at any place, any time. Hubspot achieves all of the bullet points above. 3 EVENT MARKETING STRATEGY TYPES.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. Online events make it easier for them to attend. Check it out for full details!

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

But, according to an economic impact report from the World Travel & Tourism Council, the year 2020 showed staggering losses. Also, while things are slower, reflect on the benefits for travelers. Look for Ways to Increase Online Exposure. It was a vast, growing market. . The report showed a loss of nearly $4.5

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020. We see an increase in online bookings, and people inquire more—they want to be on the safe side, which is also a good thing for us so we can plan everything up to their needs.’.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

Vincent, launches November 5 Read More : New and Renovated: Meetings in International Cities The Top 3 Travel Startups Breaking the Charts With global travel making impressive gains since the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020, some startups in the industry are seeing a boom in funding and sales. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka documented 1.2

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Endless Events

AUGUST 24, 2020

2020: The Shift & What It Created. And it seems as if almost every event that’s happening online at the moment has some form of a new feature, some form of new interactivity that’s getting ever closer to all the big advantages we know about physical events. Press play and join the chat! We can do that.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Fortunately, destinations and hotels alike have seen a dramatic comeback from pandemic lows as they benefitted from the pent-up demand for in-person experiences.” 1) opened as a new property in late 2020 while other properties in the Top 10—Including Westin Charlotte (No. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S.

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Motivation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

There are 20 corporate perks that are essential for 2020. The events can also be a way for your employees to extend a healthy lifestyle to friends and family; by inviting them to bring guests, the benefits outweigh any additional costs. A different option is to create a discount plan that can be used online for a variety of products.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

The Benefits Of Experiential Event Marketing. The benefits of experiential event marketing highly resemble the benefits of event marketing itself. RT with #StellaMutual #Sweepstakes for a chance to win exclusive account holder benefits. In turn, such experiences boost event ROI and help marketers achieve their goals. .

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JULY 12, 2022

We all saw travel decrease dramatically in 2020 as flights and bookings were canceled due to COVID-19. Online spending increased 29 percent in May 2022 compared to 2019, but bookings have only increased 4.4 However, even though domestic flights have increased so far for 2022, bookings have decreased by 2.3 How does your brand stack up?

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Stova

JANUARY 14, 2021

The year 2020 turned the meetings and events industry on its head, with lingering changes here to stay. These online gatherings once served as a good-enough-for-now solution to the unfortunate alternative of canceling in-person events completely. It’s no surprise that the pandemic catapulted virtual events into the stratosphere.

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Endless Events

APRIL 2, 2020

“And I’m really looking at it as 2020 is a write-off”, she adds. Taking an online course, or just improving your skills. So 2020 is the testing ground. I think everybody will remember 2020 as the year when the switch was turned on virtual” A World Without Live Events: Repurposing Skills.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 9, 2020

“So, it made me start pondering how do I identify and what is my online branding? And I’m actually going to rethink how I’m going to present myself online for 2020. I would just say, know who you are and how you want to really have that brand identity online” Staying Positive.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

That format brought its own set of challenges and benefits. A total of 150 people took MPI up on the streaming service option, down from 1,000 when the group met in Grapevine in 2020. And then just as luckily, it all came back up online,” he said. Barcelo Maya Grand Resort is actually a campus of six hotels along a 1.5-mile

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtual events, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. Building events since : 2020. Building events since : 2020. Building events since : 2020 (but Allseated was founded in 2012). The new year is slowly approaching, and we for one, are really excited!

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The final 10 statements of The Bangkok Manifesto were then crowdsourced with the full conference assembly using Slido, the online, audience engagement platform. Incentive travel delivers significant economic benefit for destinations like Ireland, along with the wonderful boomerang effect. The Bangkok Manifesto.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

billion in political ad spend, a 13% surge from the 2020 election cycle’s $9 billion spend. million spent at this point in the 2020 election cycle. Non-political advertisers can also benefit from this targeting ability, as they can refine their ads to reach specific audiences and demographics.

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Dana Communications

JANUARY 28, 2021

With historically low occupancy levels—among data compiled by the American Hotel & Lodging Association, it was found that eight out of ten rooms stand empty—2020 is going in the books as hospitality’s worst year ever. This stark reality has many properties scrambling to recuperate lost revenue through knee-jerk discounting.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Increasing audience engagement and online event attendee numbers during a pandemic. started a virtual sub-committee which fuelled online conversation and debate with, and among, attendees. Lastly, the top benefit of virtual events is inclusivity. The insights from this event will be summarised in this post.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2023

He’s also founded and sold his own events agency and has launched a successful online Masterclass specifically for event professionals. In 2020, we created the events masterclass,” says Bradley. He felt the events industry would benefit from this course during the pandemic. That’s where I’m at today in a snapshot.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

“Early March, when it looked like everything was going to shut down, we had a 100% cancellation of our 2020.” A lot of them simultaneous, then obviously we have teams around the world, so that’s different time zones as well, but it’s been crazy and we’re very thankful that it works online.”.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We need to build communities and credibility for our brands to benefit our physical events. We’ve learned that while content has a place online, being able to engage, network, and meet face to face is critical. Virtual meetings tripled in size in 2020, breaking marketing myths about online events.

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Eventtia

MARCH 14, 2022

While the hybrid event as a concept isn’t something brand new, it’s no secret that the global COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 and 2021 has significantly increased the adoption of hybrid events all over the world. Without further ado, let us begin by discussing the concept of hybrid events.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Among them is publicizing and raising money for the University of Alberta’s 12-lesson, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Indigenous Canada. When he took the course in 2020, he suggested in an Instagram post that his fans study along with him. “If History that wasn’t taught to us in school.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A 2020 Bizzabo report showed that over 80% of B2B marketing professionals ranked event engagement as an important KPI for determining an event’s success. Create marketing content that outlines the powerful benefits that attendees will gain from the event. How do you improve engagement in online meetings? Listen to your audience.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Use SEO to boost search results SEO, or search engine optimization, is the process of optimizing online content to improve how high it ranks in search engine results. Link online event resources Connect all of your event pages and content together to widen your audience reach and keep track of online engagement.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The post HOTECH 2020: “The guest of the future won’t search for a room or a hotel” appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. As travel increasingly becomes a popular lifestyle choice among the growing middle and upper classes in Asia, gross travel bookings are projected to register strong growth from 2017 to 2020.

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Both of us have reaped the benefits of event legacy and its power to partnerships. In fact, Meg and I met online, and collaborated on multiple occasions. Meg had helped me to launch and coordinate the Event Planners Talk hackathon in April 2020 and the Event Planners Talk Digital Festival in June 2020.

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ITA Group

JULY 20, 2021

Nature's biological and psychological benefits make glamorous camping, or glamping, an ideal award for incentive recipients who have earned a retreat. An array of private properties, unique campsites and online apps are redefining “roughing it” with glamping experiences. Glamping Is a Great Way to Maximize Budget.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The good news is on the financial front: Respondents are earning significantly more than the group of planners who responded to the last survey in late February and early March of 2020 , right before COVID lockdowns. In our 2020 survey, only 14 percent worked from home full-time and one-third part-time. Credentialed Planners Earn More.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

When Convene spoke with Snapbar CEO Sam Eitzen in the summer of 2020, it was after he and the company he founded with his brother Joe — a custom photo-booth business based in Gig Harbor, Washington — had made two strategic pivots in wake of the shutdown of face-to-face events. I said to myself, ‘I want to do everything I can to keep that.’”

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 13, 2020

Our article explains why services of airfare wholesalers are still sought-after, what problems they solve, and how their air offerings differ from standard fares you can find online. Benefits of partnership with air consolidators for airlines. Benefits of partnership with air consolidators for travel agencies. No direct access.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

When the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) was forced to switch its in-person meeting scheduled for May 2020 to a digital conference just 60 days out due to the emergence of COVID, its small team of organizers had “no idea” what to expect, Mary Pat Cornett, CAE, CMP, chief strategy and operations officer for ASN, told Convene at the time.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

When hip hop star Travis Scott performed in Fortnite in April 2020, more than 12 million people came to the show. They were part of SXSW Online XR, which involved virtual recreations of downtown Austin and opportunities to interact with other attendees via VRChat. Answering Demand from Attendees, Creating Value for Sponsors.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Bill Grusich, CMP, FASAE, Senior Vice President, Sales, Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), 2020-2021 PCMA Visionary Award supplier honoree. During the pandemic, consumers have become at ease with online services touching many components of our lives, including digital content provision. Ben Goedegebuure. David Audrain.

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