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The Future of Events and Event Industry Trends: What’s Next?

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According to Forbes , in-person events increased by 255% from the 4th quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2022. As bean counters start to look for other ways to save money, they’re going to look at the 2020 and 2021 budgets, which were significantly lower because we were doing online events. Brandt agrees.

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ADMEI Welcomes Denise Malo, DMCP, as New Board President

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Denise has been a part of the BBC team for over 22 years, promoted to Director in 2004 and Vice-President in 2021. A special thank you is extended to ADMEI’s outgoing ADMEI President, Lonise Carey, MHA, DMCP with Island Destination Services, a DMC Network Affiliate, Nassau, Bahamas.

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NYU Offers Incubation Hub for Hospitality Entrepreneurs

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During the 2021 cohort, Bernardo Zorrilla founded Hotel+, an organization that offers “day use” passes, food and beverage options and other hotel amenities. But currently, as long as one of the founders is an NYU affiliate, then they’re eligible to apply.

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Educational Support Elevates DEI and Could Alleviate Staffing Issues

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The AHLA Foundation’s recent scholarship announcement follows a five-year road map introduced in 2021 to elevate DEI with funding supported by a $5 million commitment to diversify the workforce at all levels of the industry. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are Driving Career Development.

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ARVO Conference in Seattle Opened Eyes to Lingering International Travel Challenges

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The event went fully virtual in 2021 and was staged as a hybrid event in 2022 in Denver. It’s hard because we have 16 international chapters organized as loosely affiliated groups of members. Cowan canceled her May 2020 event, allowing researchers to upload their abstract presentations to a library.

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The Advancement of DMCs

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More specifically, DMCs are reevaluating their existing proposal, site-inspection, time tracking, contracting, payment, and procurement processes, as well as their overall pricing models.

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Event Marketing: 11 Event Invitation Email Examples Proven To Work

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SaaStr 2022: Back to In-person One of the biggest tech conferences in the United States, SaaStr went completely virtual in 2020, hybrid for SaaStr 2021 , and SaaStr 2022 is scheduled to be in-person in September 2022. After canceling the event in 2020 and going all virtual for 2021, SXSW is ready to get back to in-person in 2022.