Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2023

Display Changes Will Not Apply to Group Rates What you see on your Bonvoy app is what you will get—including resort, destination and other fees—at the registration desk after May 15 if a promised shift in how prices are displayed goes through as required in a November, 2021 settlement with the State of Pennsylvania.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2021

He has a 20-year history in thought leadership, experiential events, and technology. And last but not least, he is the CEO of VidCon, the world’s largest convention for online video creators. We’ll launch an online platform and create an online community on Discord. Building An Online Community.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2021

“ASAE is proud to have debuted a meeting model for its 2021 Annual Meeting that was all about creating more choices for our members, partners and other stakeholders,” said ASAE President and CEO Susan Robertson , CAE. — Greater Columbus Convention Center (@cbusconventions) August 18, 2021. Checkout their recording.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 23, 2021

Meeting technology provider Cvent announced today that it is going public with a valuation of $5.3 Events became digitized through virtual and online experiences, and we invested heavily in expanding our virtual event capabilities. The announcement came a week before Cvent CONNECT 2021 is schedule for CAESARS FORUM.

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Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2021

This year, however, they had to content with visiting CES 2021 virtually. Unlike many would like to believe, the key to driving value in digital and virtual events is not necessarily cutting-edge technology. Brandt’s mantra of the year is “design first, then think technology” And the same goes for exhibitions.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Over a million people attended this year’s virtual electronic music festival and were impressed by its ability to still wow its attendees on the online platform. CES 2021 Is Going Virtual! Discover more of what made Tomorrowland 2020 so magical by listening to the full episode. ? Now What? ? Endless Events Team Spotlight!

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

A great asynchronous hybrid event case study is IBTM 2021. Despite various event technology solutions that make the virtual audience feel like an equal participant at hybrid events, it’s nonetheless hard for the speaker to engage two audiences at the same time. Higher Quality Interactions At The Event.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Of course, our event marketing budgets will need to be higher in 2023 than in 2021 or 2020. Audiences have grown accustomed to a better standard in live streaming and consuming event content online. Event Technology: A Worthy Investment. However, event technology can be quite an investment, which brings us back a full circle.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 1, 2022

The repositioning of Encore as more than just an AV equipment supplier is being championed by a new senior team working with President and CEO (and 2021 Smart Meetings Catalyst Winner ) Ben Erwin. Her suggestion for managing all three challenges is to bring the technology partner in early to help get clarity on goals and strategies.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2022

Companies around the world successfully adapted their operations to produce ever-improving hybrid and online events that made sure people could continue to connect as restrictions came into force. Events and communications professionals were forced to innovate under the immense pressure of the pandemic. Desire to Connect.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

Technology Creates New Staff Roles. Thanks to the increase in digital booking platforms and hotel apps, many business and leisure guests prefer to check in online rather than with a receptionist. People will need to be hired to design and manage these new customer-oriented technologies. Flexible Schedules. will be remote.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2021

When travel came to nearly a full stop in 2020, it gave us an unexpected runway to think about the future of business travel,” said Steve Hafner, CEO of the online travel agency (OTA). According to a survey by Kayak, 58 percent of Americans believe business travel is back or will be by the end of 2021.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

Drag Taste’s ‘Sangria and Secrets’ is considered the world’s number one online experience. We created the “Sangria and Secrets with Drag Taste’” experience, for corporate and public, which today is the number one online interactive experience globally. And now, we have created six online experiences.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The most authoritative list of 2021 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Planners have already made their intentions clear, with 93% of event marketers already planning to incorporate virtual events into their strategy in 2021 and beyond. Note: As 2021 goes on, we plan on updating this post regularly. IMPACT 2021.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

2022 is going to be our best year yet; we’ve embraced exciting new event technology and hybrid events as the way of the future! If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtual events, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. The new year is slowly approaching, and we for one, are really excited!

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The recently published “The Future 100: 2024” report identifies 100 trends across industries — from culture to technology to travel and hospitality — that will shape the way people live and work this year and beyond. MidJourney created this “timber pavilion in nature” from prompts written by Digital Media Editor Magdalina Atanassova.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2021

“We’ve created online summits long before people were doing online events”, says Phil. So yeah everything we’re doing in 2021 is going to somehow be online. If you’re savvy and you can use multiple different forms of technology, bring videos and graphics in. This Is Where We Are.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

The global pandemic forced event planners to think differently and to embrace technology to offer an engaging online experience. Event planners must now find a way to meld best practices from online events with in-person to ensure access for all while rebuilding personal connections. Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Ph.D., Crellin said.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 18, 2022

I was at an HR symposium recently and it was stated that 2021 was the most productive year in corporate America since World War II. I think a big trend that we’re gonna see is, connections are going to be built online and solidified in person versus the other way around.” . “I’m One of the hopes I have in web 3.0

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

Remember: event technology solutions alone are not enough to turn your event into a boundary-pushing experience. Design your events with the experience in mind and use technology to support you in that vision. — Stella Artois (@StellaArtois) March 30, 2021. Here are some of the most essential ideas in the events industry.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Read More : New and Renovated: Austin Exploration and Sunny Shores Cvent Top Meeting Hotels | North America Many hoteliers leveraged the downtime in 2020 and 2021 to invest in upgrades and renovations to prepare their properties for the post-pandemic travel boom. Meet in Austin, you’re in for a show.” For example, Grand Hyatt Nashville (No.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 6, 2020

“What we did was really take the program, the scientific program, and literally move it directly online”, Magdalina explains. “I think that this period has helped us at least to open up some conversations with clients, for them to be less afraid of technology. . “And people were really gracious with us.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In this episode of the Event Tech podcast , the tech duo looks back on 2020 and 2021 and considers how they would do things differently if they had to relive the pandemic. What could we have done to get the tech people and production people to be the technology partners planners needed them to be?”. “I Reshuffling Responsibilities.

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ITA Group

JANUARY 26, 2021

New Event Technology Our Experts Are Excited About. The latest technology trends can improve your events and help you better prove your return on investment (ROI). We asked our event experts what emerging technology they’re most excited about and why. This disruption has allowed us to look at event technology in a new way.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. The hub event and each pod may be either in-person or online. Online meeting : participants are connected to each other via an internet platform like Zoom or Teams. Online pods. Adrian Segar (@ASegar) July 16, 2021.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

What better way to learn more about the exciting world of event technology than listening to an awesome product spotlight episode of the Event Tech Podcast? I had never actually done what would now be considered a virtual event or an online event. We looked at what that would look like in an online environment.”

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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

The consensus, according to Sample, was that it was better than expected with 48,000 showing up in person and more participating online. “We I’m pretty sure hybrid is here to stay,” she said, praising the group’s in-house technology team and commitment to continuing to learn and adjust the experience. We provided options,” she said.

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Eventbrite

APRIL 23, 2021

Many concerts and festivals responded with online content, but they soon found that bringing the music to people in their homes presented a whole new […]. For creators in the music industry, 2020 was all about agility and adaptability.

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AltexSoft Travel

JANUARY 19, 2022

In this post, we explore what digital technology can bring to the table. A 2021 survey by Virtuoso revealed that 70 percent of respondents believe that traveling sustainably enhances their experience. However, modern digital technologies can play their part as well. What is sustainable travel? Main sustainable travel trends.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

Between 2021 and 2022, I committed the error of typing the phrase “the future is hybrid” not once, but seven times and even titled an early 2023 story “ The Future is Hybrid-ish.” Insights resource Crunchbase estimated that in 2020 and 2021, more than $1.5 Nobody should have an online component. Time for a confession.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In many ways, 2021 felt like a series of false starts. One solution may be found in developing online communities — an in-between-events space that many associations and nonprofit organizations haven’t fully tapped into just yet. Even as their hybrid events remain a work in progress, many organizers now see their long-tail potential.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 5, 2021

[My June, 2021 guest post for BlueJeans by Verizon on event ROI.]. It seems likely that the mix will include: Fewer in-person; More online; and. More hybrid (in-person and online) meetings. What will people be willing to pay for online attendance, compared to what they paid for pre-pandemic face-to-face meetings.

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Tourism eSchool

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

15 Ways to Evolve Your Destination Visitor Guide in 2021. Connect Offline with Online. This is ideally online, as well as through your local visitor centres. QR codes are also a way to connect print publications with more detailed visitor information online. By Rebecca White. Published on November 23, 2020.

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Gavel International

JUNE 8, 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutes 2021 is perhaps the most exciting time in social media history since its golden age in the early 2000s. Technology is moving at warp speed due to the pandemic, changing social perspectives and has become a powerful driver of evolution. Cookie policies. Privacy policies. Compliance with user terms and conditions.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 26, 2021

In the past 18 months, we’ve seen a rapid evolution of virtual events regarding event technology platforms and online experiences. It had world-class online entertainment by Drag Taste, prominent industry and non-industry speakers, with the headline speaker Gary Vaynerchuk. Vaibhav continued, ‘Today, we have evolved.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

With event planners eager to get back to servicing and attending events — while prioritizing new safety precautions and protocols — Groups360, the Tennessee-based online marketplace for event planners, has championed a new primary message: “The switch is on.”. and Canada in 2021.”. It’s far more than marketing-speak or a catchy slogan.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We’ve spent the last several years re-investing in the city and in 2021, we debuted the Hyatt Centric, Canopy by Hilton, the Element Philadelphia, the luxurious W Philadelphia, Live! Casino & Hotel, and Guild House Hotel – which was named one of The Best New Hotels in the World by Travel + Leisure for 2022. Start Planning Today!

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