Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

Some of the primary upcoming concerns for event organizers will include re-organizing events with the limited timescale, adhering to strict safety guidelines to protect their guests and attendees, and discover solutions that potentially curb the spread of the virus. The second half of 2020, however, looks positive.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2022

based Events Industry Council ( EIC ) and VSef, which launched early 2021, have taken steps toward simplifying data collection for virtual events. The Washington, D.C.-based

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Smart Meetings

JULY 23, 2021

Cvent CEO & Founder Reggie Aggarwal pointed to the accelerated digital transformation of meetings and events due to the global pandemic and the popularity of its cloud-based platform to serve as an all-in-one solution to drive live engagement across all event types. We look forward to deepening our partnership with Cvent in the future.”.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2022

B2B travel management platform CWT recently launched a point-of-sale carbon footprint indicator for its myCWT mobile and web app, as part of the company’s $100 million investment in its myCWT platform. “We This service by CWT is in collaboration with carbon intelligence platform Thrust Carbon.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Argon calls this category meeting automation platforms (MAPs), pointing to the growing desire from companies for streamlined and hassle-free analytics, scheduling and digital integration. That is where meeting automation platforms such as Jifflenow come in. How much value are events producing?” Chalaka asks.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

And since social media platforms prioritize vertical content more than ever, marketers can shoot content directly from their personal or business phones. Editing platforms, such as Splice. During our webinar How to Get Your Organization Started on TikTok , we spoke with three tourism marketing professionals about their TikTok habits.

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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. The Back-up Plan.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 5, 2021

Destinations International , the association for destination organizations ( DMOs ) and convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs), wants to help its members build back better. Travel companies and event organizations are increasingly developing subscription models to diversify and increase revenue streams.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccine, how it will affect our industry, what will be expected of event professionals once it becomes widely available, and whether or not it signals a new beginning for the industry in 2021. And that’s not going to happen in 2021. An NFL Stadium With Vaccinated Health Workers. And, and that is great.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

As assistant director of sales for the Water Street Collection, she led her team to the South Sales Team of the Year in 2021. He will supervise and implement marketing strategies and creative content management and will maintain all digital platforms. In her new role, she will oversee all sales for the hotel’s group events.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 23, 2021

Cvent CEO & Founder Reggie Aggarwal pointed to the accelerated digital transformation of meetings and events due to the global pandemic and the popularity of its cloud-based platform to serve as an all-in-one solution to drive live engagement across all event types. We look forward to deepening our partnership with Cvent in the future.”.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

From the Professional Women in Advocacy Summit to the ASACC National Student Advocacy Conference, hundreds of organizations are looking to get people engaged and motivated. But in 2021 and 2022, this event had to be held virtually due to the pandemic.? Ease of Registration .

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ADMEI

MARCH 19, 2024

Denise has been a part of the BBC team for over 22 years, promoted to Director in 2004 and Vice-President in 2021. As the essential global resource and platform for Destination Management companies, ADMEI plays a significant role in the hospitality industry. However, she brings to the table over 35 years in the hospitality industry.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 21, 2021

Databricks co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi opens the virtual Data + AI Summit North America 2021, showing its platform. But with the 2021 event, we knew well in advance that we were going to stay the course. We had to just do what needed to get done and do it to the best of our ability.

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2021

From choosing the right platform to delivering the best virtual content , we always first need to think about what kind of an experience we are providing for our virtual attendees. We also had some branded materials from our nonprofit organizations. ” Experiential Virtual Events In 2021. ” AJ elaborates.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 10, 2021

The organization is one of the first in the industry to employ a vaccine mandate in which every on-site staff member and attendee must provide proof of vaccination prior to entry. As reports of fake vaccination cards have increased, that kind of factchecking can help to ease concerns of organizers, venue staff, and attendees alike.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2022

K&N Travel Associates is known for services such as corporate event management and incentive travel, yet also for its dedication to use its platform for social improvement. One of the non-profit organizations K&N supports is Invisible Cities. With four locations across the U.K., With four locations across the U.K.,

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Endless Events

MARCH 9, 2021

While some adapted fast and organized extraordinary virtual events in 2020 , many are still grappling with the new reality. “As we look to 2021 from an engagement standpoint, we really have to think about doing things better. Right now, a lot of platforms seem interchangeable at this point. It has to be more interesting.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 31, 2022

According to Hotel Tech Report , which uses statistics from organizations such as American Hotel & Lodging Association and Statista, 833 hotels opened in the United States, 29% of which were extended-stay properties. Wyndham has been working on Echo since summer 2021. at the end of 2021.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In fact, according to our State of The Industry Survey , 64% of planners believe hybrid events will be the most common experiences in 2021. Add to that the right production partners to operate and organize the technical aspects, and you’re already looking at the recipe for a successful hybrid event ! Financial Incentives.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A 2021 Wyzowl report found that 86% of companies used video as part of their marketing. The pandemic has continued to leave users skeptical of online platforms and flashy ads, so brands have had to get creative. Video is everywhere — and it’s not going anywhere.

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Dana Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This is a 16% increase over 2021 data and a 5% increase over data gathered in 2022. Today’s travelers want to know that the destinations they support follow practices that are ethical on a variety of platforms including environmental, social and cultural. Any way you look at it, sustainability has made a big impression.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The most authoritative list of 2021 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Virtual events are nothing new but—as we discuss in our comprehensive guide to coronavirus and events —we're seeing many organizers pivot from in-person to digital. 2) To help event organizers get the word out on their own upcoming virtual events. (

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

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. Booking platforms and hotel apps use customer information like budget, preferences and needs allows it to generate vacation plans tailored to each guest or group.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

“Being able to go ahead and be experts at using these platforms has dramatically changed since the beginning. There’s the in-person mobile app for your in-person attendees and the virtual platform for your virtual attendees to have a great hybrid experience. That virtual element is still so important.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Megan Martin recently crossed over from the planning side to the supplier side of events, joining event and community software company JUNO in October 2021 as account executive. How can we build a single-destination platform for your webinars, for your events, for your community, engagement? Now event managers have a seat at the table.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We’ve since developed a real-time brand management tool that can analyze files across an organization wherever they’re stored and locate where people are diminishing the value of your brand by using old logos colors, the wrong catchphrases, et cetera. How Does It Work? ” asks Brandt. This then leads to the second product.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So maybe the platform wasn’t perfect or the few hundred talks that we had to record were not the best quality or as perfect as we would have liked. So for scientific meetings that we are organizing, it proves a great model and we received a lot of feedback that that’s actually something that people appreciate it.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

Pre-Covid, Dreamforce attracted more than 170,000 people and included a major headliner concert, but it was a smaller, hybrid affair in 2021). a way for companies to track their greenhouse gas emissions—to help organizations accelerate their own journeys to net zero emissions. “In

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Endless Events

APRIL 19, 2021

The main hub venue will act as the primary stage which will be the home base to the majority of presenters and leaders of an organization. Additionally, the Star model would see the inclusion of one onsite indoor/outdoor networking space, a small independent caterer, minimal travel arrangements, and a virtual platform for networking.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Select your venue, virtual platform, and major vendors. The same goes for virtual platforms : find one that best supports your goals. Stay organized and in control by creating the so-called “day-of” timeline. If you need help with your event budget, download our free event budget template! We’re here to help.

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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 Read More: Can One Virtual Meeting Platform Rule Them All?

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 2, 2023

Convene asked a version of that question in our 2017 reader survey , a 2021 COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard , and our 2022 salary survey. I get to build out a platform for community members to gain access to this professional freedom in their own careers. Whatever Media Group) What do you like best or most about your job?

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In many ways, 2021 felt like a series of false starts. After a promising but brief return to in-person-only events in the spring, the Delta and Omicron variants forced many event organizers to renavigate a hybrid event landscape to engage both digital and physical audiences. KiKi L’Italien. Marjorie Anderson. The biggest, No.

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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! We’ve come a long way from Q4 2021 when a mere 16.8% of events on Bizzabo’s platform were in-person. We’ve come a long way from Q4 2021 when a mere 16.8% of events on Bizzabo’s platform were in-person.

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DCI

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Since the advent of paid social media, destination marketing organizations (DMOs) have wondered if investing in organic social or paid social generates better returns, especially on a tight budget. But you may not have noticed that as these channels have become more saturated, organic posts reach fewer and fewer users.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

Highlight your sponsors in organic ways. — Stella Artois (@StellaArtois) March 30, 2021. If events are to create a lasting impact, marketers need to create a powerful story before the event itself, tapping into the attendees’ emotions and excitement with teaser trailers, persuasive copy, and messages in the event app or platform.

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