Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

It boosts audience engagement and helps event planners reach their event goals in quantifiable and seamless ways. No wonder it is one of the most important virtual event platform features for many event planners! Gamification should help planners achieve their event goals. Why Event Gamification? And the same holds for events.

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Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

What would the Brew Crew have event planners do to plan better events? Will says that it seems as if event planners haven’t learned anything from the COVID-19 pandemic. ” Planning Events In 2022: Event Planners Lack Resources. Why won’t event planners adopt a more modern, post-pandemic, approach to events?

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

This is great news for event marketers and planners who can plan experiential events – events that aim to evoke positive emotions in attendees and resonate with their values. Any event can be experiential: conferences, meetings, exhibitions, trade shows, and corporate events. In a sense, all events are experiential.

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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. The most common mistake we’ve noticed is that many event planners still plan their virtual or hybrid events based on an in-person-only format. And so naturally, the market followed. Albert’s Aha! Albert’s Aha!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Steve Steinhart Both planners and sellers will have to make paradigm shifts if 2024 is to become the new high watermark for group attendance and revenue. But those rates will not work for planners seeking value for their attendees. At a minimum, the hotel should know a local event planner who can fulfill our vision.”

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Thursday, April 8, Global Meetings Industry Day featured several in-person and virtual events that highlighted the importance of the meeting, incentive, convention, and trade-show industry, while also educating planners on the new landscape they will operate in going forward.

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Traveler's Q

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

billion spending on corporate travel in 2021. Spring Trade Shows McCormick Place leads Chicago’s spring business calendar with major industry events. The Inspired Home Show runs March 2-5, while the innovative ProMat 2025 manufacturing technology showcase takes place March 17-20.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It’s not news that many organizations cut their meeting staffs drastically during the pandemic, nor that the “Great Resignation” of 2021 saw millions of people leave their jobs in search of more money, more flexibility, and more happiness. But meetings are on the mend.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In this new role, Forte will oversee the resort’s portfolio of corporate groups and aim to maximize sales and hotel revenue by developing and maintaining client business relationships and representing the hotel at customer events, trade shows and more. She, too, joined the resort as a senior sales executive, in 2021.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 18, 2020

Conference & Incentive Travel Magazine : Nearly Two Thirds of Event Planners Expect Live Events to Return this Year. Trade Show News Network : Global DMC Partners’ 2020 Survey Predicts Strong Rebound of Face-to-Face Events in 2021. Source: meetingstoday.com.

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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.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2022

destinations to welcome conventions, trade shows, meetings, and consumer and sporting events during that time. One example: Reed Exhibitions moved its Vision Expo East show from New York to Orlando in June 2021. SuperCorrExpo®, the hub of corrugated machinery business, gathered in Orlando in August 2021.

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Social Tables

AUGUST 10, 2023

How much do event planners make, really? Event planners are responsible for organizing and coordinating events such as weddings, corporate events, conferences, and fundraisers. But just how much do event planners make for all of that work? First, exactly what does an event planner get paid to do? Social event planners.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Participants—including organizers, staff members, planners and suppliers—all need to determine how to maximize their efforts to achieve the greatest rewards in an expansive environment. The four-day event, which includes a three-day trade show, takes place at Sands Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

It could close next summer, reopen by late 2020 and be completed in March 2021. It is expected to cut the ribbon in November, 2021. of meeting and exhibition space, Las Vegas hosts approximately 22,000 meetings, conventions and trade shows annually. The expansion will include 100,800 sq. of meeting space and 110,234 sq.

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Hotel Engine

JULY 6, 2022

Then you must not be regularly attending trade shows. We’ve put together a list of the 15 top annual hotel trade shows with a synopsis of what they cover and where they’re happening in the world. Hotel, Motel & Restaurant Supply Show of the Southeast. Where: Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Exhibitor Magazine, for the second year in a row, named the Indiana Convention Center one of the best convention centers in 2021 in North America for trade shows and events. Secondly, the Indiana Convention earned the coveted 2021 Clean Air Award from the National Air Filtration Association.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 21, 2021

Fan seating at Petco Park in San Diego serves as session seating for attendees of Warrior West 2021, a military resource and training expo. The event, Warrior West 2021 — a military and first responder resource and training expo organized by military gear and tactical equipment company ADS, Inc. — Warrior West 2021 at Petco Park.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 21, 2022

In particular, the letter, signed by leaders of more than 600 industry organizations, noted that domestic business-travel spending in 2021 was 50 percent less than in 2019. These supports include: • a convention and trade-show restart tax credit. • billion federal fund that was quickly exhausted in 2021.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Travel umbrella since November 2021) organizes the event and has decided on March 30 for GMID in 2023. The event’s roots go back to the mid-1990s, when Meeting Professionals International’s Greater Edmonton Chapter launched Meeting Planners Day. million people. million people. The Meetings Mean Business Coalition (under the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

That could be why more than two-thirds (71 percent) of respondents to our meeting planner survey say free-flowing alcohol at events now concern them from a duty-of-care perspective. Several respondent planners offered tips and techniques. Others planners say they have found surprising acceptance for serving only beer and wine. “So

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DCI

APRIL 7, 2022

Shaking hands at a trade show used to be the hallmark of connecting with meeting planners. DCI’s latest edition of “Winning Strategies In Destination Marketing: A View From Meeting Planners” illustrates that in-person meetings are no longer the best way to attract bookings. My, my, how times have changed.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 20, 2022

When AAHOA was forced to reschedule its 2021 annual convention no less than five times within the calendar year, “every day presented itself with new challenges, whether it be COVID-related, financial challenges, or contractual challenges,” Patel said, “but we were determined that the show must go on.”. Melissa Cherry.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

That exercise “completely changed the way” Global Pet Expo “scored” its leads for its fully digital event in 2021, he said. New this year, the in-person show also will be extended into a digital experience “with attendance open to all registered buyers,” Bonifati said, adding that details will be announced at a later date.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 31, 2022

Now, as the rate of COVID infections goes down and planners gear up for in-person events, including a digital component may seem even more appealing, as a way to offset lower than pre-pandemic attendance. More than one-third of 8,000-plus marketers responding to a Statistica survey last fall said they expected to hold hybrid events.

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ITA Group

JUNE 8, 2021

Additionally, Mark’s had articles published in event magazines and is also an established speaker at shows such as Exhibitor Show, Healthcare Exhibition Association (HCEA), and the Corporate Event Marketing Association (CEMA). He’s also an instructor in the Meeting Planner program at San Diego State University.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 27, 2022

After getting her start producing car shows and taking over an event agency (all by the age of 25), Magyar went on to produce major events like Microsoft Ignite and launch an event tech startup, Hubb. In 2021, Hubb was acquired by Intrado (now Notified), where Magyar is currently chief product officer. It [was] terrifying.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 20, 2023

Reducing waste and carbon emissions is on most planners’ agendas. April 22 is Earth Day, a time for those in our industry to consider the substantial environmental impact of holding meetings, conventions, and trade shows. Efforts large and small are helping move the industry in a common direction. Every effort counts.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 15, 2023

MPI announced this destination choice in November 2021, near the end of the period when in-person events were still mostly absent from the business landscape. This year, though, attendance was just over 1,400 people in person, with about 600 being planners and 100 of those planners coming from Mexico, Central America, and South America.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In her new role, she will lead Discover Santa Clara in promoting the destination and the Santa Clara Convention Center as a hotspot for conventions, meetings, trade shows, athletics, and group leisure events. Tyler Orwig has been promoted to vice president of association and trade show sales.

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IT&CM Events

AUGUST 18, 2021

MICE Trade Shows vs Travel Trade Shows. Travel trade shows are plenty but those that focus on MICE business events are few as such niche shows dedicate and distinct themselves from their general counterparts. Here’s what to look out for when choosing a MICE event to attend. Supporting Partners.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

For the 2021 edition, the ShipCon organisers decided to spread the two-day event into a two-week online conference, incorporating gaming elements. Alexander highlighted a particularly important point that many event planners have experienced by now—any platform has its limitations, and there’s no perfect platform.

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Eventtia

MAY 27, 2024

Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, the company underwent its second initial public offering in December 2021 following a multi-billion merger with San Francisco-based SPAC Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. Manufacturing: Assisting manufacturing companies in orchestrating product launches, trade shows, and customer training events.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 5, 2022

We look at the two things that drive the convention and trade-show industry: the need to be face-to-face to transact business and the need to be face-to-face to become educated. “I think that’s a great example of a center and a destination that are looking ahead to what may be the next gen of our business.”.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 24, 2023

You can use different types of event marketing strategies — including emails, ads, and social media — for various events ranging from small-scale gatherings like workshops and seminars to large conferences, trade shows, product launches, and even virtual events.

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Eventtia

JUNE 26, 2024

Whether you’re an experienced event planner or just starting out, discover the best platforms to elevate your events and achieve greater success. It specializes in managing virtual events, conferences, trade shows, exhibitions, and corporate events. Cvent Established in 1999, Cvent boasts a global workforce.

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Eventtia

MAY 11, 2022

Event planning as an industry has dramatically evolved at an accelerated pace, especially due to the global COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 and 2021. Event planning naturally deals with many different variables and moving parts, and this is why event planners should always expect the unexpected. The type of the event (i.e.,

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