Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers. Tips for International Travel in 2022.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

And after a long few years, a massive return to in-person events in 2022, and a looming recession, the IMEX America 2022 event has been long awaited. . We covered the IMEX Frankfurt 2022 event back in July. We hope you enjoyed our recap of IMEX America 2022! Let’s get to it! We Were Right: Specialization is Here .

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Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

As things currently stand in the events industry, we’re planning events in 2022 as if the COVID-19 pandemic never existed. She notes that, indeed, some events look a lot like 2019 in 2022. ” Planning Events In 2022: Event Planners Lack Resources. ” How To Move Beyond 2019 When Planning Events In 2022.

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The Abbi Agency

JANUARY 20, 2022

January xx, 2022) — The Abbi Agency has appointed three experts in operations, creative strategy and digital marketing as partners at the fast-growing, Nevada-based PR and marketing firm. The post The Abbi Agency Appoints Three Executives to Partners in 2022 appeared first on The Abbi Agency - Fierce. Independent.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This Healthy World from the February/March 2022 issue highlights three venues from across the globe that are diving deep into sustainability, from being almost completely powered by renewable energy to trash collection devices that are collecting millions of pounds of plastic waste. Healthy World: Walking the Talk.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 22, 2022

Will kicks off today’s topic by taking us back to Google’s 2022 IO conference. Looking past flashy screen-based AR, Will and Brandt focus on what they hope to see, issues that may arise, and what might be around the corner in AR tech. AR Can Enhance Instant Translation.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The post Best of 2022: Technology appeared first on Smart Meetings. Event organizers should be asking themselves: how does this technology benefit or improve the attendee experience, or does it fix an underlining issue? Can the use of technology be measured with ROI? You can access the checklist here.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

See some highlights below on the highs (and lows) of the travel scene in 2022. The post Best of 2022: Travel appeared first on Smart Meetings. Smart Meetings has been covering the airline and hotel industry closely this year, both in our weekly travel reports designed specifically for meeting planners and in our feature coverage.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition agenda covered the current disruptions of sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion, and workforce challenges with an eye toward finding new solutions using new association business models. The post ASAE Embraced Disruption at 2022 Annual Meeting appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

IMEX 2022 concluded its 11 th American run Thursday following a thunderous return with over 12,000 people in attendance at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, a 45% increase over last year’s event due to pandemic travel restrictions. — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 13, 2022. meetsmart pic.twitter.com/xY7qsyppLz.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

IMEX America Moves Toward a Sustainable Events Future IMEX America 2022 was the greenest one yet. Counting the Sustainable Event Measures IMEX America 2022 , which took place Oct. The post New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And at the beginning of 2022, Covid was still at the top of many people’s minds, and meeting planners took on a new role they hadn’t anticipated: policing Covid safety. The post Best of 2022: Health and Wellness appeared first on Smart Meetings. Say No to Anger. Sometimes, not getting angry takes work.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Global DMC Partners (GDP), the network of independent destination management companies and event service providers, has recently unveiled its 2022 Global Destination Index , which highlights the most popular meeting and incentive destinations around the world, according to booked and pending business across its worldwide partners.

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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! The 22 Best Event Platforms To Use In 2022! A list of best event platforms to use in 2022 ! The new year is slowly approaching, and we for one, are really excited! The result?

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2022

But as we begin to inch ever closer to a new normal, it’s clear that meetings are making a comeback in 2022—with a few changes of course. Today we’re exploring four ways meetings and conventions are evolving in 2022 and beyond, and what to expect for the future.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2022

The first six months of 2022 were a busy time for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, as Dubai Business Events (DBE), Dubai’s convention bureau, as the two destinations collaborated to procure 99 event bookings over the coming years. The post Dubai Made Huge Event Wins in First Half of 2022 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

The winners were announced during the Award ceremony that took place in Krk, Croatia, on 20 October 2022. The ‘Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism’ Awards enhance the visibility of European cultural tourism destinations, create a platform for sharing experience and knowledge and promotes networking between destinations.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The post Where to Meet in Wallet Hub’s 2022 Best Winter Holiday Destinations appeared first on Smart Meetings. Louis Exclusive Conference Center and 1,400-seat Ferrara Theatre. A $210-million expansion will add a 61,000-square-foot ballroom and outdoor pavilion.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Last week, the Endless Events team published the list of the 22 best event platforms to use in 2022. Top Event Platforms 2022: It’s All About The Features! First, Kyle explains why the Endless implementation team decided to put out the list of top event platforms to use in 2022. How did they rank them?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 11, 2022.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 24, 2022

Last week, the Event Tech Podcast hosted Kyle Kocinski as a guest of honor and went over event technology trends and predictions for 2022. Today, the dynamic tech duo picks up where they left off last week, focusing on one 2022 event trend in particular: mergers and acquisitions in the event technology world.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2023

We’ll Always Have Paris…Until Beijing Takes Over A new study from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) shows Paris is the world’s most powerful “city destination” with almost $36 billion USD in 2022 in terms of direct GDP contribution to the city, but it also reveals that Paris will cede its place to up-and-coming Beijing by 2032.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Buttigieg said in the letter that air carriers canceled 3.2 % of domestic flights and delayed 24% of domestic flights in the first six months of 2022.“These He also asked for hotel lodging vouchers for passengers stranded overnight, per Bloomberg. These aren’t just numbers,” Buttigieg wrote. Read more here.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Plus strategies for managing increased business travel costs in 2024 Business travel and event cost are not increasing as steeply as they were in 2022, but they’re still going up, according to 2024 Business Travel Forecast , a new study by CWT and Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). In 2022, air travel saw a 72.2%

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2022

“Can you recap 2021 and move forward to 2022?” ” “That completely got digitalized during 2022. Now during 2021 and 2022 as well, what people have started doing is earlier virtual events. ” And The Dos Of 2022? As soon as we did that, a lot of clients started flocking to us.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

At an award ceremony hosted in Prague by Czech Tourism on November 15, the European Travel Commission (ETC) and Eurail B.V. honoured recipients at the second ever Best European Rail Tourism Campaign Awards. The awards recognise the marketing campaigns that best promoted rail travel as a sustainable tourism model.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

Hoppers busiest airport data Travel agency Hopper ’s Memorial Day and Summer Travel research posts say that domestic airfare dropped 26% or $100 per ticket from 2022 and are a further 6% below 2019 levels. Hotel prices in the United States have dropped from 2022 down to $208 per night over Memorial Day Weekend, -6% from this time last year.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

For sure, there are a significant percentage of meeting attendees that can’t wait to participate in person; but organizers and planners found out during the first several months of 2022 that a sizable audience of previous attendees were more than happy to participate virtually. Pick the low-hanging fruit.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) September 20, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) September 19, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) September 18, 2022. SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) September 19, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) September 18, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) September 19, 2022. . pic.twitter.com/D0OzLJU7CJ. —

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

More than simply stretching our pre-existing 2022 budgets thin might be required in this climate. Consequently, catering prices have increased in 2022 too, and you should budget for those price hikes. . Alternatively, you can switch hotel catering for local restaurants, as suggested in our Event Trends Guide 2022.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2022

According to SchengenVisaInfo.com , which focuses on the EU passport-free zone which cover most of the European countries, international passenger numbers are expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2023; in 2022, it’s expected to recover 88%, as compared to 2019. In 2022, D.C.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 30, 2022

According to GlobalData’s latest forecasts, on a global scale, international departures will reach 68% of pre-Covid levels in 2022. There is reason to be cautiously optimistic for the return of travel demand as growth in international travel is finally expected in 2022.”.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

According to Forbes , in-person events increased by 255% from the 4th quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2022. Maybe it’s just the vibe for 2022; it feels like we’re in a bit of an inhale moment. As we near the end of 2022 and approach 2023, it’s impossible to ignore more cuts in spending and increased downsizing.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

This is the second consecutive year of waning passenger satisfaction, following a 22-point decline in 2022 from 2021. The biggest factor driving this year’s decline in satisfaction is cost and fees, which has fallen 17 points from 2022. The study was fielded from March 2022 through March 2023.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

Read More: Cvent’s Event Tech Roadmap According to filings, at the end of last year, Cvent had approximately 22,000 customers globally in the corporate, non-profit, higher education and hospitality sectors as of December 31, 2022.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sixty-five percent of North American respondents expect their meeting spend to increase, compared to 68% in 2022; 12% of those expect a spend increase of 11% or more. In Europe, 66% of respondents expect meeting spend to increase, a 2% increase from 2022; and just like North America, 12% of those expect a spend increase of 11% or more.

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