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. . In this Event Tech episode, they’ll continue discussing the trends they noticed from the previous IMEX Frankfurt event, cool new logic utilizations, and…booze? Let’s get to it!

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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. And these are just a few of several trends in events to keep your eye on. In this episode of the Event Tech podcast, Will and Brandt discuss current event industry trends and the future of events.

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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. 10-13 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas drew 12,068 attendees from 180 countries. As a group, participants walked more than 4.2

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Smart Meetings wrote a bit about how meeting planners can ensure their health and wellness is in top-tier shape, so they can pass on the good vibes to their attendees. 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.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Note to #meetingprofs : You have to experience the @encore @EncoreGlobal_ experience to spark your excitement about the possibilities for immersing your attendees in multi-sensory journies. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022. SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 11, 2022.

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Dana Communications

JULY 5, 2022

And yes, the way we eat—especially at corporate gatherings, meetings and functions which are just now, in 2022, starting to resume to somewhat normal pre-pandemic standards. Here are five trends in the food and beverage arena that you can count on making a grand presentation at your next meeting. Atypical Tastes. Zero Waste Woes.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2022

Not just because innovative data science helps us understand our attendees better, but because we can, thanks to technology and event platforms, stay connected with our attendees, sponsors, and vendors throughout the entire year. We’re talking about 365 community engagement: one of the most exciting event trends of 2022!

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

We’ve been teasing it for a while, but the time has come to introduce our 2021 event trends guide! How will the expectations from attendees evolve? Through extensive research, the Endless team compiled the most comprehensive 2021 event trends guide you’ll find. What’s Included In The 2021 Event Trends Guide?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

The Artificial Intelligence engine can drill down as detailed as the cost for the bus per person per hour or as high as the bottom line only and can be adjusted easily on the fly as the number of attendees or price of chicken changes. Trend Spotting One side effect of the evolving database is that it tracks what is resonating with groups.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

But even in the hybrid setting, organizers need to be mindful of how they are engaging their attendees. One hill for event planners to climb during the pandemic was trying to engage online attendees in a way that avoided the FOMO (fear of missing out) of being a digital participant. This is what you need to know. What makes it special?

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2023

A displacement event is considered anything that’s going to attract more than 20,000 attendees,” she said. The post Travel and Tourism Trends in U.S. The goal of the report is to provide destinations in both countries with an opportunity to craft well-informed engagement strategies around tourism within their communities.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Convene editors look back on an ever-changing 2021 and ask the question: What event trend is on my radar for 2022? But when the pandemic showed no signs of stopping in 2021, organizers knew attendees were battling Zoom fatigue. What will the road ahead be like for the events industry? Less Is More.

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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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Cort

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Every event organizer wants to create an experience that attendees will enjoy during the event and remember when it’s over. This year they’ve chosen colors that you can incorporate into your next event, and here’s who you can give your event an up-to-the-moment look with 2022’s colors of the year.

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 27, 2022

In 2022, the circumstances creating force majeure are no longer so obvious. I suggest having guarantees that the hotel will have sufficient staff based on a ratio, such as you’ll have one waiter for every x-number of attendees at a banquet and one waiter for every x-number of guests at a buffet,” she said.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

SITE Classic, Society of Incentive Travel Executives Foundation’s annual fundraiser at The Boca Raton in The Palm Beaches, Florida, unveiled the latest trends according to new research and demonstrated to the 230 attendees from around the world how effective a personalized approach to giving can be—all while raising almost $240,000 for the cause.

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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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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Examples include wearable tech capable of capturing real-time data that promises to revolutionize how organizers gather insights into attendee behavior, software solutions that automate various aspects of event planning and thus increase planner efficiency, and a service that offers web-based augmented reality activations.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2023

Charlick and her team came to the Smart Meetings event Smart Woman Summit 2022 in Nashville, TN and fit our female attendees for bras that fit them perfectly and they walked away with something that made them feel confident. Sustainability and brand reliability are trending, and Citizen Watch commits to both.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

2021 also brought about many exciting developments in hospitality technology, digital marketing, hotel services, and changes in travel trends. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022. International Hotel Technology Forum 2022. Cvent CONNECT.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2022

Not just because innovative data science helps us understand our attendees better, but because we can, thanks to technology and event platforms, stay connected with our attendees, sponsors, and vendors throughout the entire year. We’re talking about the community model: one of the most exciting event trends of 2022!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Note to #meetingprofs : You have to experience the @encore @EncoreGlobal_ experience to spark your excitement about the possibilities for immersing your attendees in multi-sensory journies. — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022. — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022. IMEX22 pic.twitter.com/L1HkdcudyB.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

2022 welcomed the launch of New Intent, an organization focused on promoting diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) and environmental advocacy with destinations and event planners. How to Leverage Destination Accessibility Efforts to Welcome All Attendees. The post Best of 2022: Diversity appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Smart Meetings has collected a list of advocacy stories from 2022 and we are all excited to see even more in the new year. Smart Meetings sat down for a chat with Megan Henshall, a 2022 Smart Women in Meetings Visionary Award Winner, to discuss neurodiversity in the events industry and what professionals can do to accommodate the issue.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. was launched in late 2022 is reflected in a strong demand for speakers who can talk about its impacts. But while A.I.

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Eventbrite

JANUARY 21, 2022

Take corporate event planning trends into account and capture what will make your next conference a huge success. Attendees will be attracted to your event based on what they think they’ll get out of the experience, so you want to consider event types and themes that currently interest people.

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Social Tables

APRIL 1, 2022

With in-person events slowly returning, event planners and caterers alike would be wise to try and make the attendee F&B experience better than ever. Being so, we’ve put together this list of catering trends to help you hone in on what matters to audiences now. Are there new trends emerging? Trending ingredients will reign.

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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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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

In Q4 2021, 75% of events on Bizzabo’s platform were virtual, in Q2 2022 30.6% of event organizers were able to reach a wider audience with virtual events ( Bizzabo , 2020) 54% of virtual event registrants convert to virtual attendees. 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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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Given the strong demand in the meetings market right now, the period of playing catch-up for meetings postponed between 2020 and 2022 does not seem to be winding down just yet. A meeting’s wider purpose should also focus on attendees’ needs. A meeting’s wider purpose should also focus on attendees’ needs.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

IMEX 2022 concluded its 11th 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. Read highlights from Day 1 and 2 of IMEX America 2022.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Accor’s annual Global Meeting Exchange returned in 2022, held at the Fairmont San Francisco, at the top of one of the city’s famous hills. Among other trends that speakers and Accor executives noted at the conference: Sustainability is no Longer an Option. Meeting Attendees are Choosier.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 21, 2023

“The Future 100: 2023 ,” creative agency, consultancy, and technology company Wunderman Thompson’s annual forecast, identifies 100 trends across industries — from culture to technology to travel and hospitality — that will shape the way we live and work this year and beyond. and Australia.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

How the gig economy is impacting the events industry In honor of Labor Day, Smart Meetings chatted with Tracy Judge, founder and CEO of Soundings , to get the latest scoop on the trends currently emerging within the freelance meeting planner gig economy. Event Marketing Roles : Specialists who promote and market events to target audiences.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

The second part of Events Reimagined by Hubilo focused on presenting key virtual and hybrid event trends that we’ll see more of going forward and shared advice on how best to adapt. . Now, we are creating things that when we open again in January 2022, we will bring them from the virtual world to the physical one.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

One of the world’s most important international art fairs, this inspiring event pushes the boundaries of creativity and design, showcases new artistic work, uses the entire city as a big and colourful gallery and presents innovation and trends that many industries can learn from. This year, Art Basel took place from 16 to 19 June.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Everyone has a dog now,” Jenn Glynn, managing partner with Meeting Encore , stated this week in a conversation with Philip Eidsvold, vice president of strategic alliances at One10 , about the changing demands of attracting attendees to in-person incentive trips. Listen to the whole Incentive Trends conversation on demand.

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