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Best of 2024: Sustainability

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Your Complete Guide to Sustainability This January 2024 piece aims to offer a comprehensive, introductory, concise, guidebook-style overview of sustainability. Plus, with some shoutouts to major sustainability achievements across the board that took place in 2024, theres plenty of cause for celebration that you definitely want to know about.

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Events Industry Council Releases 2024 Q2 Report

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Strong gains indicate a return to pre-pandemic stability Global business events entity Events Industry Council (EIC) has released its Global Events Barometer for the second quarter of 2024, with results showing positive growth in nearly every region around the world.

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Top Global Event Trends for 2024: Embracing Innovation and Diversity

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Augmented Reality Displays: Incorporate AR elements into your event to enhance physical displays with digital content. Leading the Way: Embracing Global Event Trends As the event planning industry continues to evolve, staying ahead of global trends is essential for creating impactful and memorable events.

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Best of 2024: Health and Wellness

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How can planners help their attendees to feel a sense of genuine belonging through their event design? Whats the business case for having consistent wellness programming in events? The health and wellness stories of 2024 have the answers. Stevens penned this article evaluating the link between the events and wellness industries.

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Best of 2024: Event Safety and Security

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Event Crisis Communication Templates Worth Copying What do you do when crisis strikes pre-event? Introducing an A-list speaker to said event ups the risk ante a little. When booking a high-level name for your event, there are several security-related questions and concerns to keep in mind. Do you have a plan in place?

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Help Improve CMP Standards with Events Industry Council

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In 2024-2025, an updated exam and study materials will be available as a result. Event professionals who are not CMPs can receive a 5% discount on the Sustainable Event Professional Certificate program offered by EIC. The 30-minute survey is open through Nov. Current CMPs receive 1 CE for completing the survey.

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Asia Is Opening Up to International Events—Slowly

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Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) reported a surge in demand for in-person events—127 global meetings booked from 2022 to 2024—since Malaysia reopened in April. Since then, KLCC has hosted nearly 300 in-person events that amounted to roughly 200,000 attendees. That may or may not impact IAA World Congress in 2024.