Endless Events

JUNE 6, 2018

Conference planning is well underway. You’re focused on providing engaging and interactive sessions for your attendees. You know that conference networking is important, but you’re not sure how to help your attendees make meaningful connections. Here’s how to help your attendees make more meaningful connections.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Do you need to find new monetary sources for conferences, conventions and trade shows? Research Finds Sponsorships Are Still Relevant According to a 2019 report from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research ( CEIR ) of 200 show executives and 728 exhibitors, sponsorships make up roughly 20% of B2B tradeshow revenues.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Many professionals attend two or more conventions, or trade shows, a year in various locations throughout the United States and the world. These events usually last three to four days, and when you add on travel time, attendees may be gone from their families for a week or longer. This will help narrow down the venue.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 6, 2024

Long wait times and inflationary pressure linger at in-person-only medical meeting The arrival in Seattle of 11,631 attendees for the 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ( ARVO ) conference in May was the culmination of a logistical struggle to return to bringing the world of eye doctors together at 2019 levels.

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Endless Events

JUNE 28, 2019

Their fine detail makes them ideal when you’d prefer to keep the rest of your stage design simple, as you can see in the conference pictured. These versatile 3D panels can be used for anything from backdrops at staged events, to statement pieces at art shows or to draw razor sharp interest from crowds at a cutting-edge trade show booth.

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Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2021

The biggest fail when it comes to online trade shows with exhibitors is not involving them in the design process.” “Being targeted and using the rest of your conference to help target and to help funnel toward those vendors is a huge thing.” Same goes for attendees. ” adds Will.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Free Planning Tools Diagram events, wow attendees, and win clients with free planning tools. Many event planning conferences were canceled or postponed, and most of those that weren’t took place virtually. Read on to learn more about some of the top event planning conferences that 2021 has to offer.

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Endless Events

JUNE 6, 2018

Conference planning is well underway. You’re focused on providing engaging and interactive sessions for your attendees. You know that conference networking is important, but you’re not sure how to help your attendees make meaningful connections. Here’s how to help your attendees make more meaningful connections.

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Traveler's Q

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Spring Business Events and Conferences Spring 2025 packs Wall Street’s calendar with prestigious events. The AI Dev Conference at Shack15 on March 14 brings together the brightest minds in artificial intelligence. Spring Tech Conferences Spring 2025 brings an exciting lineup of tech events to the city.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2018

This week, we have a few tips for making your trade show booth stand out and managing your social media better. If you like to keep it simpler, you could take a look at last year’s In Good Company Conference. Nonetheless, the success of your event still hinges upon how well it can connect to its attendees despite its size.

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2018

There are tips for B2B events, conferences and campus events. InfoComm 2018 aims to use this conversation as a way to merge disciplines to craft a better and more immersive experience for event attendees. There's always that expectation that something magical will happen once the attendee enters a venue. Click To Tweet.

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Endless Events

MARCH 17, 2020

If you are facing the need to turn your events virtual you are in good company, IMB Think conference , TED talks , and many other prominent events have gone virtual and so can you. Furthermore, you will need to decide how attendees will gain access to the virtual event. Will attendees be provided with a log-in code? Exhibitors

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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. Ensure cybersecurity.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The winners are attendees as well as event hosts. Fortunately for the events industry, Hanzlik returned to the fold eight years ago, leveraging that knowledge and experience to make meetings more effective for hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of attendees. Neurodiversity, though, is a somewhat misunderstood term.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 25, 2024

The annual customer gathering and user conference for the largest event tech company on the planet, Cvent Connect, is moving to Henry B. We asked Rachel Andrews, senior director of meetings and events, what 3,500 anticipated attendees can expect in the new location and expanded agenda. The evening event promises Texas-style fun.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2022

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. She adds, however: “Among those who are uncertain if they will travel for conferences/conventions/trade shows, 1 in 3 cite availability of virtual events as a reason for the uncertainty.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

For almost 20 years, Deanna has worked on fundraisers, conferences, trade shows, and other events ranging in size from 10 to 20,000 attendees. Creating an ideal attendee experience is almost second nature to her. ” “Fast forward to 2015, I was in the corporate space.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

After light traffic last year, the trade show component was dropped. Read More: First Business Events Industry Week Celebrated The Power of Meeting A development that surprised many was the buzz The Palm Beaches Florida sparked with a fashion show featuring planner models and vibrant Florida vibes.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 5, 2018

On the front end, you can enjoy more engagement for less labor by allowing attendees to handle part of the logistics themselves. Find Your Perfect Conference Venue. Here’s How Not to Kill a Conference with Pitch Competitions. This guide presents a way to make conference pitches both fruitful and dynamic. Click To Tweet.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 23, 2024

Do you know the reasons your attendees show up at your events? A new study, aptly named “ Registration Insights Report: Optimizing revenue and attendance in the face of new attendee behavior ” by Maritz revealed a changing model for getting people to fill out those increasingly long forms, sooner.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2025

Companies are increasingly shifting from large, infrequent conferences to smaller, more frequent gatherings that foster collaboration and connection. Participation in Industry Events Networking is critical to establish credibility: Attend trade shows, conferences, and networking events where meeting planners congregate.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Would it surprise you to learn that 84% of attendees come to events for networking? This blog post offers creative solutions that can be fun, engaging, and, most importantly, allow the shyest attendee to walk away with more connections than before they arrived at your event. Badge Pull Don’t hand attendees their nametags.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2018

percent) is expected for conferences, trade shows, senior leadership meetings and board meetings. Not much, if any, change in length is expected for conferences or tradeshows. Second, they need to engage an increasingly diverse set of attendees in their meetings and content. percent increase in internal meetings.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Learning tracks cover challenges that keep meeting professionals up at night When what is expected to be the largest crowd ever for an events industry trade show arrives at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in October for IMEX America 2023 , the focus will squarely be on connecting people in new, effective ways.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Attendees should enjoy your event, but planning an event isn’t a pure act of kindness. For example, if the people you up-sell at your conference used to have a $200 average sale value, but now they’re spending $500, that means you have more money in your pocket — and that’s a good thing. Attendee surveys. Brand Awareness.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

They should know the event budget , date, theme, and type of attendees. They are your in-house ideators and implementers of the media, marketing, attendee engagement, and more. How you design and market a large trade show is much different than how you design and market a shareholder conference. Creative Committee.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Do it Best , a co-op hardware company that has been holding its biannual trade show in Indianapolis for several decades, works closely with Visit Indy , the city’s CVB, as well as other partners. Using the local people will really be helpful for your entire conference to be successful.”.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Many hospitality conferences and conventions were virtual or hybrid events , while others were forced to cancel altogether. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022. Check out what 14 of the most popular hospitality conferences of 2022 have in store: 1.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 25, 2022

Not only is Indy known for its “Hoosier Hospitality,” and the Indianapolis 500 aka “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” but the city also hosts several unique conventions and conferences that bring extensive revenue to the city. Las Vegas has also made a grand return while maintaining its title as the number one Trade Show destination.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The first such collaboration occurred almost two years ago—as a trade show that wrapped up just weeks before the country shut down. In this case, it was Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center’s RiverView Ballroom overlooking National Harbor and The Capital Wheel. Let’s spread the word,” Welsh urged those in attendance.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

10-13 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas drew 12,068 attendees from 180 countries. Since 2012, the conference has been tracking diversion, recycling and reuse and has averaged an 86% diversion rate. Attendees participated in a sustainability-focused scavenger hunt on the show floor while tracking their steps.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2024

8 was the grand opening of IMEX America 2024 , with a jaw-dropping trade show, unexpected meetups with good friends and exciting announcement after exciting announcement. conference center adjacent to the iconic resort with an air bridge connector. It offers a state-of-the-art oceanfront conference center with 48,000 sq.

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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. After all, what makes an incredible event is not the stage and the logistics, but the atmosphere and the positive emotional state of the attendees.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

From missions and challenges to competitions, there are many ways to make your attendees feel truly immersed in the experience. Therefore, event gamification incentivizes your attendees to become active participants by adding game-like features to your event. Promote Attendee Communication With Icebreakers.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

million convention attendees were hosted in Vegas since the return of trade shows in June 2021. Left to right: Steve Blanner, Chandra Allison, Steve Hill, Stephanie Glanzer and Michael Massari. This was a celebration well earned, as an estimated 2.2

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

And we also get to the heart of the emotion behind the attendees” “It helps us understand based on other experiences we’ve had with similar behaviors, the psychology of the people going into, potentially, this event. “Empathy really allows you to step back and say, “What’s in it for the attendee?”

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