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State of In-Person Events: Who’s Booking What, Where & When?

Smart Meetings

Cautious, Ready & Excited: Freeman’s Event Research Report, which has been gauging attendee and exhibitor sentiment every few months since the pandemic started, shows their Confidence Index rising from.75 ELI CEO Howard Givner will be moderating the panel and invited Smart Meetings to listen in on the pre-event prep call. 81 in April.

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Meeting Safety Trends in 2022

Smart Meetings

Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Can my IT folks prevent a hack or act in case a virus invades your onsite registration system? If you, your staff, or attendees are experiencing depression, anxiety or other strong emotions, professional help is available and worthwhile.

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Can You Name Which Meeting Destination Made All These Major Updates?

Convene by PCMA

convention destination that consistently appears at the top of site-selection lists. Nearly 40 New Gates and More Service Options Around the World If you’re working to grow your registration numbers, you need an airport that’s ready to welcome more passengers. That’s exactly what’s happened in one U.S. Here are five hints.

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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

And they assume that when attendees are not in sessions, we should ply them with food and drink and entertainment. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job. Yes, all these logistical considerations are important and need to be done well! They assume that meetings will consist of sessions with speakers on a stage.

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Why Event Planner Jobs Are Climate Jobs

Convene by PCMA

Balance the Attendee Experience Against Sustainable Practices Develop a smart, audience-focused strategy to make decisions about signs, handouts, and giveaways. In the scientific community, for example, potential registrants are opting not to travel to in-person events because of their environmental impact. And where do 5s go?

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

Event registration platforms and management software hold a goldmine of information: names, business titles, personal/business email addresses, phone numbers, travel itineraries and reservations and more. With so many things to consider, site selection will challenge more and more and event planners. Data Protection.

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Success Story: Fall Product Launch with Celebrity Endorsement, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Blue Spark Event Design

Client Objective: Create a custom brand-activation event experience for 500 attendees at the The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa that offered a beautiful product-focused event design , perfect for product marketing shots(wanna see the PHOTOS ?), Services we provided: Site Selection and Negotiation. Entertainment.