Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. The 2023 FICP Annual Conference will be staged Nov. Jennifer C.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As if the job of meeting professional weren’t difficult enough, many have had to take on the role of Chief Difficult Conversation Starter. In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2023

Before joining Aspen Hospitality, Azevedo worked as vice president of acquisitions and development for Loews Hotels and vice president of development for the Americas for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Rachel Riggs, CMP, DES, SEPC Riggs is general manager of environmental strategy for Maritz Global Events.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 7, 2024

As Chief Event Strategy Officer for the American Society of Hematology (ASH), Bill Reed, FASAE, CMP brings 30,000 meeting professionals from more than 110 countries together to share research about the causes and treatments of blood disorders. However, the same person watched over 200 sessions on the virtual meeting platform.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Heike Mahmoud , CMP, was one of the first European meeting professionals to earn the Certified Meting Professional (CMP) designation through the Events Industry Council (EIC) in 2006. Now, she feels inspired as she sees the certification’s global spread. “It

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The biggest events conference in the world is a marathon in itself with participants reporting that they recorded 10,000, 20,000 or more steps walking the floor and hoofing it to after-parties. Another meetings veteran who took healthy IMEX seriously is David T. Plan Ahead. He made a point of being back in his room by 10 p.m.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 3, 2024

This collaboration also includes conferences and professional events, integrating economy, research, and education. For medium size events and conferences, where the Olma Messen might be too big, the Würth Haus Rorschach is a suitable alternative. Built-in translation booths: cater to international and regional events.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The definition of “risk” has grown beyond the traditional definitions of financial, operational, reputational and security issues meeting professionals checked off their list as they prepared to bring people together in days of old. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

The global event marketing agency Hamilton has been recognized with an EDDIE award for an exceptionally smart move in February. The company transitioned from immersive brand events to vaccination events. 1 at EDPA’s ACCESS Conference. Feature photo by Courtney Cantor at Hamilton Exhibits.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years. Lilly was previously owner of End-N-Mind Destination and Event Management in South Carolina. Peckinpaugh spent the last 11 years as president of Maritz Global Events and will continue to hold this role in addition to his next. Daniel Gibson.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! predictions conversation about the trends meeting profs need to prepare for in 2023. A lot of it is new meetings.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Working with the United Kingdom-based sustainability consultant isla , a total of 92% of event waste was recovered by diverting it into recycling, composting or donation channels, meeting the threshold for a zero-waste event. IMEX is not new to the quest for more sustainable events.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designing accessible events topped almost all meetings industry event agendas in 2024, but few planners understand what is required to make everyone feel welcome even as equal access moves from the desired to the required column in their job descriptions. Her father had cerebral palsy, which brought its own needs.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2024

Read More : How Meeting Planners Can Pre-plan for Event Crisis Management Additionally, the broader PR team should work from a separate breakout space, ideally located near the Command Center, to maintain continuous communication with the central crisis management team. Mark Catuogno, M.A.,

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 19, 2021

When Maritz Global Events decided it was finally time to get back to face-to-face, the experience-design company brought 500 people who represented the entire meetings ecosystem to Seattle—clients, employees, team members and partners—and focused on talking openly and solving shared challenges.

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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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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Over the next six to eight weeks, Bauer will be following news about updated guidance, experiences of other conferences and sentiments about mask wearing and health screening. See also : Tips for Streamlining Vaccine Verification at Your Event. Meetings can still happen. 8 before the official conference begins. “It

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Neuroinclusion: Events for Everyone The term neuroinclusion builds on the concept of neurodiversitythe understanding that neurological differences are not pathological but simply differences in cognitionto incorporate the understanding that neurodiversity will always exist in an audience into event design. Alone in the Crowd?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This year, Smart Meetings published a repertoire of sustainability content geared especially around how-tos and making sure everyone has access to the knowledge and resources to feel confident talking about sustainability and implementing it into their business practices. Working with partners can help take much of the load off.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

Held this year on Thursday, April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day is “an international day of advocacy showcasing the undeniable value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences, and conventions bring to people, businesses, and communities,” according to the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Hologram technology can increase engagement and attract hard-to-get speakers Meetings may be a mostly in-person experience but—as we learned during Covid, with the use of Zoom, Teams and other online video platforms—the use of communications technology has its place in the world of meetings and events.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2019

Business events are a platform for economic and social progress—that doesn’t have borders,” he said. “The The post The 1 Big Idea Worth Stealing from Day 4 of PCMA Convening Leaders appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Smart Meetings’ October webinar, From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices , breaks it down. Creating more sustainable events is a journey, and it comes down to breaking it up into bite-size bits. She is also an FICP board member. And we put that on our website.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

The 1,700 attendees checking in live at Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference ( WEC ) at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week were treated to a performance in three acts designed to provide “perspective,” “approach” and “action,” according to Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

UBQ Materials, developer of the world’s first bio-based thermoplastic, is helping create the first global event built from landfill waste. Tuviahu says UBQ is cooperating with conference organizers of PLANETech to donate their materials for the construction of the start-up booths.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What does it mean to be a part of the events industry in 2019? Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The post The Advantage Travel Partnership announces its 2024 conference is to be hosted in Mexico appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. Mexico, with its magnificent beaches, UNESCO World Heritage Cites and vibrant cities, has become one of the most popular global destinations for tourists.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Leadership with Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) wanted to set an example. For the group’s 2021 FICP Annual Conference in Arizona, they put a stake in the desert early on that they would hold an in-person event at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa for 500 fully vaccinated people Nov.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The post The world’s most cultural cities for business meetings and events appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Most Cultural Cities For International Meetings. The post The world’s most cultural cities for business meetings and events appeared first on Travel Daily. 8) Rome, Italy.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 17, 2024

The post Sydney’s Change Agenda helping associations to ‘Meet with Purpose’ appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. Business Event Sydney (BESydney) and International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) have been leading the way in business events for 65 years (55 years and 10 years respectively).

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

I feel that for quite some time there will be deeper connections made during our in-person events. I do believe the strength of business events and conferences will be that they are capable of providing networking and knowledge sharing — sometimes one-on-one, at least in smaller groups. David Audrain.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Meetings & Events. tojulius Julian Solaris, Editor of The Event Manager Blog, always has the low-down on attendance-worthy events and the newest event technology. Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. TahiraCreates. EventsUncovered.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

After one big effort in August, nearly six times as many Maritz Global Events employees are certified in event sustainability. Over the past year, a handful of employees at Maritz Global Events, Fenton, Mo., However, during the company’s Activate conference in August, participation went to a whole new level.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 1, 2023

The post ABTA launches its events programme for 2023/24 with four new conferences appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. ABTA has unveiled its events programme for 2023/24, which includes four new one-day conferences on top of its popular flagship conferences, plus a suite of core training events.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 6, 2022

Megan Finnell, CMP, director, meetings & conferences, MGMA, and Tim Simpson, brand & engagement chief strategist for Maritz Global Events’ Design Studio, speak to EduCon attendees Monday during their session. Jacob Slaton Photography). 1 thing people cared about, Finnell said, was being inspired.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 23, 2018

Company events help: Validate your employees. APCO Insight and MMB surveyed 400 small business owners and found that that 96% said meetings yield a positive ROI. Focusing on company events really is an investment. Company events help employees feel engaged because they are valued and can see the bigger picture.

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

On 28 September, Rotterdam Partners shared how they did it with their global audience during the third Rotterdam Experiment hybrid event, as well as the lessons learned from being the host city of the 65th edition of the ESC. The ESC is one of the best examples of what a global event in the post-pandemic world can look like.

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