Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Do you need to find new monetary sources for conferences, conventions and trade shows? Give attendees a discount code on the last day of the conference that is only good for the next 30 days. Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort. Sell refund protection.

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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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All Conference Alert

JANUARY 22, 2025

In 2025, Canada will host many conferences in all fields. Let’s explore the top 12 conferences to attend in Canada 2025! Medical Conferences Canada is known for its world-class hospitals and research centres this makes it a perfect country to attend medical events. These events will bring together experts in dentistry.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Select a hotel or conference center with family suites. Ensure the caregivers work for licensed organizations. The post Are Family-friendly Conferences in Your Future? Be sure to ask about the ages and interests of the children, so you can tailor experiences to wow them. Choose a family-friendly destination. Create a kid’s camp.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

DECEMBER 11, 2024

First, a big thank you to Suzanne and Robert from Destinations Florida for always organizing such a wonderful event. Lastly, thank you to all the sponsors for supporting this wonderful organization. Community : Although this was not one of the conference topics, it is crucial. It was such a fun and unique place to explore.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The global professional organization officially launched 50 years ago in 1973 in that very city and has since grown to include more than 2,000 members, delivering research, education and networking. New Foundation President Hamish Reid, MICE Consultant with Hills Balfour, shared that between 2016 and 2022 alone, more than $1.7

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ADMEI

MARCH 20, 2024

Reflections on ADMEI 2024 Annual Conference: “In the Zone” 20 March 2024 The 2024 ADMEI Annual Conference, aptly themed "In the Zone," delivered a powerful punch of education, networking, and industry insights for Destination Management Companies (DMCs) worldwide. Discover potential recruits at association conferences.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A thorough procurement process, though often unseen by the end consumer, plays a pivotal role in ensuring that organizations function optimally. An organization that undervalues the importance of procurement often pays for it in numerous ways—financial and legal. Procurement isn’t just about finding the cheapest option.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The 2025 European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) gathered meeting professionals in Istanbul, Turkiye, for three days of education, exploration and networking in a city that blends old and new, East and West, business and pleasure. We break down some of the innovative notes at the conference and the destination below.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The 2025 European Meetings & Events Conference gathered meeting professionals in Istanbul, Turkiye, for three days of education, exploration and networking in a city that blends old and new, East and West, business and pleasure. We break down some of the innovative notes at the conference and the destination below.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

You’re not alone—a major conference is being held to address the G20’s fastest-growing MICE market. Regis Hotels & Resorts has teamed up with Ginori 1735 to offer your attendees a meal for the ages. Considering Saudi Arabia for a future event? As always, Smart Travel is here to catch you up on the industry’s must-read news.

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Redfin

MARCH 31, 2025

But creating an organized and peaceful space for your kids doesn’t have to break the bank. Beyond aesthetics, an organized space offers significant benefits for children. Decluttering: The foundation of the organization The foundation of any organized kids’ room starts with decluttering.

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All Conference Alert

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If you’re thinking about attending global agriculture conferences in Europe , the short answer is: Yes , you definitely should! Attending agriculture conferences offers a wealth of benefits for students, researchers, farmers, and enthusiasts alike. What Are Agriculture Conferences and Who Can Attend Them?

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

For meeting profs organizing conferences and corporate gatherings at the Shaw Centre and other downtown venues, this new transit option simplifies logistics for international delegates. In under 30 minutes, attendees can go from their flight to the heart of Ottawa.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida. Lauren Shoaf Pace Lauren Shoaf Pace, Destinations International Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI).

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

You pre-load it with information on the destination, information about the conference, the theme, sponsors, whatever you want. “Some of our hotel partners have started to use it in their lobby so that someone can pre-load information,” Cameron says. You can make it AI to search the web…. And when they show up, how do we get them involved?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Lenovo Tech World is the global technology company’s annual event, and as events at this level go, it’s an enormous undertaking for the planners organizing it. With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs.

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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. Quarterly team meetups, training sessions, and department strategy workshops are becoming common as organizations strive to maintain cohesion, efficiency, and engagement across dispersed teams.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Event attendees would be better served if organizers devoted more time to valued forms of networking and reduced their efforts on less-desired elements.” I’ve been designing and facilitating such meetings for over three decades, and both participants and organizers love them. Struggling with a small conference?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

hosts advocacy conferences and groups hoping to promote change right on the steps of Capitol Hill. From the Professional Women in Advocacy Summit to the ASACC National Student Advocacy Conference, hundreds of organizations are looking to get people engaged and motivated. Every day, Washington, D.C. Ease of Registration .

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Organizations can entertain, educate, inspire, sell, or do all of the above simultaneously. Organizations use event marketing to: Promote the brand to a larger audience. It has become one of the world’s largest marketing conferences. Establish themselves as thought leaders in their industry. Increase their conversion rate.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The tourism industry can reach a community in a (literally) organic way! Edgefactory and The Special Olympics USA Game organizers worked together and combined resources to hold an event which enhanced the athlete’s experience and brought awareness to accessibility and health. FICP’s Annual Conference Gave Back, Set Records.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

She’s an expert in building professional networks for member-based and attendee-driven organizations. Erica has helped organizations generate revenue ranging from half a million to over 6 million dollars. I started consulting for event organizers,” Erica says. I spent the first 20 years of my career as a global strategist.

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The MICE Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Sustainability in action: Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Centre Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Centre , at the heart of Rotterdam’s event infrastructure, combines sustainability with practical benefits for event organizers. I was impressed by The Rotterdam Hall’s natural daylight, which enhances attendee wellbeing while reducing energy use.

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ADMEI

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

ADMEI’s awards program is among the most respectable and distinguished in the meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry and the most robust, noteworthy DMC-specific awards program. The award winners are announced, and all finalists are celebrated at the Awards Gala during the ADMEI Annual Conference.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

She joins Sarah to talk about her vast experience in the events industry, what the future holds for event organizers, and the importance of community engagement. For almost 20 years, Deanna has worked on fundraisers, conferences, trade shows, and other events ranging in size from 10 to 20,000 attendees. New Normal, New Roles.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

with a collaborative concentration of events organizations all gathering in the same place, Business Events Industry Week (BEIW) has built some popular must-attend features and announced that other pieces will shake off, either going away altogether or moving. Four years into an experiment to replace an annual spring event in Washington, D.C.

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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

MARCH 12, 2021

For instance, PwC has been using Virtual Reality to host conference calls and meetings in locations like skyscrapers and ski chalets…all the way from home! IEEE Spectrum reports that the company recently helped turn HTC’s V²EC developer conference for its Vive VR headsets into a virtual event attended by 1,000 people.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

a multimedia design and tech company, to map out best practices for putting the technology to work in the conference center, and he shared experiences developed alongside event organizers who understood the possibilities. Smart Meetings talked to Scott Schoeneberger, managing partner at Bluewater Technologies Group Inc.,

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. FICP 2024 Annual Conference will be Nov. How fun is that?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

After all, a conference or a professional meeting is often one of the few opportunities for adults to gather somewhere, purely with the purpose of learning and growing as professionals. . Braindate Lounge at the 2019 SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) Conference. Braindate Lounge at the 2019 Tableau Conference. Source: SOCAP.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But he’s been to many conferences both as an attendee as well as a keynote speaker that he knows all about engagement and networking at events. While he is not in the events industry bubble, he nonetheless knows a lot about events and conferences. ” He says that he’s never been that excited by conferences.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance. Either way, meeting planners need to organize with both online and physical attendees in mind. Perhaps, with the pandemic easing, the industry is just learning this now.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2024

Use the free conversation starters around you, like how many years they have been coming to the conference/destination or how they know the person hosting the event. What do you do when you aren’t at a conference or for fun? Catch me up on your job/family since I last saw you. Be creative—challenge your partners,” he advised.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Women’s Bean Project is a nonprofit organization hiring women who have been unsuccessful in finding employment and provides a personalized program for each individual to bolster their self-esteem and learn life and job skills they can utilize anywhere they go. We do gifts for conferences.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 16, 2024

What’s the biggest disconnect between how organizers program networking at their events and what their attendees actually want? Actually, there are a few, according to Freeman’s most recent 2024 Event Organizer Trends Report. Remember that subset of organizers that Freeman identified as Innovators?

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