Smart Meetings
APRIL 8, 2024
As American makes it easier to travel with pets, what will this mean for passengers? The next time you’re on an American Airlines flight, don’t be surprised if things look a little, well, furrier. American recently updated its pet policy, which could serve as encouragement to travelers—specifically, those who normally leave their small friends at home or try to pass them as support animals—to bring them along.
MeetingsNet
APRIL 8, 2024
The keynote address for HPE Discover 2024 will use the venue’s 160,000-square-foot wraparound screen as the band U2 did a few months back. When Hewlett Packard Enterprise brings its HPE Discover 2024 conference to the Venetian Convention and Expo Center in mid-June, attendees will have to walk a bit farther than usual to take in the keynote presentation from HPE President and CEO Antonio Neri—but it’s unlikely that many of them will mind the inconvenience.
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Travel Daily Media
APRIL 8, 2024
The post The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) publishes new GSTC MICE Criteria appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. The Global Sustainable Tourism Council® (GSTC®) is pleased to announce that the GSTC MICE Criteria have been published and are available to the public for non- commercial use. Developed for Venues, Event Organizers, and Events & Exhibitions, the GSTC MICE Criteria, developed with support from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), will guide businesses towar
Convene by PCMA
APRIL 8, 2024
Dominic Thurbon will facilitate a session called “Connecting the Dots,” on April 16 at PCMA APAC’s The Business of Events conference at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Dominic Thurbon, a partner at the consulting firm Ernst & Young Australia, where he works in climate change and sustainability services, is in the business, he told Convene , “of helping people ‘do’ change in the face of disruption and uncertainty.
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
Conferences that Work
APRIL 8, 2024
I am not a psychologist or neuropsychologist. However, I have spent thousands of hours as an amateur, supervised by therapists, leading small group workshop explorations of individuals’ struggles to make sense of their lives. And I’ve learned that confusion about thinking and feeling is common. Especially for men. As I wrote in 2010: “…when I was growing up my education emphasized thinking…However, the educational agenda allocated no time for understanding or expressing my feel
Bizzaboo
APRIL 8, 2024
Gartner® published its inaugural Magic Quadrant™ for Event Technology Platforms a few weeks ago, and Bizzabo was named one of three market Leaders. Being a Leader is not just a nice marketing catchphrase, it’s a meaningful acknowledgment from an impartial, trusted source of technology insights that we “execute well against [our] current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow.
MICE Travel Today brings together the best content for MICE professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Convene by PCMA
APRIL 8, 2024
Taylor Swift: The Conference Era When: Nov. 3–5, 2023 Where: Gayle Karch Cook Center for Public Arts & Humanities at Indiana University Bloomington Website: ArtsAndHumanities. indiana.edu/ Attendees: ~700 Taylor Swift has proven she can make the whole economy shimmer with the success of the Eras Tour, a career-spanning concert that kicked off in March 2023 and will run throughout 2024.
Redfin
APRIL 8, 2024
Redfin’s Best Places to Live rankings are intended to provide an objective measure of a metro area’s quality of life. Redfin’s rankings are based on a proprietary method that aggregates and weighs 20 factors for each metro area. These 20 factors are split up into 4 umbrella categories highlighting important aspects of living: Community and Health; Navigability; Housing and Economy; and Recreation and Leisure.
MeetingsNet
APRIL 8, 2024
Lead times, patterns, RFP distribution, and more are revealed in recent Cvent customer data. According to the March 2024 Cvent Source Snapshot Report , which analyzes data from tens of thousands of event requests for proposal sent through the company’s system, meeting volume is creeping up while the planning horizon is getting shorter. Specifically, the total number of RFPs sent in February 2024 was five percent higher than in February 2023.
Gavel International
APRIL 8, 2024
Reading Time: 4 minutes In addition to being a great deal of fun, white water rafting is an excellent team-building activity. If everyone on the boat works together as instructed and remains cool-headed and calm, you can successfully navigate the most turbulent waters. Accomplishing this feat is not only exhilarating but it is also satisfying. It also forges strong bonds between team members.
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
Convene by PCMA
APRIL 8, 2024
Community building is a key part of any event planner’s toolbox. Fuse, a new peer network for event professionals, aims to help planners build on that skill. Imagine creating an event that attendees jump at the opportunity to attend every year, excited about the experience and the prospect of engaging with their trusted community. But event professionals know this is easier said than done.
InEvent
APRIL 8, 2024
Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) is upon us, taking place on April 11th, 2024. This international day of advocacy highlights the significant impact that meetings, conferences, exhibitions, and events have on businesses, communities, and individuals worldwide. The History of GMID As discussed in Meeting Professionals International, what began as a national celebration in Canada has … Post Everything You Need To Know About Global Meetings Industry Day (#GMID2024). showed as first in InEve
Convene by PCMA
APRIL 8, 2024
When Courtney Mesmer, CMP, DES, CES, became vice president, events, at the human resources organization WorldatWork®Total Rewards Association two years ago, her primary assignment was to modernize the organization’s annual meeting. At the time, the meeting — now called Total Rewards, which refers to the HR function that handles compensation, benefits, well-being effectiveness, development, and recognition — had a typical agenda for a traditional association meeting.
Convene by PCMA
APRIL 8, 2024
Head to Crescent Heights for some of the best views of Downtown Calgary. (ROAM Creative) As many major cities work on their downtown revitalization strategies, one city stands out as a role model that can help them harness new possibilities: Calgary. The third-most populated city in Canada is in the midst of a massive transformation that is best summed up by The Washington Post — “Almost every direction one looks in downtown Calgary,” the paper’s editorial board wrote in the middle of 2023, “the
Convene by PCMA
APRIL 8, 2024
PCMA’s Catalyst community offers members a platform to ask each other questions, share ideas, or, as the website says, “communicate and collaborate.” Here’s a sampling from a recent Catalyst discussion. “We will be hosting a conference in the U.S. in August that will have some international attendees,” Shelley Cohen , meeting manager, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering Energetics Research Group, wrote on the Catalyst forum.
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