Endless Events
OCTOBER 29, 2021
In the past two years, we’ve covered nearly every aspect of planning virtual events and keeping virtual audiences entertained from the safety of their homes. Now that we’re making a return to in-person events , we can start talking about many event-planning topics we had no use for since March 2020. Let’s start this conversation with the basics: event layouts !
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Nevada’s Clark County Commission made a decision that may forever change that way travelers traverse the Las Vegas Strip. The commission unanimously approved a special use permit and 50-year franchise agreement for a proposed 29-mile tunnel system under The Strip, to be designed by Elon Musk ’s The Boring Company. This permit only allows The Boring Company “to apply for and receive building permits to construct the proposed tunnels,” a press release reads.
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Advanced Travel and Tourism
OCTOBER 21, 2021
When someone decides on a destination for their next vacation, they’ll turn to Google or travel sites to plan the details — where they’ll stay in that city, what activities they’ll do, etc. Destination marketers should take advantage of the moments when potential travelers are searching for things to do, places to stay etc. in their destination. And to do that , you need a solid SEM strategy.
ETC Corporate
OCTOBER 22, 2021
The winners were announced during the Award ceremony that took place in Athens, Greece, on 21 st October 2021. The ‘Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism’ Awards enhance the visibility of European cultural tourism destinations, create a platform for sharing experience and knowledge and promotes networking between destinations. The 2021 is focused on the theme of ‘Regenerating European Tourism through Culture, Heritage and Creativity’.
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
Techsytalk
OCTOBER 24, 2021
As we get deeper into the world of virtual events, we're starting to learn best practices and places on the road to watch out for.
Social Tables
OCTOBER 29, 2021
A well-designed stage can help you stand out from the crowd and can be a make or break factor of the experience for your audience. But before you commit to an event stage design, it’s important to consider all the factors that go into creating one. Support your event goals and impress your audience with the following guide. Whether you’re an event planning pro or a total beginner, you have the power to create your own stage design simply by mastering the basic concepts of production design.
MICE Travel Today brings together the best content for MICE professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Now that most parts of the country are on the downslope of the whiplash Delta variant, meeting professionals are reassessing what their future programs will look like. For a preview, we asked Eric Holmen, CEO of Splash , the event marketing software company that powers tens of thousands of business events each month, for trends in how organizers are adjusting their programs.
Advanced Travel and Tourism
OCTOBER 6, 2021
We couldn’t be more excited about our new representative for Virginia and West Virginia: Becca Meyers! Becca has worked in travel & tourism for over two decades. Starting her career as a Tour Guide at her family business, Luray Caverns in beautiful Luray, Virginia in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley, then moving on to their Marketing and PR Department where her love of travel and tourism grew from there.
ETC Corporate
OCTOBER 28, 2021
2 in 3 Europeans plan to travel in the next six months, building on the confidence restored over the summer. Intra-European trips overtake domestic travelling: 55% of short-term travellers prefer to visit another European country. Air travel is on the rise, with over 50% of respondents stating they feel comfortable taking a plane again. Although the peak summer season has been left behind, the desire for travel remains strong across Europe. 66% of Europeans plan trips through March 2022, while i
Best Corporate Events
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The practice of corporate team building has been around for almost a century. But it’s never been more critical than today, as businesses struggle with the “new normal” of the post-COVID economy. Here’s why. Although business is constantly evolving, rarely has so much changed in such a short time in terms of human resources. The word “unprecedented” has been thrown around a lot recently, but in terms of the speed and scope of change in the workplace, that word fits what enterprises face today.
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
Conferences that Work
OCTOBER 4, 2021
I’m noticing that event promoters are increasingly using the word “ unconference ” to describe traditional conferences. <Sigh> Please stop doing this! There’s a big difference between unconferences and traditional events. Here’s how Wikipedia defines an unconference: “An unconference is a participant-driven meeting.” “Typically at an unconference, the agenda is created by the attendees at the beginning of the meeting. ” — Unconference
Endless Events
OCTOBER 11, 2021
It’s been 18 months since many event profs first encountered Zoom. Back then, turning on the laptop camera and joining the call was already considered a huge success in itself. But as time went by, the standards for virtual event production started rising. Presenters and team members alike learned how to look better on camera. Event technology masters, such as our hosts, Will and Brandt, gave out advice on the best virtual speaker gear.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Meeting planning always seems to have another trick up its sleeve no matter how prepared you thought you were. With this and ever-changing rules and regulations about Covid-19 safety, what is a meeting professional to do? While every case of planning differs, there exists a general idea as to what you should ask and do to keep yourself and your attendees in good health.
Travel Pulse
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Thai officials have authorized the creation of a new tourism fee, which is to go into effect in 2022 and help fund projects that will take its tourism industry in a new direction.
ETC Corporate
OCTOBER 19, 2021
With the summer now behind us, Europe is entering a different stage in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 74% of EU adults are now fully vaccinated and vaccination efforts are ongoing throughout Europe. Despite the continued spread of the virus at community level, the impact of the pandemic on public health has been brought under control within the EU.
EHL Insights
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Today, guests expect to be provided with a consumer-centric hotel experience from the word go, including when they are choosing a destination. They also want new experiences, faster customer service, the utmost comfort, and the list continues to grow. So, how can hotel operators meet these needs?
Social Tables
OCTOBER 7, 2021
With the power to influence, energize, ignite, and even empower an audience, an impactful keynote speech has the potential to make or break an event’s success. But what is a keynote speaker, exactly, and how do you go about finding the right one? Let’s find out. . In this post, we take a deep dive into what a keynote speaker is: Who they are, what they do, and where to find them.
Endless Events
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Halloween is upon us, which means it’s time for the Event Tech Podcast to cover a truly spooky topic: scope creep. See, it even has the word ‘creep’ in it! So, what does it mean? When your project’s vision and goals change so much that they no longer fit the initial agreement, you’ve got yourself a pretty bad case of scope creep.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Though the return to travel continues to ramp up for planners and other business travelers, all is not back to normal, at least not yet. In the latest setback, Southwest Airlines has been canceling and delaying domestic flights in droves for nearly a week. Since Oct. 9, the airline has canceled almost 2,000 flights and hundreds more were delayed, blaming a mixture of unsafe and unpredictable weather changes as well as air traffic control issues.
Travel Pulse
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Global leaders at the G7 transport and health meeting agreed upon a set of key principles to fix current issues with international travel and future-proof the industry.
Conferences that Work
OCTOBER 25, 2021
What do we need to understand to mediate connection effectively today? Inventor and computer scientist Danny Hillis gives us some helpful context: “We humans are changing. We have become so intertwined with what we have created that we are no longer separate from it. We have outgrown the distinction between the natural and the artificial. We are what we make.
EHL Insights
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Before the pandemic, hotel brands were at a crossroads with increasingly brand agnostic consumers and ever-expanding brand portfolios. But there is evidence that the pandemic may have led to consumers’ renewed appreciation for a well-recognized brand name that assures quality and instills trust. This change in consumer behavior will impact brand management strategies in several significant ways.
Skift Meetings
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Virtual events have the potential to reach much larger audiences, but can they deliver on the promise of remote networking opportunities? We cover eight strategies for better networking at virtual events. If there’s one consensus around virtual events, it’s that they’re great for delivering educational content, but fall short when it comes to networking.
Endless Events
OCTOBER 19, 2021
When we talk about movement at events, our minds might go to walking around the venue at in-person events or walking to the fridge if we’re attending a virtual experience. But what if we told you that a little movement goes a long way even before or during speaker presentations? Taking care of the health of the attendees is a growing trend in the events industry – and we’re not just talking about COVID-19 compliance at events.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 11, 2021
After the wild ride meeting professionals have been on for the last year, the last thing you probably want to think about is buckling up for another spin around the sun, but now is the time to set yourself up for success in 2022—a year many are predicting will be a banner 365 days for meetings and conventions. To make the journey a little smoother, we asked some of the top-rated speakers from our Smart Meetings Experiences over the last year to share the one thing you should do right now to posi
Convene by PCMA
OCTOBER 7, 2021
The 20,000-square-foot Oasis immersion space at the Palais des congre?s de Montre?al is embedded with hundreds of surround-sound speakers, LED lights, and projectors. The business model for convention centers underwent the event industry’s most public-facing change during the pandemic, serving their communities as makeshift hospitals, shelters, and vaccination sites — short-term models to meet a health and social crisis.
MeetingsNet
OCTOBER 1, 2021
There’s no room for error in the present environment, so meeting planners have work to do in finding an event host who has the right touch. There’s no doubt that recent cultural shifts have inspired much-needed exploration of our use of language and brought about some positive corrections. And while it’s natural that an event emcee wants to be personable, entertaining, and occasionally funny, that host must be especially mindful of his or her content and language.
Conferences that Work
OCTOBER 11, 2021
In 2009, the biologist E.O. Wilson described what he saw as humanity’s real problem. I think it’s also a meeting problem: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.” — E. O. Wilson , debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009.
Skift Meetings
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Event planners are navigating a new frontier of delivering successful hybrid events. But what mix of technical and creative expertise do event teams need to do this successfully? We share seven key players you need in your hybrid event team. Unfamiliar formats, evolving technologies, new health and safety measures, content curation and ongoing attendee engagement […].
Endless Events
OCTOBER 7, 2021
What’s brewing, event prof? Have you been reevaluating the events industry lately? If not, you might want to press play and hear out what the Event Brew hosts have to say about that. It seems that our industry changes on a weekly basis; one week, we’re planning a safe return to in-person events, only to be advised to play it safe and pivot to virtual again the next.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 30, 2021
The word “crisis” was not invented in 2020. Emergencies have hit meeting and catering professionals since the first ballroom was constructed. That is why in 1997, the nonprofit Special Event Assistance, Relief & Crisis Help (SEARCH) Foundation was established to help when a neighborhood is hit with flood or wildfire, a routine check-up results in a difficult phone call or a car accident leaves an event professional unable to work.
Convene by PCMA
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The event industry’s Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge requires signatories to commit to targets aligned with the Paris Climate Accord, which includes achieving a 50-percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 on the way to net zero emissions by 2050. Leaders from the business events industry will present a Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge, signed by players in the industry, during a session at the UN Climate Change Conference COP26, which runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 12 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Travel Pulse
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The CDC’s updated list of travel advisories assigned to foreign countries has seen several warnings raised to the highest levels and others lowered, based on COVID-19 risk.
Business Traveler USA
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Italy’s new flag carrier ITA Airways launched on October 15, following the closure of its predecessor Alitalia. The carrier says it plans initially to operate a network of 44 destinations and 59 routes, rising to 74 routes in 2022 and 89 by 2025. The airline has unveiled its new livery which has been inspired by the blue of Italy’s national football and rugby teams.
Skift Meetings
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Meeting planning has always been a pressure-cooker of a job, but the challenges of the pandemic may be creating a mental health crisis for many event professionals. Getting mental health support is crucial, but where and how can event professionals get it? Even before the pandemic, event planning was considered one of the world’s most […]. The post How the Event Industry Is Meeting a Growing Mental Health Crisis by Maria Lenhart appeared first on [link].
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