Endless Events
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
On this week’s episode of #EventIcons, we’re happy to introduce one of our amazing partners. Edo Segal is the founder and CEO of Touchcast , an innovative solution that’s bringing a human connection back to virtual events. One of the many trends we identified for the upcoming months was the implementation of mixed reality in digital experiences.
Social Tables
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Skip to content Menu Solutions Interactive Floor Plans Collaborative event sales software that increases qualified leads and drives direct revenue. Event Diagramming Collaborative event management software that saves time, boosts revenue and drives loyalty. NEW Sales & Catering CRM Seamlessly manage and optimize group sales performance across your entire portfolio.
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Dana Communications
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
As traveler confidence expands and contracts, mirroring the volatile trajectory of the pandemic, the hospitality and tourism industries must make building traveler trust an ongoing priority. SiteMinder’s data-driven Five Stages of the Hotel Booking Reset captures this reality perfectly. Confronting Concerns. Before answering how to build traveler trust, it is critical to identify what the specific concerns are.
Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Gamification “makes about as much sense as chocolate-dipped broccoli” Education professor Amy Bruckman , coined this analogy in a 1999 paper on game software design: “Most attempts at making software both educational and fun end up being neither. Fun is often treated like a sugar coating to be added to an educational core. Which makes about as much sense as chocolate-dipped broccoli.
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
Special Events
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
You should be both proactive and reactive in your approach. Both require a specific approach, but their benefits are unique, making them a powerhouse when used together.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
If executive buy-in is any indicator, the new Tourism Diversity Matters organization has a huge chance of making a difference in the travel and events industry. Tourism Diversity Matters, a new organization focused on fostering diversity and inclusion in the travel, tourism, and events industry, launched February 1. Its founding partners—Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, ConferenceDirect Foundation, and SearchWide Global—have put together an inaugural 22-person board of directors th
MICE Travel Today brings together the best content for MICE professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Social Tables
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Skip to content Menu Solutions Interactive Floor Plans Collaborative event sales software that increases qualified leads and drives direct revenue. Event Diagramming Collaborative event management software that saves time, boosts revenue and drives loyalty. NEW Sales & Catering CRM Seamlessly manage and optimize group sales performance across your entire portfolio.
ITA Group
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Have You Started Planning Your 2022 Customer Experience Initiatives? The new normal. A fresh start. Or perhaps, though hopefully not, 2020: Season Two. Regardless of how you feel about the last twelve months, they are in the books. You hear me—it’s done. Now, it’s already time to start thinking about 2022 and how you plan to integrate an urgency for customer experience into everything you do.
Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
My post on gamification last week garnered plenty of comments on LinkedIn. Many responses exposed the vague ways people use the word gamification to imply, well, something good about a service that some companies provide. Like advertising’s liberal use of improved! without explaining what’s improved, the genius of the word gamification is that it can be applied as a plausible sounding selling point to all kinds of products, without ever saying what gamification is, or specifying
Special Events
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Ready to kick 2020 to the curb? So are we! Let’s start by sending some good karma into the new year with these heartfelt stories from your peers about how they learned from the hardships of this year and plan to make next year their best one yet.
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Here’s a third party’s advice to hotels, DMCs, and other partners for streamlining the RFP process as we get back to meetings and incentive travel. Ask anyone in the industry and they’ll tell you: RFPs are a necessary evil. Whether you’re a third-party agency, a CVB, a DMC, or a hotel, it takes a lot of time and energy from a team of people to put together a quality proposal.
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Recently, Marriott International announced COVID-19 testing capabilities if you wish to book one of their hotels for an event. As you’d expect, the headline stirred just a tad bit of controversy amongst the Brew Crew members, and a lot of interesting topics of conversation soon arose in the midst of Merriott’s incredible announcement. Is this setting yet another precedent in our industry?
Social Tables
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Looking for a guide to corporate event announcements? We’ve got you covered. Here’s everything you need to know about what corporate event announcements are used for, why they’re important, and what information you should always include (it might be less than you think). Plus, save time with 11 great corporate event announcement email templates you can use for virtually any occasion.
Stova
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
In a decade where content consumption is at an all-time high, it’s difficult to imagine how a new social platform could gain any traction. Enter Clubhouse – an audio-only social media platform that welcomes two-way engagement that is taking the event industry by storm. Why should event professionals care? As a profession tasked with being experts on the “next big thing”, knowing what’s next allows us to pivot, assess, create, and execute better, more engaging, and forward-thinking events for our
One10 Marketing
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
The year 2020 took us all by surprise. Suddenly, everything we knew and loved about work (and a few things we didn’t love) changed due to COVID-19. We adjusted our workspaces (Hello webcam!), adapted our homes (Hello school kids!), and reprioritized our days (Hello zoom shirt!). As a result, our motivations changed as we adapted to the changing environment.
Special Events
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
From the virtual tea ceremonies, the art of dumplings, incorporating a decluttering master, to Feng Shui, these activities are sure to get your guests excited and engaged even virtually.
Meet Green
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
As I’ve gotten older, my expectations of others have softened. After all, everyone arrives at the present moment knowing exactly what their experiences have taught them. I try not to presume to know: How someone has landed here. How their opinions have been formed. What makes them do what they do. I’m not always successful, but that’s the attempt. With more and more of my own life to look back on, it’s obvious that I wouldn’t agree with myself from 10 years ago either.
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
The Event Tech Podcast is back with its third and final installment on the best virtual speaker gear. After talking extensively about sound, video and lighting, it’s time to look into backdrops. While the most expensive options generally bring the best results, it’s not necessarily so when it comes to backdrops. One of the main takeaways from the 2021 Event Trends is that expectations towards virtual presenters are slowly, but surely rising.
Social Tables
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Seating arrangements have the power to make or break deals, relationships, and even event goals. “Much of getting what you want comes down to where (event attendees) sit,” says Brian Lee, Chief of Product Management at Lifehack. And where people sit depends on the type of seating arrangement that’s chosen for the event, meeting, conference, etc.
Stova
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Awards shows and ceremonies will never be the same. The 2020 BizBash Event Style Awards marked a new era of merging celebration, entertainment, education, and interactive experiences to keep event professionals inspired from beginning to end.
Achieve Incentives
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
At Achieve, our team has been working tirelessly to plan and prepare for hosting safe events. Each day we are learning new ways to lay the groundwork for experiences that are both safe and engaging for attendees. Our team has been busy getting certified as Pandemic Compliance Advisors , as well as traveling to experience and assess safety protocols in top incentive destinations.
Special Events
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
An expert on meetings-industry legal questions unpacks the potential issues around requiring a negative COVID test or vaccination.
Skift Meetings
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
The rapid shift to virtual events has revolutionized the way event planners operate in 2021, but what of the parallel shift to working from home? In many ways, remote working itself has had a marked effect on how (and how well) planning teams operate. Event planning has long been known as a hands-on, people-centered job. […]. The post How the New Work-From-Home Culture Will Challenge Event Planners by Angela Tupper appeared first on [link].
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
It’s been almost a year since we were all told to stay at home. And while we’ve all been wondering when will in-person events make a comeback , event profs agree that it’s time we adjust to the changes that were thrust upon us. Many didn’t give remote workplace design a thought at first. Since remote work is here to stay, it’s time to bring ourselves up to speed.
Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
It’s official: Online events are here to stay. Event-goers are more likely than ever to purchase a ticket to a virtual experience. When it’s safe to gather again, many event organizers will take a hybrid event approach. But what does it mean to have a hybrid event? Hybrid events are in-person experiences that are also […].
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The Philadelphia-based university hopes to graduate flexible professionals prepared to manage both in-person and virtual events. With all the Covid-related layoffs and corporate downsizing, it might not look like the best time to get into the meetings and events industry. Temple University disagrees—the Philadelphia-based school is betting on a promising career trajectory with a new Bachelor of Science in Event and Entertainment Management that’s launching as part of its School of Sport, Tourism
Achieve Incentives
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Our VP of Business Partnerships, Ashley Lawson, is spending her year traveling to top incentive destinations. During her travels, she is learning about and reporting on the best COVID safety protocols around the world. She is on a mission to showcase that safe travel and ultimately – safe events, are indeed possible when the right precautions are taken.
FICP
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Have you ever struggled with staying committed to a goal? Have you ever been really motivated to accomplish more personally or professionally and then your drive dies after several days or weeks?
Skift Meetings
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
The uncertainties and tight restrictions of the pandemic mean that many are struggling with a loss of agency. A new hybrid event model developed by Marriott and MeetingPlay aims to give attendees a sense of control without compromising safety guidelines. Much of the backlash against event safety protocols has been rooted in the question of […].
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Many of us would give our right arm just to attend a live concert right now. The energy, the connection, the music – to feel like a part of something bigger than ourselves. Song Division knows all about the science of music. And they have good news for us: music for virtual events can be just as compelling as an arena concert. In today’s #EventIcons, Sarah welcomes Andy Sharpe, Sam McNeill, and John Lombardo from Song Division.
Connect Worldwide
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Cruise America announces the appointment of Connect Worldwide (CWW) as their sales and marketing partner in Mexico to handle marketing and business development. An internationally… The post Cruise America Appoints Connect Worldwide as Sales and Marketing Agency in Mexico appeared first on CWW.
Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Since 1911, International Women’s Day has celebrated the achievements and strength of women around the world. Events focused on women are a great way to bring colleagues and organizations together to honor the women of the past, present, and future and learn more about the issues women face today. The 2021 theme for International Women’s Day is […].
Meet Green
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”. ~ Nelson Henderson. Nelson Henderson This quote represents our values at MeetGreen. We believe in a sustainable future for the planet and her people. We are committed to making a difference. Your Carbon Footprint. Even when you meet virtually, there is a carbon footprint.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Many independent planners, DMCs, and other essential meeting services can take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program’s 14-day focus on small companies. Both large and small meetings-industry businesses have been devastated by the near-complete shutdown of in-person events due to Covid-19. But it’s small companies with fewer than 20 employees that are currently first in line for the government’s new round of forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program.
Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
When’s the right time to solve small problems? The right answer is almost always “ as soon as practically possible! ” Why? Because small problems often become large problems if we don’t work on them in a timely fashion. Unfortunately, people don’t appreciate the value of promptly solving small problems, because (see cartoon below) we love to acknowledge and reward heroes — people who solve big problems, aka emergencies — rather than the folks who proactively solve
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