Endless Events

APRIL 26, 2021

Event app platforms have been all the rage for quite some time now in the world of event tech, so it’s only natural that investments in event platforms come next. Hopin , the 2019 London-based start-up, is considered a unicorn among event apps. In such a short span of time, it has managed to attract enormous investments. But should we care? Time and time again, Will and Brandt have proven to the Event Tech Podcast listeners that they are experts in all things tech.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

It turns out hiring back thousands of hotel employees, from chefs and bartenders to housekeepers and salespeople, is even harder than doing mass layoffs. Popular tourist destinations like Las Vegas are finding workforces already stretched thin by the absence of overseas seasonal workers stranded in their home countries due to pandemic restrictions. Now, convention hotels are competing with newly launched properties, Amazon fulfillment centers, alternate careers and full-time parenting duties.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

APRIL 23, 2021

Digital privacy has been a hot topic for some time, and for the first-time tech leaders are making changes that could disrupt digital advertising for marketers across. The first big changes to hit the advertising world come from Tim Cook’s Apple. Cook has always been a proponent of giving users more control of their personal data. But new changes coming to iOS 14 in April or May of this year could significantly impact marketers’ ability to target users on iOS devices and track the effectivene

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The Abbi Agency

APRIL 23, 2021

In just about any endeavor the difference between average and excellent is the willingness to do just one more thing — even if it’s a little thing. Top sales executives are those who make just one more call at the end of the day. Winning City Council candidates are the ones that knock on just one more door. Winning basketball teams make one more pass to find the open shooter.

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TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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Pádraic Gilligan

APRIL 23, 2021

by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE Like all Incentive Travel Professionals, I’m looking forward to better times as we move into the second quarter of 2021. Realistically, it cannot get any worse as the pandemic has thoroughly devastated, decimated and destroyed the incentive travel industry – at least temporarily.

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Social Tables

APRIL 22, 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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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

Going hybrid is an experiential process. You try, try and try again until you find the formula for that perfect in-person-virtual concoction. In Smart Meetings ’ webinar, “ Hybrid How-To: A Step-by-Step Guide to Hosting a Successful Hybrid Event ,” Alyssa Peltier, senior event marketing manager for Cvent , shared strategies to get us there with fewer hiccups.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

APRIL 14, 2021

This month’s team spotlight highlights Account Executive Wayne Emerson. Wayne has been has been working in the travel industry throughout his career with a total of about 13 years. Wayne grew up in Alabama and now resides in Birmingham, AL. When asked about his favorite thing about working in tourism, he says it’s learning about all the destinations and what really makes them like no place else.

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The Abbi Agency

APRIL 9, 2021

The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange and its consumer-facing product, Nevada Health Link is leading the charge on an aspect of our lives that is increasingly vital: health insurance. The Abbi Agency intimately understands the Nevada community and our state’s healthcare landscape, and with a diverse portfolio of such projects under our belt, we are proud to say that we have been chosen as the agency of record for the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange/Nevada Health Link.

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Best Corporate Events

APRIL 27, 2021

What if you could recruit a high-performing team of professionals to improve your business and boost your daily operations? Even better, what if you could do so without having to increase your rent costs, hiring a recruiter, or investing in benefits packages and other incentives? The fact is, you can hire an expert remote team to ensure business success, and it’s simpler than you might expect.

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The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

Social Tables

APRIL 13, 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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Endless Events

APRIL 9, 2021

After more than a year of helping planners navigate the complex world of virtual events, we learned a thing or two about pain points. Over the course of these challenging months, many event profs came to us with a series of different problems and doubts. These went from all things attendee engagement to more specific tech-related issues. But without a shadow of a doubt, the most common misconceptions all surrounded the same thing – the virtual event budget.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

Smart Meetings loves recognizing talented hospitality professionals who will help the industry evolve as we get back to meeting, so when we heard that Destinations International had announced their 2021 30 Under 30 class from convention and visitors bureaus and tourism boards around the world, we wanted to get to know them better. We asked each of the individuals recognized, “What Covid lesson will help you succeed going forward?

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 26, 2021

Attention, meeting planners! Safe meeting venue ventilation for COVID-19 is critical. As we start thinking about returning to in-person events, it’s crucial to check that venues are upgrading their HVAC systems to handle potentially virus-infused air. There has been little public discussion on this important topic. In this post, I’ll explain why questions about venues’ HVAC safety should be at the top of your site visit checklist.

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The Abbi Agency

APRIL 20, 2021

Governor Newsom announced on April 6th that most COVID-19 restrictions may be lifted statewide in California on June 15, assuming vaccine supply is sufficient and hospitalizations remain low. The Governor announced the state will go back to “business as usual” while continuing mask requirements and encouraging all Californians to get vaccinated.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 23, 2021

Proposed water restrictions in big meeting and incentive destinations underscore the need for planners to research conservation strategies at host properties as part of their sustainability efforts. Earth Day has come and gone, but the environmental issues affecting the meetings and events industry are persistent and shifting. Case in point: Lake Mead, the biggest reservoir on the Colorado River and which serves much of Arizona and Nevada as well as parts of southern California, is at just 40 pe

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Social Tables

APRIL 30, 2021

Want to make your event planning company stand out? Event planner logos are a great way to do exactly that. Whether you’re part of a team or flying solo, just getting started or an industry veteran, great marketing begins with a proper logo. But it goes well beyond simply hiring someone to design an eye-catching logo for you. That’s where this guide comes in.

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Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2021

Remember the times when we could visit exhibitions and see countless of exhibition booths in person? The hosts of Event Tech Podcast, Brandt Krueger and Will Curran, certainly do. Back in the day, they flew all the way to IMEX Frankfurt to see what the exhibitors had to offer. This year, however, they had to content with visiting CES 2021 virtually.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

Some restrictions have been lifted for those who have been vaccinated, according to new guidance announced today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Per CDC, fully vaccinated people are no longer required to wear a mask outdoors and can travel within the United States without getting a Covid-19 test or having to quarantine, although the agency still recommends vaccinated travelers continue to wear a mask in crowds, maintain six feet of distancing and wash their hands frequently.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 19, 2021

Chapter 44 of my book The Power of Participation explains how facilitators use participatory voting to provide public information about viewpoints in the room, and pave the way for further discussion. In particular, we often use participatory voting to assess consensus. It’s often unclear whether a group has formed a consensus around a specific viewpoint or proposed action.

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The Abbi Agency

APRIL 8, 2021

It’s been 13 years since our founder, Abbi Whitaker , struck it out on her own to start our scrappy, fierce agency. Since then, we’ve grown from a single-digit team to an award-winning powerhouse made up of 30+ marketing experts. Today, we’re happy to announce that our team’s grown even bigger and better with the addition of three new hires.

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ADMEI

APRIL 15, 2021

For months an ADMEI Focus Group met to discuss the essential service of a DMC and how some practices will change as DMCs return to business. Learn more about their discussions and next steps for communicating these new practices, focusing specifically on DMC value, the proposal process, utilizing an LOI or LOE and site inspection policies. This one-hour webinar shares the work that has been done and the communication/roll out plan, which was followed by a collaborative discussion the following w

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Social Tables

APRIL 6, 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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Endless Events

APRIL 23, 2021

Event planners are often too busy with the actual event to even worry about what will happen next. And we don’t blame you! Be it virtual, hybrid, or live, event planning is exhausting. But coming up with a post-event strategy is something we highly encourage you to do. Keeping the hype alive in this day and age isn’t the easiest thing, but repurposing the content of your event and using it as an external marketing tool goes a long way to keep your name on everyone’s lips.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 26, 2021

Caesars Entertainment , parent company of Caesars Atlantic City, Harrah’s Resort and Tropicana Atlantic City, has announced it will embark on a major upgrade of its Atlantic City casino resorts. To the tune of $400 million. The first phase will be unveiled this summer, with $170 million in guest room renovations, beginning with Harrah’s Atrium Tower and Caesars Centurion and Ocean Towers.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 12, 2021

We all have different responses to adversity, and none of them are “wrong” I write this post a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, sparked by the personal experience of an old friend, psychotherapist and author Nancy Leach. She shared the following: This was the journey. I thought I had successfully managed my emotional wellbeing through almost a year and a half separation from my daughter and grandson, who live in California.

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Eventtia

APRIL 28, 2021

The Covid-19 crisis called for a complete overhaul in the business model. With strict lockdown restrictions and regulations, organizations worldwide were forced to implement remote working practices with barely any time to wrap their heads around the situation. That was a completely new method of working, bringing in several advantages. People were able to work from anywhere they wanted, and productivity increased manifold.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic. On Thursday, April 8, Global Meetings Industry Day featured several in-person and virtual events that highlighted the importance of the meeting, incentive, convention, and trade-show industry, while also educating planners on the new landscape they will operate in going forward.

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Social Tables

APRIL 1, 2021

Looking to create an event floor plan that’s aesthetically pleasing and makes it easier for people to collaborate with each other during a presentation? Then the U-shaped seating arrangement may be the best bet. Here’s everything you need to know about this seating arrangement type and how to get the most out of it. What is U-shaped seating? Yup, you guessed it: U-shaped seating, also commonly referred to as horseshoe seating, is seating that’s arranged in the shape of the letter 

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Endless Events

APRIL 19, 2021

At first glance, it might seem like a hybrid event is pretty straightforward. You take virtual, you take in-person, and bada bing bada boom, you got yourself a hybrid experience! Well, sort of. While it’s common knowledge at this point that this type of event merges digital and live together, there are actually several ways you can go about it.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 26, 2021

Meeting virtually is incredibly convenient and easy, but it leaves a lot to be desired, such as the absence of the ritual handshake and the reading of body language. Not only do these help communicators connect on a deeper level, but it gives them a better understanding of the verbal and nonverbal landscape —something meeting virtually can’t quite do.

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Eventbrite

APRIL 23, 2021

For creators in the music industry, 2020 was all about agility and adaptability. In the face of canceled or postponed live events, attendees were more hungry for entertainment than ever. Many concerts and festivals responded with online content, but they soon found that bringing the music to people in their homes presented a whole new […].

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AltexSoft Travel

APRIL 16, 2021

Whether your business is focused on selling airline tickets, package trips, or cruises, if you want to be acknowledged as a professional in the travel industry, you need to be certified. However, if you are a newbie, it might be a bit challenging to get through that labyrinth of IATA-ARC-VTC-CTD-IATAN acronyms and choose what’s right for you. We already have a detailed guide on IATA accreditation that is a good explainer of all the main concepts and parties in the travel agency accreditation pro

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 9, 2021

Omni-channel designer? Technical event producer? A GMID session dives into the changing meetings-department landscape. As meetings departments react to the rise of virtual events, jobs are evolving. Howard Givner, founder of the Event Leadership Institute, took a look at the roles and skill sets now in demand during a virtual session at Meeting Professional International’s Global Meeting Industry Day program on April 8.

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Stova

APRIL 29, 2021

The COVID era prompted an industry-wide pivot to virtual and hybrid events. Now, virtual and hybrid are here to stay — and that’s a great thing. For attendees, these events offer expanded access to events anywhere in the world, with more opportunities for networking and learning. For planners, it means much bigger audiences, increased revenue and growth.

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