Endless Events
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Yes, we’re finally asking the million-dollar question: do we even need in-person events anymore? And no, the Brew Crew isn’t trying to trigger anyone here. But rather, they’re interested in starting up a conversation about the challenges we are facing as an industry. And arguably one of the biggest is trying to convince people as to why spending so much money on live events is still worth it.
The MICE Blog
DECEMBER 17, 2020
To explore the future of the events industry and help event planners prepare for what it holds for the global events industry, Rotterdam Partners Convention Bureau has launched a new series of hybrid events called The Rotterdam Experiment , which comprises seven ‘experiments’ that will take place on a bi-monthly basis, and each edition will cover a new topic.
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Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Last week I immensely enjoyed participating in a two-hour Zoom brain trust on moderating online panels. So good, it should be shared with a wider audience. So here’s a treasury of good ideas and resources we uncovered. Huge thanks to the conveners and leaders: my friend, team performance and facilitation expert Kristin Arnold , and corporate innovation leader Scott Kirsner.
Special Events
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Self-care is an essential priority for all working professionals, but it’s particularly crucial for event pros that are accustomed to long hours and never-ending to-do lists.
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
MeetingsNet
DECEMBER 9, 2020
With mask-wearing mandated at in-person events, planners should be ready for conversations with people who are opposed to the rule. If your organization plans to hold face-to-face meetings with employees or clients, face masks will be the norm for the foreseeable future—perhaps for all of 2021. Anecdotally, this doesn’t seem to be a pressing problem for planners.
Bizzaboo
DECEMBER 22, 2020
The most authoritative list of 2021 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Virtual events are nothing new but—as we discuss in our comprehensive guide to coronavirus and events —we're seeing many organizers pivot from in-person to digital. For many event organizers, virtual events present a new opportunity for overstepping the hurdles of social distancing and engaging audiences around the world.
MICE Travel Today brings together the best content for MICE professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Stova
DECEMBER 30, 2020
You may have noticed that here at MeetingPlay, we do things a little differently. We take pride in the innovative, customized experience we deliver, and also the top-level service we provide to each and every client. It’s all made possible by our incredible people, which is why we’re taking time to showcase some of our valued team members in our “Faces Behind MeetingPlay” series.
Tourism eSchool
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Home. Road Trip Touring: 6 Quick Win Destination Marketing Tips. By Rebecca White. Published on December 15, 2020. Road trip touring is booming. Thanks to international border closures and the risk of swift border closures to covid hot-spot flare ups (as we saw in November 2020) people are turning to the last-minute simplicity and social-distancing friendly option of jumping in the car for future trips.
Special Events
DECEMBER 27, 2020
With over 40% of couples proclaiming their intent to be together forever between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day, you need to set your marketing systems up to capture the rush of newly created leads.
MeetingsNet
DECEMBER 18, 2020
The newly expanded company will handle placements for full-time jobs in addition to contract work. Meetingjobs, a meetings-industry job board and placement service, has announced a merger with Cadre, an online marketplace where organizations can contract event-industry freelancers. Over the last 30 years, Dawn Penfold’s job board has been a resource for planners looking for their next opportunity.
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
FICP
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Great uncertainty remains with upcoming events and incentive programs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. FICP continued to examine how plans are being impacted and adjusted in its Fall 2020 Pulse.
Endless Events
DECEMBER 11, 2020
It’s everyone’s favorite time of the year! Because let’s face it – who among us doesn’t look forward to the annual holiday company party? Everyone can let loose and have fun with their coworkers, celebrate the company wins, and leave the year behind on a positive note. Granted, 2020 has been filled with challenges. And hosting a typical get-together with your employees won’t be possible this year.
Stova
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Our virtual platform continues to bring the most advanced technology, backed with AI, to the forefront of the event industry with capabilities that suit the needs of events, big and small. As we continue to create and update our technology, we will bring you along with us with new release updates, just for you.
Achieve Incentives
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Planning one domestic meeting for ten people can be just as consuming as planning an international incentive trip for one thousand people. It requires endless attention to detail, multiple systems and software programs, and intimate knowledge of a destination’s customs, laws, and tax structures. If you often find yourself juggling multiple priorities on top of leading all of the planning for a group trip, you are likely asking yourself, “how will I get all of this done?”.
Special Events
DECEMBER 10, 2020
An arsenal of great digital tools isn't just helpful for your time management (and sanity), it also provides a more engaging client experience for a market that is increasingly tech-dependent
Just Right Destination Management
DECEMBER 12, 2020
I don’t know about you, but 2020 has had our team hunting for the absolute best holiday cocktail recipes to toast the approaching new year. I’m pretty sure all of my friends in the events industry (and in general) are glad to see 2020 on its way out! What better way to end the craziness of this year than with a delicious celebratory cocktail, am I right?
Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 14, 2020
One of the best and simplest ways to build active learning and connection into any meeting is to regularly use pair share. (See Chapter 38 of The Power of Participation , or Chapter 27 of Event Crowdsourcing for full details.) I’ve recently noticed that in some circumstances, trio share — pair share but with three participants — works better. Advantages of pair share.
Endless Events
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Putting your brand in the spotlight as part of a virtual event is not something that will happen automatically; you need to plan ahead and put a few strategies in place to ensure that it is featured prominently. While subtlety is not always the answer here, you can think outside of the box if you want to increase brand recognition and get people talking about it.
Stova
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Here at MeetingPlay, we’re often asked, “What makes you different from other event technology companies?” If you asked any MeetingPlay customer, they would consistently tell you it’s the innovative, customized experience that we provide that captures everything that makes their events special. They would also highlight our outstanding customer service.
Skift Meetings
DECEMBER 2, 2020
It has been an incredibly difficult year for event planners, and with 2020 nearly coming to an end, it’s more important than ever to keep abreast of what is happening and where things are going. EventMB’s latest research surveyed 1,700 event professionals on over 30 crucial recovery factors for the event industry to shed light […]. The post The State of the Event Industry [Free Report] by EventMB Studio Team appeared first on [link].
Special Events
DECEMBER 21, 2020
With 2020 in the rearview mirror, the unofficial color authorities at Pantone have announced their Colors of the Year: soft, steady Ultimate Gray and cheerful, sunny Illuminating. In an effort to leave behind the 2020 blues, this color combination was selected to evoke a feeling of hope and inspire people to look ahead to brighter days.
AltexSoft Travel
DECEMBER 24, 2020
This is a guest article by Inna Shevchenko from iGMS. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to reassess how they approach their daily operations. The vacation rental industry, in particular, was impacted hard by the crisis. Airbnb alone reported a net loss of almost $700 million on revenue of $2.5 billion. As a result, increasingly more hosts are searching for tools to help reduce expenditure and ways to scale quickly.
ITA Group
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Experts Discuss the Convergence of Employee & Customer Experience. Today, we’re sharing excerpts from a conversation with two of ITA Group’s leaders, customer experience expert Max Kenkel and employee experience expert Tanya Fish. They sat down with us to talk about the crossroads of customer experience and employee experience, the root causes of poor customer experience and how the pandemic has changed brand expectations for customers and employees alike.
Endless Events
DECEMBER 14, 2020
You asked and the Event Tech Podcast delivered – it’s time to talk about the best speaker kits! Because now that we’re several months into the pandemic and, consequently, the world of virtual events, there can’t be any more excuses. We had the time to learn. And we had the time to put into that sweet research in order to get acquainted with the technology available.
Stova
DECEMBER 3, 2020
The events industry has learned many things during the past 10 months of a global pandemic. Among them: resiliency, adaptability and more than we ever imagined about how to properly wash our hands (currently rethinking the whole handshake greeting). But perhaps the greatest takeaway of all has been the power of collaboration. If there ever was a time to partner together to move the industry onward and upward through the challenges of COVID-19, it’s now.
Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 28, 2020
There is a leak in the solar system. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post A leak in the solar system appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.
Special Events
DECEMBER 17, 2020
There’s always a lot of hype surrounding the onboarding process and how to welcome new clients into your brand experience effectively yet, there is not as much attention given to offboarding, even though how you leave them is just as important as how you bring them on.
Skift Meetings
DECEMBER 8, 2020
News of vaccines on the horizon is starting to cut through the shroud of uncertainty surrounding the future of the industry. Nevertheless, 2020 has changed events for good. Event professionals are starting to wise up to some of the benefits of virtual engagement: access, inclusivity, online community building, and reach — just to name a […]. The post 10 Event Trends 2021 [Free Report] by EventMB Studio Team appeared first on [link].
ITA Group
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Trends Shaping the Future of Employee Experience in 2021. In the year 2021, we’re predicting efforts to refine and enhance the employee experience will continue to be a top area of focus for leaders everywhere. And they should—companies that have a dedicated focus on employee experience tend to also have a strong culture, heightened employee engagement, a diverse and inclusive environment, and high levels of touch throughout the employee life cycle.
Endless Events
DECEMBER 3, 2020
The state of the events industry…what is it, really? On the one hand, the pandemic seems to be doing nothing more than get worse. But on the other hand, some event profs are taking shots at doing in-person experiences safely. And in the midst of it all lives fear, uncertainty, hope, and the ever-lasting wish that things will return to what they used to be.
AltexSoft Travel
DECEMBER 3, 2020
This is a guest article by Kelly Davidson from Merchant Savvy. Fraud affects all industries. The airline industry is no different. Over the past two decades, the airline industry – like many others – has become increasingly digital. Last year, according to Amadeus research , almost 40 percent of all tickets were sold online. This makes the industry a perfect target for would-be frauds.
Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Do you know what to draw? Perhaps — if someone has told you to draw it. Do you know what you’re going to draw? That’s a different question. It implies that you have some agency to draw what and how you like. Beginning creation. Picasso answered the second question like this: “To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing.” —Pablo Picasso, Conversations with Picasso by Brassaï.
Special Events
DECEMBER 4, 2020
In a year that left many feeling alone, association membership is a port in the storm, a safe haven to call home while you figure things out.
Redfin
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Investors and first-time homebuyers will quickly buy up an impending wave of foreclosures from homeowners saddled with debt during the pandemic . More than 3.3. million of U.S. homeowners will be on the hook for delinquent payments when mortgage forbearance ends. While some of those homeowners who are overleveraged or unaware of their options will contribute to a wave of foreclosures, most will be able to work with their lenders to either refinance their mortgage or sell to cash in on rising hom
ITA Group
DECEMBER 3, 2020
6 Tactics to Kickstart B2B Customer Loyalty Marketing. According to Marketing Metrics , the success rate of selling to an existing customer is 60-70% , while the success rate of selling to a new customer is only 5-20% ! The most common pitfall for businesses around the world the belief that if they have a great product or service, then customer retention will follow naturally.
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