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Hybrid Future: How Venues Are Adapting

Endless Events

You read it right – we’re finally tackling the topic of hybrid venues! If you’ve been paying attention to the event trends set to redefine the industry, you’ll know that hybrid is up there with the most relevant. In fact, according to our State of The Industry Survey , 64% of planners believe hybrid events will be the most common experiences in 2021.

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The Ultimate Guide to Corporate Event Announcements

Social Tables

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.

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Clubhouse: What is It and How Can Event Professionals Benefit?

Stova

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

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Hypocrisy and Understanding of Sustainable Living

Meet Green

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.

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

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

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Remote Workplace Design: The Impact On Live Events

Endless Events

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.

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How to Design Incentive Travel Programs with the Future in Mind

One10 Marketing

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.

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10 International Women’s Day Event Ideas

Eventbrite

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 […].

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Music For Virtual Events With Song Division

Endless Events

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.

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Smallest Businesses Move to Front of the PPP Line

MeetingsNet

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.

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Does your association’s tail wag your membership’s dog?

Conferences that Work

Who’s responsible for association culture? The association staff, or its membership? [Association culture? Here’s a definition by Jamie Notter.]. “Organizational culture is the collection of words, actions, thoughts, and ‘stuff’ that clarifies and reinforces what a company truly values.” —Jamie Notter, Definition of Organizational Culture.

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Evolution of the DMC:Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency & Understanding

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

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Timatic by IATA: Travel Requirements Database, Explained

AltexSoft Travel

After surviving one of the most traumatic years for air travel, the industry is finally learning to operate with new travel restrictions. For some time now, the main solution has been negative COVID-19 tests that customers should provide at boarding. This has been confusing, to say the least. Travelers struggle to keep up with constantly updated travel information.

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Why Should Brands Care About Customer Habits?

ITA Group

Why Should Brands Care About Customer Habits? Habits are weird. So are humans. Why are we so prone to forming habits? One reason people are creatures of habit is that habits are efficient: People can perform useful behaviors without wasting time and energy deliberating about what to do. Especially when we are assaulted with choices. For those who are working through their own habit of skimming , here’s the TL;DR wrap up of an NPR article : “Neuroscientists have traced our habit-making behaviors

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Legislation Watch: Tax Credits for Hosting and Attending Events

MeetingsNet

Here’s how the Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2021 could boost meetings-industry efforts to get back to business. A bipartisan stimulus bill introduced to the U.S. Congress on February 25 would, if passed, provide help to the meetings and travel industry in the form of tax breaks. Among the key elements of the Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2021 is the establishment of a three-year business tax credit to support conventions and trade shows.

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Everything You Need to Know About Closing Costs

Redfin

If you’re a first-time homebuyer , it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of making plans for your new space. Even as you dream about color schemes, furniture placement, and what the ideal layout of your new home will be like, you’re probably also keeping a close eye on interest rates and what your future mortgage payment will be. However, there are other transaction details you may easily overlook, such as the myriad of additional fees and costs charged to buyers as part of their home pur

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Hotel POS Systems: Main Types, Features, and Integrations

AltexSoft Travel

Where does hotel revenue come from? Obviously, the main source is room reservations, but a lot of hotels offer additional services, sell tours, rent out meeting rooms for corporate clients, and have bars, restaurants, spas, gift shops, and other additional profit streams — or points of sale. Guests can make numerous purchases and other transactions on the property and it’s important to have them all accurately processed and synchronized to ensure an effortless checkout resulting in custome

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Considerations for Deciding When to Return to Live Events

ITA Group

Considerations for Deciding When to Return to Live Events. As we embark on 2021 with the hope of a vaccine, it’s getting easier to envision a future where we meet again. Many of us in the event industry have been diligently working and using this past year to develop scenarios and contingency plans for what those first events might look like—how testing will be handled, what new safety protocols need to be followed, and the best ways to communicate this information have been thought through in d

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How to Use StreamYard with Eventtia

Eventtia

Whether it’s getting the right tech setup, reducing latency, or creating the perfect overlays, when it comes to live streaming, there’s a lot going on.

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10 Awesome Real Estate Tips for Home Sellers

Redfin

When you bought your first house, you likely felt excitement with a hint of nervousness and maybe you even had a “What have I gotten myself into?” kind of moment. However, those emotions passed and you settled in and made that house your home. Whether you’ve stayed in this home for a couple of years or a couple of decades, when you decide it’s time to sell, you might experience a very similar emotional roller coaster, especially in today’s housing market.

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Bartolin Hall completes "The Convention Center at The Broadmoor"

Special Events

The Broadmoor has unveiled its newest addition, Bartolin Hall.

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PRA Honored with Industry Achievement Awards

PRA

CHICAGO, February 26, 2021– PRA, Inc., a leader in the business events industry is pleased to share the exciting news that PRA received top honors from the Association of Destination Management Executives International (ADMEI) 2021 Achievement Awards. PRA Northern California was awarded Best Event $200,000 and under– Life’s a Picnic program. The team was challenged to design a tech company’s family day, the first to be away from the headquarter campus.

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February 2021 NewsNet

FICP

Did you Know? Anyone else wishing the groundhog didn’t see its shadow right about now? Depending on where you are geographically located, there’s a good chance you’re experiencing February’s.

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66 Questions to Ask When Buying a House

Redfin

As a first-time homebuyer , it’s easy to feel overwhelmed even before you begin your homebuying journey. After all, this is a new process for you and, simply put, you don’t know what you don’t know. First off, there are no silly questions you can ask during any stage of the homebuying process. So always feel free to ask a question, no matter how trivial you think it might be.

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2021 Conference Agenda Announced!

Special Events

Save now on your registration with Early Bird pricing.

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Mike Foust Joins PRA as Director of Digital Production

PRA

CHICAGO, March 1, 2021 – PRA, a leader in the Business Events industry, is pleased to welcome Mike Foust, Director of Digital Production , providing production leadership system-wide for the planning and delivery of digital experiences, broadcasts and virtual engagements. As the lead production resource for PRA digital services, Foust is responsible for developing and refining processes, best practices and training for virtual engagements and large-scale hybrid events, while serving as executive

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What is shoppertainment?

Tembusu Events and Communications

We live in an era of ‘shoppertainment’, so much so that we are desensitized to the gimmicky theatrics that enhance our retail experience when we shop. So what exactly is shoppertainment? The word itself is self-explanatory but with brick and mortar retail spaces shuttering down due to the pandemic, shoppertainment has found ways to reinvent itself on consumer screens.

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5 Ways to Win a Real Estate Bidding War without the Highest Bid

Redfin

You may shortly find yourself in a real estate bidding war if you’re one of the many first-time homebuyers looking to buy in competitive markets like Austin, TX or Denver, CO. You may also think the only way to win the house is by putting in the highest offer. While this sounds like the right and possibly only strategy, you might be surprised when a homeowner selects a lower bid. .

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February 2021 NewsNet

FICP

Did you Know? Anyone else wishing the groundhog didn’t see its shadow right about now? Depending on where you are geographically located, there’s a good chance you’re experiencing February’s.

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Leonardo and RateGain Enhance Partnership to Drive Faster Bookings for Channel Partners with an Expanded Distribution Solution  

Leonardo

Leonardo is excited to share that we have further strengthened our partnership with RateGain, a leading provider of SaaS solutions for the travel and hospitality industry. This strengthened partnership will allow demand partners to utilize RateGain’s expertise in textual static content combined with Leonardo’s power in visual media. RateGain is pairing our content distribution capabilities to provide property and room content for up to 250,000+ properties through a single source containing

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9 Video Conferencing Tools That’ll Take Your Business Event to the Next Level

Eventbrite

Following the boom in virtual events, many event creators are turning to video conferencing to take their businesses to the next level. From streamlining attendee interaction to increasing your audience range, all while sticking to a budget, there are plenty of reasons why large-scale video conferences are key to growing a business. Plus, video conferencing […].

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Grandmillennial Style Is All the Rage: How to Embrace this Design Trend in Your Home

Redfin

Millennials are taking a leaf out of their grandparents’ book with a modern-meets-traditional decor style known as grandmillennial. Identified as one of the major design trends of this year , grandmillennial style is a throwback to the decor we’ve all grown up with and seen in our grandparents’ homes. The look aims to add personality and eclectic touches with bold patterns and textures, contrasting with the minimalist, modern styles that have been trending for years. .

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Managing a Large Rentals Team During the Busy Season

Special Events

Planning for our busy season and ensuring we have the staff to handle the expected jobs is key to our success.

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2023 FICP Annual Conference

FICP

November 12-15, 2023 JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort ​Marco Island, FL

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10 Relaxing Home Decor Ideas to Transform Your Space

Redfin

Much of our time these days is spent at home. Whether you’re still working from a home office, meal-prepping in your kitchen on weekends, or spending most of your leisure time looking at other homes for sale on your favorite real estate app , you may feel your home is not the calming space you’d hope it to be. Regardless of how you spend your time, your home is your sanctuary, where you should feel relaxed and be able to unwind from your daily life.

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8 Ways to use Synthetic Turf to Beautify your Yard

Redfin

Choosing between installing artificial grass, also known as synthetic turf, and natural grass can be a difficult decision for some homeowners. While you may be drawn to natural grass for its feel and organic look, there are a number of benefits to choosing synthetic turf that may make you think twice. If you are too busy to upkeep your lawn, turf provides less maintenance and a longer lifespan compared to traditional grass.

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14 Upgrades and Routines to Be Happier in Your Home

Redfin

The pandemic has impacted our lives in countless ways, and many of our routines were flipped upside down as we struggled to wrap our heads around a new normal. From working and exercising, to online shopping and countless home-cooked meals – it may feel as if you’re surrounded by the same four walls day-in and day-out. . It’s no secret that our surroundings affect our mood, but they might have a bigger impact on our well-being than you think.