Endless Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Have you ever thought about how we could make the world a better place? Since the events industry is all about bringing people together and nurturing communities, that’s kind of what event professionals indirectly try to do. At least that’s the case that the Brew Crew will try to make today. For this occasion, Will and Nick are joined by a very special guest: Brandt Krueger , Will’s co-host on the Event Tech Podcast.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Meeting Means Business Coalition (MMBC) will fully integrate under U.S. Travel Association , after having close ties in meeting production over the years. This move aims to “[provide] greater value to coalition members as business travel and professional meetings and events rebuild from steep pandemic-related losses,” a press release reads. The plan to integrate was announced last week at IMEX America 2021 in Las Vegas.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Last week, the Dana team traveled to Las Vegas for IMEX America , the annual MICE industry trade show—back in person this year after going virtual in 2020. It was great to be on the show floor, soaking up everything this best-in-class event offers. After being hosted at Sands Expo for 8 years, IMEX moved down The Strip to Mandalay Bay, a larger space that comfortably accommodated the 3,300+ buyers and 2,200+ exhibiting companies—all representing more than 200 countries.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Better Strategy Starts with Better Data. How to become a data driven tourism organization. Download the presentation deck here: * indicates a required field First Name * Last Name * Email *. Company * Phone Zip Code * Hidden How Can We Help? Hidden W2L_Source_URL_c. The post 2021 KTIA Annual Conference Presentation: Better Strategy Starts with Better Data appeared first on Advance Travel and Tourism.

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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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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

New week, new guest, new host! #EventIcons is back with a very special episode! Recorded at Event Tech Live, Will had a great conversation about the evolution of SXSW with none other than their former Chief Innovation Officer, Scott Wilcox. Today, Scott has a new consulting venture, Here and Tomorrow. We’ve talked about SXSW (South by Southwest) before in this podcast’s history.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In Australia, they’re known with affection as a sammo or sango; in England, as a sarnie. We call them sammies. However it’s referred to, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: bread, top and bottom, stuff in between. Nov. 3, officially National Sandwich Day, is our annual nod to the lunchtime favorite named for John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, who was born in 1718.

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Travel and tourism in the US is on pace for a year-over-year growth of 35.6 percent in 2021, beating the recovery of the overall global tourism sector this year. Next year, US travel and tourism is expected to fare even better, growing by another 28.4 percent, exceeding pre-pandemic levels. According to the research from Oxford Economics, most of the rise in 2021 has been due to the domestic travel sector, with spending projected to finish the year 40.4 percent ($261 billion) higher than 2020, a

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Event planners and event managers have all been through a steep learning curve to master the art of creating successful event experiences. From managing event timelines to event budgeting, event profs have a lot on their plates. And even though innovative event technology solutions help automate many of the event planning processes, certain tasks remain unchanged.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Scott White. With 30 years of industry experience, White is now director of sales at Teneo Hospitality Group ’s Washington, D.C., office. Before joining Teneo, White was director of global sales at PRA Group, a destination management company. He has also worked in management for Krisam Group & Global Event Partners and Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Florida, and has held the position of regional director of sales at Associated Luxury Hotels International.

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Skift Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Designing a virtual event that keeps the audience from multitasking — or worse yet, logging off — takes careful forethought. In this article, experts share their top virtual event tips, such as avoiding static presentations and making attendees part of the action. If there’s one phrase that has stood out during the pandemic, it could […]. The post 9 Tips for Designing Virtual Events by Maria Lenhart appeared first on [link].

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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.

Best Corporate Events

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

An impactful and memorable team building event starts with effective facilitation. Having an experienced, engaging facilitator is vital to creating an experience that teaches leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills to participants while also being fun and engaging. Why is that person called a “facilitator” instead of something else, like a team building leader, organizer, or instructor?

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Special Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

When you consider the fast-paced experience of wedding planning added on top of their everyday stressors, it can become a headache quickly if left unchecked. But let’s be real: Your clients deserve to enjoy their engagement without the pressures of planning. It should not feel like a drag just to get to the aisle.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Hosting a small group? These boutique hotels in Seattle, Palo Alto and Charleston could be calling your name. El Prado , Palo Alto, California. Formerly Garden Court Hotel, this Spanish-influenced property has revamped its 62 guest rooms and added to its now 6,000 sq. ft. of indoor-outdoor meeting space. In addition to Il Fornaio, the property’s Italian-themed restaurant, it will soon also be home to Spanish Tapas Bar and a breakfast diner that’ll sit right next to a second-floor solarium.

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Skift Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

With recent sustainability initiatives in the event sector, including the signing of the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge at COP26 and others joining The Race to Zero, is the industry narrative towards the climate crisis changing, and will net zero be enough? Over the years, governments, industries, and organizations have pledged to adopt terms like […].

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Techsytalk

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Every planner is asking the same thing – “What’s the best virtual platform out there”?

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Travel Pulse

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Leading host agency InteleTravel has just released the results of its first consumer sentiment study, identifying 2021’s holiday travel trends and key indicators for 2022.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Guest-room availability, labor markets, and costs are the major factors that will affect individual and group business travel over the next year. Opening day of the Global Business Travel Association’s annual meeting in Orlando last week saw the release of the GBTA/CTW 2022 Business-Travel Forecast. Here are four takeaways from the report that meeting organizers will want to factor into their planning process for 2022 events. • At the macroeconomic level, a rate of inflation not seen since the m

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Special Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

We are in a position where the fundamentals of marketing are at play again. You need to attract the right audience with the right messages at the right time, without any funny business that violates consumer privacy.

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Techsytalk

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Every planner is asking the same thing – “What’s the best virtual platform out there”?

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Priority Pass is planning to double the number of airport lounges which feature its Ready 2 Order food and beverage technology. The service allows guests to order food and beverages from their mobile phones by scanning a QR code or tapping an NFC-enabled device on signage within the lounge. Ready 2 Order – which was piloted in October 2020 – is one of several contactless experiences that have been launched by Collinson , the owner of Priority Pass.

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Solimar International

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Less than 1% of travelers to Tanzania venture to the country’s south… find out why skipping a visit to Southern Tanzania is a huge mistake. Despite its bountiful national parks, game reserves, and beautiful beaches, few visit Soutthern Tanzania. It is the least traveled part of Tanzania, but has so many hidden gems just waiting to be discovered.

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EHL Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

City hotels are far from dead. They are just having to reinvent their offer to include more innovative and community-inspired ventures, activities and products to address the changing needs of their clientele.

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Special Events

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Facebook offers a number of features to support small businesses, but there’s one that stands out from the rest: Facebook Groups. Since they are free to participate, Groups provide the strongest return on investment by positioning you as a professional in the center of your target audience.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

5 lessons from a Maritz brand-experience expert on catching the attention of potential attendees and getting them to act. Easy. Attractive. Personalized. Timely. Social. At the IMEX America show in Las Vegas in early November, Greg Bogue, enterprise vice president of brand, experience, and innovation systems for Maritz Global Events, cited those five attributes of effective communication with potential event attendees.

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

WHERE IS IT? Only 20 minutes from the airport and across from Hilton Park and the royal palace, this hotel is one of the city’s most celebrated. It is a short drive from the medina’s major touristic sights and close to a popular city park. Its own Andalusian-style gardens are dotted with palm trees, splashing fountains and flower beds holding nearly 3,000 roses, creating a quiet respite in the middle of the bustling city.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Kai Hattendorf, speaks Nov. 10 during a COP26 session where the event industry’s Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge was introduced. (Binit Bharadia/UK Government). With the launch of the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge on Nov. 10 during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, a wide-ranging network of global events industry players has united to fight climate change with the ultimate goal of eliminating the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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FICP

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With the topic of sustainable events and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) being at the forefront for many companies, meeting professionals need to remain ready to pivot and.

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Stova

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Virtual meetings and hybrid events bring your audience together on one platform to discuss, network, and learn about new products, enhancements, or tools in a given field. The event tech chosen is any kind of technology deployed to facilitate the running of an event to enhance its chances of success.

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Meeting planning professionals are projecting favorable business conditions over the next year, with the majority (79 percent) overwhelming optimistic, according to the Fall 2021 Meetings Outlook from Meeting Professionals International. That number is significantly higher than results from last fall’s MPI poll, when just over half (58 percent) of respondents projected a positive future.

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Solimar International

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Solimar International is proud to be a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism. The world’s dependence on fossil fuels, unsustainable land use, and wasteful consumption patterns drive climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. Rebalancing the relationship with nature is critical to regenerating both its ecological health and our personal, social and economic well-being.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The world’s largest emergency medicine conference, the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Annual Scientific Assembly, convened Oct. 25-28 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. (Courtesy of the American College of Emergency Physicians). The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) convened its scientific assembly Oct. 25-28, 2021 in Boston — the first time the annual event was held in person in nearly two years.

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Eventbrite

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The holiday season is often packed with social occasions — be it office parties, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year’s Eve celebrations. While hors d’oeuvres and full meals might be optional for some of these occasions, festive holiday cocktails will definitely be served at any party worth the name. This means there are likely to be […].

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Spanish flag carrier Iberia has announced plans to increase its flight schedule to the US next spring, adding services from Madrid to Dallas, San Francisco and Washington, DC. The routes are set to launch in April 2022 and will be available for booking “in the near future,” according to the airline. The Madrid-San Francisco service will operate three times weekly, while those to Dallas and Washington DC will fly four times weekly.

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Travel Pulse

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Domestic leisure travel is bouncing back faster than the business travel and international inbox travel segments heading into 2022.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, president, international of The New York Times Company, speaks at the NYT Climate Hub, which took place concurrently with COP26 both online and in Glasgow. (Craig Gibson for The New York Times). The New York Times Climate Hub, a hybrid event held concurrently with the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) both online and in Glasgow, was a first for the legacy media brand.

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