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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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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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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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

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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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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Venue Audience Social Media Insurance 200

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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Endless Events

APRIL 20, 2021

In today’s episode of #EventIcons, we fix our eyes on the future and talk about post-COVID events. But let’s not leap headlong into how things used to be. After all, we’ve all grown, learned, and changed so much in the past year. Now, it’s time to put all that knowledge to use! Virtual, hybrid, or in-person – it doesn’t matter what type of an event we are talking about – the fact of the matter is that the attendees’ priorities have dramatically shi

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Events Trends Audience Technology 265

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

Stova

APRIL 22, 2021

Editor's Note: This is a guest post contribution from Jeff Starr, a Senior Producer at TRADEMARK. Author bylines and information are found at the end of the post. How much time do you need to produce a virtual or hybrid event? Congratulations! You have chosen MeetingPlay , a highly responsive, customizable, and all-around amazing platform for your next event…but what does a timeline for producing virtual and hybrid events look like?

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Endless Events

APRIL 22, 2021

Oscars 2021 are just around the corner and the producers of the show have announced that attending virtually won’t be a possibility this year. Hoping for the event to be inspirational and aspirational, they asked the attendees to come dressed to the nines and leave their casual attires at home. The Event Brew crew is not sure how they feel about in-person-only Oscars 2021 and the authenticity of the gala event’s theme, “Stories Matter” Sure, we are all excited about the i

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 20, 2021

The 51st annual edition of Earth Day is Thursday, April 22—an opportune moment for planners and suppliers alike to once again prioritize their efforts to build eco-friendly in-person events. With so many meeting professionals focused on the face-to-face business gatherings that are likely to take place later in 2021, this year’s Earth Day on April 22 might not receive as much attention across the meeting and incentive industry as in years past.

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PRA

APRIL 20, 2021

PRA Believes in the Power of Creativity. The World Does Too! The power of creativity. PRA has trusted that creativity is the foundation of successful business events throughout our company’s 40 year history. Today, on World Creativity + Innovation Day , in the 2021, the International Year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, we are so proud to stand with the UN in celebration of a word that encompasses so much.

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Skift Meetings

APRIL 21, 2021

The event industry has the opportunity and the responsibility to play a game-changing role in reducing carbon emissions. However, it cannot do so by returning to the profoundly unsustainable industry of the past; to succeed, it must change what it stands for. This article is not aimed at changing opinions (the challenge we face with […]. The post Why the Event Industry Can No Longer Ignore Climate Change by Fiona Pelhan appeared first on [link].

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Eventbrite

APRIL 20, 2021

As the world reopens and people start to gather again, Eventbrite wants to celebrate, amplify, and support you, the resilient makers and doers of the event community. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce RECONVENE, a free virtual skillsharing summit about the future of events made for independent event creators of all kinds. This two-day, interactive […].

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 23, 2021

As organizations work toward their D&I goals, a simple program that started at a U.K. airport could be a useful conference solution, too. Does your event registration team know the significance of a green lanyard with sunflowers on it? They probably should. The lanyard is a sign that the wearer has a disability that’s not immediately obvious. From hearing loss and autism to visual impairment, chronic pain, mobility issues, or an anxiety disorder, people live with all kinds of challenges that

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Meeting Tomorrow

APRIL 23, 2021

One year after COVID, hundreds of new engagement tools have popped up to help virtual event planners keep their audiences’ attention and let them participate in creative ways. We’ve seen it all this year — from goats hopping into Zoom to elaborate, drive-through corporate events. Certainly, some of these inventions will stay in the COVID-era, as a reminder of the industry’s scramble to re-imagine engagement all at once.

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ITA Group

APRIL 20, 2021

Employee Recognition Ideas That Actually Help Retain Your Team Members. Many employee recognition programs have been around for years—maybe even decades. This makes it more important than ever for organizations to ask themselves, “Is our program getting stale or is it accomplishing our goals?”. Research indicates that most programs have room for improvement.

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Special Events

APRIL 19, 2021

In addition to the benefits you stand to gain, a good venue-vendor relationship is also a win for clients.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 19, 2021

Communication-skills specialist Kerri Garbis explains how to prepare speakers to present effectively for both virtual and in-person attendees. The past 12 months have brought a huge jump in demand for speaker and presenter coaching, according to Kerri Garbis, founder and CEO of Ovation, a Boston-based communication-skills training firm. After all, engaging a virtual audience is quite different than engaging an in-person audience.

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Meeting Package

APRIL 22, 2021

New to the Meetings & Events business? Or just new to the idea of a booking engine for your meeting rooms and event spaces.

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Leonardo

APRIL 22, 2021

Hotel COVID recovery is different in every region and market. It’s impossible to make blanket statements about what specific policies hotels should enact to boost demand. . However, a ccording to STR analysis , the demand to travel is growing. Fewer people are citing COVID-19 as a reason to not travel now compared to a year ago. And 75% of survey respondents said that they wanted to take an overnight leisure trip this year .

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Hospitality Automation Booking Media 81

Redfin

APRIL 21, 2021

Every real estate transaction involves risk, whether you are the buyer or the seller. And during a real estate transaction, either party can include specific contingencies to help mitigate some of the risks. Common contingencies may allow either party to back out of a contract if specified conditions are not met, such as: . A satisfactory home inspection.

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Contracts Contracts Consulting Marketing 82

Special Events

APRIL 18, 2021

A look at where the world of food will be going in 2021.

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Executive Group Travel

APRIL 22, 2021

How to create the perfect balance. Incentive trips are supposed to be a reward to your employees for a job well done. With that in mind, how do you balance required events with time for rest and relaxation? The question comes up repeatedly in discussions with our customers, and in general throughout the industry.

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Creative Group Inc

APRIL 22, 2021

“Earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. Creative Group feels like celebrating. Why? Well, spring is in the air, and it’s Earth Day! Spring is the eternal harbinger of hope. The first day of spring marks the vernal equinox, a balance of daylight and darkness. And, from there, it only gets better and brighter. With increased light comes increased mood and engendered hope.

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Events 52

Redfin

APRIL 20, 2021

A home inspection is a standard step in the homebuying process. While you may certainly wave this contingency in your offer letter, it’s recommended to have any home you’re looking to buy inspected. And not just anyone can perform the inspection, either. A certified home inspector is a trained professional who walks through the house and completes a thorough inspection of the home’s critical structures and systems to ensure you know as much as you possibly can about the overall condition o

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Special Events

APRIL 22, 2021

Early Bird pricing ends April 30

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PRA

APRIL 21, 2021

PRA, a leader in the Business Events industry is celebrating its 40 th anniversary, marking a milestone for the iconic brand and commemorating four decades of delivering experiences that move hearts, minds and businesses forward. In 1981, with a SBA loan and a small office containing a folding table, chair and telephone, Founder Patti Roscoe started one of the largest and most successful destination management companies in the country.

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Leonardo

APRIL 20, 2021

HotelREZ is a global representation company, which empowers independent hotels to better display their properties online, using a mix of technology and services. To help their hotel partners, they need vendors that are committed to their vision of helping hotels stay competitive through a better online presence. That shared vision is why HotelREZ has extended their long-standing partnership with Leonardo for another three years.

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Redfin

APRIL 21, 2021

First impressions are everything, and making sure you create a lasting one when selling your home is crucial. One of the first things prospective buyers will notice when they tour a home is the landscaping. Whether it’s featuring trimmed hedges or maintained flower beds, it is important to make thoughtful decisions when working on exterior home and yard renovations to help increase home value.

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Creative Group Inc

APRIL 19, 2021

Whether you were already prepared with a home office or cobbled one together on your kitchen table (or in your bed – no judgment!), we don’t think anyone expected to be working from home on a full-time basis for quite so long. And, with the multitude of advantages that came with it — greater flexibility, that blessed extra hour of sleep, a band-aid on your dog’s separation anxiety — the improvised pattern of remote work we fell into was bound to have its flaws.

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Special Events

APRIL 21, 2021

Special events business news.

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Events 59

Redfin

APRIL 22, 2021

Timing can be everything when it comes to selling a home. From which season you choose to list your home down to the month and even the day can impact how quickly your home can sell and for how much. So, if you’re considering listing your home soon, and you are wondering when the best time to sell a house is, it’s important to consider which month may be the best time to list your home.

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