Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 6, 2025

The LEGO Group and Universal Products & Experiences teamed up to release LEGO sets featuring characters and scenes from the movie musical Wicked,” part of the film’s marketing strategy. Here are four ways to create the same marketing wizardry for your events and one cautionary tale.

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The Abbi Agency

MARCH 30, 2021

Privacy Is Changing Online Marketing – Are You Ready? Digital marketing has made leaps and bounds when it comes to personalized messaging. Gone are the days of Viagra pop-ups; instead, marketers have ushered in a new era of individualized marketing. It simply forces marketers and platforms to reexamine how they operate.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

After the main contact left the DMC, communication was initially bumpy, leaving the organization without a Saturday evening venue. No one missed the timed workshops and the classic travel market. Budget : After the site inspection, AER had the tough choice between impressive but high-priced evening venues.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2024

Spencer is appointed as senior vice president of sales & marketing, luxury, lifestyle & Hawaii. He brings over 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and hospitality to his new role, in which he will oversee an integrated sales, marketing and communications strategy for Highgate’s Hawaii portfolio.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

If theres one word that sums up the best approach to handling social-media uncertainty especially organic social its diversification. While it continues to facilitate organic reach and community engagement, maintaining a backup plan in case access becomes limited is wise. Paid and organic alignment.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

She will build on the resort organization’s people-driven culture to improve the physical and mental wellness culture throughout the organization using data-driven solutions. Scott Kawasaki Scott Kawasaki, Renaissance Honolulu Hotel & Spa Renaissance Honolulu Hotel & Spa appoints Kawasaki as director of sales and marketing.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

It should be a perpetual pillar in any destination management organization. Caleb Sullivan , sales and marketing manager, Jackson County Tourism Development Authority : Developing my career during Covid taught me the importance of patience, flexibility, and resilience—three key lessons that will contribute to our future success.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

Morascini, who has sat on the board of Island County tourism since 2016, takes on the role of marketing and public relations director. She will also lead all marketing efforts and oversee the county’s implementation of its regenerative tourism approach.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Ali Amin Ali Amin, One10 Leading travel, events, incentives and marketing services company One10 has appointed Amin EVP, Product Management and leader in SaaS product. Kate Yordi Kate Yordi, Visit Mesa Visit Mesa , the regional destination marketing organization for Mesa, Arizona, has expanded its team with the promotion of Yordi.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 1, 2019

Smart Meetings contacted Sharlet Brennan, a content marketing consultant and president of Brennan Communications, for tips on how to leverage all that traffic for events. She shared that most event professionals use social media for marketing, but are not completely utilizing the advantages each platform. Risk Management.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, has named Clark senior sales executive; she will focus on the New England market. Her New England-based hotel experience includes Metro Market Boston, where she worked as group sales manager, and InterContinental Boston, where she worked as sales manager.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 3, 2023

Formerly a postgraduate in public relations and advertising, working with technology clients as a PR executive, a vacation to the Cayman Islands was all it took to change Pereira’s career trajectory forever. “I Like Pereira, Goodman also worked in marketing and advertising.

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The Abbi Agency

JULY 29, 2020

We’ve shared how The Abbi Agency uses a performance-driven public relations approach for our clients. We’re looking to maximize every element of our client campaigns to increase your marketing reach, create a lasting impression and build credibility in a way advertising can’t. But don’t just take our word for it.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Connected TV services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ are good options for marketers looking to advertise their events. In light of this major trend and a large retiring workforce, event organizers must continue to prioritize finding and appealing to prospective trade-show and conference attendees who may not be aware of their events.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 19, 2023

With the return of in-person trade shows and conferences, event marketers got back to doing what they love — bringing people together for inspiring, educational, and productive experiences. Here’s how mdg professionals resolve to renew their approach to digital marketing, branding, messaging, and more.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The National Restaurant Association Show used industry professionals and past attendees to market the 2020 show. And that’s what makes social proof such an effective tool for marketers, including event marketers. Industry luminaries are often thought of when creating speaker lineups and influencer marketing.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

According to Dana O’Malley, CEO of Kindred Public Relations representing Aleenta Resorts & Spas, the producers of the hit show say the new season in Thailand will be focused on “eastern religion and spirituality.” An organic farm is on the premises as well as farmers market and Aleenta’s Beach Café.

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Solimar International

MAY 8, 2022

Learn about one of the most interesting Virginia Destination Management Organizations here. Virginia is an unique US state who has nailed their tourism marketing messaging. What is the role of Virginia Destination Management Organizations in working with this national brand? Our region welcomed the tourism office’s creation.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of modern marketing, effective communication among different organizational departments is vital to achieving coherent and impactful campaigns. This holds particularly true for the travel and tourism industry, where successful destination marketing requires collaboration between various teams.

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Motivation Excellence

JANUARY 26, 2019

They do diligent research in order to create effective marketing campaigns. This allows them to break into new markets, establish a presence, and become a go-to source for customers. An effective promotional campaign driven by a rock-solid marketing communications strategy helps make this connection.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 24, 2023

As event marketers, it’s important to understand when to use abstract and concrete language to tell your story. Wharton School marketing professor and author Jonah Berger writes that there are three ways to apply the idea of linguistic concreteness (see On the Web below).

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DCI

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

With groups like the Public Relations Society of America and Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association Internationa l handing out awards each year, destination marketers need to keep their eyes open for applications and submissions.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 7, 2023

Marketing departments everyone are debating the merits of generative AI. we can gain a better understanding of that industry’s general landscape and its public perception. This enables us to either align with or challenge those findings in our marketing approach.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 19, 2023

Event marketing can be a complex and time-consuming process, but it is essential for ensuring that your event is a success. A well-crafted marketing plan for events will help you reach your target audience, generate interest in your event, and drive ticket sales. Curious how to create a marketing plan for an event?

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The Abbi Agency

MAY 6, 2021

In joining their ranks—with 1,250 staff and 96 offices worldwide—we’re choosing to expand the footprint of our expertise through collaboration that drives real results for the diverse organizations and business verticals we serve. But our work is about more than marketing.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of modern marketing, effective communication among different organizational departments is vital to achieving coherent and impactful campaigns. This holds particularly true for the travel and tourism industry, where successful destination marketing requires collaboration between various teams.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

What are your event marketing resolutions for the new year? this year’s disruptors were largely positive for event marketers — like AI and new audiences with changing values. Disruption was the name of the game in 2023.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 16, 2019

And after I got through kind of simpler tasks, like answering fan mail, as I grew in that position, they let me work on his marketing summit. From Coca-Cola to Nike bringing their most senior marketing executives to Akron, Ohio to meet with LeBron” “I was on the planning team for that at maybe age 19. .

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DCI

MAY 25, 2023

DCI’s team of destination marketers has been in your shoes. As college graduates from around the world, they have a few key messages – pardon the marketing lingo – for you as you consider your first career move, whether it’s in destination marketing, or marketing communications more broadly.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 30, 2024

Elizabeth Doll/PCMA) Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes You can take a page from Taylor Swift’s marketing approach in your attendee acquisition strategy plan. Similarly, event organizers can tease their audience with short clips, exclusive announcements, or a drip campaign to create buzz and build excitement. Embrace nostalgia.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Marketers have embraced data-driven personalization, automation, and the growing power of influencers, among other key trends. Weve already started to use AI to pinpoint geographic markets with the strongest potential for growth and develop targeted campaigns that resonate with local business cultures and preferences.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 15, 2024

From operations and design to marketing and personalization, AI solutions are having an impact on all areas of the industry — and the time to harness their potential is now. Vanessa Page is a copy director at mdg , A Freeman Company, a full-service marketing and public relations firm specializing in B2B events.

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Social Tables

JULY 31, 2018

In this guest post, Accelevents co-founder and COO Zach Hagopian breaks down the five most crucial tips he’s learned from his own experience organizing an annual event in Boston. I even organize my own annual fundraiser, hosting over 1,000 attendees every year to support cancer research and treatment.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 12, 2023

While getting attendance and revenue to pre-COVID numbers is understandable, doing so by defaulting to the legacy versions of our face-to-face events — with few if any changes to content, layout, and marketing — isn’t a wise strategy. What should organizers be doing now? Attendees’ priorities are shifting. See On the Web.).

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 18, 2022

One way to market a destination is by highlighting such attractions as its theater, dining, or music scenes. When it comes to event marketing, it’s always been not just who and what that matters, but where — and since the pandemic, the destination plays an even larger role in attracting an audience. Think Creatively about Partnerships.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 15, 2019

The post PATA expands knowledge of the outbound Chinese MICE market appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The aim of the workshop was to deliver a deeper understanding of the Chinese market and provide our participants the practical tools and skills to increase their share of this highly lucrative segment.”.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 4, 2021

More than 90 percent of event participants responding to a recent survey said they are not opposed to additional health and safety protocols at events like Informa Markets’ MAGIC Pop Up Orlando earlier this year. Only 30 percent of attendee organizations are likely to restrict travel due to the Delta variant.

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