Endless Events

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Event planners need to know what’s on the radar for 2023, but don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Endless Events’ 2023 Event Industry Trends Guide includes insights based on our years of experience in events and our team’s proprietary research into event trends. 2023 Event Trends Sneak Peek: What’s Inside?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2025

Global meeting planners are exceeding expectations. Brand USA, a public-private partnership focused on increasing international travel, reported that in 2026, the U.S. is on track to welcome 90 million visitors one year ahead of the goal outlined by the National Travel and Tourism Strategy report. Travel Association and the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Just like that, we blinked and it’s time to talk about the 2020 event trends. This year we stepped it up and surveyed hundreds of #Eventprofs to weigh in on the hottest trends for 2020. We could list out hundreds of trends but at that point is it even a trend? 2020 Event Trends: Personalization for Attendees.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2022

Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta attributes the growth of business travel, as “bookings for company meetings strengthened each month of the quarter.” Marriott CEO Tony Capuano notes the continued demand for leisure travel as the source of improved earnings in Q2. Across the Hilton system, Q2 greatly benefited from the pent-up need to travel.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

New and Renovated Hotels Reflect Top Trends 2025 is a year to get excited for. Behind every property opening in 2025 is a reflection of some of the major hospitality trends we’ve seen grow throughout the past few years, from luxury lifestyle to immersive cultural experiences in sought-after destinations.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

People are happy getting back to reclaim their life and their joy and people are traveling. Travel is something people are prioritizing. While these drawbacks have not yet put a dent in leisure travel demand, if this trend continues, travelers will reach a breaking point and some airline brands may be damaged.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 9, 2024

Welcome to Smart Travel, where we’ll be spotlighting the latest can’t-miss travel news, from groundbreaking studies and data to tips on decompressing from your next destination meeting. Travel tech tools you need in your carry-on? The CDC Has Updated Travel Regulations for Dogs, Effective Now On Aug. We have you covered.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Hosts Global Forum convened in Athens to celebrate ferocious creativity Destination Management Companies (DMCs) embody a wealth of resources for planners, helping with access for everything from transportation and entertainment to decor and gifting. They are strategic partners who can help build a program based on client goals and budgets.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The timely strategy session titled “ 2022 Incentive Trends & Wish List ” covered some of the unexpected shifts impacting incentive programs, including a desire to stay home with new pets and hobbies, people moving away from densely populated geographical areas and increased responsibilities of remote workers.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Travel recovery post-Covid has been a case of two steps forward one step back. Smart Meetings has been covering the airline and hotel industry closely this year, both in our weekly travel reports designed specifically for meeting planners and in our feature coverage. Until, of course, the busy holiday travel season comes around.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

Make your summer meetings meaningful and memorable with these tips and trends Summer is approaching fast and meeting professionals want to stay up to date on every seasonal trend. Private Spa Gardens at Sensei Porcupine Creek The post Summer 2024 Travel Trends with Meaning appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We asked the experts at three properties to share trends in wellness activations they are seeing in 2023. Q: Are there any emerging wellness trends that are on the rise in 2023? DH: IV therapy continues to be a strong trend. The post Wellness Hacks: Deep Relaxation Trends appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

The recent surge in “revenge travel” has been met with burnt out staff and slow service. Travel restrictions are being lifted around the world , drawing in even more tourists from abroad and more professionals to events. Planners can expect a more automated lobby in the future, hopefully reducing delays.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 27, 2022

While we’ve talked a lot about how the pandemic affected planners and attendees, we haven’t focused on exhibitors’ experience all that much. But low attendance isn’t the worst part; it’s event planners’ behavior post-event that really grinds his gears. I’m not whole. It was a bait-and-switch.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The timely strategy session titled “ 2022 Incentive Trends & Wish List ” covered some of the unexpected shifts impacting incentive programs, including a desire to stay home with new pets and hobbies, people moving away from densely populated geographical areas and increased responsibilities of remote workers.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

With new meetings come new trends. Smart Meetings caught up with Lauren Johnson, senior sales manager, and Courtney Pickett, convention sales manager, of Louisville Tourism to share meeting trends and find out the special ingredient for creating memorable experiences for groups large and small. Courtney Pickett. she exclaims. “I

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. Whether it’s asking on a delegate invitation pathway, “How are you traveling to an event?”

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2023

What elements should meeting planners look for when sourcing to forge better group connections With the focus on the return of meetings, many meeting planners are seeking unforgettable locations for their next event that will provide ease and accessibility for their attendees.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

She envisions access to case studies and reviews so planners know what worked for others in the area and what they say they would do different next time. The platform makes it easier to support small local vendors, an authentic touch a lot of planners—and attendees—are looking for right now.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Partnering with agencies can reduce cost and save time In many scenarios, planners have limited resources on hand. That often means seeking out third-party agencies and independent planners to attain their goals and create a stellar event. According to Crosby this amounts to 20-30% of what a planner could have spent.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Though the return to travel continues to ramp up for planners and other business travelers, all is not back to normal, at least not yet. Travel insurance may be the answer. Some unexpected expenses may be covered by your travel delay benefits. Since Oct.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 3, 2025

Amid rapidly developing technology, trends that youve seen start as buds growing into full blossoms and networks that never stop growing, today is a day to celebrate meeting professionals everywhere and their contributions that make the world go round. Past Smart Start guests share insights for Global Meetings Industry Day 2025.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In the travel and tourism industry, identifying the right keywords is essential to ensure your website appears in search results when potential tourists are planning their trips. Look Into Seasonal and Event- Based Keyword Variations Travel searches change with seasons and events.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

Speculations circled overhead at the pandemic’s genesis that the business travel industry ought to fear an irreparable nosedive. ” The white paper, released in mid-May, highlighted the pivotal role business travel is poised to play in building business back. Read More : 7 Business Travel Trends Set to Shape 2022.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

Following the ever-changing trends of the event production industry This summer marks the 30th year event and entertainment production company Empire has been putting on live events across six continents. The post The Present and Future of Event Production Trends appeared first on Smart Meetings. Founded by J.B.

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