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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Slower Growth Ahead

PCMA Convene

In fact, most saw continued stability and growth for their events — and many also blamed the strong economy — which in turn creates a seller’s market — for making their job more challenging. continued to lose market share, with overseas travel to the U.S. million (with the exception of 2008, when it hit $1.7

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Making a Marketing Shift for Digital Events

PCMA Convene

Long before he became national events manager for media website Thrillist in 2008, he helped organize his high-school prom and threw events for fraternities in college. “I In 2012, Hindman left the planning world behind to launch Splash, an event- marketing platform enabling organizers to launch, promote, and collect data about their events.

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15Hatfields – bringing sustainable events to life since 2008

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Sustainability is at the heart of 15Hatfields, the award-winning venue of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. Through 15 years of innovation and discovery, the team has worked tirelessly with partners and suppliers to help bring truly sustainable events to life.

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Event Tech Hit by the Perfect Storm

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Event tech leaders have publicly shared their frustration at the current market conditions. “ However, it’s hard to find credible data on actual real market size for event and virtual event tech specifically. In hindsight there was clearly a misplaced feeling that virtual events were here to stay and markets would grow exponentially.

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Will Airline Pilot Shortage Cripple Second-Tier Markets?

Smart Meetings

11, 2001, and during the 2008 financial crisis, the aviation industry suffered and airlines merged. The post Will Airline Pilot Shortage Cripple Second-Tier Markets? As a result, nearly 800,000 pilots will be needed—twice the number in the current workforce. Why aren’t there more young pilots? After the terrorist attacks of Sept.

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6 B2B social media marketing tips for eventprofs

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For some time now, there has been a lot of discussion on social media channels about the effectiveness of business-to-business (B2B) social media marketing. The key question has been: Can the results that have been generated through business-to-consumer marketing (B2C) be replicated when marketing to businesses?

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. and those that travel to international markets. million (with the exception of 2008, when it hit $1.7 economy’s growth was outpacing expectations. MORE THAN A DECADE OF DATA. million in 2007 to $6.6 million today.