Event Marketer

JUNE 21, 2024

Unexpected economic downturns like the 9/11 attacks, the 2008 financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic reminded us the importance of retaining cash in the business. Clients want experts… so market your skills! Keep your powder dry. Wise financial management has helped us weather tough times without stunting long-term growth.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2019

A decade after the 2008 recession, the industry appears to be stable, with steady growth on the horizon according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events (M&E), a division of American Express Global Business Travel (GBT). Related: Market Trends Point to Strong Growth for Meeting Venues.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2023

Bill Jordan Jordan is director of sales and marketing for The Kimpton Pittman Hotel Dallas. Before Visit San Antonio, Bippert worked as director of sales and marketing for The Buckhorn Saloon & Museum and Texas Ranger Museum, and sales and marketing manager for Alamo IMAX Theatre Rivercenter, both in San Antonio. and Canada.

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Hotels 2008 Consulting Airlines 246

PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2019

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. The economic verdict in Davos, according to Bloomberg ? 30 — is that the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Smart Meetings spoke with representatives from three leading walking tour companies about how tours can help to truly transform a meeting experience. Andrew Luan started ExperienceFirst Walking Tours in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Andrew put together a tour for his friend centered around the 2008 crisis.

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Travel 2008 Financial Banking 246

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Trimmer, who became the city’s agricultural director in 2008, parallels the city’s agricultural education with how the city and many other states have been showing and continue to show off their wineries. “We We would sell stuff at markets and we would sell it through stores and sell it through wholesalers,” he says.

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Food and Beverage Sustainability Retail 2007 263

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

He’s been with the company since 2008 when he started as a bellman at Kimpton Hotel Madera while he was in college. Most recently, she was director of sales and marketing for Secret Puerto Los Cabos Golf & Spa Resort. The post 7 Smart Moves at Kimpton Goodland, Grand Velas Los Cabos and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For meeting professionals tasked with answering questions about the security concerns when sourcing a city such as Portland, Mayor Ted Wheeler has answers. Next-level Meeting Venues. of meeting space across a total of 33 meeting rooms, boasting the 14,144-square-foot Oregon Ballroom—expanding the options of hosting east of the river.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

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. Here are some highlights of the results: Size of 2017 convention/meeting budget vs. 2016 convention/meeting budget — -1 percent compared to +1.7

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Allison is senior vice president of strategy and growth for meetings, conventions and exhibitions for Oak View Group (OVG), a venue development and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industry. Mardell is general manager and Bruce is director of sales and marketing for Thompson San Antonio—Riverwalk.

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Food and Beverage 2026 2008 Hotels 189

SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 1, 2020

When the lights went dark on the more than $1 trillion meetings and events industry in March, the call to shelter in place dimmed prospects not only for 26 million people whose jobs are directly or indirectly connected to bringing people together, but also for the 1.5 billion globally who attend meetings and $2.5 Out of the Shadows.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In this new position, Oshiro focuses on the wholesale, military, groups and travel agent markets for Lotus Honolulu at Diamond Head , Waikiki Malia and Hotel Renew. Formoso comes from Kempinski Hotel Cancun, where he worked as director of sales and marketing and played a role in rebranding the property from The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun.

2008 147

2008 Hospitality Hotels 2014 147

PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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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EventMB

JUNE 29, 2022

Talk to any planner or attendee, and they will tell you how happy and relieved they are to be meeting in person again. 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.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. Demand continues to outpace supply of meetings-eligible hotels.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

Ask These Three Questions Kat Cole, Photo: Joseph Donato Kat Cole is COO and president of Athletic Greens and the youngest person to ever appear on CBS’ Undercover Boss but her journey to co-leading one of the fastest-growing nutrition and health brands on the market hasn’t been without lessons to learn. Cinnabon suffered greatly as a result.

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Hospitality Hotels 2008 Travel 246

Smart Meetings

APRIL 8, 2022

Niekamp is director of sales, marketing and brand at Miraval Resorts and Spas. Niekamp was previously director of brand and marketing at Miraval Resorts, and she is a member of Global Wellness Institute’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative on behalf of Miraval Resorts. Dina Fenili Niekamp. Derek Flint and Tatiana Lora.

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Food and Beverage Hospitality Hotels 2008 130

Plan Your Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2016

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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Social Media B2B B2C Marketing 71

Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

Kimpton Sylvan Hotel appointed Perry to director of sales and marketing. Over the last 20 years, Perry has become experienced in catering, meetings, events and hospitality sales and marketing. Perry was most recently director of sales and marketing at Ellis Hotel, Atlanta, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel by Marriott.

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Food and Beverage Hospitality Hotels 2008 130

Stova

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Stova, a leader in end-to-end event technology, has been recognized for its excellence, securing two prestigious badges in G2s Winter 2025 Reports: Highest User Adoption in Small Business and Best Estimated ROI for Mid-Market. 2008: Recognizing demand, the company commercialized its solutions, expanding to serve a broader market.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

US electric car maker Tesla Motors started work on the Tesla Roadster in 2004, which was first delivered to customers in 2008. The Harvard Business School credits the 1990’s as when sustainability in business finally came to meet head-on the longer term trend in consumer society. An oxymoron for us all.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Looking for a go-to event technology solution that maximises pre- and post-event engagement gives personalised matchmaking and networking solutions and offers year-round marketing? Founded in 2008, Zerista (a Simpleview brand) created a customisable event app that is backed by its world-class support team. Areas of interest.

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Event Technology Technology 2008 Event Apps 102

QC Event School

JUNE 30, 2023

Meet QC Event School graduate, Carisa Lockery! I do think it helped that when I first started, I was just planning smaller events and not weddings (until after my own wedding in 2008). What are your business strategies when it comes to: finding/attracting clients, marketing/getting your name out there, networking, etc.?

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Meetings 2004 2005 Advertising 98

Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We’ve been creating, curating and integrating web-based marketing technologies for conferences and events since 2008. eventengine.tv/virtual virtual AI Assistant for bespoke content including exhibitor/sponsor/speaker profiles, social posts, blog posts… […]

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2008 Event Tech Tech Meetings 59

Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Aleksandra Panyukhina, Head of Event Marketing at SEMrush. Aleksandra is a highly skilled event marketing professional with more than 10 years of experience in business, entertainment and sport events. Alison Church, Marketing Director at Easyfairs UK & Global. Charlotte Hammerbeck, Director, Meetings Technology at GSK.

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Event Technology Technology 2019 Meetings 65

Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The announcement comes as Wonder strengthens its team to further realise its long-term ambition of shaking-up the worlds of B2B and B2E events and marketing, broadening the offer to cover more longform campaigns and experiences that help businesses think differently about building meaningful connections through an audience-first approach.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Las Vegas, New York City, Paris and other perennial favorites were among the world’s top meetings destinations in 2016, but several other locations significantly enhanced their appeal largely due to major expansion and renovation projects. Here are 15 of the leading meetings cities in 2016. It features 2.6 million sq.

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GEVME

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Boring Meetings Suck: Get More out of Your Meetings, or Get out of More Meetings by Jon Petz. The Event Marketing Handbook: Beyond Logistics and Planning by Allison Saget. The book describes how the market for professional service delivery requires a great deal of individualisation of work and attitudes towards clients.

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Event Planning Negotiating Corporate Events Tourism 136

SpotMe Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The timeline for your event or meeting strategy are key as well. a pre-meeting survey. Likewise, with your town hall meeting , you may want a simpler tool. Internal meeting tools. Integration exist for CRM, marketing automation systems, and other event registration systems. a calendar invite. an email reminder.

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Event Tech Tech 2022 Trade Shows 130

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2016

This blog written exclusively for Social Tables by Vanessa LaClair , CMP, Event and Social Media Marketing Specialist for the Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. For those of you who don’t already know, that’s Certified Meeting Professional. Christine King, CMP – Meeting Consultant, Site Solutions Worldwide.

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Meetings 2008 Consulting 2014 60

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2016

This blog written exclusively for Social Tables by Vanessa LaClair , CMP, Event and Social Media Marketing Specialist for the Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. For those of you who don’t already know, that’s Certified Meeting Professional. Christine King, CMP – Meeting Consultant, Site Solutions Worldwide.

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Meetings 2008 Consulting 2014 60

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. And more and more, they’re asking questions about a destination’s local expertise and knowledge base.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Formed: 2008. Formation: INVNT was established in the summer of 2008 – at the height of the financial crisis – with the aim of challenging and changing perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours. The agency’s areas of expertise can be split into four categories: • Meetings and events. Agency: INVNT. Annual Events: 100+.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2019

GL events UK group marketing manager, Rachel Baker, added: “Sustainability is high on the agenda for many organisations and consumers, with awareness and practice increasingly addressed by individuals and businesses. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions. Event Tech. Sporting Events.

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2025 2008 Sustainability Government 85

Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. Helen’s marketing and events career span of over 20 years. Kate Patay : Kate brings 20+ years of rich experience in business travel, tourism and event marketing strategy.

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Trade Shows Social Media Consulting B2B 119

Event Industry News

APRIL 4, 2024

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has promoted membership manager Katie Cotton to the newly created role of operations director to ensure it continues to deliver value for members as it further expands and develops.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Since 2001, the Buckinghamshire-based company has hosted successful corporate meetings and high-end events for a wide variety of clients including global pharmaceutical, healthcare and fitness brands, as well as for many private clients including a famous Hollywood actor.

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