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New Realms, New Ideas: Virtual Reality Tech Is Transforming Events, Experiences

Smart Meetings

The crux of merging VR media and technology with the event and hospitality industries is in their shared inclination and motivation to effect experiences. Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech. Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech. But what does it take to access VR tech?

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5 Reasons I’m Grateful for My Clients After 40+ Years of Consulting

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It took me about five years of having CEOs confiding to me their non-technical woes despite being hired to solve “tech” problems to learn the truth of Weinberg’s Second Law of Consulting : “No matter how it looks at first, it’s always a people problem.” ” I became fascinated by the culture of organizations.

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3 Musts for Attracting Your Millennial Niche on Social Media

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Millennials have outnumbered baby boomers since 2015, creating significant buzz around targeting the younger demographic. Millennials are known to be social media -obsessed, but social media marketing strategies need to be more sophisticated when catering to this very large and diverse group of people.

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Wearable Tech at Festivals

Event Industry News

The festival’s RFID system enabled visitors to engage in a number of social media-based activations placed around the festival site. While enhancing the fan experience, the use of wearable tech also helped generate millions of social media impressions for the festival and its headline sponsor.

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The Benefits of Running a CSR Event

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There are a few added bonuses that come with a successful corporate social responsibility initiative as well: . As with any event or marketing campaign, you will spend time promoting your CSR initiative through PR, social media, email marketing and other channels. . How event tech can help. What’s Next? .

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Top 10 Trends Impacting the Hospitality Industry

SmartMeetings

Editor’s note: We wrote the following story in July 2015 and it has been one of your favorites ever since so we thought we would go back and let you know what has changed. In return, satisfied millennials will actively promote their businesses on social media channels. Tech explosion. 2017 Update. 2017 Update.

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Event Planners on Tech: Melvin Byres, Hong Kong Rugby Union

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We had an incident in 2015 where there was so much torrential rain that it caused the pitch and the spectator areas to flood. We also make good use of social media for promoting events, with Facebook and Instagram being the most successful for us. Finally, what piece of event tech can’t you live without?

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