Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

IMEX 2016 breaks attendee records, Event Pro Update launches and Bermudian returns to lead BTA in 2016. IMEX 2016 America Breaking Records Once Again. Mr. Dallas is set to officially occupy the post in January 2017 once current CEO, Bill Hanbury completes his contract on December 31, 2016. Details here.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Some shows impose penalties for skipping a year, not staying in the contracted block, breaking down early, etc. If you have a category for supplier or affiliate members, award points for that, too. Punitive Policies. Keep this stuff out of your points system and deal with it in another way.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Paje Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract to provide a full marketing, membership and enquiry service to the prestigious Westminster Venue Collection (WVC) from 1 st November 2021.

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Corbin Ball

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Corbin's November/December 2016 TechTalk Newsletter. CORBIN'S SPEAKING CALENDAR My November/December 2016 travel schedule is bringing me to xxx and likely a few other places as well via webinars. Follow on: ©2016 Corbin Ball & Co. IMEX America October 18-20, 2016, Las Vegas. Volume XVIII, Issue 6. All rights reserved.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 5, 2016

The post PRG XL Video contracted by Imagination to supply technology for Make the Future London and Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2016 appeared first on Event Industry News. The […].

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The 2016 salary survey, launched in April this year, was contracted to survey specialist Explori. The post AEV publishes 2016 Salary Survey appeared first on Event Industry News. Rachel Parker, AEV director explains, “The survey was carefully designed to understand the earnings and […].

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Though the company did not start up until 2016, it has already made significant progress. Seeing Musk’s new design in practice will tell us a lot about the future of The Boring Company’s contracts. Since then, HyperloopTT has signed on to build the first routes in the United Arab Emirates and China. Where Does That Leave Us?

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 9, 2018

For every dollar spent on face-to-face meetings and business events in 2016, it generated an additional $1.60 In 2016, six million international attendees came to the U.S. The 2016 numbers look even more dramatic when the industry looks in the rearview mirror. in benefits to the U.S. It’s a 160-percent return on investment.”.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Only 34 percent of respondents (down from 43 percent in the 2016 survey and 50 percent in the 2015 survey) indicated that they will be holding meetings outside the United States in the future. 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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Planning Pod

JANUARY 17, 2017

Long ago when I ran a marketing agency, I was accustomed to contracting with a vendor for a specific use on a specific project and then negotiating with them for that particular deal, hoping they would come down in price for the promise of more business from me down the road. Negotiate contracts with ferocity.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2016

The 2016 Summer Olympics , which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , open on Friday. The mosquito-borne virus, which causes babies born to women who contracted Zika during pregnancy to be more vulnerable to severe birth defects, has led several prominent athletes to skip the Rio Olympics. Be prepared for Zika virus.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 13, 2018

The announcement of two new contracts to deliver the event ticket sales and support service for the Witcombe Cider Festival 2018 and Noisily Festival 2019, coincides with the first-time delivery of their ‘On Sale to On Site’ service for Sunflowerfest in Northern Ireland. TheTicketSellers has scored a hat-trick when it comes to new clients!

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Then why not something that lets you show off the skills meeting professionals are revered for, such as organization, creativity, problem-solving, attention to detail and contract negotiation? According to a 2016 report from U.S. Thinking about dipping your toes in another industry? Network and Stay Connected.

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Eventinterface

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Having launched in July 2016, Pokémon fans now have the chance to become true PokéMasters, with the release of Pokémon Go. Software developers have noticed this trend, and there are more apps and gadgets appearing throughout 2016. Furthermore, people like free things.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 5, 2018

As it turns out, the notion of an inclusion rider — a clause that an actor can insist be inserted in his or her contract requiring that the cast and crew on a film meet a certain level of diversity — was first floated at a conference. “This is erasure, and I call this the epidemic of invisibility.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2018

When Marriott acquired Starwood in September 2016, it added 11 new brands—including Sheraton and Westin—that contained some of the leading hotels in the world. The Westin Copley Place, Boston. The purchase strengthened Marriott’s presence in many locations, and has been a total game-changer in some places, such as Boston.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 14, 2017

First a look at the numbers, taken from a decade’s worth of data gathered in Convene ‘s Meetings Market Survey: The average room pickup in 2007 was 6,009 — in 2016 it was 3,449. Meanwhile, the average number of attendees in 2007 was 4,400, while in 2016 it was 5,201. . Read the full study on room blocks from DMAI.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 3, 2020

Karishma Vaswani, Asia business correspondent of BBC World News, chairs the session Asian Capital Going Global during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference (BFA) in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province, March 24, 2016. Credit: Yang Guanyu/Xinhua/Alamy Live News. How to get the most from your speaker before the event has even started?

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Event Industry News

JUNE 17, 2019

GL events has raised its target for annual growth following the announcement of five new contracts in Europe, South America and Asia, representing a total value of €70 million in sales. Two further contract wins will see the group provide large-scale audience seating grandstands.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

Founded in 2016 by former MeetingRooms.com CEO, ?Caleb As with other Newable workplaces, Bold will be offered to hotel investors and asset owners through franchise and contract agreements. Caleb Parker?,

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation. Impressive stats: Since the implementation of both events in 2016, our Training@HQ program has brought in more than $50,000 per year. I am also the key contact for all partnered vendors.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2016

Mia Monroe is an award-winning certified special event, meeting and government meeting professional, speaker, author of trade articles and the conference and event manager for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Human Health and Institutional Management contract for Florida-based AllPoints, LLC.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Grimes of Grimes Law Offices, LLC in Philadelphia, spoke at MPI’s WEC 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, about planning international events. European contracts tend to be much shorter than the highly detailed American contracts. If a European contract seems too vague, don’t hesitate to add details. Attorney John S.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 24, 2017

Evolution secured the contract to supply Silverstone with 9 Temporary inflatable Structures for both the 2016 and 2017 season featuring at The British Grand Prix, Silverstone Classics and Moto GP. The Structures being fully […].

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 7, 2017

Better contract negotiations. For our largest event in 2016 we had to turn away more than 150 people. • Added a day as well as additional workshops; expanded available exhibit space. . Budget control is being exercised [two mentions]. • Cut back on meeting frequency. • Cut videoing of presentations. Cvent implementation.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

It wasn’t COVID-19 that kept Sandra Geiger, a global account executive with ConferenceDirect, from visiting Hotel Effie, a 250-room hotel in Sandestin, Florida, before she signed a contract for an association group meeting in July — it was because the hotel was still under construction. Virtual Site Visits.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 20, 2020

That’s because the quadrennial meeting, which was held the first time in 2016, brings several GSA conferences together, so that research communities — which separately study everything from fruit flies to zebra fish — can collaborate across specialties, she said. In 2016, “we had (in-person) participation from 46 countries,” she added. “In

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

A leading supply chain partner to the world’s leading contract manufacturers and OEMs, the key elements of Velocity Electronics’ stand were a welcoming meeting and hospitality space complemented by a fresh, open design. We wanted to make a statement and we were able to do just that!”.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hotels understand this, but what planners need to have is language in their contracts that the facilities will hold harmless and will defend the planner in any suits resulting from the service of alcohol,” he says. The contract should also specify that the hotel or venue will not serve a drink to anyone noticeably intoxicated or underage.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Smart Meetings regularly offers free webinars that cover a range of valuable topics, from contract negotiation to sourcing strategies. These are a few of our most popular webinars from 2016. Problem Contract Clauses and How to Avoid Them. Improving Contract Negotiation Skills.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Out and about in Dublin at LavaCon 2016. So Molisani organized LavaCon in Dublin in 2016. He moved the event from its 2016 location at Trinity College to Croke Park. So I signed the contract with Croke Park, yay. It was a flop. I lined up a phenomenal program,” Molisani said. I lined up these amazing speakers, yay.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Arena Group has secured a new three-year contract with The Jockey Club, to supply temporary event infrastructure to a number of the UK’s most esteemed racecourses, October 2016.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 28, 2016

But neither brother showed any early promise as a high achiever, they told the audience at the opening keynote at ASAE’s 2016 Annual Meeting & Exposition , held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Aug. Participants created their own sessions using Open Space techniques. Zero Tolerance’.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 8, 2020

Metrock has hosted a series of meetings on voice activation in different industry sectors since 2016, around the time of the launch of Amazon’s “Alexa” device. Because Score Publishing’s events are geared to audiences of 100 to 800, Metrock doesn’t contract for room blocks. live , for The Voice of Healthcare.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

It’s no secret that there are examples where the agency which has submitted the most “competitive” bid has had to walk away from the contract in less than a year, as they have been unable to deliver on the work. This practice is quite literally a race to the bottom. Would charging for the pitch make a difference?

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 26, 2016

Star Events turns 40 today, 26 August 2016, with its commitment to invention, safety and best practice the key to all the candles on the birthday cake. Founded by Roger Barrett and Maddy Sheals as touring sound specialist Star Hire, the company’s first contract, in 1976, was with singer/songwriter Carol Grimes.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 15, 2016

The company has had a long-standing relationship with the circuit, with a new contract signed earlier in 2016 that will see the […]. Event Industry News recently caught up with the team from GL events UK as they opened the doors to the vast hospitality areas that they build for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

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