Event Industry News

JANUARY 24, 2020

Having been used at various music festivals over the last 11 years including the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) Choruses Festival for over 10,000 people in Denver 2012 and 2016 and Minneapolis, USA, July 2020, Integra Planner has been revamped using the latest Angular technology and relaunched for 2020 with a new user interface.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Sent: 9/8/2016. Brand X’s Property in Somewhere, USA is a client of ours, and I am working on an influencer campaign to help promote Property Z’s event spaces as ideal venues for conferences and corporate meetings. To: InfluentialEventProf@InfluentialEventProfDomain.com. One (1) complimentary breakfast.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 8, 2020

Metrock is set to announce next week a change in venue for the event — a location “down the street” from the Martin Center, he told Convene. He’s been speaking with four potential sites about hosting the two-day event, including the Dana Farber Center, another health-care facility, a hospital, and a small meeting venue.

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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. percent in the 2016 survey. 2017 attendance vs. 2016 attendance — +3.6 percent in the 2016 survey. percent compared to +4.9

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas. Here are six highlights from IMEX America 2016: Innovation & Technology.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 24, 2017

If you want to get in on the action, think outside of the tank and consider these aquatic venues for your next meeting or event. A post shared by Atlantis (@atlantisresort) on Mar 25, 2016 at 5:28am PDT. Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas, underwent a massive $1 billion expansion to their meetings and event space.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 17, 2017

According to the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) 2016 rankings, the number- one city for international association meetings is Paris. The Southern California city is ready to take on its third Olympiad by utilizing pre-existing venues. Open since 2016, it has 25,000 sq.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Best Event Planning Podcasts. The Meeting Planning Madness Podcast. Meetings Podcast. Eventful: Th e Podcast for Meeting Professionals. The Meeting Planning Madness Podcast. This is a bi-monthly, thirty minute podcast about all things event planning. EventIcons. IN-PERSON Podcast.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 18, 2017

Venues along its path are hosting special events and hotels are offering promotional rates for this astronomical phenomenon. Although reservations are already booked for the big day in August, many of these sites are also great places to hold meetings another time. Two more months until summer 2016. Who’s coming?

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 21, 2017

of meeting space to its convention center in response to increasing demand from its luxury clientele. Construction on the space began in 2016 and is scheduled for completion in February 2018. of meeting space in its LEED Gold-certified convention center area. Aria then will boast 500,000 sq. It also will feature 22,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

The $241 million project was first proposed in 2011, designed in 2014, approved in December 2016 and finally broke ground July 19. Reno loses an average of 31 events due to hotel size or because of the venue each year,” says Charlies Johnson, president of Johnson Consulting, the Chicago-based firm involved in investigating the issue. “[The

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 26, 2018

Who knows, you might end up enlisting one for catering, using them as a venue or even stopping by for a bug bite. A post shared by Don Bugito (@donbugito) on Jun 4, 2016 at 9:23am PDT. A post shared by Audubon Nature Institute (@auduboninstitute) on Nov 18, 2016 at 10:52am PST. Let’s dig deeper with six U.S.

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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. Site and venue sourcing is one of the most important aspects of planning an event. Meetings & Tradeshow Automation.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Light up the Venue . A post shared by chris (@cnspartan) on Dec 21, 2016 at 9:12pm PST. Use the decorations to accentuate the structure and design of the venue. Just be mindful about scattering them around the venue so that they don’t end up looking untidy. So picking a metal depends on the particular mood you’re setting.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

According to Pantone, the color of 2017 was “life-affirming” green (another integral hue at Smart Meetings ). And in 2016, two shades—Rose Quartz and Serenity Blue—were selected to promote gender fluidity and celebrate their calming properties. But what’s the significance of the plum shade? Also be mindful of the season.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

It’s hard to choose one overarching theme at IMEX America 2016. VR has been on the “trends to watch” list for some time now in the meetings space , but the amount of destinations who are actively using it to showcase their venues and cities has seemingly blossomed overnight. ” venues include L.A.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 28, 2017

“Hotels have become increasingly focused on developing more meeting and event business, and as such, have become more sophisticated in competing for the most lucrative opportunities for their respective venues,” said Kevin Fliess, vice president of marketing for Cvent’s Hospitality Cloud. of meeting and event space. “We

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The year 2017 will be here before you know it, along with new trends , so make sure your events aren’t stuck in 2016. Kindred Resorts & Hotels has compiled a list for meeting planners to find out what’s in and out in 2017. In 2016, we wrote about the rise of destination-focused experiences in team building. What’s In.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

million-square-foot San Diego Convention Center, facilities in the booming meetings and conventions destination have struggled to keep up with demand. The convention center, which opened in 1989, welcomed nearly 825,000 guests to 158 events in fiscal year 2016. But the behemoth venue no longer feels so spacious.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 13, 2016

These meeting trends have already made an appearance in 2016, but some experts suggest they’ll really blossom in the coming year. Ofer Yatziv from Better Venues , a U.K.-based based event venue company, shares his thoughts on the latest trends for those in the meeting and events industry. The wow factor.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Cvent and Vista have agreed that all conditions to the completion of the merger have now been irrevocably satisfied, and that the merger will be closed on or before November 29, 2016. Event planners often use the service for online event registration, venue selection, event management, mobile apps for events, email marketing and web surveys.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

It was this moment where I realized that experiences in meetings can have an impact on attendees, and reshaped how I viewed my career. At some point, I would like to branch out in my career and experience what meeting planning is like in the private sector. Meeting planning is very exciting because of the variety it offers.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2018

The fully interactive experience they’ve created at the House of Eternal Return pushes the envelope of what is possible for an exhibition space — an idea that quickly garnered national attention before opening its doors in 2016, thanks to city initiatives and backing by business partners such as George R. The post Ready to Be Surprised?

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The men and women who exert themselves to execute the perfect meeting —oftentimes starting years before the actual event—stay behind the curtain while keynotes and entertainment take center stage. The sales teams at Hilton see the depths that planners go to for their events and decided it was time for some recognition and assistance.

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Certain

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Plan the Room Design. Designing and diagramming a room is the cornerstone of meeting planning. For example, at Dreamforce 2016, Slack ’s booth stayed true to the theme of Trailblazing. That’s just one example, you can learn more about which booths were most successful at Dreamforce 2016 here. It’s as easy as that!

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Mari Smith Who is she? for two years.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Mari Smith Who is she? for two years.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

They provide in-house AV and production at convention centers, venues, and hotels such as Kimpton, Hyatt, and Marriott, across the country. December 2016. I am most curious to see if venues will continue with PSAV or look to smaller companies for in-house services. Will this merger change that? October 2018. January 2019.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Bowling lanes serve as a great venue for a company holiday party or a night out on the town during a conference. The Las Vegas venue offers space for parties of 3,000 and 32 lanes for bowling. Established in 1927, Los Angeles’ oldest bowling alley— Highland Park Bowl —was restored and reopened in 2016.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

This followed local and regional events hosted by Canadian MPI chapters and conversations about elevating the celebration to a national level by the MPI Canadian Council—eventually leading to the first GMID in 2016. What is your role in the meeting industry today? The energy in the room that day was palpable.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Convene has grown up not just alongside the meetings industry but during the revolution in business and personal technology. Another big, ongoing story has been the transformation of the image that meeting professionals hold of themselves. You say, ‘What if in the meeting-planning industry, we borrowed a technique from Hollywood?’

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