Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Having won the market contract in 2017, the events agency set about updating and re-theming the festivities to bring something new to Bournemouth residents and to attract crowds from further afield. The build, managed by Seventa, worked closely with local partners including Mar-Key Group, C.E.S Ltd and Innovative Hire. Brand Events.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In 2017 Zoë completed a Master’s Degree in Event Management at the University of Greenwich, simultaneously holding down her job at Trinity House. Compared to Europe there are few venue-finding sites in the UK which incorporate ‘leaf’ icons or markers to denote venues and event suppliers which incorporate sustainable management practices.

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Planning Pod

JULY 6, 2023

You’re looking for a new venue management platform. Perfect Venue and Planning Pod have come up as two potential options geared towards the events industry but it’s difficult to compare software when it’s not always apples-to-apples. One of our most frequent questions is what sets us apart from competitors, including Perfect Venue.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

While the idea is to spotlight individuals, more than one participant chose to submit multiple nominations for the same destination or venue — meaning they wanted to recognize everyone who worked on their program. Convention Special-Event Venue Services. Banquet Housekeeping Aide, New York Marriott Marquis, New York City. Faith Ward.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

EventBooking was founded 1999 by John Platillero, who saw the need for a way for venues to book and manage events online. His vision was a simple but powerful one—to create a tool for venue professionals to access, manage, and share event information from anywhere in real time. Not a novel concept today, but it was for the late 1990s.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

October 2017, sometimes I wish I could do dramatic readings of press releases. Brandt Krueger: October 2017, PSAV acquires Hawthorn Theatrical. 2017, one year later. Unrelated to this news I was already starting to see people saying, “Wow, it just feels like hotels and venues and in-house AVs are bending a lot less.

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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. October 2017. I am most curious to see if venues will continue with PSAV or look to smaller companies for in-house services. In fact, it’s highly likely you’ve done multiple deals with them.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

I received the email that we had won the bid and the conference would be coming to Grand Rapids in 2017! Senior Meetings Planner National Contract Management Association Ashburn, Virginia, USA. Also, from the amazing food scene, unique venues, and of course the 3 M’s (museums, monuments, and memorials), Washington, D.C.,

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 4, 2017

As a 2017 40 Under 40 honoree, Scott discusses her passion for the events industry. Along with my counterpart, my responsibilities include contracting hotels, ensuring on-site logistics meet contract requirements and processing foundation payments. What I do: TDCAA has meetings every month, with the exception of October.

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Capterra Event Management

JUNE 4, 2018

But these amazing venues are nothing without the foundational aspects that make the venue right for the event. There’s more to choosing an event venue than finding one of the right size (although that is part of the process). Venue capacity and additional rooms. Distance from airports.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Close to one-fifth of respondents reported that one or more of their attendees faced a challenge obtaining a visa in 2017, but 82 percent — vs. 58 percent in last year’s survey — said it was more challenging to obtain visas last year than in the prior year. 2017 attendance vs. 2016 attendance — +3.6 percent in the 2016 survey.

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Endless Events

JULY 23, 2021

In every contract, an Audio Visual (AV) quote is the piece of a vendor agreement that has the dollars attached to it that breaks apart the projected cost of different materials. The audio section will contain all information related to sound including speakers, soundboards, amps and the sound system at the venue. Compare Costs.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 7, 2017

Better contract negotiations. We are moving to a larger venue for 2017. We may shorten our 2017 meeting, have one less speaker, reduce the meal costs. • • Added a day as well as additional workshops; expanded available exhibit space. . Budget control is being exercised [two mentions]. • Cut back on meeting frequency. •

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2018

Long-time event professional Sandy Biback founded MPAHT in Toronto in 2017 to create awareness of human trafficking in Canada in the events industry. It hadn’t occurred to him, he said, that human trafficking was happening in his backyard until he was shown a photo of a trafficked child in a hotel with the St.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 31, 2018

After the epically awful 2017 hurricane season wreaked destruction from Texas to Florida to Puerto Rico and the U.S. There are legal and financial risks to both decisions, and no easy answers unless your meeting venue flat-out tells you not to come, says meetings industry attorney, author, and counselor John Foster, Esq.,

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 21, 2017

of event space, is celebrating Earth Day 2017 by encouraging meeting planners to go green. To commemorate Earth Day, the center has identified five green trends for meeting planners to consider when booking a venue for their next Beltway event. The center, which offers 250 meeting rooms comprising 265,000 sq.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2018

NEC Group, operator of five of the UK’s busiest live events venues (“the group”), has filed its financial results for the year to 31 March 2018. Earnings have continued to grow since the year end with unaudited EBITDA over the twelve months to 31 May 2018 now standing at £60m, up £12m compared with the year to 31 May 2017.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 7, 2019

contractors in the past couple of years, including New York State’s “Freelance Isn’t Free Act,” established in 2017 to enhance protections for freelance workers. In many states, if contract workers don’t form their own business, they can risk running in violation of the law. (Photo Credit Adobe Stock). Stand Out From the Pack.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In 2017, we discussed this very question in two insightful episodes of the EventIcons podcast which you can check out here and here. Above all, remember this key point that Brandt Krueger proposed in Event Icons Episode 44 that “Anything before the contract is negotiation. Anything after the contract is begging.”. It’s tricky.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Heather Seasholtz meets an elephant during PCMA’s 2017 Global Professionals Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Enhance your contract expertise with insights from Seasholtz at Convening Leaders. She will be part of “Negotiating Beyond the Typical Venue Contract” on January 7 at 3:30 p.m.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

With Allseated Vision, venues can sell remotely, giving clients the ability to visualize events within an event space from anywhere in the world. Launched in July 2019, Cadre is compliantly simplifying event staffing and management from onboarding to contracting to payment. A fee is only applied if staff is contracted.

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The MICE

AUGUST 17, 2020

It was a big contract, which took six months of negotiations to come to an agreement. Before having my new company, I already had a one-year contract signed for our first project for a hotel company. At that time, it was 2017, and I knew that the best you can do is to start moving as soon as possible. Is it the platform?

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Eventtia

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Tripleseat Tripleseat is a software company that delivers event management solutions for the hospitality industry, targeting restaurants, hotels, and venues. Additionally, Tripleseat provides features for online booking, guest management, and direct communication between venues and clients.

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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. Problem Contract Clauses and How to Avoid Them. Site and venue sourcing is one of the most important aspects of planning an event. 2017 Hospitality Trends.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Vicarage Road, home to Watford FC, contracted Ryans Cleaning in 2017 to handle all their cleaning requirements, a successful partnership which has proven to be a match made in heaven! Ryans Cleaning, which has offices in Birmingham and two locations in Ireland, has over 30 years’ experience in the venues and events cleaning industry.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It has topped of the list of challenges identified by planners in Convene ’s Annual Meetings Market Survey for years, including in the 2017 and 2020 surveys, conducted in 2016 and 2019, respectively, and in our most recent survey (to be published in a special Convene November Forecast issue).

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Eventinterface

APRIL 15, 2017

Jenkins recently served as Chair, and produced the 2017 Special Event (TSE) Opening Night Party. We have staged events throughout the United States at a wide variety of locations and venues. Be professional, flexible, honest, and listen to those whom you have contracted for their expertise. What was great, what was challenging?

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 6, 2017

So I signed the contract with Croke Park, yay. Molisani minces no words when evaluating how successful LavaCon Conference — Dublin 2017 was in attracting attendees: “It tanked, crashed, and burned spectacularly.” We have gourmet food and networking events at off-site venues. I lined up these amazing speakers, yay. Jack Molisani.

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QC Event School

JULY 7, 2023

In 2017, I graduated with my Bachelors in Hospitality and Event Management from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Concept + Design Planning: You’ve chosen your dream venue and photographer, but you’re struggling to bring all the details together. However, I learned that I will absolutely never do “clean up” at a venue ever again.

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Capterra Event Management

JANUARY 31, 2017

Venue Selection. I’m happy to have the opportunity to work with amazing and talented people in our industry and the chance to work in completely different and unique wedding locations and venues. From a converted country convent to a glamorous city venue, beach locations, and historic homes and gardens—every day is different.”.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

IMEX America 2017 in Las Vegas is right around the corner (Oct. This is being seen around recycling and waste management, transportation, using greener venues and services, farm-to-table catering, etc. Are any new sustainability practices and initiatives planned for 2017 IMEX America?

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 6, 2017

In our October 2017 issue, Convene spoke with three bustling North American convention centers and their most dedicated clients about the benefits of holding an annual event at the same location year after year. In fact, she suspects that the new location will not only feel comfortable for attendees, but will inject new life into it.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 2, 2018

When Convene recently caught up with Toennies, she had just purchased four new pairs of shoes for the 2017 show, which was held on Dec. There’s no question that securing a big venue is an expensive venture, but it’s important to recognize that there are opportunities to cover some of the additional costs. What does all of this cost?

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 24, 2019

Nothing is worse than booking a venue and setting a date and time only to find out later that that your target audience is often busy on that day or time. In fact, by 2021, video will account for 82% of all internet traffic , and in 2017 55% of all people watch videos online every day. Venue Partner Marketing.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 26, 2024

It offers all-in-one event management software and venue-sourcing services to multiple clients. However, Cvent provides a broader range of features, with a particular emphasis on venue and hotel management. Established in 1999 by Reggie Aggarwal, Cvent is a globally recognized software company that operates in the cloud-based domain.

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TicketBud

MARCH 1, 2017

Deidra Sibila has run ticketing for everything from Beyonce stadium tours, local festivals and the hometown rock venue. And -laughing-, I had an internship at a 1000 seat capacity venue in downtown Cleveland in the flats called the Odeon, super rad place. So when an organization hires you, or contracts with you, what are they getting?

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QC Event School

JULY 7, 2023

In 2017, I graduated with my Bachelors in Hospitality and Event Management from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Concept + Design Planning: You’ve chosen your dream venue and photographer, but you’re struggling to bring all the details together. However, I learned that I will absolutely never do “clean up” at a venue ever again.

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