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How Virtual & Hybrid Events Are the Future of Corporate Meetings And Events

Attendease

Our Professional Opportunity, 2017. Unless vendors can come up with a way to make that affordable, the large in-person meetings will continue to languish as it’s not commercially feasible to do both well right now.”. Why are you meeting? Meetings, typically more of a business focus are easier to translate.

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CWT Meetings & Events research: London to remain top EMEA destination for corporate meetings and events in 2019

Event Industry News

CWT Meetings & Events, a division of global travel management company Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), today unveiled its predictions for the top ten cities in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in M&E. Russia’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2018 is likely to have boosted the appeal of Moscow as a meetings and events destination.

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Speaker Spotlight: Agnes “AC” Canonica, CMP, CMM, HMCC

MeetingsNet

Currently vice president, corporate at MCI USA, her meetings and incentives career goes back decades. She’ll bring that experience to Catersource + The Special Event with her session on the blending of the meeting-planning and event-marketing roles. Agnes “AC” Canonica, CMP, CMM, HMCC, has a long view of the events industry.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. 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.

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The Super Bowl’s Effect on Meetings and Events

Connect Your Meetings

Convention and visitors bureau officials know that exposure can turn into more tourists, corporate events and conventions. For Houston , which hosted Super Bowl LI in 2017, convention business certainly got a bounce. We hosted a number of customers during the Super Bowl,” says Melvin Tennant, president and CEO of Meet Minneapolis. “We

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ITA Group Acquires Experiential-Learning Company

MeetingsNet

In 2021, ITA Group executed 144 in-person corporate meetings, 100 incentive travel programs, and 93 stand-alone virtual events, according to data provided for its place on MeetingsNet’s CMI 25 list of the largest independent meeting-planning companies working with the North American corporate market.

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5 Major Trends for Luxury Travel in 2017

SmartMeetings

Luxury travel network Virtuoso has released its 2017 Best of the Best directory. South Africa, Colombia and Portugal are just a few of the trending destinations in the 2017 Virtuoso Luxe Report. This environment is great for corporate meetings, because it encourages all aspects of business to be conducted in flexible spaces.

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