Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 22, 2024

9, 2024, she will step into the top executive position at the official destination marketing organization (DMO) and convention and visitors bureau (CVB) for the five boroughs of New York City. SDTA’s sales and marketing programs delivered a $30 to $1 return on investment—the highest in the organization’s history. Beginning on Dec.

Tourism

Event Marketer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Launched during Grammy Week in 2017, Citi Sound Vault is a concert series that gives cardmembers exclusive access to performances by major acts (think: Eminem, Madonna, Metallica) in intimate venues that some artists haven’t played since the early days of their careers.

Sponsorships

Stova

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Stova, a leader in end-to-end event technology, has been recognized for its excellence, securing two prestigious badges in G2s Winter 2025 Reports: Highest User Adoption in Small Business and Best Estimated ROI for Mid-Market. 2008: Recognizing demand, the company commercialized its solutions, expanding to serve a broader market.

2025

BizBash

JUNE 12, 2025

The company was founded in Helsinki in 2017; today, more than 300 hotels worldwide carry the Valpas "bed bug safe" label. This company is offering "bed bug safe" certifications for hotels. Valpas claims to offer the world’s only certified, pesticide-free bed bug-safe guarantee.

2025

BizBash

JULY 10, 2025

See more: This Toddlers Birthday Party Had a Gucci Claw Machine Photo: Dina Douglass Back in 2017, Bethesda Row in Maryland hosted the Bethesda Row Fashion Carnival. The upscale retail and residence center revamped its annual fashion show with a fashion-themed carnival.

2025

MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Taxes “A lot of the tax policies that were passed in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will be expiring by the end of 2025, and that creates what we here in Washington, D.C., We've also seen wait times really bottom out in places like Brazil and China, which are two big inbound markets for the United States.

2025

Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The announcement comes as Smart Group, the owner of Moving Venue which was appointed as sole catering partner at Freemasons Hall in July 2024, takes on full responsibility for the sales and marketing function for events at the venue.

2024

Event Industry News

APRIL 3, 2025

This landmark new legislation follows six years of determined campaigning by Figen to ensure lessons were learned from the 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack in […]

2017

Smart Meetings

MARCH 21, 2025

So [thats] a pretty material impact in the short termAnd weve had some bleed over to the domestic leisure market. In 2017, Sandals engaged Deutsche Bank to consider its options. Market Growth: The U.S. continues to lead as the primary source market, with notable gains from the U.K., Canada and the Caribbean.

Travel

Explara

MARCH 30, 2020

We chose to build Community Membership software in 2017 and our recent 3.0 release to go to adjacent markets such as collect payment for online selling and donations. Somehow we are safe, thanks to my co-founder Ashok and a few key team members who pushed hard to go beyond ticketing.

2019

Event Industry News

APRIL 22, 2025

Founded in 2017, Present has established itself as a trusted partner for high-profile and demanding projects. The company specializes in delivering exceptional customer service and empowering live event and marketing professionals to create unforgettable experiences. Vision & […]

2017

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The $270+ million facility will stand along the Red River in Bossier City and will be the markets first-ever land-side casino, spanning over 47,000 sq. Since 2017, it has quintupled its lifestyle room count and doubled its luxury room count, and in 2024 alone, opened 28 lifestyle hotels. Notable openings for 2025 are listed below.

2025

MPI

JUNE 23, 2025

” Eventually his retail tea brand would grow a healthy customer base, even reaching the lips of King Charles who enjoyed it during a royal tour in 2017. “I looked crazy, but eventually I achieved validation, and people thought it was fun,” Lewis said.

2029

Hubilo Blog

AUGUST 14, 2018

Though this event tech trend has been popular since the second half of 2017, it has started gaining widespread acceptance and become more efficient just this year. Today, social media is virtually the biggest marketing platform that exists. Event gamification. Social Media Walls.

Event Tech

Eventory

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Marketing freebies are really popular. Swag bag is a bag filled with marketing freebies, gift cards, and other cool, themed stuff that attendees receive during various events. Here’s the 2017 edition. Check your marketing personas. The sales and marketing balance must be just right in this case.

Apparel

Eventory

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A post shared by Bill Gates (@thisisbillgates) on Aug 11, 2017 at 9:58am PDT. I have no doubt it would leave them as optimistic as I am about progress happening around the world. I’ll be sharing photos from my adventures here on Instagram, and I hope you’ll follow along. It will be the core of actions and agenda points.

Events

Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Graffic Jam, a creative production agency established in 2017, announces its repositioning as a full-service creative event agency. The rebrand, spearheaded by co-founders Adrian Miskelly and Sally Holland, reflects the company’s evolution to meet the changing needs of its clients.

2017

Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Every event benefits from having greater gender diversity and balance across its speaker lineup,” said Alon Alroy , Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at Bizzabo. “By In 2017, female representation went up to 33 percent, only to decline to 32 percent this year. Almost 70% of All Event Speakers are Male.

Speakers

Capterra Event Management

MAY 22, 2017

Update 5/22/2017: This piece has been updated to reflect comments and new software options discovered since the article first went live. Email marketing. Email marketing. We all have our favorite four-letter words. Mine is “free.”. Features: Ticketing. Custom branding. Event schedules. Data management. Registration restrictions.

Event Management

Plan Your Meetings

JULY 30, 2018

RELATED STORY: 6 steps to creating a targeted marketing strategy. Don’t forget to market the meeting destination. One of the mistakes meeting planners make to justify the meeting, Eisenstodt notes, is marketing a destination as fun. RELATED STORY: The hidden impact of post-event marketing.

Meetings

Event Industry News

JUNE 26, 2025

Electric Group, which bought the site in 2017, is set to take over operations after a three-year battle with The Leadmill – which owns the […] The last few artists are preparing to take to the stage at The Leadmill this week, before the building which houses the Sheffield music venue changes hands after 45 years.

2017

SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Particularly prominent among bigger brands with decent marketing resources, the wow factor sees companies showcase amazing, one-off ‘happenings’ at conference venues as they promote a new service or launch a new product. Taking experiential marketing to the extreme can have a huge impact and digital cut-through. The wow factor.

2017

Attendease

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In order to measure if your event planning efforts are driving the desired results, including high engagement levels, meeting registration goals, and building relationships, you may have considered incorporating data into your marketing strategy. Instead, effective data marketing takes place before, during, and after a given event.

Marketing

BizBash

JANUARY 2, 2018

Building upon the success of Braden Kelley's Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2017 was our sixth full year of operations. Click the link if you missed.

2017

Event Geek

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Living up to its reputation as the “Super Bowl of B2B Event Marketing,” Dreamforce 2017 brought back a huge crowd of 170,000 attendees, including scores of Salesforce customers and partners, to the Moscone Center in San Francisco for a week of learning, networking and entertainment. Fed up of cold calling? Let us help you warm them up!

2017

Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 21, 2018

Only time will tell what impact these reductions will have on these chains’ market share. In my opinion, the two underlying market shifts that led to making this move are: Growing cost of sales beyond commissions; and. The post The Market Shifts That Led to Commission Cuts appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw.

Marketing

EventMB

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The post 15 Tips for Building Your Personal Brand in 2017 by EventMB Team appeared first on [link]. Whether you are the head of a large corporation or a small start-up, or even just finding your way in the events industry, your personal brand is […].

2017

BizBash

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The post The Top 5 Webinars for the Event Industry in 2017 by EventMB Team appeared first on [link]. What’s more – if you are looking to gain CMP credits, watching the webinars is a great way to do so! In […].

2017

Picatic by Eventbrite

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

When Eventbrite and Ticketfly came together in 2017, we set out on a bold mission: to bring together the best of both platforms into a new ticketing and marketing solution purpose-built for the independent live music community. The end goal? To help your independent business thrive, grow, and sell more tickets.

Marketing

EventMB

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

2017 was no different and as […]. The post How To Market Your Event Using Facebook’s Latest Features by EventMB Team appeared first on [link]. Eventprofs have been using Facebook to promote events for over a decade.

2004

Event Farm

JULY 5, 2017

This is a guest post by Amelia Ibarra , Demand Generation and Customer Marketing Manager at BrightFunnel. Earlier this year, MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 2017 B2B Content Marketing report that said 68% of B2B Marketers will use event marketing as a tactic this year.

Marketing

Event Farm

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Thanks to the rapid development of new technology, the event and experiential marketing field is constantly in flux. finding the event marketing software that best suits your needs to incorporating virtual reality into your events, there are always new tools and technology that help take experiential marketing to the next level.

2017

Event Marketer

JANUARY 18, 2022

There’s no better contingency plan than fresh air, and while many markets are under a deep freeze, winter has never deterred brands from perfecting engagement for bundled up consumers. As Justin Lew, director of marketing at High West, put it: “Education leads to appreciation.” Go Under the Dome. Circle the Wagons (or Trailers).

Apparel

Eventbrite UK

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The post A Fresh Look at Millennials in 2017 – a New Eventbrite Report appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog. In this new survey of Millennials, we challenge the idea of the millennial as a phone addict who prefers the digital to the real world. Were we right?

2017

Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

While many thought the 2017 edition marked the end, the beer company started to take Project Pabst’s revival into consideration to “get Portland to fall back in love with Pabst,” and the 2024 event came to fruition, with Billy Idol and T-Pain headlining the Saturday lineup. An oversaturated market? Poor organization? Or will they?

2024

Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 22, 2017

As more sponsors embrace content marketing or thought leadership as arguably the most powerful strategy for improving attitudes and perceptions of their brand, conference-speaking slots are increasing in value. Stage time can range from a five-minute-interruption marketing slot to a full-session buyout. Thou Shalt Be Attendee-Centric.

Conference

Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2021

Destinations International (DI) unveiled its 2021 Hall of Fame inductees and Destination Organization Leadership Award recipient.

2021