Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Winners of the prestigious 2018 Crystal Awards were honored at the SITE 2019 Global Conference in Bangkok in January. Program: Salad Master India 2018. The post PRA Orlando, Destinos India Among Winners of 2018 SITE Crystal Awards appeared first on Smart Meetings. Best Destination-Based Experiential Incentive Travel Program.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

percent higher than the previous record in 2018. The 2024 NACS Show, a global event for the convenience store industry, brought together over 26,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Oct. 8-10, setting a new record with attendance up 8.5 percent compared to last year and 3.8

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Togather, the UK’s largest events booking platform, has surpassed the milestone of 500,000 events on its platform just six years after its 2018 launch.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 12, 2022

From 2001 to 2018, he led the Registration and Housing teams for Experient/Maritz. In 2018, he relocated his family to Seattle and joined the leadership team at Eventcore. David has over 20 years of experience leading service delivery teams, including for some of our industry’s most innovative events.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 11, 2025

For nearly three years, the brand has been working with Manuel (Manny) and Patricia Oliver, the founders of Change the Ref whose son, Joaquin, was murdered in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL, in 2018.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In 2018, 95% of events that used video said it was effective. This is a guest post by Megan O’Neill, Senior Content Marketing Manager at Animoto. Yet 57% of events still aren’t using video, according to Eventbrite’s 2019 Pulse Report. Video offers a world of opportunity when it comes to marketing events, but getting started […].

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 6, 2025

We know where to spend, where to innovate, and how to bring ambitious ideas to life – no matter the budget. This is a seriously exciting time – its a bold reflection of where were headed.”

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BizBash

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Each year, the event industry sees a number of prominent practices that serve to elevate events—and an equal amount of.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 11, 2025

The Tampa Convention Center welcomed 22,241 fans from April 3-6 for the Womens Final Four fan festival, Tourney Town presented by Capital One, and Saturday marked the highest single-day attendance since 2018.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2025

Following a major restoration completed in 2018, the hotel blends its Art Nouveau and Art Deco roots with contemporary design and amenities. Under Mandarin Oriental’s management, the hotel maintains its classic Parisian identity while benefiting from the groups signature style and service.

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JUNE 21, 2019

In 2018, 281 billion emails were sent and received. That causes a problem for event creators trying to compete for attention in event-goers’ cluttered inboxes. There are many email marketing strategies you can use to stand out in event-goers’ inboxes, but the most important is your email copy. Here’s what you need to know to […].

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Here’s how to master your event budget in 2018. Event budgeting can be tough, especially if you hate working with numbers. The good news is you don’t need to be a math whiz to succeed. The post Event Budgeting: The 2019 Guide to Master Your Event Budget appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 23, 2018

It’s about atomizing the content you’re already creating said Convince & Convert President Jay Baer during his 2018 PCMA Convening Leaders session—The 365-Day Event: Using Digital Content to Drive Year-Round Engagement. Read Content Marketing Institute founder Joe Pulizzi’s Content Marketing Trends to Watch for 2018.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Smart Meetings talked to leaders in the diversity and inclusion movement in 2018 to find out what strategies can help planners create a really big tent. And that’s a good thing: Studies have repeatedly shown that more voices in the conversation make for more profitable companies. Initiating Active Listening. Moving on to #UsToo.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

April 2018, Meetings and Conventions Magazine Do you incorporate participatory sessions into your events? 80% of meeting professionals prefer f acilitated workshop-style, participatory sessions [ survey by M&C Research, April 2018 Meeting and Conventions magazine ]! What’s an Ideal Meeting?

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

For an example of just how extreme event personalization can get, consider the C2 Montréal 2018 event – attended by more than 7,000 participants. Or, take the example of Forbes’ 2018 Under 30 event in Boston. Finally, there’s the demand for data and intelligence capabilities I identified as a 2016 trend.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

Founded on 8th August 2018, 8th Floor has experienced significant growth, evolving from a two-person team to a highly skilled group of eight professionals, bringing decades of combined expertise in sales, marketing, hospitality, and communications. 8th Floor ( www.8th-floor.com

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Read More: Philadelphia Records Highest-Ever Convention Booking Year Service and Beyond Earlier in her career, from January 2018 to 2020, Coker served as co-chair for the U.S. Before joining PHLCVB, she spent over two decades with Hyatt, where she rose through the ranks, from an assistant front office manager to a general manager.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Here’s my article “ Five Reasons to Change Conferences “ , published in the December 2018, NSA Speaker magazine. But our conference programs still focus on lectures, where a few experts broadcast their knowledge to passive listeners.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 7, 2019

Learning conferences are havens where participants consider, assess and practice new patterns of thinking, while nurturing new mental models on how to do their work. Adapted from Dave’s Forward Thinking column in PCMA’s Convene. Reprinted with permission of Convene, the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

— Chautauquahhotel (@Chautauquahh) September 21, 2018. — Chautauquahhotel (@Chautauquahh) October 9, 2018. The rooms also include luxurious bedding, wood floors, plush bathrobes “green” amenities and refrigerators. NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/Qdva5UwMZi.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

27, 2018–Jan. 21–27, 2018 and use the code CYBER2018. 23, 2018 and April 25, 2019. 23 and 26, 2018, and use the code CYBER18. of total meeting space. Offer Details: Book a two-night group stay for travel between Nov. 29, 2019 to receive unlimited complimentary golf on the resort’s two championship courses. 21 and Dec.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 20, 2021

adidas Originals Democratizes the Streetwear Drop with Augmented Reality at ComplexCon 2018. More From the ComplexCon Archives: Reebok’s ComplexCon Booth Sends Attendees to an Ice Cream Shop on the Moon.

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MARCH 10, 2020

billion in 2018, giving planners a key opportunity to maximize their relationships […]. Offering functional experiences for sponsorship is one of the most straightforward ways to ensure high brand exposure that really stands out from the sea of logos while providing real value for both attendees and corporate sponsors alike.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A post shared by Hyatt Regency Lake Washington (@hyattlakewash) on Jul 17, 2018 at 3:12pm PDT. A post shared by Hyatt Regency Lake Washington (@hyattlakewash) on Aug 14, 2018 at 11:28am PDT. A post shared by Hyatt Regency Lake Washington (@hyattlakewash) on Apr 23, 2018 at 8:37am PDT. Meet in earshot of nature. In Wallace J.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 17, 2018

According to the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, only one-third of Americans trust their government to do what is right. As such, you’ll need to earn more trust and loyalty from your members, attendees, and suppliers, who now have higher expectations for transparency, authenticity, and value. Who Do You Trust?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 1, 2019

A January 2018 report from WeAreSocial and Hootsuite explains just how important social media is in the average internet consumer’s life. The report from WeAreSocial and Hootsuite shows that in January 2018, Facebook dominated the list of top social media platforms with 2.17 The Facebook Effect . billion active users.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 10, 2025

launch in 2018, the app has become a hub for authentic content, and has brought together users from around the world as they contribute their own spin on dance trends, offer hot takes in comments and share whats going on in their hometowns in real time. billion to the U.S. Since TikToks U.S.

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Attendease

JANUARY 28, 2019

It should come as no surprise that the 2018 Event App Bible produced by Event Manager Blog reported that 91% of 1,000 survey respondents believe that event apps are still relevant, or that a study from Global Experience Specialists found that “91% of event planners who have incorporated an event app have experienced positive event ROI.”.

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APRIL 17, 2019

This 40,000-square-foot “campground,” which Salesforce brought to life at the 2018 Dreamforce Expo, […]. Imagine stepping foot outside a conference: You’re greeted with ambient wilderness sounds and surrounded by real trees, woodland creatures, and even a small mountain range — but inside four walls.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

I first started looking at this for one specific client in 2018 or 2019. How are you crafting solutions to these challenges? BH [You have to ask] what the expectations are and what’s achievable. We wanted to start comparing hotels that the client was using.

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JUNE 9, 2020

de-Souza (@cakesbymavis) on Aug 6, 2018 at 5:22pm PDT. A post shared by TemsDelight Events 🇨🇦🇺🇸🌎 (@temsdelightevents) on Oct 16, 2018 at 9:50am PDT. A post shared by Toronto Wedding Florist (@bluumblvd) on Feb 21, 2020 at 12:29pm PST. Cakes by Mavis. View this post on Instagram.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 20, 2020

Photo attributions: 2018 “QA or the Highway” software testing conference {top}. As a result, the guide is a compact resource for anyone with little or no experience who wants to offer a great, well-run, conference. So I strongly recommend this free guide to creating peer conferences. Did I mention it’s free?).

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

In fact, Adobe’s 2018 Digital Trends Report found that content and experience […]. Every time an event-goer sees a Facebook ad, event listing, or promotional email from your seasonal event is an opportunity to inspire them to attend.

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EventMB

APRIL 26, 2021

A 2018 study showed that only 3 percent of venture partners are Black, but event tech company Bevy’s latest funding round sparked change with a 70 percent Black investor pool. This initiative leads the way for organizational success and inclusive solutions. It has been over a year since our industry was unexpectedly hit with a […].

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 12, 2022

Visible launched its brand in 2018 by making good on a billboard typo that promised consumers unlimited m a ssages rather than messages. Founded in 2018, Visible was in year two of a marketing trajectory designed to explain its unique offering when the pandemic hit.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 5, 2018

A post shared by Las Alcobas (@lasalcobas) on Nov 24, 2018 at 10:54am PST. A post shared by Hotel Villagio (@hotelvillagio) on Aug 13, 2018 at 5:14pm PDT. A post shared by Vista Collina Resort (@vistacollina) on Mar 15, 2018 at 10:48am PDT. Why not hold it somewhere memorable—say, the rolling hills of California’s Wine Country

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