SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Andrew Friedman, founder and partner at af&co, delivered a well-received, engaging Smart Meetings webinar on Dec. 5, “2018 Industry Forecast: Strategies & Tips for the Year Ahead.”. Smart Meetings followed up with Friedman after the webinar to glean some additional insights into his annual forecasts.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

January 2018. November 2018. October 2018. This will greatly impact the event and meeting planning industry because planners will now only have 1 technology option at hotels, limiting options for flexibility in their venue selection process. October 2017. PSAV acquires Hawthorn Theatrical, LTD. January 2019.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 16, 2020

Below are several tech tools to help pivot your event and meeting planning in the COVID-19 era. This list isn’t comprehensive—just a small sampling of all the available event management and planning technology!). Planners create a seating chart of accepted guests using the platform’s Drag-and-Drop Seating Chart feature.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We are preparing for fewer European attendees as a result of new European regulations restricting the sponsorship of physicians to attend conferences in the U.S. Here are some highlights of the results: Size of 2017 convention/meeting budget vs. 2016 convention/meeting budget — -1 percent compared to +1.7 percent vs. +4.6

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 19, 2019

Few of his awards and recognitions include Hall of Leaders, Event Industry Council 2018, Top 30 CMP Influencers by Convention Industry Council, September 2015, The 25 Most Influential People in Meetings Industry, Successful Meetings, January 2012 and many more. 1990: The invention of room diagramming software (Meeting Matrix).

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 9, 2018

This conference—known for featuring some of the best education sessions in the business, raising money for scholarships to train the next generation of conference magicians and putting on a great party—is growing globally. It also had lessons for groups planning on making a difference in the coming year. The Future is Now.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 23, 2018

That’s an elevated customer experience — and the topic Bridget Brennan will explore as it relates to business events and other industries in her keynote presentation on June 13 at PCMA’s Education Conference in Cleveland. “We GETTING EMOTIONAL AND TECHY. Emotionally engaging experiences, she said, help any business stand out.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Open until April 16, 2018, these igloos are typically first-come, first serve, but they can be reserved for private events for two hours. Conferences and meetings are held indoors in the Fifth Ave. The 4,000-square-foot Lookout Rooftop and Bar is adorned with six intimate heated igloos for eight to 10 people apiece. Empire Room.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 14, 2017

The same is true of vetting so severe that it discourages people from visiting some cities to attend conferences. “It The fear of not being allowed into a country or back out once in has a negative effect on conference attendance and progress, he warned. We do not impose our position on others,” he clarified in a press conference. “We

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Hubilo Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The article here has covered the essence of conference and meeting planning depicting it in two forms — time capsule and a time machine. Capsule highlighting the past practices and preserving them while the capsule is a glimpse of the future of conference and event industry. For more information, read here.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

That evening, at our kick-off welcome reception at the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park, I was joined by meetings-industry journalists and meeting professionals who were attending the Sustainable Brands 2018 conference. On that day, at least I had made one good choice for the planet.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

From June 5 to 9, Apple triumphantly returned its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to San Jose, where it hosted the inaugural event in 2002. The Loop writer Jim Dalrymple speculated the decision to relocate the conference from San Francisco to San Jose could have been influenced by rising costs in San Francisco. “My

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 6, 2019

to fuel up with coffee, she starts checking email around 6 and gets going on whatever project, activity or conference calls are scheduled for the day. In 2013, Karla was awarded the Event Planning Team Service Award, which is the highest honor given in that department. “My day is what I call ‘integrated,’” she said.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2018

The resort has conference facilities and a range of guest room types, including cabins, condos and chalets. of meeting space and 179 guest rooms. It’s close to Hagerty Conference Center. New York City has approximately 116,000 hotel rooms as of January 2018. It currently offers 102 meeting rooms and 760,000 sq.

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 29, 2019

During a 2018 program, we were two hours from the close of the event and started celebrating at the final dinner reception. The guest brought his mistress along for the conference, and she was going to hang out at Disney World while he was in sessions. It was a packed house, and there were no empty seats (yay for our guarantees!).

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Close to Smart Meetings’ home office in Sausalito, California, Moscone Center in San Francisco is undergoing major modifications. Started in 2015, this convention center project will be complete by the end of 2018. The expansion will increase Moscone’s size from 614,839 to 772,179 sq. ”… More. Columbus, Ohio.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

First, it is for your original business meeting purposes, but also to make a difference by helping others and businesses when they are in need. More recently, we appreciate prominent groups that remained steadfast to hold their programs in Southern California, despite the fires that had occurred.

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Endless Events

MAY 10, 2019

The proportion increased 17 percent between 2017 and 2018. That said, you might find yourself needing to balance planning a massive convention with smaller events. Planning a franchise convention, or even just a corporate meeting for your franchise, is no easy feat. Ensure Your Environment Is Balanced.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The new Santa Barbara resort will open Summer 2018 and have 12,000 sq. of indoor/outdoor meeting space. She’ll assist in booking events at the property’s upcoming conference center, which is due to be complete early next year. Previously, Mintz has worked at the Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas and various Four Seasons properties.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 28, 2017

of space to Aria Convention Center and is expected to be completed by early 2018. meeting hotels are listed below: 1. Notable trends: – With three properties in the top 10, more than any other city, Las Vegas maintains its position as the leading destination for conferences and conventions. The top 10 U.S.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 16, 2018

The March 2018 Smart Meetings Magazine cover story featuring 100 women who inspire us started with an email. Many of our Smart Women 2018 winners were focused on mentoring others, men and women. The post The Story Behind the 2018 Smart Women Cover Story appeared first on Smart Meetings. Rave Reviews.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 2, 2019

Today we are reflecting on 2018 and discussing our hosts favorite tools for event profs from the past year. C2 Montréal – The annual international business conference that helps established and aspiring leaders unlock their creativity in order to better face disruption and change.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 29, 2019

At Fisher Investments, chairman Ken Fisher cost his firm $3 billion in lost business in just two weeks after he used crude sexual references while addressing a financial-industry conference. Actually, crisis management requires a series of meetings that must hit their objectives,” she says.

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Planner WIre

JUNE 6, 2019

Yes, it is not lost on me that this is weird considering that most of our meeting planning stress comes through the information superhighway straight to the thing in our pocket that goes beep-boop all day long. We travel the globe educating conference attendees about technology and productivity. per month. Will it work?

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Planner WIre

JUNE 6, 2019

Yes, it is not lost on me that this is weird considering that most of our meeting planning stress comes through the information superhighway straight to the thing in our pocket that goes beep-boop all day long. We travel the globe educating conference attendees about technology and productivity. per month. Will it work?

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 2, 2017

Of the noteworthy conferences that are coming to Dubai, its business-travel program has recently added World Congress of Cardiology 2018, Lions Clubs International ISAAME Forum 2018 and International Federation of Health Information Management Associations International Congress 2019.

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