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How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022

Smart Meetings

MPI Minneapolis will be meeting in person at Delta Hotels Minneapolis from 1-5p.m. to cover the state of the meetings industry and post-Covid experiences, featuring experts from Meet Minneapolis, Experience Rochester, and local and regional meetings industry associations.

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How Walmart and Sam’s Club ‘Connected Together’ at 2022 Associates Week

Smart Meetings

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the world’s largest retailer, Walmart and Sam’s Club associates met in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the 2022 Associates Week, June 1-3. For the first time since 2019, more than 14,000 domestic and international associates came together in person for a singularly inspiring experience.

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19 Trends to Watch in 2019

Connect Your Meetings

The crystal ball says, among the trends that will affects in 2019, the economy’s continue rise will be the driving force. Companies have more money for meetings, but planners have less funds to host the events. As you buckle up for 2019, we take a look at what will affect you the most over the next 12 months. On the Up-and-Up.

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Whittlebury Park reports surge in demand for corporate events

Prestige Events Magazine

This figure is just two per cent less than enquiries from the same period in 2019, pre-pandemic. Around a quarter of these are short-lead, for events taking place within six weeks’ time, which is four times the rate of short-lead bookings taken in 2019. Over 70 per cent of enquiries were from new clients.

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Union of International Associations releases 63rd International Meetings Statistics Report

Event Industry News

The Report provides two views of a sector continuing to face multiple challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic: data for meetings in the year 2019 are presented in-full, the “last good year” before the crisis, in addition to an analysis of what took place in 2021. Number of international association meetings.

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Lessons for The Great Interruption from Destinations International

SmartMeetings

Louis in 2019, but attracted more than 3,000 for the 2020 virtual event, originally scheduled for Chicago. Relive lessons from Destinations International’s 2019 Annual Convention. When we resume meeting, people will want to go where they can give and be given to,” he said. Speaking Out. Special Recognition.

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IBTM World reveals first details of 2019 Association Programme

Event Industry News

IBTM has revealed first details of its 2019 Association Programme, which takes place on the afternoon of 19 November – the first day of IBTM World, in Barcelona.

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