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How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022

Smart Meetings

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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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. Here Comes the But.

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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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Whittlebury Park reports surge in demand for corporate events

Prestige Events Magazine

Whittlebury Park luxury hotel, conference centre and golf course in Northamptonshire, experienced a robust growth in enquiries and bookings for corporate meetings and events in August and September this year, 95 per cent more than in May and June. This figure is just two per cent less than enquiries from the same period in 2019, pre-pandemic.

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Union of International Associations releases 62nd International Meetings Statistics Report

Event Industry News

The Report provides two views of a sector now facing 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 2020. . Number of international association meetings.

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Lessons for The Great Interruption from Destinations International

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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. Visit Indy.

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