Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The global hospitality company released its “ Top 10 Meeting Trends for 2019 ” report based on insights gleaned from interactions with event professionals all over the world. “We More : 8 Hotels Boosting Guest Experiences in 2019. However, planners are prioritizing venues who invest in privacy features.

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GEVME

AUGUST 15, 2019

Even if your 2018 events made an incredible impression, in 2019–2020, you should learn how to make these experiences even more memorable and impressive. The top 10 event planning trends in 2019–2020. Transformation is the trend that will define the primary direction of event industry development in 2019–2020.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2021

The pandemic-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic games are just a few days away and perhaps you’re thinking, “How will these venues be used post-event?”. For this reason, many of its venues predate this year’s Olympics, and had been in frequent use prior to this year. This will be Tokyo’s second time as host city.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mandy Jennings, CEO and Owner of Venues of Excellence reflects on 2024 and the power of the sales and marketing consortium for independent venues. As 2024 draws to a close, Mandy Jennings, CEO, reflects on the incredible progress and achievements of the past 12 months for the consortium and its member venues.

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Event Marketer

MAY 16, 2022

By connecting events industry players around the globe, from venues and organizers, to exhibitors and suppliers, the effort aims at achieving solutions to the climate crisis and reaching net zero (balance between man-made greenhouse gas emissions and their removal from the atmosphere) by 2050. VENUE PERSPECTIVES.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The latest data from Venue Directory offers an in-depth look at how the industry is evolving. Below is a comprehensive analysis of these trends, with a focus on the implications for event organisers and venues. Events were heavily restricted, and venues faced long closures, contributing to a large fall in demand.

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EventSource

OCTOBER 22, 2019

With the gorgeous fall weather, guests were enticed to eat and drink on the venue’s roof top terrace, all while taking in the city’s dramatic skyline. The post EventSource Presents the 2019 Toronto Catering Showcase appeared first on Toronto & GTA Weddings & Special Events Blog. Vendors Featured in this Article.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ashton Gate Stadium, one of the premier event venues in Bristol and the South West, has officially launched its highly anticipated Christmas 2025 party packages. Known for its state-of-the-art facilities and versatile multi-function spaces, Ashton Gate offers an unforgettable festive experience tailored to suit a variety of celebrations.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Attendease has won Best Event Website/ Mobile Site in 2016 and Best Attendee Management Technology in 2019. Its visitors are composed of event organisers, promoters, managers, venues, agencies and brands that are looking for fresh tech to take their events to the next level". Want to learn more about Attendease?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022. Hybrid Is Down.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

London’s leading sustainable events venue, 15Hatfields , is calling for more research as US scientists detect microplastics in human brains for the first time. Since its inception in 2008, the award-winning South Bank venue has been tirelessly campaigning against the use of single-use plastic for environmental reasons.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The UK Conference and Meeting Survey 2023 highlighted that while the industry is on the road to recovery, overall expenditure levels remain below 2019 figures. The campaign provided a significant boost to the post-pandemic recovery of the event sector. We love to reward our agency partners for their hard work and loyalty.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Compiled by analyzing more than $14 billion of group business value sourced through the Cvent Supplier Network in 2022, the rankings highlight hotels, venues, and destinations. 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. 6 in 2019 Similarly, San Diego was able to move to the No. 7) in 2019, respectively.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

However, the data by Venue Performance shows Q1 of 2023 was slow, with January and February witnessing a slowdown in business. It is important to note that Q4 2019 was unusually high before the pandemic took hold, which somewhat skews the annual figures. Data shows that delegation sizes have reduced and now sit at 74 people on average.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2023

Athena, the Art Deco Grade II-listed events venue located in Leicester’s cultural quarter, has reported a three-fold increase in the number of events for Q4 2022, compared to the same period pre-Covid in 2019. The heritage venue welcomed a 200% increase in events in October 2022, compared to the same month three years earlier.

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EventSource

MARCH 9, 2021

The couple, who met at a mutual friend’s birthday back in the summer of 2013, got engaged in March 2019. Venue Beyond the Skin Alexandra Del Bello Mo & Co Event Coordinat. If you’re looking how to do simple-yet-sophisticated right, look no further than Jessie and Jess’ intimate ceremony.

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Picatic by Eventbrite

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Here’s how it works: Venues, festivals and promoters can create Collections – for example, grouping venue events into a genre-focused collection like Upcoming R&B Concerts or December Comedy Shows, or grouping festival events into a collection like Festival 2019 After Parties. Once […].

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EventSource

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

is excited to be introducing a brand new, stunning new venue to their Toronto venue roster. Each couple was photographed by Rachel Hunt Photography who has photographed multiple Chapels since 2019. Having married over 400 couples in just a few short years, the team at The Pop-Up Chapel Co.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The arm of national catering business, Amadeus , responsible for the delivery of standalone event catering, has secured its latest contract with Unique Venues Birmingham (UVB). Events by Amadeus has been working with UVB since 2019, and the team have signed a new three-year contract to deliver catering provisions to the organisation.

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EventSource

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Kazu finally popped the question in our home in June 2019 over a bag of Tostitos® and salsa. The venue’s picturesque surroundings provided the perfect backdrop for the couple’s sweet photo session that included many romantic moments. However, they quickly became best friends and became a couple in 2011.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Most Q3 and Q4, 2021 conferences are reporting attendance numbers that are 40 – 60% below 2019. Work closely with your venue partners to explore options. Here are five of the top take-aways that can help other associations navigate their new journey. Increased and Transparent Communications. Observation. Does it feel like a reunion?

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Athena, the Art Deco Grade II-listed events venue located in Leicester’s cultural quarter, has reported record post-Covid results for event bookings in 2022. Bookings for events at the six-month point are up by 22%, well ahead of pre-Covid levels for the same period in 2019.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 17, 2023

Mandy Jennings, CEO of Venues of Excellence recently took time out to sit with Julian Kettleborough, Commercial Director for the studio to reflect on their membership journey with the consortium and discuss what key benefits they feel have specifically helped their own organisation.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

International Convention Centre Wales ( ICC Wales ) has secured a number of notable repeat business wins for 2023, as it establishes itself as the UK’s most exciting new events venue and brings a significant boost to the South Wales visitor economy. The Open University will also hold its Autumn 2023 Graduation Ceremony at the venue.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Venues of Excellence, (VOE) the UK’s leading sales and marketing consortium for independent venues is focused on supporting their member venues by sourcing suppliers who are at the top of their field and excellent in the services and products they supply to join their Preferred Partner programme and Supplier Directory.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Runkle is venue manager for etc.venue s’ first U.S.-based He has won several awards, he received Hilton Hotel’s General Manager of the Year award in 2019, Hilton Connie Pride Award in 2017 and 2018, and Conrad Hilton Award in 2019. Summerall was a board member of Houston First’s marketing committee in 2015-2019.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 4, 2023

This will help the Science Museum benchmark the performance of events across its venue operations and supply chain focusing on key areas including energy, food & water, travel & transport and production. The Science Museum Group is committed to achieving Net Carbon Zero by 2033. C above pre-industrial levels.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 27, 2021

Central Hall Westminster (CHW), the flagship London site of Central Hall Venues, has teamed up with AV production partner, White Light (WL) to launch new packages for hybrid meetings and events. The launched packages are designed to provide the event organiser with everything needed to put on a successful hybrid event at the venue.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 14, 2020

Many organizers treat these as tactical calls: The education staff communicates speaker deadlines/requirements, venue, room setup, AV equipment, audience overview, registration details and onsite speaker resources. All of these details can be provided in consumable methods on a speaker portal, via FAQs, emails, or instructional video.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Venue Management organisation, Central Hall Venues, has announced the appointment of Natasha Christie as Event Coordinator for Nicolson Square Edinburgh (NSE). Central Hall Venues, which also runs Central Hall Westminster and St Saviourgate York, launched NSE in 2021 as its first countrywide venue and has been growing its events team.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Bravo increased attendance from 10,000 attendees in 2019 to 30,000 this year. Indeed, this year’s iteration of BravoCon was transformed from a 10,000-person festival when the event launched in 2019 into a full-fledged fan con that drew 30,000 “Bravoholics” to the Javits Center to mingle with more than 100 cast members.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Sustainable Venues As the focal point of many mass-participation events, venues have both a huge role and responsibility to play in creating less wasteful and more sustainable events. Venues are increasingly looking at how they can reduce their impact on the environment and adopt greener initiatives to offset waste and emissions.

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Event Farm

JUNE 9, 2021

Venue and governmental regulations keep changing. We looked at the cost differential between today and 2019 when the actual summit took place to get a sense of the expense increases you can expect when planning your events. View the session recording #1: Venue and staff costs – 24% increase. Onsite testing is another variable.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The third quarter during the summer months proved especially profitable with revenue generated per available room up by nearly $15 as compared to 2019. And music to the ears of meeting spaces and event venues is that event parking revenue is up 25% from 2019, which equals to all of 2019’s revenue in just the first three quarters.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Miami-Dade County’s Climate Action Strategy aims to cut the county’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50% from 2019 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050. Emissions have already dropped; in 2019, the agency recorded 37 million metric tons of CO 2 emitted. But did you also know that Miami is leading the way in sustainability?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 17, 2019

The resulting report, The Future of Meetings & Events , was released at PCMA Convening Leaders 2019 in Pittsburgh in January. From implementing zero waste to choosing sustainable venues, events are the perfect vehicle for companies to show their values by incorporating a meaningful message rather than simply talking about it.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The business events industry is always the first sector to catch a cold when things change economically and we’re already seeing repercussions with the independently owned venues on our database. Thankfully, and contrary to the mood on the street, we’re seeing enquires continue to increase week on week at the moment.

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