Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

IBTM Events today announces that IBTM World 2020 will transition to being a virtual event this year. Whilst we have been planning positively for a live event in December, and we know that people want to get back to meeting face-to-face, the situation across Europe and the wider world remains very changeable.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 27, 2020

A lifelong learner, Berenice Lai decided to pursue Digital Event Strategist (DES) certification since COVID-19 forced her and her organization pivot to virtual in March 2020. We checked in with her to see how she’s applying key learnings from the DES course in producing successful virtual events for her organization.

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Event Leadership Institute

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For the last several years, CloudBees has hosted DevOps World – a combo industry, user conference, and open source community event. Traditionally, the highly-produced, multi-day event with keynote stage shows and interactive sessions is held in-person twice a year, in North America and in Europe. Developing the Event Plan.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 8, 2022

The Sustainable UK Events Industry 2050 – A reality or just a dream? The global events industry was valued at USD 886.99 Billion in 2020, and the industry is expected to double in value by 2028 (Verified Market Research 2020). You can download a copy of the report here: The UK Business Events Industry 2050.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Awards are given across 10 important sustainability categories, including the top accolade of the International Greener Festival Award 2020. Nominees are selected from those certified by A Greener Festival following a detailed environmental assessment, site visits and post show analysis by trained sustainable event auditors.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 1, 2020

A recent Forrester report caught our eye, as it touched on several business trends that will also impact the event strategists and the industry: PREDICTIONS 2020: On the Precipice of Far-Reaching Change. If you’re looking to secure C-Suite support for a new event element, you need to back up this request with proof (behavioral data).

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 7, 2021

The company behind world-famous events including The AELTC Wimbledon Championships, Virgin Money London Marathon and the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia for the Joshua v Ruiz II rematch, has been supported with a 15.6 million Coronavirus support facility from HSBC UK.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 14, 2021

Swapcard , the Paris-based leading AI-powered engagement and matchmaking platform for premium virtual and hybrid events, announced this week its acquisition of Avolio, Inc., a registration platform headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and its event management software, IPReg. We are entering a new area where data will power experience.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. But our industry still faces ongoing challenges, such as: high travel, F&B, and production costs; staffing shortages; tight client budgets; and the rise of last-minute event registrations. I’m looking back on 2023.

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Event Industry News

JULY 7, 2020

The experience we created won three World Exhibition Stand Awards for best stand at a technology event (gold), best use of technology (silver), best reusable stand and best stand in the 100-200m category (both of which won platinum). It also minimises waste, creating a more sustainable approach to attending global events.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Freeman’s Main Stage for Convening Leaders 2020 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco wowed participants. For the Convene September/October issue cover story , we focus on how the pandemic has spurred the development and growth of different business models in the events industry. Jacob Slaton Photography). Bob Priest-Heck.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The report sets out the must do’s for any experience provider during the 2020s whilst providing a framework for the next generation of events.”. The experience industry will very likely change to incorporate more purpose-driven events that attract the ‘woke’ generation. Details will be revealed in the coming months. .

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Eventscase, the all-in-one event management software, celebrated its 10th anniversary last September. Despite the harshness of the crisis that has hit the events industry as a result of the Covid pandemic, Eventscase has always had the support of its investors. In September 2020, it managed to close a £3.5

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Predictions of a mass consolidation of the meetings industry have been swirling since the World Health Organization started advising lockdowns in early 2020 to “smooth the curve” of what was then known as novel coronavirus. Newest Acquisition. Read More : Acquisition to Enhance Breakout Rooms Could be First Step Toward Zoomiverse.

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Endless Events

APRIL 20, 2021

In today’s episode of #EventIcons, we fix our eyes on the future and talk about post-COVID events. Virtual, hybrid, or in-person – it doesn’t matter what type of an event we are talking about – the fact of the matter is that the attendees’ priorities have dramatically shifted.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Creating engaging future events will partly involve more active audience participation, says one events organizer. Henshall shared what she called the “4 Cs” — four pillars to keep in mind when designing engaging and impactful events in the digital, hybrid, and face-to-face space. Jacob Slaton Photography). Megan Henshall.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Alex Sapiz, vice president for global events for Cisco (clockwise from top left); Lauren Parr, vice president for meetings at the American Geographical Union; and Timothy Simpson, brand and engagement chief strategist for the Design Studio, talk about disruption during a NEXT Conference session. At NEXT on Feb.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tim Simpson and Liz Smith, both from Maritz Global Events, speak during their Convening Leaders 2022 session, “Transforming Event Experiences: How to Deliver Meaningful Human-to-Human Moments.”. Simpson hasn’t yet arrived at a standard definition of what human-to-human design means for the events industry, he said.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

The global event marketing agency Hamilton has been recognized with an EDDIE award for an exceptionally smart move in February. The company transitioned from immersive brand events to vaccination events. Event on Ivy Tech Community College campus in Sellersburg; Photo credit: Courtney Cantor.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 24, 2021

On March 11, 2020, an NBA player from the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19. In that moment, the team had to quickly rethink the entire strategy around their events in order to keep their players and their fans safe. This was a massive undertaking unlike anything the events world had faced before. Source: ESPN.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2021

Health and wellness in the events industry have never mattered more than now, which is why today, Sarah welcomes not one, but three iconic guests to share what they’ve worked on since the pandemic started. Health & Wellness In The Events Industry. ” Wellness In Events Is Ever-Changing.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 13, 2020

The Sussex-based marketing and PR agency, which focuses on getting technology and suppliers seen, known and loved by event organisers, goes into 2020 on a huge high after a period of exciting growth in 2019. Founder and director of 52eight3, Katie Morhen said: “We are incredibly excited about what 2020 has to hold for 52eight3.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The brand-new technology uses satellite imagery to take photographs of different areas of the world, making it ideal to capture large outdoor events. Users download the app, select the event to which they are attending and receive instructions on where to be and when. Brand Events. Event Tech. Sporting Events.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Grand National and other major events set to take place in Liverpool next year have been given fresh hope after the city took a crucial role at the centre of the UK’s first mass testing operation. ” Originally published by Business Live on 16th November 2020. She said: “I know as much as everyone else.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 14, 2021

Breaking down the psychology of event engagement. Experience builders obsessed with the attendee journey know that in the last few hours of an event, attendee attrition—people leaving early—can make the difference between an event that falls a little flat or one that wraps leaving everyone with all the feels.

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GlobalSignIn

APRIL 8, 2021

Do you feel your events are not boosting brand awareness or driving lead generation? Mudit Singhania and Vidyut Singhania, founders of Babel, want to improve the event attendee experience, engagement and conversations with the help of data. What made you choose the events industry? We decided to partner with GlobalSign.in

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Event Industry News

APRIL 1, 2020

The Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has seriously impacted the global events industry and it looks like its effects will be felt for many months to come. It’s no wonder therefore that the virtual, online event has come to the fore in 2020 and has become the new norm for hosting safer and more stable events.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2020

After all, this is the year 2020, the same numbers used to benchmark ideal eyesight. I was on a call recently where an educator suggested there will be more opportunities in the event space in 2022 than there were in 2019, but they will have different job titles. The loss of that intellectual capital is devastating. Visual Aids.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

Meeting professionals are starting to rebook events in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, but continuing waves of Covid and cautious restrictions from some countries are resulting in a slow restart. While countries like Japan have expressed hesitance to reopening, others have opened up completely to visitors and business events of all kinds.

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Boomset

MAY 13, 2020

Every year Eventex Awards , the biggest global event competition, spotlight the best events, experiences, and suppliers in the industry worldwide. We will continue to support the event profs community with different initiatives and activities”, comments Ovanes Ovanessian, Co-founder of Eventex Awards.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In 2020, the combined #GivingTuesday and GivingTuesdayNow, which was held on May 5 in response to the hardships caused by the pandemic, raised more than $3 billion in the United States. The last two years have shifted the dynamics for many, bringing hardship for event professionals in the form of furloughs, layoffs, and lost business.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 18, 2024

The Event Industry Council has recognized Johnny’s invaluable contributions since 2020 and his new leadership role is set to amplify Johnny’s impact on the global events industry. Johnny’s enthusiasm for driving the events industry towards greater […]

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 3, 2020

As PCMA Convening Leaders 2020 kicks off in San Francisco, we got a behind-the-scenes look at the insights they are using to transform their conference. “Sometimes, you lose perspective on what’s really happening at your event,” said Kim. Understanding that diversity of experience is crucial for every event.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

That sounds a lot like what has been happening at the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), which has undergone a “literal transformation” in the months since the pandemic, said YPO’s events operations director, Cathy Mason, CMP. Learning in a Box’. And two, explain.”

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Event Industry News

JUNE 15, 2021

The first Event Tech Live (ETL) US & Canada wrapped on Thursday 10th June, content keeping to the high mark set on days one and two, Top Tech to Embrace to Achieve Effective Gamification and Back to the Future, Perhaps among the sessions and Canapii winning gold in the coveted Start-Up Competition. Event Tech Live was a blast!

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Right now, those sorts of challenges are popping up at events all over the world. See also : 6 F&B Trends That Will Shape 2021 Events. “A Click to see full results.

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Maritz Global Events

APRIL 14, 2021

With the sudden lockdown of the world due to Covid-19 in 2020, we needed to quickly develop a new plan for the upcoming International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) 59th Annual Congress later that year — a virtual + F2F experience that would enable us to bring people together all across the globe.

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