Smart Meetings

AUGUST 25, 2022

saw a decline of $211 billion in business travel spending in 2020, with $97 billion of that loss due to the cancellation of professional meetings and events related travel spending. Read More: Meetings and Conventions Are Back in 2022-Here Are 4 Ways They’re Changing. Indianapolis. Las Vegas hosted an estimated 2.2

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Meeting Type Research. According to the 2020 Global Meetings Forecast Report by American Express Meetings & Events, here is the breakdown of the types of meetings and the percentage of time they take place in North America. Meeting Type. Internal Meeting or Training. Conference or Trade Show.

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CadmiumCD

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We put a page together that makes it easy to review all the pieces of your event puzzle for your 2021 conferences and trade shows. We got in the habit of doing weekly webinars in 2020 (sometimes more), and there’s no end in sight. We’ve put more resources together for planning events in 2020 than we ever have before.

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Ins'Tent

JANUARY 13, 2020

Trade shows! . We’ve gathered the top expos in the country from all fields, so get your calendar out and get ready to start planning your trade show calendar. . JCK Las Vegas | June 2 – June 5, 2020, | Las Vegas, NV. WWDMAGIC | February 5- February 7 2020 | Las Vegas, NV. Entertainment.

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EventMB

AUGUST 15, 2024

Now in its second year, Skift Meetings Awards celebrate the industry’s most respected suppliers, setting the standard for excellence in business events. So, without any further ado, here are the 2024 Skift Meetings Awards winners! At Marriott, innovation transcends all aspects of the global business. along with a 22,000 sq.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 7, 2022

The business events industry will come together today to celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), an international day of advocacy showcasing the value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences and conventions bring to people, businesses and communities.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 9, 2024

In January 2020, Bloomberg Media launched Bloomberg Green, a multiplatform editorial brand focused on climate change news, analysis and solutions, with the first Bloomberg Green event at Davos 2020 and plans to continue incorporating programming into other Bloomberg Live events throughout the year—until they were put on pause due to COVID.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 28, 2021

What does it mean to “meet smart” in a post-Covid-19 world? The recipe for a can’t-miss meeting starts with easy access and ample meetings and event space. The meetings and events pros in Las Vegas have been thinking about how to get everyone together safely for the last year, and they have developed some creative answers.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 28, 2021

What does it mean to “meet smart” in a post-Covid-19 world? The recipe for a can’t-miss meeting starts with easy access and ample meetings and event space. The meetings and events pros in Las Vegas have been thinking about how to get everyone together safely for the last year, and they have developed some creative answers.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 24, 2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act is similar to GDPR and goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Software solutions built on older platforms and smaller companies with fewer resources are going to have a harder time meeting event organizers’ more stringent data-security requirements. #2. The level of difficulty is high.

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Event Marketer

JULY 5, 2021

To meet the challenge of planning for a flood of hybrid events, Hilton created an internal global initiative designed to ensure all its brands were following the same cleaning protocols. And so the delivery method was just as important to show that we were actually staying ahead of the game.”. THE NEW TRADE SHOW BUILD.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

As of January of 2020, we were right on track and building momentum. At Freeman, this insight validated our decision to invest in the data analysis and digital event technology that would allow more people to attend our clients’ trade shows and conferences on their own terms, including virtually, through livestreaming or on-demand video.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2022

She is expecting 5,100 meeting planners and more than 2,500 exhibitors from 150 countries as the program rolls out May 31-June 2, a similar size crowd to the one at IMEX America last November. We were in the build-up for 2020 when coronavirus emerged and had to cancel the show 10 weeks prior,” she recalled. A Robust Agenda.

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Event Marketer

MAY 20, 2024

The combined digital and physical expressions of the brand in a new event identity leverages smart, modular construction designed to be repurposed across the brand’s entire 2024 event program, including Blackhat, AWS and Money 2020, hitting sustainability and value-over-time objectives and delivering value and equity for the brand.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Cvent CONNECT August 1-4 | Caesars Forum | Las Vegas Cvent CONNECT is one of the world’s top event technology conferences that brings together meetings, events, and hospitality professionals. It provides inspiration for meeting and event programs and showcases the latest in event planning technology and strategy. ” 7. .”

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

What to consider when planning an event at an all-inclusive resort Meeting Professionals International (MPI) CEO Paul VanDeventer likes to say that when planning the association’s World Education Congress (WEC), MPI takes chances so members don’t have to take on the risk. Construction delays at America’s Center Convention Complex in St.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 6, 2024

Long wait times and inflationary pressure linger at in-person-only medical meeting The arrival in Seattle of 11,631 attendees for the 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ( ARVO ) conference in May was the culmination of a logistical struggle to return to bringing the world of eye doctors together at 2019 levels.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Representatives of the Let’s Meet There Coalition , the U.S. Professional meetings and exhibitions are structured events conducted under controlled environments allowing for maximum health and safety measures to protect participants, according to analysis by The Ohio State University health-care scientists. to the U.S.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

We encourage every event planner to mark their calendars for the following 35 events and conferences in 2020. Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals. AIME is the leading trade event for the meetings and events industry in the Asia Pacific region.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 28, 2021

JIS was Reed Exhibitions Global CEO Hugh Jones’ first face-to-face event since joining the company in February 2020. “It Exhibitions and trade shows are key to the growth of business and the local economies in which they take place. It was humbling to witness.”. Michelle Russell is editor in chief of Convene.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2021

That could be good news for meeting professionals looking for new features and end-to-end solutions. Usage had grown to nearly 600 million participants by October of 2020, almost double the number from the previous March according to company statements. The bottom line for meeting professionals and attendees?

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Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2021

And experiential agency 2LK has developed an intelligent wayfinding system, NavigatAR, that will help attendees traverse event and trade show floors with spatial computing projection mapping that reads activity and responds in real-time with a projections on the floor to help orientate attendees safely. HEALTH SCREENING.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 20, 2020

Meeting professionals, just like everyone else, learn best by doing. On Tuesday, some 80 meeting experts learned first-hand that while virtual meetings may not be exactly the same as toasting signature cocktails in person, business, learning and fun can still get done. Trade Shows. These simulate a virtual world.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 19, 2019

If we look at trade shows (trade fairs or exhibitions, if you prefer) over the past decades, the reality is that not much has changed. Take a look at the following picture of a trade fair back in 1979: National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association Conference & Trade Show 1979.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Mark your calendars for the seventh annual day of awareness and advocacy for the meeting and event business. GMID allows planners and suppliers to demonstrate to corporate and political leaders the educational and financial impacts that conferences, conventions, and trade shows have on people, businesses, and overall economic health.

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GEVME

JULY 31, 2021

” PCMA, Digital Event Course, 2020. One-on-One Meetings/Messaging. You can even provide your audience with the opportunity to pre-book a meeting or a networking session. For instance, if it is a virtual trade show, it will contain meeting and lead generation features. Registration Stats and Data.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2021

The main priority is to make sure we have a safe, healthy show,” Bauer said. The number of people who can make the trip will determine the size of the trade show floor. Meetings can still happen. There is only so much you can do online, and the last time I was there was January of 2020,” she explained. “We

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The pandemic forced massive innovation for the business events industry after an initial swirl of false starts and stops, event postponements, meeting cancellations, massive layoffs, and upended traditional business models. “I Those kind of events — the old-school trade shows — haven’t found their footing in the virtual space.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 9, 2020

If you are afraid right now, that could be a good thing for your future as a meetings professional, according to Judi Holler, author of Fear is My Homeboy : How to Slay Doubt, Boss Up, and Succeed on Your Own Terms. — Judi Holler (@JudiHoller) April 8, 2020. That trade show you have done the same way for the last 15 years?

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

If producing hybrid events were an Olympic sport , most meeting professionals would have no trouble qualifying as amateurs. By experimenting with their own events, they are inventing what the future of meetings will look like. — Socio (@socioevents) November 23, 2020. — Socio (@socioevents) November 6, 2020.

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The MICE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It’s ideal for meeting organizers—direct flights from almost everywhere, no need for transfer arrangements, and the ability to host large events, which is unique. When meeting planners stay with us, they experience firsthand how seamlessly an event can take place in a good environment. That caters to a larger client segment.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 3, 2021

Dubai’s business events sector continues to build on its momentum as one of the first cities in the world to reopen for international meetings, with a busy calendar of high profile conferences, meetings and incentives on the horizon through the rest of 2021 and into 2022.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Here’s what some people are saying: “ Trade shows are a waste of money.”. “We In today’s world, where pretty much everything is digital and online, and where businesses are having to spend increasingly more on online marketing channels, nothing seems to beat face to face meetings. Does Google really need those from a trade show?

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Core-apps

JULY 24, 2017

Association: Usually a non-profit trade group designed to further a specific profession, by providing education and networking for members. Attendee: A person who participates in a conference, industry trade show or other meeting. Look for an event app that allows attendees to opt-in to this feature.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

IBTM, part of Reed Travel Exhibitions, has postponed its 2020 IBTM Asia Pacific trade show due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Originally scheduled for 6 th -8 th April 2020 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore, the show will now take place from 13 th -14 th April 2021.

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StraussCA

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Flashback to February 2020, for one of our clients’ TRAVELING trade show tour. Our team is moving from Vancouver, to Calgary, then Montreal to Toronto, meeting with hundreds of association members across the country! We only start hearing COVID-19 on the news towards our last show dates. The Main Event.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 27, 2021

Even companies that canceled key conferences altogether in the chaos of 2020 have announced they are bringing back at least the virtual component. The Day the Meetings Stopped. We quickly pivoted to meet the needs of our customers and the company,” Horstman said. “We Geeks have always been a discerning audience.

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