Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The Meetings Show , the UK’s leading platform for the world’s meetings and events community, will take place on 30 September and 1 October 2021 at ExCeL London. Relocating the show to east London venue ExCeL London puts it in the heart of an area which is undergoing exciting regeneration and growth.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Just like that, we blinked and it’s time to talk about the 2020 event trends. This year we stepped it up and surveyed hundreds of #Eventprofs to weigh in on the hottest trends for 2020. Instead, we’re bringing you a curated list of the top event trends for 2020. 2020 Event Trends: Personalization for Attendees.

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Skift

MAY 25, 2021

Skift Take: Traditional in-person meetings were paused in 2020, but innovation within the industry flourished out of necessity. Cvent’s new eBook details everything you need to know about conducting safer meetings as hotels and venues begin to recover. Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings.

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Planning Pod

JULY 7, 2020

This year has been extremely difficult for any industry, but the looming pandemic and ongoing social distancing continues to be particularly challenging for the event management industry and the event venues whose business is all about getting people together. and are still booking up venue spaces for late 2020 and beyond.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

And what better way to kickstart one of your favorite podcasts than to look back at 2020 in events? So without further delay, here’s Event Tech Podcast, in all its former glory, with a look back at 2020 in events. 2020 In Events: A Time For Evolution. First things first – the Event Tech Podcast is back!

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

We recently witnessed BestCities Global Alliance Forum 2020 with their partners, BestCities Global Alliance and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and GEVME which was held virtually and broadcasted internationally from the GEVME Live platform. . Events are poised to be hybrid. Some things that Veemal and WeeMin spoke of are mentioned below. .

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EventMB

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Skift Take: Dubai is looking south to expand its convention capabilities at the former site of Expo 2020. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

The virtual site tour for Excel London features a series of videos for different venues within the complex. After a year spent moving in-person events to digital platforms and monitoring the shifts in the feasibility of meeting in person, the timelines for holding safe in-person meetings in the future are slowly coming into focus.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2020

Takeaways: Meeting planners should look to their food service partners for ideas on donating leftover food from events canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak or other reasons. That same week, organizers of the 2020 Arnold Sports Festival were facing similar challenges. An Opportunity Arises. Ready to Redirect.

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e2m.live

MARCH 2, 2021

e2m OnAir turned UAKON 2020, their 34th annual conference into a virtual event. The streaming was done with the help of cameras connected to the main system at the event’s physical venue. e2m OnAir Meeting module was used during these sessions helping the attendees to schedule 1:1 meetings with one another or with one of the speakers.

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GEVME

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Around the globe, town hall meets, senate meetings and other such important events are being conducted as hybrid events. Some examples of internal hybrid events are company meetings, large team meetings, or private events that are accessible both on-site and virtually; like weddings and engagement ceremonies; group outings etc.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

You read it right – we’re finally tackling the topic of hybrid venues! And this, of course, includes venues! From creating broadcast studios of their own to offering monetary incentives, find out how venues are adapting to the hybrid future, and becoming hybrid venues in their own right! Source: PCMA.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to another episode of #EventIcons, and this time around we’re talking 2020 event tech trends! So now it’s time for the 2020 event tech trends to shine! And once you’re done, feel free to press play and join us on this 2020 event tech trends focused conversation! ” 2020 Event Tech Trends: 5G.

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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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GEVME

MAY 15, 2020

And when it comes to organizing online events in 2020, apart from event planning skills, it requires the knowledge of online event management tools and technology. What is Event Management Software in 2020? Choose From the TOP Online Event Management Tools in 2020. The presence of a dashboard to monitor and measure success.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Together our teams were able to meet the latest Covid 19 regulations, as well as working with the local authority and Public Health England resulting in a highly successful Truckfest 2020.”.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Meet Out to Help Out, the sales incentive scheme for the business events industry proposed by Venuedirectory.com is gaining momentum. I’ve already been lobbied for the Meet Out To Help scheme and it is really important we get the information directly from the sector.”.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 16, 2021

As a result, the umbrella organization for the meeting and convention industry has set its sights on a similar study, with a twist. The study will use 2019 as a benchmark and quantify event-related economic losses in 2020 due to the pandemic. Articulate how meetings and events can be a catalyst for economic recovery.

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EventMB

JUNE 29, 2022

It’s tough to work in event tech right now, especially compared to the all-time highs of 2020 and 2021. At the same time, venues, destinations and in-person event service providers were struggling to see any path ahead. The same venues struggling to find a way forward a year ago, are booked solid. This is a complex issue.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Venues Collection is delighted to announce the promotion of two key members and a restructure of its commercial team, emphasising the company’s commitment to growth and excellence in the conference and events sector. ” Katie Whitby added, “I am excited to continue my journey with The Venues Collection in this new role.

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Guidebook

MARCH 12, 2020

Your venue, catering, design, and decor add up. A mobile app makes this possible; just load your documents ahead of the virtual event, and attendees will be able to flip through materials as they watch the meeting. The post Virtual Events Will Be Key in 2020 – Here’s How to Transition Yours appeared first on Guidebook Blog.

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

In 2022, they will keep moving out of impersonal hotel ballrooms to more unique venues. One of the biggest event trends in 2022 is sourcing venues with character. Local event venues can make a lasting impression on your attendees and gives them a chance to get to know the destination better. The Van Buren PHX.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 30, 2020

Temperature checks, reduced occupancy and increased physical distancing in shared spaces—these were some of the protocols floated by hospitality partners and meetings professionals as they sketched out what a return to travel after COVID-19 shutdowns will require.

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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 While coronavirus clobbered conferences, conventions, and meetings in 2020, it decimated exhibitions.

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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. BREAKINGNEWS from Virtual Smart Meetings Experiences!

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The third annual corporate-events research report from Germany-based meetings organization In-House Corporate Events (ICE) in conjunction with Cvent revealed several interesting trends as corporate-meeting departments coordinate events for 2022. engagement with touchpoints (69 percent versus 38 percent in 2020).

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PCMA Convene

MAY 19, 2021

Armies of cleaners have been deployed to disinfect surfaces at venues, yet the risk of surface transmission of COVID-19 is low. At the start of the pandemic, fears around the spread of COVID-19 spawned a cleaning frenzy among consumers and venues. Venue Ventilation. Seventyfour/Adobe Stock). Maridav/Adobe Stock). Adrian Segar.

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this blog post, I’ll showcase the unique opportunities Stuttgart offers for your event, from hotels and venues to experiences, all with sustainability woven into the event planning process. Venues and experiences linked with world changing corporate history and the sense of pioneer spirit await delegates.

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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

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Early in 2020, I expressed some concern about “brain drain” in our industry. Even those who woke up in late summer and fall 2020 and started to do the same caught up fast, and one of the guys I knew who could sling truss and road crates around with the best of them can now swap out an SDI card and run a show off vMix. Brandt Krueger.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Top 10 Meeting Destinations in North America 1.

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Attendease

MAY 1, 2019

As Shawna McKinley notes in an article for the Event Manager Blog , “Even with a good composting and recycling program at the venue, a mid-sized corporate trade show with around 5,000 attendees will still go through tons of waste.”. Image Source ). Image Source ). Look for vendors whose meals and refreshments are locally sourced.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As scientists across the globe research Covid-19’s Omicron variant to learn if it’s more transmissible, resistant to current vaccines, or likely to make people sicker than other variants, meeting professionals remain on alert. Here are four reasons the meetings industry is more resilient than ever.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 21, 2021

Venues of Excellence, the leading UK consortium for conferences, training, meetings and events, have taken a strategic decision to sell the business to Mandy Jennings, Director of Paje Consultancy Ltd. The business saw a 60% financial growth over the previous 5 years surpassing projected membership figures ahead of plan.

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EventMB

JUNE 1, 2022

IMEX Frankfurt, the annual meeting and incentive travel exhibition event, is back after being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. IMEX is an opportunity for tourism boards and convention and visitors bureaus to unveil new products and launch new venues. This year is no different. .

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