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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A global pandemic has made 2020 a rough year for live performance, but not an impossible one. Venues, performers, and fans have collectively come up with a socially distant solution: streaming everything under the sun, including punk concerts, Shakespeare, and drag shows.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 17, 2020

SWITCH 2020 featured a unique hybrid format that combined a 24-hours/5-days online platform with satellite events around the world. This new hybrid model provided participants with greater access to the global Deep Tech communities looking to discover partnerships, attract investments, and boost sales. Credits SWITCH 2020.

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Endless Events

MAY 19, 2020

Who would have known that 2020 would go down as one of the most influential years- if not the most influential year- for virtual events in history? We surveyed hundreds of #Eventprofs to weigh in on the hottest virtual event trends for 2020. 2020 Virtual Event Trend: Personalization for Attendees.

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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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Event Marketer

APRIL 21, 2021

Confirmed brands attending the in-person world’s largest tech conference include Amazon, AT&T, Dell and Google. Outdoor sports enthusiasts will return to Vail this year to compete in the GoPro Mountain Games after the event went virtual in 2020. Read more here. GoPro Mountain Games: June 10-13, Vail, CO. Read more here.

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GEVME

JULY 30, 2018

This is largely due to the increased use of high-tech tools that enable attendance tracking, personalised check-in, and live interaction at events. While the price and quality of a product are the defining factors impacting buyer decisions today, personalised experiences will be the most important factor by 2020. Add a wow effect.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

First things first – the Event Tech Podcast is back! 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.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2022

These events, which include Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries’ Annual Convention and Incentive later this year and IBM Best in Tech in 2023, are scheduled to bring more than 77,000 delegates and more than 330,000 room nights. Dubai’s ability to book this number of events are credited to the success of the country’s Expo 2020.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Marriott International is expanding experiential options for groups in 2020 with the launch of The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection , a fleet of three floating hotels custom-built for cruising. They will feature private terraces, multiple dining venues, tech-enabled meeting room space and, of course, Wi-Fi.

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Event Farm

MAY 24, 2017

While convenience is important, there’s more room now to get creative with tech offerings that will leave lasting impressions and engage audiences. As long as your meeting and event tech is approachable and intuitive, you’ll be able to excite any audience, no matter their technical know-how.

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Hubilo Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The 11th Edition of Yourstory’s Annual Flagship Event , TechSparks 2020 , was conducted on Hubilo’s Virtual Event Platform from 26th-30th October, 2020. They used it as ‘ Start- Up Pavilion ’ where they featured all the upcoming tech startups. . What stood-out was the way YourStory tweaked the use of Exhibitor Booth.

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Event Industry News

JULY 30, 2019

Story Events has announced, that the 7 th edition of the London Christmas Party Show (12 th -13 th May 2020) will be taking place at Haberdashers Hall in the city of London. Event Tech. After a successful two years at Plaisterers’ Hall, the move is due to a need for increased space. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Conferences.

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Guidebook

MARCH 12, 2020

Your venue, catering, design, and decor add up. Just with any live event, virtual events benefit from supplementary event tech. Use your other event tech to promote your virtual app – with Guidebook, you can send out push notifications periodically to keep your virtual event top of mind.

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Eventsforce

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Want the lowdown on all things event tech? In this month’s round up of top tech stories, we look at the latest trends in social media and what event professionals can do to boost their marketing activities in 2020. MeetingsNet: IBTM World – Tech Watch Award Winners. In your inbox, every week. Sign up here.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 23, 2022

And from March 11-20 after a three-year hiatus—the Texas-based event was canceled in 2020 and went all-digital in 2021—professionals from the tech, film, music and media industries gathered in person for the tentpole Q1 affair. Check Out Our SXSW Archives: Big Bets in Experiential at SXSW 2019, from Netflix to Sony to Lululemon.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2021

What began as podcast series True Spies , which debuted in 2020, and later, as a planned introduction of Spycon (postponed until 2022), a convention designed to bring these experts together with Hollywood and Silicon Valley, has shapeshifted into a venture meeting professionals will love.

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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) opened as a new property in late 2020 while other properties in the Top 10—Including Westin Charlotte (No. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Embracing The Wonderful World of Tech. But even the biggest self-proclaimed “tech nerds” among us felt the world collapse beneath them when the pandemic hit. On the contrary, just like our Brew Crew member Dustin Westling mentioned in the wake of Tomorrowland 2020’s success, “will things go back to normal?

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The 37th edition of International Confex will take place on 25 – 26 February 2020 at ExCeL London, bringing together thousands of event professionals for two jam-packed days of learning, networking and inspiration. Academic Venue Pavilion. Northern Venue Pavilion. Looking to meet venues of the North without the travel?

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

New hotel room openings have soared from 3,222 in 2010 to 7,995 planned for 2020. This means that in ten years (2010-2020), London’s overall hotel room capacity has increased by 41%. Looking ahead, Edwardian will open the much anticipated The Londoner, the world’s first super boutique hotel in London’s West End in 2020.

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Endless Events

MARCH 31, 2021

And in order to help you get things running, we compiled this hybrid venue checklist, complete with everything you should be looking for. Today, we start with a hybrid venue checklist. If the weather allows it, we highly recommend that you look into venues that offer both indoor and outside spaces. Indoor & Outdoor Spaces.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Set to open in 2020, the seven-story The Westin Anaheim Resort will feature 613 stylish guestrooms including 101 suites, three restaurants, two bars including a rooftop lounge overlooking Disneyland’s nightly fireworks, a resort-style pool and a marketplace. New Hotels on the Horizon.

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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).

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

You really need to use tech to extract unique insights from the information you collect, plus add some of your vast event experience to really breakthrough with new event ideas. But with recent trends focusing more towards personalization and customization, meetings are definitely getting a big tech upgrade this year. Click To Tweet.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

Two forces driving innovation are (1) the demand for something new and interesting, and (2) the shift from tech designed for the event organizer to tech designed for the audience experience. Collision’s focus is a fresh take within the tech-event space, and the world’s leading brands have taken notice.

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Eventscase Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

Meanwhile, the Event Managers Association (EMA) Spain hosted an EMA Learn session focused on the ongoing debate: “High Tech vs. High Touch”, exploring how to strike the right balance between technology and human interaction at events. News from Eventscase: Event Tech Hub, Educational Whitepaper, and New “Did you know?

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 18, 2021

If you didn’t produce or attend a virtual event in 2020, are you really an event marketer? Not only is there the venue, staff and meals to consider, but there will likely be the additional cost of in-person safety protocols, says Giselle Umland, senior manager-global strategic events at MuleSoft. Prepare a bigger budget.

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Event Marketer

JULY 5, 2021

P&G learned to embrace agility and resiliency during 2020 to keep up with emerging trends, like digital commerce, according to Phil Duncan, the brand’s chief design officer. “We 2020 forced us—or allowed us, depending on how you look at it—to be laser-focused on what is relevant in their lives,” he says. DIGITAL DWELL TIME.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 28, 2020

Check out these top 7 event technology trends to look for in 2020 and beyond as event planners continue to navigate a new world of virtual, hybrid, and in-person events. And as you’ll soon see from the trends below, event technology will become even more important for event planners seeking virtual event ideas for 2020 and beyond.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 7, 2021

If 2020 has one silver lining, it’s that the industry now recognizes the advantages of online virtual events. Conference live streaming technology has come a long way since the glorified Zoom calls of March and early April 2020; attendees expect more than a choppy, poorly lit, and unrehearsed webinar. The upshot? Zoom fatigue.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

Read more about mergers and acquisitions in the event tech world. There’s definitely going to be more M&A,” opined Smart Meetings event tech correspondent Brandt Krueger. “We The rocket ship growth for every event tech company with hundreds of millions of dollars of funding, those days are over,” he assessed.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Hard Rock brand shuttered all its hotels and cafes in March 2020 during the first wave of Covid-19. The hotel is set to host live music across all its public spaces and will also feature a dedicated entertainment venue for live concerts and celeb/media interviews. The feel is American West meets casual luxury.

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EncoreAPAC

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

While there were notable last-minute exhibitor absences and 45k attendees vs the 170k that attended the 2020 show, a slightly subdued CES delivered an impressive lineup of tech that felt equal parts concept and market ready (per the norm). The post Our top tech picks from CES 2022 appeared first on Encore ANZPAC.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 29, 2021

Venues have been equally quick to react, providing designer studios as restrictions lifted last summer, along with tech, atmosphere and identity in equal measure. Showcase’s Virtual Event Venue. Established in 1976 by John Henry, the venue became the birthplace of a uniquely portable stage riser system for touring artists.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

2020 saw a huge acceleration in the demand for digital platforms as part of the event hosting landscape, due to the crushing effect the coronavirus had on physical attendance. Exposure Analytics’ technology can cover any size of venue and runs off a simple 4G connection and power source. Rebecca Pell, Marketing Communications Manager.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

Presenting on the Marketing and Measurement Stage at last year’s Event Tech Live was Keith McMahon. Keith is the owner of Venue View, an event tech company that creates virtual 3D tours of venues and events to maximise customer engagement. On the Event Tech Live website, it offers a 3D tour of the venue.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 18, 2021

Oh, add 50 percent to my tech budget? Venues and Platform Budgets: Zero to Gazillions. Just as an in-person event can take place in a cornfield for free, or in the very pricey ballroom of The Ritz off Central Park, costs can vary wildly depending on your venue, and your choice of an in-person venue depends greatly on your audience.

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