Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2024

The Big Easy prepares for its 11th Super Bowl When the NFL added another week to its usual 17-week schedule in 2021, this created a small problem between the Super Bowl LVIII and this year’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans. This particular year was very important [for Las Vegas],” she says. They had a fresh start.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2021

We knew that in April 2021 we would still be unfortunately in various stages of open to stay-at-home for our members on six continents, and that our passionate and resilient community still needed each other. This included brand new data from our Corporate inSITEs research with U.S.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Four Best Venue Management Software Solutions of 2021. #1 Whether you have large banquet dining spaces, smaller event and corporate meeting rooms, an exposition hall or even outdoor spaces, you can build out templates with the exact dimensions of your space and even create templated setups for your most common room setups.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

HBAA board and senior management share their predictions for 2021. Collaboration and consolidation will be key trends for the business events, accommodation and meetings industry in 2021, according to the HBAA. Smaller meetings and smaller/hybrid events will replace the large-scale offerings for 2021.”.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Following the launch in autumn 2020, The Lensbury successfully delivered a further COVID-secure bubble in March 2021 for the duration of the England rugby team’s 2021 Six Nations Championship. Businesses of all sizes can now book a corporate COVID-bubble retreat at The Lensbury.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

From the beginning of December 2021 every venue search on the venuedirectory.com site will put sustainable venues at the top of all venue results provided, both UK and international. venuedirectory.com has gathered and continues to add all the relevant sustainability accreditations for venues.

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The Castle Group

JANUARY 13, 2022

As 2021 kicked off, virtual events were still the primary focus of our clients’ event strategies. In 2021, Castle Events tripled the number of events we produced from 2020, organizing programs with a combined total of 12,000 + attendees and 1,000 + speakers. There has been a fundamental shift in the meetings and events industry.

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Event Industry News

JULY 13, 2022

To-date ELX members have held sessions on critical topics such as DEI and sustainability to find immediate and realistic paths forward that can be shared across corporations. ELX is a community of practice including sharing of industry research, networking, best practices and industry initiatives.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 19, 2021

Julie Sibthorp, senior director of corporate meeting and events with CHG Healthcare (and a Smart Woman in Meetings Award winner ) was undaunted in the face of the challenge and shared the thought process behind the company’s graceful pirouette to an alternative celebration. A good editor is a virtual event planner’s best friend.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Events were starting to come back in 2021, but TED didn’t come back until 2022 virtually. What are the top things that corporate meeting and event planners can learn from how TED conferences are planned and executed? Sometimes with corporate meeting planners, you’re on a hamster wheel of delivery.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Live meetings and events will return—it’s already starting to happen. 2021 brings not only optimism, but also an opportunity to be at the forefront of an industry in transition. Learn more about the Master’s in Meeting and Event Management at SDSU. At the same time, virtual events are here to stay, too.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

After launching ITA Group Europe in early 2021, ITA Group has made another move to broaden its global footprint. London-based NKD increases ITA Group’s headcount by a third and adds greatly to its global reach. The West Des Moines, Iowa-based company has acquired London-based experiential-learning company NKD.

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Nunify

AUGUST 16, 2021

From connecting physically and travelling for corporate meetings, we shifted to virtual networking. Rebuilding the Workspace in 2021 and beyond. 2020 introduced several of us to the ‘work from home,’ setup. This paradigm shift caused brands to go digital. The concept in itself isn’t new.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 3, 2021

MCI, a global engagement and marketing agency, is pleased to announce that two of our Canada experts, Pamela Baker, Senior Manager, Sales, and Ruth Gorriz, Manager, Planning, were nominated for the 2021 Connect Corporate 40 Under 40.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Mabrouka Events is delighted to be celebrating 20 years in business in 2021. Whether arranging a large corporate conference or an intimate family birthday celebration, the agency’s highly experienced team has proudly surpassed clients’ expectations every time.

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Event Industry News

MAY 5, 2021

The City of Vienna is providing the Vienna Tourist Board and its Vienna Convention Bureau with an additional €4 million to support national and international organisers of meetings held in the city, from 1 May 2021 to 31 December 2023, paving the way for the sector’s growth offering up to €60,000 of funding per event.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

However, if you’re planning a corporate meeting, six months might be all you need. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in October 2017 by Kaitlin Colston and completely revamped by Anja Grcar in September 2021. Big events with a high number of attendees might require up to a year to plan.

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Unique Venues

MAY 19, 2021

Not only does that come as good news for concert and theater goers, but it’s also an exciting development for planners that rely on these types of non-traditional venues for galas, corporate meetings, training and development seminars and product launches.

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Unique Venues

JUNE 2, 2021

There is usually more than one space to utilize within the venue such as meeting and conference rooms, cafeterias, lounges, press boxes, and so many more flexible indoor and outdoor spaces for your event. Consider an arena or stadium for a unique option as the backdrop to your next corporate or social gathering.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Antaya Calder, corporate meeting planner at Restive Events & Development, for example, typically offers three tickets for wine or beer and two for hard liquor. Serving food during a networking event or happy hour, even tapas-sized, is also a popular strategy.

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 14, 2022

After closing the show in 2019, the club renovated and reopened in 2021 with a new contemporary circus collective, the 7 Fingers. Plan your next private concert, banquet, reception, live performance, corporate meeting or even a wedding at this one-of-a-kind space in the Golden Gate City!

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 15, 2022

After closing the show in 2019, the club renovated and reopened in 2021 with a new contemporary circus collective, the 7 Fingers. Plan your next private concert, banquet, reception, live performance, corporate meeting or even a wedding at this one-of-a-kind space in the Golden Gate City!

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

The pivot to digital events over the last year revealed that a lot of value delivered at face-to-face meetings can effectively be online. For the first time since 2019, more than 14,000 domestic and international associates came together in person for a singularly inspiring experience. Case Study: CHG Incentive Shift Celebrates Flexibility.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The pandemic and the time it took away from air travel and in-person meetings have revealed ways to safeguard—and even improve—the health of meeting professionals and the way we conduct meetings. The post A Year in Recovery: Best Pandemic Travel Tips, Takeaways of 2021 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Attendease

JULY 13, 2021

In an effort to hold on to the scale advantages of running virtual events while keeping in-person meetings safe, the industry is gearing up to make yet another pivot to hybrid formats — meetings and events that feature both virtual and in-person components. Finding the best event management software for your objectives.

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Attendease

JUNE 30, 2021

In an effort to hold on to the scale advantages of running virtual events while keeping in-person meetings safe, the industry is gearing up to make yet another pivot to hybrid formats — meetings and events that feature both virtual and in-person components. Finding the best event management software for your objectives.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

Year-on-year changes in travel pricing (actual) 2020 (actual) 2021 (estimated) 2022 (estimated) 2023 Air fares (12%) (26%) 48.5% Business travel airfares fell over 12% in 2020 from 2019 followed by an additional 26% decline in 2021. Economy ticket prices fell over 24% from 2019 to 2021, while premium tickets fell 33%.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 10, 2022

What started in the events industry of 2021 is going to continue this year. This trend is happening in sports already and it’s bound to move to corporate meeting space, too. They’re now getting a value where they can now continue the conversation year-round. ” Event Tech Predictions For 2022: More Acquisitions!

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Voilà Analysis Voilà, launched in 2021 by Orange and Publicis, is a specialized platform created to meet the demands of virtual events. Cvent went public for the second time in December 2021 following a $5.3 We encourage thorough research to find the best fit for your needs.

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