Event Industry News

MAY 6, 2021

I once lost a massive project after half a year of work and confirmation all is in order, only due to the fact a decision was made on a global level to halt all global events of the company in question and a missing signature. What do events, such as the ETAs, mean to you?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Meeting professionals are not just in the events business, we are in the business of helping people define who they are. That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte.

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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). So how do we get there? And what will happen if we simply take a business as usual approach?

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Pharmaceutical meeting planning is a complex task often requiring months of detailed preparation and immense pressure to rigorously respect compliance regulations. And keeping HCP engagement high at the thousands of global events your pharmaceutical company runs every year is becoming ever more challenging.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Net Zero Carbon Events launched in 2021 prior to unveiling its Pledge at COP26 in Glasgow. It brings together event industry stakeholders from around the world including conference, exhibition and event organisers, convention bureaux, venues and other suppliers. It’s an ambitious target, but it’s one we really must meet.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 27, 2022

The collaboration with VSef, the global data format for virtual events, will speed the push to make data easily accessible from and transferable between different online platforms and analytics tools. In early 2021, U.K-based

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Event Farm

APRIL 19, 2022

In March, we held Part VI of our Pandemic Compliance & Safety at Live Eve nts virtual series, to bring together three very experienced event professionals and discuss tips and lessons learned along the way as they planned and executed large scale events across the country during a pandemic – Ryan Costello, ??Chief

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Event Farm

APRIL 13, 2021

Stephanie Krzywanski, CMM, CED, partner and Chief Operating Officer at JR Global Events, said people might feel left out and alienated by a vaccination requirement or by the segregation at your event of attendees by vaccination or testing status. Every event must have a Pandemic Compliance Advisor.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 27, 2021

Smart Meetings talked to three meeting professionals tasked with figuring out how to achieve company goals and engage their geek audiences and their evolving expectations and learning styles in ways that are meaningful and effective, regardless of how content is distributed. The Day the Meetings Stopped.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 23, 2020

The ability to bring multiple attendees from across the world together virtually and still achieve the goal of the event is one that we as event professionals cannot deny. The biggest benefit of a hybrid event is increased reach as they enable access for those who could otherwise not attend. Melissa Park, Global Event Producer.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 16, 2024

host city that aligns values with Sephora,” says Kate Biancamano-Brown, senior director-event and experiential marketing at Sephora. Now, SEPHORiA is a global event designed to welcome beauty lovers everywhere. “We choose a [U.S.] So we’ve never intended SEPHORiA to exist in one market, exclusively.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 11, 2021

Bill Grusich, CMP, FASAE, Senior Vice President, Sales, Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), 2020-2021 PCMA Visionary Award supplier honoree. Ben Goedegebuure, Enterprise Vice President, Global & Industry Presence, Maritz Global Events, 2020-2021 PCMA Visionary Award business events strategist honoree.

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Bizzabo

MAY 18, 2021

By now you’ve probably heard the term hybrid, it’s all the event industry has been talking about lately. According to expert predictions on hybrid , hybrid events truly are the future and a critical strategy for organizers to adopt in 2021. Stacey Gromlich, Director Audience Engagement & Global Events, Siemens.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 16, 2021

It’s been more than two years since the Events Industry Council released the Global Economic Significance of Business Events study, and the world has been through a lot since then. As a result, the umbrella organization for the meeting and convention industry has set its sights on a similar study, with a twist.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

The ambitious Economic Significance Study comprises four insight streams to examine the global events industry’s economic impact and, for the first time, quantify the cumulative losses experienced in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information on the Events Industry Council, visit: [link].

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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. By February 2021, the agency was ready to take supporting their community through events to the next level.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The most coveted amenity in the meetings and hospitality world right now is…confidence. Confidence is turning out to be a scarce commodity as the weeks have dragged into months and meeting professionals are rebooking the rebookings. The meetings landscape is uneven. Meetings are so missed,” he reported. Kevin Edmunds.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 10, 2017

If you plan events, the Technavio 2017-2021 market research report on global event management software will definitely catch your eye. The global event-management software market size is projected to grow to USD 1.64 The post Top 7 Event Management Software Companies appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 14, 2021

With this acquisition, Swapcard can now meet organizers’ needs for one technology platform for their events, no matter the region, now that Swapcard has offices in Paris, London, Seattle, Montreal, Dubai, Singapore, and New Delhi. Starting in the spring of 2020, Swapcard and Avolio, have collaborated on a multitude of virtual events.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

We have significant interest from huge global events and sporting bodies across the globe too, they are considering using our technology to amplify their events and increase their sponsors ROI.”. More in 2021…. Brand Events. Event Tech. Sporting Events. Areas of interest. Concerts & Tours.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! predictions conversation about the trends meeting profs need to prepare for in 2023. A lot of it is new meetings.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

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. Further information on IBTM World Virtual will be released in the coming days.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 1, 2022

Especially for business events in Eastern Europe, the war clouds a promising rebound from the pandemic. The last two years have been a massive challenge for the meetings industry, and few segments have suffered as much as destination management companies. Russian Roulette: Global Events Industry Reacts to Ukraine Invasion.

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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. In January of 2022, the signature event was held at CAESARS FORUM in Las Vegas. A new date has yet to be announced.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Net Zero Carbon Events launched in 2021 prior to unveiling its Pledge at COP26 in Glasgow. It brings together event industry stakeholders from around the world including conference, exhibition and event organisers, convention bureaux, venues and other suppliers. It’s an ambitious target, but it’s one we really must meet.

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Eventory

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

9, 2021 — 6Connex, the leading platform for virtual and hybrid events, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Eventory, one of the top global event management platforms, to offer its customers an expanded range of services for virtual and hybrid events.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2023

About the CMP Events Industry Council launched the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) Program in 1985 to provide meeting industry professionals with specialized continuing education. Today, the CMP certification is a globally-recognized distinction. In 2006, he earned his CMP certification from EIC.

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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. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. Right now, those sorts of challenges are popping up at events all over the world.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 7, 2021

Meeting and event companies will need to continue to offer remote work and other flexible work options. Early indicators show a demand for in-person and hybrid meetings. Business travel may change to more multi-day trips and fewer day trips, reduced frequency of meetings.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Meetings can still happen. This is an opportunity for everyone interested in diversity, equity and inclusion to get peer advice and meet suppliers,” Bauer said. “We This show marks an important moment when the global events community can reconnect and celebrate meeting again face to face at a live event.”.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

“I came to COP26 to meet my counterparts in the world and advance our joint struggle against the climate crisis,” Elharrar wrote on Twitter. It’s sad that the United Nations, which promotes accessibility for people with disabilities, in 2021 doesn’t worry about accessibility at its own events.”.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2021

Kristin Horstman is a senior director at Salesforce and has been on our show just recently , Johnnie White is the CEO of the American Society of Appraisers, and Rachael Riggs is a WellBeing Leader at Maritz Global Events. “As we go into 2021, people are going to have different types of wellness needs,” Kristin explains.”

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Bizzabo

MAY 26, 2021

It's THE event for thousands of marketing and event professionals to get inspired and reimagine the attendee experience. Ready to discuss the biggest trends of 2021 and how to best design the event experience? It’s easy to sign up for an event and forget as it gets closer (the 1 week and 24-hour emails solve for this).

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

For the group’s 2021 FICP Annual Conference in Arizona, they put a stake in the desert early on that they would hold an in-person event at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa for 500 fully vaccinated people Nov. Learn lessons from planning 2021 FICP Annual Conference by listening in on this exclusive webinar.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

A total of 60,000 pre-scheduled meetings are confirmed to take place over the three-day event. In addition, there are 91% of the number of destinations that attended in 2019, making the IBTM World a truly global event experience. and CWT Meetings & Events.

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Event Farm

APRIL 19, 2022

Missed Part VI of the Pandemic Compliance and Safety at Live Events panel series? “It Here are the takeaways from the panel discussion. So why isn’t it our responsibility not to continue to do that as it relates to health safety? It’s just another layer of what it is that we’re doing.”

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The conference, originally scheduled for last November in Glasgow, was canceled because of the pandemic — in May, the decision was made to hold the conference in person in 2021 as originally planned in Glasgow. It’s appropriate that, at one of the world’s most significant global events, the meetings industry would have a voice.

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