Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

Ever since my first encounter with the hybrid hub and spoke meeting topology at Event Camp Twin Cities in 2011, I’ve been a big fan of the format. Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. What’s a hub and spoke meeting? But first…. A terminology reminder.

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JUNE 22, 2021

Destinations International (DI) unveiled its 2021 Hall of Fame inductees and Destination Organization Leadership Award recipient. The post Destinations International Announces 2021 Inductees appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

CHS Birmingham delivered on its expectation to be one of the most productive events in its history, with buyer’s and exhibitor’s pre-arranged meetings up 16% on last year, not to mention the relationships built across the show’s networking. Now, with demand remaining high, the organisers have announced the next major theme; Welfare.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The post 2021 It List: Meet a Group of Agency Leaders Propelling the Industry Forward appeared first on Event Marketer. Our partner profiles provide a peek under the hood of each agency’s unique work culture, service offerings and stand-out characteristics. LEO Events. Southport Marketing. Street Factory Media. Touch Worldwide.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 27, 2021

While no one can dispute the impact of face to face meetings, virtual events have opened new opportunities and in many ways have created a new medium for organizations to communicate with and engage their employees, customers and members. However, not all of these online events over the past year were successful.

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Event Farm

JUNE 9, 2021

Part III: 2021 Event Planning Playbook. When it comes to venues, you are likely to see a 25% increase in meeting space expenses. Plus, when social distancing rules mandate less capacity in meeting rooms, you need more rooms and, therefore, more staff. If you need more meeting rooms, you need more equipment.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Enquiry Breakdown Over Time Year Total Enquiries Enquiries Change (%) 2019 300,527 2020 97,892 -67% 2021 97,938 0% 2022 178,361 +82% 2023 195,321 +10% 2024 186,724 -4% Looking at the Total Enquiries over the past six years, we can identify several key patterns: 2019 :The year started with a strong performance, recording 300,527total enquiries.

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Event Farm

MAY 5, 2021

So we set out to compile all the knowledge we’ve gathered so far this year to create the 2021 Event Planning Playbook and provide the answers you seek to give your traditional playbook a massive upgrade. The post Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook appeared first on Event Farm. Tracking event, venue, and vendor staff.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 14, 2021

Why are our meetings still full of lectures? Well, listen to and consider this June 11, 2021 quote from New York City Mayoral frontrunner Eric Adams : [link]. Learning researchers and our best teachers and meeting designers have known this for a long time. It’s just the opposite. Social learning is humans’ true superpower.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“So we’re thrilled to have a presence in not only North America, but Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, as well.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2021

A recovery it is, as Visit Anaheim in California confirmed the city has 55 events for the second half of 2021. In the first half of 2021, Anaheim welcomed 33 events to the destination, which will mean a total of 88 events for the year, bringing in $248 million in local impact. million in tourism occupancy tax for the city.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The old meeting industry normal is long over, and many event professionals are still hoping and waiting for a new normal. In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. Holding in-person meetings: what do we now know? It’s time to take another look. . Accommodations.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

15Hatfields is using its insight from being the first business meetings and events venue to measure all three scopes of carbon emissions in its annual carbon footprint report to encourage and help the industry reduce its carbon footprint.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Meeting Means Business Coalition (MMBC) will fully integrate under U.S. Travel Association , after having close ties in meeting production over the years. The plan to integrate was announced last week at IMEX America 2021 in Las Vegas. The plan to integrate was announced last week at IMEX America 2021 in Las Vegas.

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Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

If the last year has shown anything, it’s that event technology can help attendees stay connected, even when meeting in person isn’t possible. To meet this demand, event organizers need to balance carefully planned in-person meetings with year-round online engagement. Build Connections with Events & Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Even as in-person meetings continue to reemerge with a vengeance, virtual meetings have taken a primary position in the event professional toolbox. Yes, hybrid meetings are more complicated and costly, but virtual is here to stay without a doubt,” he said. A More Customer-focused Virtual Environment. “We The Back-up Plan.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Read More : Florida: An Intersection of Meetings and Coastal Contact So, it’s fitting that we’d adopt a Victorian Christmas theme inspired by Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” MM When I started in 2021, I wasn’t in charge yet, but I observed plenty of challenges. Read More : Hey, Busy Meeting Planner, You Feeling Stressed?

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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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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022. Hybrid Is Down.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2021

The number of meetings being scheduled now is quickly picking up steam as mask mandates are lifted and people start gathering again, but meeting formats have evolved. With Salamander Hotels & Resorts , a luxury resort management company founded by Sheila Johnson , a Smart Women in Meetings Hall of Fame winner. Ty Brassie.

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MARCH 2, 2022

Planning an event in multiple languages can be a challenge for meeting planners. Innovative virtual language interpretation software is making attendee accessibility a reality for everyone involved in creating inclusive meetings. The program makes its virtual services impartial to any particular meeting platform.

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JULY 5, 2023

Sheraton Phoenix Downtown made a conscious effort to address not only the need for staffing but to demonstrate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and aid Afghan refugees who fled their homes as the Taliban regime took control in August 2021 and were relocated to Phoenix. All four of those positions are filled with Afghan refugees.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Edward State Park, which opened in 2021. What were once dormitory rooms became the 84 guest rooms; former classrooms became meeting and event spaces; the dining hall became the acclaimed Cedar + Elm restaurant, while the social hall became Remington Ballroom. Meetings and events can enjoy over 1,000 sq.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We recently convened a roundtable of senior-level conference organizers to discuss risk tolerance and the forces that are shaping their 2021/22 event strategies and decisions. Three primary risk categories are emerging as organizations weigh their options for major conferences in 2021: Mitigating financial risk. Contract concerns.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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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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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A [MARKETING PERSON] has invited me to share my expertise at a meeting industry event. I’m regularly asked to speak, present, or run a workshop at meeting industry events. ‘Attendees to [MEETING INDUSTRY EVENT] genuinely need the help and expertise of companies and advisors just like yourself. . No, you pay us!

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AUGUST 22, 2022

There are more subtle benefits to be had, which can be used by the future-ready meeting professional wanting to explore a new way of conducting business. The Bobby Hotel and The Westin Nashville in Tennessee introduced cryptocurrency as payment in April 2021. The post What Are the Benefits of Using Crypto as a Meeting Prof?

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Attendease

MAY 27, 2021

Through this interview, you will learn from Caitlin about the success with Convening Leaders, which went hybrid in January 2021, and their plans for Educon, which will go hybrid in July. Read below (or listen to the recording) to learn more about how PCMA has been managing its virtual and hybrid events in 2021.

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JULY 29, 2022

That was the message from author and Superbowl-winning executive Michael Lombardi at Smart Meetings Northeast Experience in Boston this week. Be in the room at a future Smart Meetings Experience. of its own flexible meeting space. Michael Lombari and Smart Meetings TV Host Mike Lyons. Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright.

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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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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

focused on training advocates to meet with congressional offices and advocate for legislation. But in 2021 and 2022, this event had to be held virtually due to the pandemic.? . Read More: How to Harness the Lasting Power of Virtual Meetings. Post Event Pluses.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 5, 2021

[My June, 2021 guest post for BlueJeans by Verizon on event ROI.]. For example, an academic invited to speak at a meeting might compare their investment of time and money spent attending with their expected return of increased status, easier access to colleagues, or greater likelihood of obtaining tenure. What is event ROI?

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JULY 1, 2021

Travel Association believes professional meetings and events (PME) suffer from being lumped in with other gatherings—and is working to change that. Travel Association has kicked off its “ Let’s Meet There ” campaign, unveiled at MPI’s WEC 2021 , to further propel the comeback of PMEs. Currently, about 35 percent of U.S.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 4, 2024

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) is seeking an exceptional and inspirational new chief executive, following Kerrin MacPhie’s decision to pursue a new venture. Additionally, work has continued being the sector’s voice to government through regular meetings and offering regular counsel and sector intelligence through mia Insights.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Meet at these bright new and renovated resorts in San Diego, Oahu and Barbados that enjoy sunshine and the ocean breeze nearly every day of the year. The resort draws inspiration from its island location to host tranquil yet highly motivating meetings and events. When you hold your meeting in the 1,500 sq.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The idea for a multisensory event came about in 2021 at an Incentive Research Foundation conference when JW Marriott and Jo Malone London were both exhibiting and the fragrance gifting company really drew a crowd to test the base and finished products, said Amanda Cox, director of sales and marketing with JW Marriott Marco Island.

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