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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Shifting marketing budgets. Planners are charged with making the problem go away but have little to no negotiating power.

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Cvent Will Go Private Again After $4.6B Sale to Blackstone

Smart Meetings

Read More: Cvent’s Event Tech Roadmap According to filings, at the end of last year, Cvent had approximately 22,000 customers globally in the corporate, non-profit, higher education and hospitality sectors as of December 31, 2022. In 2021, the market for in-person, virtual and hybrid events was estimated at $30 billion.

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Nine Ways to Make First-time Conference Attendees Feel at Home

Event Marketer

Some people self-select and give us that survey information, says Trevor Drewry, head of experiential marketing at Webflow. In 2022, the brand did some testing on catering to next-gen personas, offering programming and messaging geared more towards age than experience. So we have to be a lot more creative now.

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Four Business Travel Trends and Forecasts Impacting Events in 2024

Event Marketer

The good news for event marketers, however: Despite the year’s travel speed bumps and forecasts, many events and trade shows (CES 2024, included) are reporting they are back to pre-pandemic attendance levels. Corporate travel policies may start including air emissions tracking.

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Smart Moves in Mexico, Atlanta and More

Smart Meetings

Englander takes on the role of account manager as well, and will assist with all aspects of site selection and contract negotiation processes. Allison Aguilar Bultman Allison Aguilar Bultman, Destination Madison Destination Madison promotes Aguilar Bultman to a brand new sales position: convention sales manager, multicultural markets.

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Share the Brand Love with Five Activation Ideas for Valentine’s Day

Event Marketer

Fun fact: Resy negotiated with its restaurant partners to hold the reservations for dates two weeks out—something that could help out last-minute planners or forgetful partners ahead of Valentine’s Day. The post Share the Brand Love with Five Activation Ideas for Valentine’s Day appeared first on Event Marketer. Agency: 160over90.

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Normal is Over(rated) – For Now

Velvet Chainsaw

A few of the largest partners in my space are beginning to whisper to us they won’t have people on the road again until 2022, and I believe them. Worse: we let it drip into our marketing and our board meetings, and from there into our members. I’m not sure my association will hold a big, in-person meeting in 2021. Lead with your value.

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