Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Throughout the year, several event production experts and meeting professionals showcased, discussed and ideated about experiential events. Event Case Study: Walmart Experience at CES 2024 This was Walmarts first appearance at CES. The post Best of 2024: Experiential appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2024

How event tech helped planners create better events in 2024 The secret sauce of any significant event is ultimately the event technology, which adds the finishing touch to the visual aesthetic. Below are some top stories we produced in 2024 to help planners improve their event design with the technology we have at our disposal.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 24, 2024

To help event planners deliver memorable culinary experiences, Smart Meetings has compiled a list of essential food and beverage stories from this past year to help planners leave their attendees stomachs satisfied. Meetings & Events, spoke on the impact of F&B decisions on sustainability, engagement, inclusivity and budgets.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Event Case Study: Walmart Experience at CES 2024 For its first time, Walmart took to the technology conference CES in Las Vegas. Event Case Study: MPI Southern California WeCon 2024 MPIs Southern California WeCon 2024 in Newport Beach, California, was a practice in reinvention. We spoke with John R.

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EventMB

JANUARY 2, 2025

Skift Take: Predicting the future of the meetings industry is tough, but we do it every year. As we look back at 2024, here's our honest look at what we got right, what we got wrong, and what's still percolating. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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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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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Business of Events (TBOE), in partnership with ICC Belfast, has unveiled the highly anticipated Global Destination Report 2024 at IBTM World, presenting an in-depth look at the global business events sector’s evolving landscape. This staffing concern could hinder the sector’s ability to meet demand and achieve long-term growth.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In 2022, Eventurous decided to take the leap and shout about their decade long sustainability efforts, in aim of inspiring others to achieve their own green goals. Since, this small but mighty agency has been recognised as experts in sustainable events, going on to win two Sustainability Awards in 2024 alone.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The integration with Tempest will enable business events strategists to identify destinations and venues that meet their needs and criteria. HLTH USA 2024 wrapped up on Oct. Company Updates Hyve Group acquired HLTH Inc., entering the healthcare sector with three international healthcare shows: HLTH USA, HLTH Europe and ViVE.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Optimism in the business meetings and events sector is high, with average event budgets on the rise, according to the Meetings Industry Association’s (MIA) latest MIA Insights. Despite this, just 6% feel that the business meetings and events sector is supported by UK government. It is vital that these concerns are considered.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2024

The changing dynamics of the workplace and the role of AI in the business meetings and events industry are among the topics being discussed at the miaSummit 2024. MIA chief executive, Kerrin MacPhie, said: “Our flagship annual conference has a pedigree stretching back more than a decade.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2024

One of central Londons leading sustainable events venues, 15Hatfields , has recorded its best trading quarter to date. year-on-year increase in revenue for September, October and November 2024, thanks to its live business meetings and events bookings being up by 11.68%.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Meetings Industry Association’s (MIA) has unveiled the shortlist for its prestigious 2024 miaList, having received a record-breaking number of nominations for a third consecutive year. To find out more information and purchase a ticket to the 2024 ceremony, visit www.mia-uk.org/miaList.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Data The meetings and events industry is projected to flourish in 2025, with meeting professionals expressing confidence in its future and noting planned increases in meetings budgets, as revealed in the 14th Annual Global Meetings and Events Forecast by Amex GBT Meetings & Events. 1689 on the 2024 list, Inc.’s

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

WEFTEC Earns EICs Platinum-level Sustainable Event Standards Certification In October 2024, over 20,000 professionals in the global water sector gathered in New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for the Water Environment Federation s (WEF) annual Technical Exhibition and Conference ( WEFTEC ).

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2024

At Smart Meeting, we pride ourselves on bringing the best content, voices and tools to your fingertips and computer screens. In 2024, we invited industry experts to offer their insights, tips and trends to help planners create the best event possible. The post Best of 2024: Webinars appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

So are the tourism ministers of the G7, who are meeting for the first time ever right now in Italy. Worried about whether Florida is prepared to host a meeting post-hurricane season? Less than 24 hours following WSP’s report, Spirit Airlines stock dropped nearly 60%, bringing its downward projection to 90% in 2024.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Experts offer tips and ideas for meeting professionals As the year slowly comes to a close, many financial and insurance meeting planners may be thinking about what they should be keeping on their radar. They want to feel as though they have a role in choosing their own meetings journey.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

And amid it all, sustainability watchdogs are championing corporate policies that are focused on monitoring their organizations’ overall business travel emissions. A number of organizations, event properties and venues are using sustainability campaigns and air emissions tools to help track and offset activities.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2024

trillion by the end of 2024. Read More : Today’s Best Practices for Visas and International Travel Business travel has been a key economic driver, thanks in no small part to the power of in-person meetings and events. Key players are the U.S. and China, whose business travel markets have expanded 13.4% million people).

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

For many meeting professionals, taking a well-deserved breath after a year of planning large conventions, attending the International Association of Exhibitions & Events (IAEE) Expo! On Tuesday, the 2024 CEM graduates walked the stage to join more than 4,000 CEMs around the world. is an annual tradition. This year was no exception.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 23, 2024

Luxury language and presentation tips IACC 2024 in Basking Ridge, New Jersey was centered around empowering attendees to be seen, heard and respected as they drive their careers forward as leaders in the meetings and events industry. Smart Meetings was also privileged to be a judge for IACC Americas Innovations Workshop.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Siemens, in partnership with Freemans A/V team and agency, Sparks, brought a reimagined exhibit to CES 2025 that was based on the insights collected at its award-winning CES 2024 exhibit and throughout the year. We learned that more wasnt more, Gromlich says.

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Event Marketer

MAY 20, 2024

The combined digital and physical expressions of the brand in a new event identity leverages smart, modular construction designed to be repurposed across the brand’s entire 2024 event program, including Blackhat, AWS and Money 2020, hitting sustainability and value-over-time objectives and delivering value and equity for the brand.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2024

8 was the grand opening of IMEX America 2024 , with a jaw-dropping trade show, unexpected meetups with good friends and exciting announcement after exciting announcement. Sustainability Takes Center Stage Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) is the umbrella organization that hosts the Net Zero Carbon Events Initiative (NZCE).

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

WTP’s Frank Harrison Shares the Top Three Business Travel Trends for the Coming Year Frank Harrison As the travel industry around the world continues to recover post-pandemic, new business travel trends have emerged that meeting professionals will have to master to optimize attendance.

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Event Marketer

JULY 1, 2024

From the best event tech, to the coolest venues, to the most exciting host cities, to sustainability partners, measurement partners and even best places to work—the event industry is vast and changing quickly. Fave Event Tech: The most essential, game-changing technologies of 2024 and 2025.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 15, 2024

Questions about sustainability in booth design often trigger two responses: We’ve been doing it for a while (aluminum structures, rentals, recycling carpet) and Clients don’t want to pay for it. The resulting recommendations on sustainable booth design are due later this year. At the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show in Phoenix (Jan.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

A community of female leaders built on welcoming others emphasizes the power of belonging The announcement of the 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Award winners that went out Friday swelled the ranks of leaders honored to more than 1,000 strong. She loved everything about the business.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Smart Meetings Book Club column (now known as Smart Reads) was jam-packed with must-read literature that can take your workflow, leadership skills, networking strategies and other elements of your career to the next level. The post Best of 2024: Ms. B’s Book Club appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Jack Macleod For the last 15-20 years, green meetings and organized gatherings aimed at minimizing negative impacts on the environment have been a concept, but in 2020, after the Covid-19 pandemic, they became a widespread topic in the events industry. Second, it can save companies money.

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this blog post, I’ll showcase the unique opportunities Stuttgart offers for your event, from hotels and venues to experiences, all with sustainability woven into the event planning process. This setup reduces transport emissions and encourages attendees to use sustainable travel options.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 24, 2025

Planet-focused travel practices continue to gain steam, with 33 percent of corporate travelers reporting increased investment in sustainable travel practices , according to the Global Business Travel Association. Despite a tumultuous start to 2024 amid T&E freezes and cutbacks, the year ultimately saw positive spending.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 10, 2025

As quality of delivery and sustainability take centre stage in the events industry, technical production companies are under increasing pressure to implement robust processes that meet evolving client expectations. “For us, attention to detail is everything.

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EventMB

JANUARY 23, 2024

Skift Take: As climate change continues to worsen around the globe, the popularity of sustainable destinations surges, despite higher costs. Refugio Garcia Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

You have to meet the consumer where they’re at and let them be part of that process.” Sean Smith, Show Director, Outdoor Retailer OR’s 2024 format will include a Hosted Buyer program, Design + Innovation Show and Outdoor Adventure X festival. 2024 is set to be a year of growth for Outdoor Retailer (OR).

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