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. The post Lessons Learned at IACC 2024 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Until then, enjoy these snapshots of the best of Smart Meetings 2024 podcasts. JT Long interviews keynote speaker, luxury expert and author Neen James to explore how planners can improve profitability, productivity and accountability by paying attention to detail. The post Best of 2024: Podcasts appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

IBTM has revealed human connection specialist and award-winning author, Simone Heng , will be a keynote speaker at its flagship IBTM World event. Simone is part of an electrifying line-up of speakers at the leading global trade show who will amplify the unparalleled power of events to offer personal experiences.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 11, 2024

The 2024 New York International Auto Show featured a tight cast of brand characters as well as lessons in organizing supersized booth footprints. More from the New York International Auto Show The post Top Booths from the 2024 New York International Auto Show appeared first on Event Marketer. Partner : George P.

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Event Marketer

JULY 1, 2024

With that, we introduced our wellness menu—from speakers to activations, we make it easy for event professionals to WOW their attendees through wellness. Recognizing the wellness category is growing by leaps and bounds we understood that attendees—especially younger generations—have a strong interest in wellness.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designing accessible events topped almost all meetings industry event agendas in 2024, but few planners understand what is required to make everyone feel welcome even as equal access moves from the desired to the required column in their job descriptions. Most have multiple impairments, and that includes the audience and the speakers.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2024

Registration has now opened for IBTM World 2024 , which takes place from 19 – 21 November at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. Designed by event planners, for event planners, IBTM World brings together over 12,000 exhibitors, buyers and attendees to do business, learn from inspirational speakers, and network with peers.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mandy Jennings, CEO and Owner of Venues of Excellence reflects on 2024 and the power of the sales and marketing consortium for independent venues. As 2024 draws to a close, Mandy Jennings, CEO, reflects on the incredible progress and achievements of the past 12 months for the consortium and its member venues.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 13, 2024

In part two of our live coverage from SXSW 2024, we bring you six more steal-worthy event and experiential strategies spotted during our travels around Austin. And on the spacious rooftop, attendees could rest, charge their devices, tap into free Wi-Fi, purchase Porsche merchandise and listen to music when speakers weren’t on stage.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 7, 2025

Following a highly successful debut in 2024, the festival will expand its footprint within the venue, bringing together an even larger audience to celebrate the latest in animation, motion design, and cutting-edge digital creativity. The Barbican will host Playgrounds In Motion Festival for a second consecutive year on 9th-10th October 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2024

The speaker is yet to be announced but with previous guests including documentary maker Louis Theroux and entrepreneur Steven Bartlett, it’s set to be an inspiring and thought-provoking session. Confirmed speakers and partners include Bloomberg Travel, UN Tourism, Trip.com, WTTC, Expedia and the BBC, with more to be announced soon.”

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Eventmobi

JUNE 26, 2024

The right software will enable you to design and print customized name badges at scale for all event participants, including attendees, staff, exhibitors, and speakers. Top solutions offer the ability to upload custom graphics, logos, and backgrounds, as well as options to create unique badges for VIPs, speakers, staff, and other groups.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Next-level Content Engagement With high-profile speakers including NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, Jane Goodall and Matthew McConaughey, much-anticipated keynotes, and hundreds of sessions, the amount of content produced during Dreamforce is staggering. MORE SCENES FROM DREAMFORCE 2024: Have a story idea? And yes, the butterflies were real.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 9, 2025

Timekettles booth featured a Spanish speaker and an English speaker having a conversation in real time while their words were translated live. Read More : Event Case Study: Walmart Experience at CES 2024 Perso AI Live Chat Attendees could have a real-time conversation with an AI assistant at Perso AIs booth.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The post 2024 Platinum Choice Awards Voting appeared first on Smart Meetings. Cast your vote by Monday, Sept. 30 and be part of shaping what comes next. The finalists will be featured in the December Smart Meetings Magazine ( You can see last year’s winners here ). Vote for Your Favorite Hotels and CVBs!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In addition to this observation here at Smart Meetings, there were a host of other observations—as well as celebrations—we made on the second day of IMEX America 2024. Swingers Las Vegas Will Bring a Whole New Adventure for Groups Swingers Las Vegas is slated to open this November 2024, in Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Leading Agency Forum 2024 are the experts from Projectory.live, who will incorporate playful, collaborative content experiences throughout the day that will have leaders thinking differently about not only their roles, businesses and people, but also about how to help clients think differently, too.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

To help get the juices flowing for 2024, we analyzed 10 hot properties that offer prime sponsorship opportunities, and in some cases, new audiences worth tapping into. Deutsche Bank will serve as global lead sponsor of the 2024 event, with companies like BMW, illy, LG and Stone Island also signed on as key partners.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 26, 2024

We all know the power a great speaker holds in transforming an event from good to unforgettable. It’s that time again to raise the curtain on our 2nd annual Smart Speakers: Best of the Stage Award. Nominate your favorite keynote speaker by April 30th, and let’s continue to spotlight the brilliance that lights up our stages.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2025

Adapt your approach: Use that research to shape everything from your agenda and speakers to food choices and communication styles. Visit Denver highlighted that the meetings industry brought over $845 million to the local economy in 2024 alone, with $66 million tied directly to the recent expansion of the Colorado Convention Center.

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EventMB

JANUARY 17, 2024

Skift Take: President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and actress Mayim Bialik were all keynote speakers at PCMA Convening Leaders 2024. Were these controversial choices worth the risk? Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Let’s talk everything at the 2024 Experiential Marketing Summit, April 24-26, in Las Vegas. At the 2024 Experiential Marketing Summit, we’ll break down the new KPIs, challenge you to rethink what you are or what you are not measuring, and help you develop stronger roadmaps for success. Events are… a community. We’ll see you in April.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 25, 2024

The “Trends in Experiential Exhibits” panel featured speakers (from left) Amy Sondrup of Access TCA, Kate Alter of Philips Healthcare, Sarah Jensen of Toshiba, and Aaron Conk of Delta Faucet Company. and received the Experiential Marketing Hall of Fame “Golden Badge.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2024 in Birmingham, West Midlands has announced its first wave of high-profile speakers for sport’s most influential industry gathering.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

CLEANPOWER 2024 will continue to present a sustainability sponsorship and look at further ways to have sustainability at the core of their event design. On the Horizon for 2024 and Beyond Businesses, take note! The post Circularity: The Biggest Shift for Trade Shows in 2024 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

Read More : Event Case Study: MPI Southern California WeCon 2024 Because of this expanding inventory, Dominguez offered different recommendations for planners and hoteliers preparing for events during that year. When considering speakers for your next meeting, remember that thinking outside the box can majorly pay off. #4

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 13, 2025

Tech strategy firm Future Point of View (FPOV) recently released its Humalogy Trends Report 2024, which includes responses from thousands of leaders across many industries, and provides strategic insight for digital transformation. Here are three other approaches. Remember, leaders are expecting their industry to be radically different.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

What does 2024 hold for the events industry? Let’s take a look at the top event trends that will shape 2024. Southern-Indian fusion, Japanese with an Italian twist, Korean-Mexican mash-ups—2024 events will include ingredients, flavors, and styles from multiple cultures and cuisines. In 2024, we’ll see more activity-based events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 14, 2025

From the show floor at IBTM World 2024, we hear from Bo Krger, speaker and meetings designer at Moving Minds. In the first episode of this new season, Shonali talks with Mike Ford, Owner of Grateful Lemon, who shares powerful insights on burnout and how events professionals should approach stress, recovery and sleep.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Read More: Meet the 2024 Platinum Choice Award Winners Meeting on Purpose Joshua M. Author, TEDx programmer, adventure seeker, speaker and proud father Joshua M. The new Tierra Luna Spa, the outdoor Spire Bar, a waterpark and 200,000 sq. Evans How do you take an event from a shared space to a shared purpose?

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Agencies: Hyperactive; Fold7; Miroma Group) Photos: Courtesy of Hyperactive/ Instagram INFINITI The 2024 New York International Auto Show featured a tight cast of brand characters as well as lessons in supersized booth footprints. The experience was designed to serve as an antidote to the dreary occasion. Partner: George P.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

The Hospitality Professionals Association has revealed early details of its 2024 HOSPACE event, which is set to bring together some of the industry’s leading minds at its annual conference this November.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 20, 2024

More Scenes from the Kia Connected Home Exhibit: Photos: Courtesy of EWI Worldwide The post CES 2024: Six Best Practices from the Kia Connected Home Booth appeared first on Event Marketer. We made it easy for those at the vanguard of technology to understand the true consumer benefits, as well as Kia’s elevated branding and image.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

Maybe it was that one conference you attended, where a speaker spoke to a part of you that you never even knew existed. Inspiration typically comes from well-placed catalysts in our lives. Beyond these professional accomplishments, like every woman, my journey has included struggles and lessons.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The good news is that 2024 is expected to eclipse 2019 results by 3.6%. The big three include food & beverage, A/V + production and speakers/entertainment. Utilizing industry speakers for one of your keynote slots. The bad news is that full year performance for 2023 participation and revenues is expected to be 9.5%

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

The space can accommodate everything from fun fair rides, and food and drink stalls, to an outdoor stage for bands and DJs, with large screens and speakers. Allianz Stadium Twickenham has introduced a price freeze on events, allowing planners to book 2025 events at 2024 rates for all reservations made before 1 October 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2025

The space can accommodate everything from fun fair rides, and food and drink stalls, to an outdoor stage for bands and DJs, with large screens and speakers. Allianz Stadium Twickenham has introduced a price freeze on events, allowing planners to book 2025 events at 2024 rates for all reservations made before 1 October 2025.

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