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SXSW 2025: The Top Experiential Stunts, Activations and Events Taking Over Austin

Event Marketer

Its business as usual at the 2025 SXSW Conference & Festivals in Austin, but the 38 th annual event, March 7-15, may mark the end of an era for the tentpole. To wash it down, there were themed craft beverages that paired with the dishes, like the Maritime Marg, as well as mocktail options. Read the full case study here.

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Q&A: How One Event Speaker is on a Mission to Support Sober Lifestyles

Event Marketer

It wasnt until Laura Nelson was invited to speak at a womens entrepreneurial conference on a wellness panel, that she realized she wasnt alone in her perception of alcohols role in events. But when you have to go to a conference, you don’t get a choice of who you’re hanging out with or what’s in front of you.

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Trade Show Industry Updates: News, Data, Trends

Event Marketer

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. The audit revealed that 73.3

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

Event Marketer

And that makes it critical for conference organizers to ensure that their first-time attendees are set up for successparticularly as a tidal wave of newcomers continues to flood the b-to-b event landscape. Providing first-time attendees with both a comfortable and valuable experience, however, requires a measured approach.

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An Outstanding Year for Venues of Excellence

Prestige Events Magazine

2024 kicked off with our Annual Conference, The Power of Discovery , where we provided an insightful programme to support our members business strategies for the year ahead. With over 50 member venues, the Venues of Excellence consortium takes pride in representing the very best in independent conference and event venues.

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The Brief: ‘Zero Bodegas’ and Tunnels of Love

Event Marketer

20-24 during the 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, the event included multiple panel discussions featuring a range of voices who shared their neurodivergent perspectives on some of this years core WEF themes. BRANDS APPEAL TO THE SENSES TO MARK LUNAR NEW YEAR Lunar New Year 2025 celebrations have been underway since Jan.

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ExCel London Paves the Way for Green Meetings

Smart Meetings

There, over 300,000 worms convert leftover food waste into compost that is used in the center’s green spaces. ExCel will measure its progress towards this goal with the KPIs of a 75% recycling rate by 2025, a 50% carbon emissions reduction by 2030 and net-zero by 2050. ExCel aims to achieve an accessibility certification by 2025.

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