Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2025

as the ultimate destination for leisure, business events, and cultural experiences, he concluded. Ferguson plans to prioritize a greater focus on the MICE market and special events, as well as marketing to areas of the world that the agency hasnt traditionally focused on. From a branding perspective, were positioning the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 19, 2024

He brings over 25 years of experience across finance, events and facility management. Mitchell joins SCC as assistant director of event services. She brings an extensive background in hospitality and the events industry, having served as director of events at Palm Beach County Convention Center among other respected organizations.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 16, 2024

The Business of Events (TBOE) has today announced its partnership with Marketing Manchester and Manchester Central to host the very first TBOE North of England Advocacy Forum. This landmark event, set to take place on 23rd January 2025, will be hosted in the heart of Manchester, at Manchester Central.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 12, 2024

The ICE Awards UK are calling this years’ event one of the most positive in its now 10-year history, following recognition of a ‘new kind of event standard’ at the awards. The awards themselves reflected this feeling of energy, recognizing brands such as NatWest Group, ITV Studios, BBC Studios, Co-Op, Barclays, and Deloitte.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What does it mean to be a part of the events industry in 2019? For venues and planners, that means looking into the crystal ball to get ahead of event trends and expectations. Here, we cover the top 19 trends which promise to shake up event planning and hospitality in 2019 and beyond. Well for starters, don’t blink.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Looking to plan a cream-of-the-crop meeting or event? Reed & Mackay Launches Events Division in France UK-based Reed & Mackay , the international travel management company, has debuted its events division in France as a response to a growing interest in the service.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Looking to plan a cream-of-the-crop meeting or event? Reed & Mackay Launches Events Division in France UK-based Reed & Mackay , the international travel management company, has debuted its events division in France as a response to a growing interest in the service.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 20, 2024

A conference devoted to the model, the biennial World Hospital at Home Congress (WHAHC), is gearing up for its fourth edition — to be held in Vienna, Austria, March 27–29, 2025 — and is anticipated to be its largest yet. More and more countries are adopting the model, and new societies supporting it have popped up around the world.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Two of the biggest brands in the meetings and events market have signed a landmark agreement that will see Sodexo Live! is a worldwide hospitality brand, with a proven track record of enhancing the culinary experiences across sports venues, conference centres and global events. Sodexo Live! We believe Sodexo Live!

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 6, 2022

Have you recently entered the events industry and are looking for associations to join that will help you learn the tricks of the trade? Are you an experienced event planning professional and searching for new associations to become a member of? Are many of your events wedding ceremonies or receptions?

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Event Industry News

MAY 9, 2018

Andy Sexton, Partner & Creative Director at 2LK interprets his five Cs of AI – communication, control, consumption, creation and contrast – and how they will impact the future of live events and brand experiences. billion in annual worldwide revenue by 2025. Similar systems will pop up in many other brand experience channels.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas. Event Technology in Action. Innovation Tours were led by Glenn Thayer of Emcee Squared.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2024

Straight talk from event agency leaders on pushing through the pain points and evolving to meet the opportunities in the year ahead For many event professionals, 2023 was the most promising comeback year that only kind of came back. Are there new performance metrics that can or should be deployed across events?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2024

MPI, the largest association within the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) industry, has announced it will hold its 2025 European Meetings & Events Convention (EMEC) in Istanbul, the site of the EMEC 2014. This is our signature European event. It is inherently a European experience,” says Holmgreen.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Since launching in 2015, Elevate has transformed the careers of almost 2,000 alumni, building a vibrant, global network of event talent from all sectors of the industry. It will offer tailored mentorship, live events, and a learning programme designed around their needs when it opens in the spring.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? So I’ll be following AI this year, and how, as we become more familiar with its abilities and shortcomings, that will in turn shape how we choose to use it in the business events industry. Why I Have My Eye on AI.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? So I’ll be following AI this year, and how, as we become more familiar with its abilities and shortcomings, that will in turn shape how we choose to use it in the business events industry. Why I Have My Eye on AI.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

Marriott International President and CEO Tony Capuano kicked off the event by thanking the 314 association planner customers for sticking with the company and helping the hospitality industry recover so quickly. In effect, this is a love letter to everyone who doesn’t love forced fun at a networking event,” said Henshall.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Events Industry Council (EIC), the voice of the global business events today announced the election of its 2022 Board of Directors. Sherrif has a wealth of knowledge of the global business and events sector and is a respected voice in the industry.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

When Expo 2025 Osaka opens next April, millions of visitors will rush in to discover innovation from around the world and explore the theme of “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” Pavilion Build at Expo 2025 Osaka appeared first on Event Marketer. Sustainability is a key consideration for world expos.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Read on for expressions of gratitude from some of our esteemed guests-turned-friends as we wrap up 2024 and look towards 2025 equipped with more skills, insights and ideas to build an ever-better and brighter meetings industry. It’s been an adventure, and we can’t wait to bring you even more content down the road. Being here!

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EventMB

JUNE 27, 2022

including the events industry. Many planners are vowing not to have events in states with anti-abortion policies. There is a clear precedent for changes in state laws causing events to move, this ruling has the potential to have a much bigger impact with so many states being affected at once. Texas Losing Out.

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