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Event Tech Industry Forecasters: Q&A with Interactive Entertainment Group

Event Marketer

Gregg Dukofsky, Interactive Entertainment Group TOP TECH TRENDS YOU’RE BETTING ON FOR 2025 Looking ahead to 2025, three main trends are reshaping the event landscape: mixed reality, gamification, and robotics. Mixed reality is emerging as a game-changer for engaging tech-savvy attendees.

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Q&A: Mark Cooper at 2025 IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange

Smart Meetings

Inside IACC’s vision for a smarter, greener future in meetings and hospitality Attendees at this years 2025 IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange in College Station, Texas, were in for an exciting experience. SM Food has played a big role in this event. MC Food waste management is a core focus. Its all connected. Its essential.

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Hospitality Predictions and Insights for 2025 from Michael Dominguez 

Smart Meetings

For 2025, we asked Dominguez for his insight into what planners should know in the new year. Working More Efficiently With AI In 2024, planners explored how AI could enhance their work, and 2025 is no different. Read More : Event Tech: Audiovisual Staffing AV remains a costly line item for planners.

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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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CEO Insights: The Event Tech Trends to Watch in 2025

Prestige Events Magazine

By Yaron Lipshitz, CEO of Prismm (previously Allseated) This time last year, the Meetings Industry PULSE Survey (Jan 2024) showed a surge in event tech investment with 46% of planners intending to increase their tech spending, despite a cost-conscious environment. People want to see a space before committing time to visit it in person.

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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.

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Mastering Event Contracts: Essential Negotiation Strategies for Meeting Planners in 2025

Smart Meetings

To better support planners in 2025, Smart Meetings chatted with Tyra Warner , associate professor and chair of the Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts at College of Coastal Georgia, to learn what they should consider when entering the contract negotiation phase of their event planning. Who is in charge of it?