MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Date, theme, leaders, and resources are lining up for next year’s Global Meetings Industry Day. The Meetings Mean Business Coalition (under the U.S. It has also looked further ahead, with GMID dates set for April 11, 2024, and April 3, 2025. Mark your calendars. million people.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2024

IMEX America 2024 ended today with a final count of 15,500 attendees (5,500 buyers and 86,000 pre-scheduled meetings) walking through the doors at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. She noted the number, quality and diversity of fringe events around the show. MPI Foundation uses the $14.4

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Event Marketer

JUNE 16, 2024

The newest audiovisual solutions dazzled at InfoComm 2024, the trade show for the pro a/v industry that brought almost 37,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center, June 12-14. While it was fun to get inside, it was equally fun to watch a meeting seemingly taking place at a big cats preserve from the outside in.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

These connections will help ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of the global business events industry and continues to meet the needs of planners and delegates. This year, a number of regional events will also take place, along with specific Advocacy Forums, which will be held within existing events and trade shows.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) powered Smart Monday and morning keynotes as part of a 20-year partnership that was formally extended through 2025. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. meetsmart #ireland pic.twitter.com/1Dua0ypRxJ.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

Several years ago, the Freeman leadership team established a vision for where we wanted to be in 2025, a strategic road map with very specific imperatives attached to each objective. The post Welcome to the Age of Intelligent Reduction appeared first on Smart Meetings. Bob Priest-Heck, Freeman CEO. Bob Priest-Heck is CEO at Freeman.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Business travel demand is also strong, due in part to the need for r emote workers to fly to meet with coworkers and clients. Just don’t call it a trade show,” he advised. I don’t foresee association consolidations happening before 2025. A day of reconning may be coming for hotels,” Meyer said.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Attendees can expect to meet with industry leading suppliers and manufacturers ahead of what is shaping up to be an incredibly busy 2022. With demand for event kit expected to be high, a visit to the show is essential in securing the products and services needed to deliver events next year.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 20, 2023

April 22 is Earth Day, a time for those in our industry to consider the substantial environmental impact of holding meetings, conventions, and trade shows. Here are eight recent sustainability developments around travel and meetings that planners should have on their radar. • Every effort counts. Register here.

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Unique Venues

APRIL 24, 2024

In the sprawling landscape of professional meeting destinations, Dallas emerges as a top location for professional and social event planners, successfully blending southern charm with cosmopolitan flair. Accessibility and Convenience Convenience is key for professional meeting planners, and Dallas delivers on all fronts.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) powered Smart Monday and morning keynotes as part of a 20-year partnership that was formally extended through 2025. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 13, 2022.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Talia Bender Small FQ started when Shelley Zalis, now CEO, attended the Consumer Electronics Show in 2013 and felt “ tired of being an only and lonely ,” so she invited other female attendees at the conference (an estimated three percent at the time) to walk the trade-show floor with her.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 29, 2021

In addition, the 62nd ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition took place online Dec. Convene spoke with Reed in late February to learn how he and his team reengineered the annual meeting not as a short-term strategy but to make it a sustainable enterprise — and a more valuable experience for all participants — for the coming years.

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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. Among the initiatives that IMEX America has introduced to meet this need is the EventTechTours.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2024

During COVID, people tried virtual trade shows and organizers saw revenue streams rapidly disappearing if that became the way of business going forward. Going deeper into assessing the meeting space includes such considerations as, “Did they bring stuff in? If it’s a trade show, there’s a lot of stuff that moves in and out.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

How meetings can beat the loneliness epidemic In my first full year as a member of the meetings and events industry, I’ve had the immense privilege of attending numerous events, conferences and trade shows. And also, people are craving to be brought together.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The good news is that planners and individuals are booking camps , conferences , meetings , and events at record levels, making up for lost time. If this sounds like a familiar struggle, here are four ways to increase engagement with planners and individuals looking to book a venue for their next meeting or event: 1.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Meet the Event Industry News team at this year’s Event Sustainability Live, the Event Industry News Hub will be your go-to spot to connect, plan, and explore the full potential of digital marketing and advertising for your brand in 2025 and beyond. This is your opportunity to book a meeting with our team, discuss upcoming […]

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Welcome to this month’s exhibit industry news digest for corporate trade show marketers, featuring intel on research, trends, people and company updates. Show News Outdoor Retailer has discontinued its Nov. show and will hold only one annual show in June, rather than two each year. Canada and Europe.

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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? The Boston Consulting Group projects the global market for robotics to reach $87 billion by 2025. Why I Have My Eye on AI. As the costs come down, their presence will grow. David McMillin. Personalized Marketing.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

What to consider when planning an event at an all-inclusive resort Meeting Professionals International (MPI) CEO Paul VanDeventer likes to say that when planning the association’s World Education Congress (WEC), MPI takes chances so members don’t have to take on the risk. Louis in 2025 in the expanded convention center campus.

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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? The Boston Consulting Group projects the global market for robotics to reach $87 billion by 2025. Why I Have My Eye on AI. As the costs come down, their presence will grow. David McMillin. Personalized Marketing.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

More than 30 exhibitors, alongside their operator partners, hosted press conferences right on the trade show floor and on the South Concourses Innovation Stage, sharing announcements on new rides and expansions coming to theme parks and industry updates.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 6, 2024

Long wait times and inflationary pressure linger at in-person-only medical meeting The arrival in Seattle of 11,631 attendees for the 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ( ARVO ) conference in May was the culmination of a logistical struggle to return to bringing the world of eye doctors together at 2019 levels.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

At several points of the day a long line could be seen stretched across the aisle with meeting professionals eager to have their headshot taken. 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.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

On a November 12 webinar, Goodwin ( below, right ) discussed some of the top issues ECA will be watching as the second Trump Administration takes office, including taxes, workforce development, visas, and trade policy. Visas Another issue on ECA’s radar for 2025 isn’t new: visa backlogs. call a ‘tax cliff,’” said Goodwin.

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