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Key Takeaways from MPI Northern California ACE 2025

Smart Meetings

Hotels will likely give less room for discounts or concessions, and early contract negotiations will be crucial to locking in favorable rates. Planners can expect higher room rates for meetings and events, and budgeting for accommodations will require more flexibility and potentially higher spending allowances.

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Budget, Innovation and Engagement Ideas Were Centerstage at Global DMC Partners Annual

Smart Meetings

percent between 2024 and 2030, according to Grand View Research, and the European market is on a similar track. If you can contract far enough in advance, you can secure better rates before supply is squeezed. MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) market is expected to grow by 7.8

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SEARCYS JOINS AS CATERING PARTNER FOR CHURCH HOUSE WESTMINISTER

Prestige Events Magazine

British caterer and restaurateur, Searcys, announces its partnership with event and conference venue, Church House Westminster , providing catering services across the venue in a seven-year contract.

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From Vendor to Partner: One Company’s Guide to Working With Saudi Tourism

EventMB

Skift Take: As Saudi Arabia rapidly expands its meetings industry, Western companies are learning that success requires more than just signing contracts it demands a thoughtful and culturally aware approach to business relationships. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Expanding Event-Management Firm Adopts Robust Site-Search Platform

MeetingsNet

The parent company’s rationale for these moves: Streamline its event-management operations to take advantage of a projected seven-percent increase for the global meetings sector each year from 2024 to 2030.

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Actavo Events puts Sustainability centre stage

Event Industry News

In the UK, contracts include London Olympic Stadium and the Commonwealth Games. It delivers event services to music, public, cultural, corporate, exhibition, film/TV and sporting sectors in the UK and globally.

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#RotterdamExperiment 2 – The best gamification is gamification that is unnoticed

The MICE

For example, the question this time will be, ‘What would your event of the future look like using gamification in 2030?’ The idea: One trade fair, unfair rules, one contract, one winner takes all. The contestant or team with the highest stock index valuation and most points wins the trade-unfair contract.