Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Blitz has been working with the iconic city centre venue partner for 11 years and the new contract extends the agreement to 2022. Manchester Central holds a variety of events each year, from trade shows and association meetings to conferences and special events, hosting clients and attendees from across the globe. Brand Events.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ask a seasoned meeting planner what they would recommend you do to further your career and, more often than not, they will tell you to network. Networking is a great way to meet industry leaders as well as to keep on top of the latest and greatest event planning trends. Most meeting planner associations also have local chapters.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Nasdaq: CVT), a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, and Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. The Business Combination was approved by Dragoneer shareholders at a special meeting held on 7 December 2021. Cvent Holding Corp.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 10, 2024

He recently had dealt with a life-threatening health crisis and, after five years working at Tourism London, had left his business development position after his contract ended. The Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) is a registered trademark of the Events Industry Council. In 2019, Marc Forgette found himself at a crossroads.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

How I got here: I graduated with an architecture degree and was introduced to association meetings early in my career while working in an academic setting. metro area in 2007, I had the opportunity to start working in a medical specialty association on educational programming. When I moved to the Washington D.C.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Meeting Planner, Association of American Medical Colleges. All of the project management and multitasking required to balance projects and budgets, contracts, and details keeps me engaged and looking forward to coming to work. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Alexandra Adsit.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 4, 2016

Respondents interviewed for the just-released Summer 2016 edition of the quarterly Meeting Professionals International Outlook, are getting creative to book their meetings in a crunched and crazy market. read more.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Most people's negotiating style falls into one of these nine categories. Find out what you—and your counterpart—may be doing that could help, and hinder, your ability to come to a successful conclusion. read more.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2020

Two bodies of research highlight planners’ challenges and potential attendees’ preferences when it comes to meetings. In a late June webinar that drew more than 700 corporate and association meeting planners, 64 percent of attendees responded that they expect their organizations to return to holding in-person events by January 2021.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

What would you say is the biggest challenge for a traditional association meeting planner? 1 skillset is no longer your food and beverage and your contracting of the venue and so on. We’ll find that we don’t just necessarily have annual meetings. So we will get to that point — the sooner the better.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 23, 2025

The latest Insight Update report from American Society for Association Excellence (ASAE), based on survey data from over 200 association CEOs, highlights how the ripple effects of federal actions are reshaping association meeting attendance, particularly international participation. ASAE detailed the key findings.

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