Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We recently convened a roundtable of senior-level conference organizers to discuss risk tolerance and the forces that are shaping their 2021/22 event strategies and decisions. Three primary risk categories are emerging as organizations weigh their options for major conferences in 2021: Mitigating financial risk.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Virtual and augmented reality for event previews, AI-powered event apps, and seamless hybrid event solutions will differentiate successful venues. Customers expect venues and events to cater to their specific needs, whether through curated delegate journeys, personalised digital interactions, or bespoke on-site services.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week.

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Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

A well-planned and executed conference will do wonders for your organization. A conference can help you achieve these things—if you host it correctly. To ensure your conference is a smashing success, invest in conference management. Keep reading this comprehensive guide to learn: What is a Conference?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The world of sustainable events is bigger than ever. With a list of need to know sustainability terms, straightforward explanations and tips for incorporating sustainable practices into your event planning strategy, this article is a tool youll want to keep bookmarked. Working with partners can help take much of the load off.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It didn’t always go by the name Leaders Conference. Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is hosting its annual 2023 conference at Nashville’s Music City Center with a change in how it approaches the in-person event. What about that line staff who are no longer in the Leaders Conference?

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 16, 2025

Annual conferences can be an valuable platform for helping your attendees and their organizations develop and retain future leaders, aka hi-pos. Here are three ways to get started: Emerging Leaders Ideally this is a year-round program with the greatest benefits delivered in person at your conference.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) has announced the appointment of Dominic McKay as its new Chief Executive. The venue will also welcome the British Society for Haematology, the Energy Networks Association and the European Academy of Clinical Allergology and Immunology among many other conferences and corporate events that are key to the city.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Becoming a sustainable event planner is a marathon, not a sprint. As the events industry continues to evolve in its sustainability journey, there are a lot of accomplishments to celebrate. Smart Meetings’ October webinar, From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices , breaks it down.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

The Hospitality Professionals Association has revealed early details of its 2024 HOSPACE event, which is set to bring together some of the industry’s leading minds at its annual conference this November.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 31, 2024

‘Distilling Excellence’ has been announced as the overarching theme for the upcoming Hotel Leadership Conference 2025, taking place 20-21 January 2025 at Hilton London Bankside. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the official Hotel Leadership Conference website.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 24, 2024

For annual conferences, this is best accomplished by identifying and adopting a combination of leading and lagging performance measures. That sounds like an easy metric to exceed, but you would be surprised how many annual conferences fall below this benchmark. Not all metrics can give you the insights you need right now.

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Attendease

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Nothing beats the feeling of hosting an event that went off without a hitch—especially since planning, coordinating, and managing a successful event takes a lot of hard work, education, and resources. Demonstrate the Value of the Event After the event, who are you reporting to: your boss, clients, investors, or other stakeholders?

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 18, 2021

Why people continue to speak for free at meeting industry conferences : Another issue of an occasional series— Dear Adrian — in which I answer questions about event design, elementary particle physics , solar hot water systems, and anything else I might conceivably know something about. Industry providers of goods and services.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

This is the third in a series of blogs posts, written collaboratively by our team, which uncover lessons learned in advising dozens of our clients on their events in the time of COVID-19. The previous low for occupancy was during the financial crisis in 2009 when occupancy was 55 percent. Conference Go/No-Go Decisions in a Pandemic.

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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 11, 2024

Read More : Today’s Best Practices for Visas and International Travel Business travel has been a key economic driver, thanks in no small part to the power of in-person meetings and events. Julia Simpson, WTTC president and CEO, said, “Business travel is not only back but exceeding expectations. billion, a $1.2

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Event Marketer’s 2025 B-to-B Dream has been unveiled. Valerie Strehle, Senior Director-Global Events, Workiva When an event organization operates under the code name GSD, or Get S**t Done, you know it has some serious momentum behind it. “We often talk about whats really driving people to events, Strehle says.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Creative ideas for corporate wellness events Wellness has become a buzzword, particularly in corporate and event spaces. But designing events to support our attendees’ mental and physical being is much more than a trendy concept—it’s a transformative approach to how we live, work and connect.

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Coterie Spark

MARCH 24, 2025

Are you ready to unlock the power of AI at your next conference? AI is reshaping the conference planning landscape, offering groundbreaking tools that engage attendees, streamline management, and maximize impact. Of course, its not always clear how to use artificial intelligence in conference planning.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Creating experiences, setting the stage for networking opportunities, and fostering connections among colleagues and association members are what the meetings and events world is all about. What they aren’t so great at is considering the nuances in your financial plan. Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract Cheryl M.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 19, 2025

The Events Industry Council announced today that the 2024 FICP Annual Conference, hosted by the Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) in Denver from November 10-13, achieved silver level certification to the EIC Sustainable Event Standards.

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Event Industry News

MAY 13, 2025

This years Forum brings together senior finance professionals and venue and agency leaders to address real-world financial and operational risks and challenges facing the business events, accommodation, and meetings sector. The agenda, which includes […]

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Conferences that Work

JULY 5, 2021

[My June, 2021 guest post for BlueJeans by Verizon on event ROI.]. What is event ROI? Return On Investment (ROI) is such a familiar business concept that it’s easy to gloss over the complexities of defining it in the context of events. So let’s define event ROI in a little more detail.

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Eventmobi

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With so many moving parts to juggle, planning a conference can seem like a daunting task. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through how to plan a conference from A to Z. What Does It Take to Plan a Conference? But how long does it take to plan a conference? The first key to success is to start early!

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The banner New York City anniversary event was a record attendance for the organization and the content reflected the golden anniversary moment and the pivotal time for the industry as it faces the challenges of sustainability, economic uncertainty and changing demographics. million was invested in 105 projects, touching 16,000 people.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 21, 2024

No matter what type of organization you work at, if you host events to further your goals, you probably know about corporate sponsorships. This type of help from businesses can provide crucial support in the following forms: Financial: The most widely-known type of sponsorship is a company donating money to fund an event.

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Corporate event planning is notoriously labor-intensive, with planners often reinventing the wheel for each new event. Yet, putting on a seamless, branded event experience is essential for driving sales, cultivating relationships, and elevating your company’s profile. What is Corporate Event Planning? The good news?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It can also be effectively used by meeting and event teams of all sized to deliver better end products. An organization that undervalues the importance of procurement often pays for it in numerous ways—financial and legal. The choices made here ripple through to create a more responsible and sustainable event industry.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Leading London events venue, The QEII Centre , has strengthened its director team with the appointment of Elena Gurgul as Sales and Marketing Director and EeLain Ong as Finance Director. New Finance Director EeLain Ong has worked across multiple sectors throughout her 28-year career in financial services.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 25, 2025

The business events, accommodation and meetings industry contributes more than 61 billion to the UK economy each year, yet it remains particularly vulnerable to inflationary pressures, talent shortages and inconsistent government support. The right policies can unlock growth, investment and global competitiveness.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. The 2023 FICP Annual Conference will be staged Nov. Jennifer C.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals ( FICP ) could have gone hybrid—bosses with a tight budget may even say should have —but the organization opted for intimate, up close and personal. Bove hopes FICP’s upcoming event will serve as an example of what can be done in person. Hybrid: A No Go.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 12, 2025

113 Chancery Lane “Celebrate in Style: Summer Events with Impact” Planning a team celebration, corporate party or a fun-filled evening to reward your staff? 113 Chancery Lane offers the perfect balance of grandeur and flexibility for your next summer event.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Sponsorships are the lifeline that keeps the events industry sustainable. An important aspect of event management is finding the right sponsors who can provide the right financial assistance needed to pull off a big event, in exchange for brand exposure. Why Event Sponsorships Are Valuable. Credibility.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 14, 2022

In early July, financial technology company nCino made an explosive return to in-person events in collaboration with The Special Event Company (TSEC). The ninth nSight conference was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, an up-and-coming technology hub between three major universities.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Revolt Summit x AT&T, an annual conference produced by Black-owned and operated multimedia platform, Revolt TV, which was founded by music icon Sean “Diddy” Combs, returned to in-person after a two-year hiatus, Nov. Prudential’s ‘Life Stages’-Themed Escape Room Immerses Consumers in Financial Wellness.

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