Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2025

” A respected industry commentator and multiple award winner, Fullard is renowned for his work as former Editor of Conference News and Editorial Director at Mash Media. His experience includes media appearances on BBC, LBC, and CNN, where he has consistently championed the economic and societal impact of the events sector.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Nine ways the internal event got a festival-inspired upgrade It was out with the old and in with the new at Quest Software’s 2024 internal sales conference in Anaheim, CA, as the brand overhauled the annual event with a festival-inspired theme designed to support its forward-looking company vision.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

Gavin Brennan Gavin joins Davis Events Agency from Keywords Studios – a Global gaming tech company now valued at over $2bn and one of the biggest gaming tech companies in the world, and was previously in a senior role in Websummit, leading one of the world’s biggest tech conferences and expos.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Meet the Experts Ellie Hurley, events director at Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), has spent the past three years leading FICP’s event-specific approach to sustainability and social impact and also holds the Sustainable Event Professional Certificate (SEPC) from Events Industry Council (EIC).

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Jessica Lessin, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Information, agrees: “For comparison, last year’s WTF conference took place in New York with fewer than 200 people squeezed into a venue in Times Square. Collision announced in March that it would be transitioning the conference at the Enercare Centre in Toronto into an at-home experience.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As Megan Henshall , strategic lead for Google’s global events team and co-founder of The Neu Project, explained, helping this majority-minority community participate fully is not a compliance problem; it is a business opportunity. DeWitt suggests checking out the free National Network Hospitality page.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 28, 2025

Community meetups for those new to the industry, international attendees and marketers who produce global events, EMS first-timers, sustainability champions, EDPA members, and the inaugural gathering of members from our Experiential in Color Mentorship Program , are all on tap.

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SpotMe Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

One of the trends to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic is the increased popularity and prevalence of global events. Virtual events became the norm when people were no longer able to meet in person for conferences, trade shows, and other events. What Are the Benefits of a Global Event? On-Demand .

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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.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

5-7 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, the event will once again serve as the definitive destination for experiential marketing education, offering 60 sessions presented by 50 brand-side marketers (get all the conference details here ). Cisco Head of Events Shares Her Thoughts on Sponsoring Rio. Alex Sapiz, vp-global events, Cisco.

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Event Industry News

JULY 13, 2022

A focussed group of senior event leaders has today announced a new collaboration for the global events industry in the form of the Event Leaders Exchange (ELX). . ELX is a community of practice including sharing of industry research, networking, best practices and industry initiatives.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

You pre-load it with information on the destination, information about the conference, the theme, sponsors, whatever you want. “Some of our hotel partners have started to use it in their lobby so that someone can pre-load information,” Cameron says. You can make it AI to search the web….

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The most authoritative 2019 tech conferences directory on the web. Searching for top technology events to attend in 2019? Or looking to wrap up 2018 with an exceptional conference? Scouring the internet for event information could be an overwhelming task. In other instances, summits function exactly like conferences.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2023

Before joining Aspen Hospitality, Azevedo worked as vice president of acquisitions and development for Loews Hotels and vice president of development for the Americas for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Rachel Riggs, CMP, DES, SEPC Riggs is general manager of environmental strategy for Maritz Global Events.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 15, 2025

On night one, the Hall of Ideas was the place to be for special events, too. There was also a mixology class and, back by popular demand, our Vintage T-Shirt Contest returnedand didnt disappoint.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 7, 2024

As Chief Event Strategy Officer for the American Society of Hematology (ASH), Bill Reed, FASAE, CMP brings 30,000 meeting professionals from more than 110 countries together to share research about the causes and treatments of blood disorders. The post Lessons from a Global Medical Conference appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Identity is a full-service live events agency with over 20 years of experience delivering large-scale global events, including COP26, the G7 and NATO Summits, working closely with clients to create impactful experiences. In 2023, the Emirate recorded 1.22

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Starting as an event coordinator in the health care sector, Sara Gorlick discovered an unexpected passion for planning events and conferences. Now, almost 20 years later, Gorlick is vp-events at Rakuten, where she has worked for 14 years. I think as event planners, you’re always trying to improve upon your last event.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 14, 2021

Here, we break down the psychology of event engagement with five fresh ideas for keeping the momentum going… and going, and going. More Conference Coverage: To Stay or To Go: Brands Weigh the Pros and Cons of Moving a Flagship Conference. Six Tips and Ideas for Creating an Impactful Main Stage Experience.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It brings together event industry stakeholders from around the world including conference, exhibition and event organisers, convention bureaux, venues and other suppliers. Since its launch, more than 400 conference and events industry organisations from 55 countries have pledged to achieve net zero carbon by 2050.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Qatar has undoubtedly positioned itself as a destination for high profile global events, delivering on the global stage with events such as the World Cup in 2022.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This is a sponsored post by Maritz Global Events. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. Conferences are undergoing a change brought on by the audience’s desire to be immersed in days of excitement.

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Event Marketer

JULY 11, 2024

Still, Sundance isn’t the only festival (possibly) on the move; it joins a growing list of big events and conferences that are set to relocate or expand to new cities.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Barbican, London’s internationally renowned arts and conference centre, will champion the City of London’s Destination City to buyers from around the world at IMEX America 2025. Today, the Barbican offers a vibrant venue for corporate and association events, conferences, meetings, and entertainment.

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SpotMe Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

An event request form is a document (Word) or an online form people use to request permission and resources to plan and run an event. It’s a crucial step that comes before the event planning process begins. Especially for large or important events such as pharma congresses or partner conferences.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 25, 2024

1 conference for creators of the brand experience immersed a global audience of b-to-b and b-to-c marketers, trade show organizers, agency executives, meeting planners, event strategists and tech specialists in hands-on workshops, creative group work, panel sessions, booth exhibits and a festival-themed Ex Awards ceremony.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Neuroinclusion: Events for Everyone The term neuroinclusion builds on the concept of neurodiversitythe understanding that neurological differences are not pathological but simply differences in cognitionto incorporate the understanding that neurodiversity will always exist in an audience into event design.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

But with news of the Omicron variant changing day-to-day, conference organizers and sponsors are using the skills they’ve acquired in Covid times: flexibility and leveraging virtual options to replace some face-to-face experiences. This is a tech conference, after all—participants know how to manage virtual events. Safe Travels.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2025

Finally, we look at Inside Live Events: Your Playbook for Mastering the Experience by Bob Priest-Heck and Carrie Freeman Parsons, a comprehensive resource for creating exceptional live events. The authors share their proven four-phase methodology for creating memorable experiences, emphasizing clarity, connection, and sustainability.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I run global events for SurveyMonkey. My focuses are employee engagement, investor relations and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ( DEI ) recruiting events. Your title is Global Events Manager. Does that mean you’re bringing events to SurveyMonkey employees based in different parts of the world?

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

Winter Gardens Blackpool also joins mia as a venue member Both Meet Blackpool and Winter Gardens Blackpool have joined the Meetings Industry Association (mia), one of the fastest growing associations in the conference, meetings and events sector, further cementing the town’s dedication to the global events industry.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Take the test now for free: [link] Global events and engagement agency Live Group is launching a game changing audience-profiling tool for the events industry.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. By the Numbers.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This is my passion—and being part of the global events industry is my second passion.” Preparing for the Exam In 2004, when Meeting Professionals International (MPI) held their EMEA Conference in Berlin, Mahmoud was working as director of conventions at the Berlin Convention Office.

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