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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Eventmobi

JULY 26, 2020

Empowering your speakers to present and attendees to listen in their mother tongue means you can create truly inclusive and engaging global event experiences. For this reason, we are incredibly excited to now offer real-time interpretation for livestream broadcasts and online meetings, powered by Kudo.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 23, 2020

The ability to bring multiple attendees from across the world together virtually and still achieve the goal of the event is one that we as event professionals cannot deny. Note: we need to stop assuming that companies pay for all elements of an employee attending a conference). Melissa Park, Global Event Producer.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 18, 2021

Virtual meeting platforms are buying, acquiring, partnering and otherwise conjoining with in-person meeting producers to offer full-service, integrated hybrid capabilities. What will that mean for meeting professionals? See Defining the Future of Meetings below for more on Intrado’s approach to hybrid.).

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

Held this year on Thursday, April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day is “an international day of advocacy showcasing the undeniable value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences, and conventions bring to people, businesses, and communities,” according to the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

More than 2,000 meetings industry folks gathered at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the launch of Business Events Industry Week , a concentration of events designed to illustrate the Power of Purpose exercised when people come together. Read about all the meeting options available at National Harbor. .

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Pharmaceutical meeting planning is a complex task often requiring months of detailed preparation and immense pressure to rigorously respect compliance regulations. And keeping HCP engagement high at the thousands of global events your pharmaceutical company runs every year is becoming ever more challenging.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2023

Where event profs hope to give event attendees a vibrant, appealing and informative session, it may come off more as an information dump for some. Smart Meetings spoke with several event experts whose main goal is to craft a personalized, engaging and educational experience. Make Your Attendees Feel Like Co-creators.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Traveling for a conference is no longer an excuse to abandon your mental health and physical well-being goals. In fact, according to a trio of meeting professional experts, taking care of yourself is even more important when you are the one charged with caring for your attendees. The same thing should be true for a meeting.”

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Skift

JANUARY 15, 2020

Marriott International Skift Take: China has become a hot spot for global business travel and its secondary cities are evolving to accommodate larger conferences and conventions. What should event planners know? Marriott has a joint venture with Alibaba. Andrew Sheivachman Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 27, 2021

Even companies that canceled key conferences altogether in the chaos of 2020 have announced they are bringing back at least the virtual component. Facebook’s F8 developer conference will be a one-day streaming event in June “to celebrate, inspire and help developers grow.” The Day the Meetings Stopped.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

It brings together event industry stakeholders from around the world including conference, exhibition and event organisers, convention bureaux, venues and other suppliers. The aim is to drive collective action from across the sector to meet key sustainability milestones.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What does it mean to be a part of the events industry in 2019? Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Now that events are going back to in person, how can meeting professionals deliver the same level of detailed success metrics to the executive team about the range of value delivered on the investment? Two veteran meeting designers joined Smart Chat Live! Meet the Experts. Read More: 6 Ways to Measure Event Success.

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Eventmobi

MARCH 6, 2024

The best event management software will act as your partner throughout the event management process. Whether you need an all-in-one solution or a tool for specific event needs, you can use event software for any aspect of managing your next conference, trade show, association meeting, workshop, or fundraising event.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

So, when Megan Finnell, director of meetings and conferences with MGMA, pinged me with an invitation to join Clubhouse , I jumped on it. Green called the platform a natural fit for meeting professionals and compared it to a convention center with many events inside. Moderators keep the conversation moving.

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Event Farm

APRIL 19, 2022

In March, we held Part VI of our Pandemic Compliance & Safety at Live Eve nts virtual series, to bring together three very experienced event professionals and discuss tips and lessons learned along the way as they planned and executed large scale events across the country during a pandemic – Ryan Costello, ??Chief

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The return to in-person meetings has been trending over the last year. This is expected to continue well into 2023, according to a new report, “ 2023 Global Meetings and Events Forecast ,” by American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT). More Meetings. for conferences and tradeshows and 4.2%

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

The announcement yesterday that London-based virtual streaming giant Hopin was purchasing the physical event services company Boomset was another step in the direction of an end-to-end hybrid meeting solution. Our goal is to empower event managers to succeed with any event format,” the company said in a post.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 5, 2020

Meeting planners also learn by watching others doing. That is why, in this time of repackaging grand destination programs to fit onto confined computer screens, a great way to avoid mistakes is to study how our peers are shape-shifting to meet COVID-era standards. Good Event Design Still Matters.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Meet Blackpool has announced it has become a member of three key industry associations: the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO), beam and the Tourism Management Institute (TMI), further cementing the town’s dedication to the global events and tourism sectors.

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EventMB

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Skift Take: Attendee outboarding during events and conferences has been all but condemned by industry associations that paint it as an unethical act, but is it just an attempt to protect an investment in an event against an otherwise legal activity? Refugio Garcia Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Event Industry News

MARCH 21, 2019

Having devised cutting edge events for blue chip companies such as The Automobile Association (AA), Vodafone and IBM for over two decades, leading creative agency UKSV has its finger firmly on the pulse of the business event universe. From taking delegates on a personalised journey, the maturation of AV, ethical events and more….

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

From unique venues to prominent speakers, take a cue from one of 2018’s high-profile industry conferences when planning your next global event. In June 2018, the city hosted the 27th World Gas Conference, welcoming more than 10,000 delegates from 100 different countries to the Walter E. The Walter E. Room for Everyone.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 18, 2019

What’s the purpose of meetings and what’s their role in organisations’ communications mix? The GCB (German Convention Bureau) and its research partners are currently diving deep into that question as part of the “Future Meeting Space” (FMS) innovation project, launched in 2015 and now in its third phase. Innovation Catalogue Reloaded.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 11, 2021

I feel that for quite some time there will be deeper connections made during our in-person events. I do believe the strength of business events and conferences will be that they are capable of providing networking and knowledge sharing — sometimes one-on-one, at least in smaller groups. David Audrain.

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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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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

With more hundreds of platforms out there and more being launched every week, planners are finding that they can mix and match to meet their specific event goals. 6Connex: Gamification, one-to-one, group chat and robust analytics make this popular for virtual conferences, town halls and tradeshows.

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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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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Alex Sapiz, vice president for global events for Cisco (clockwise from top left); Lauren Parr, vice president for meetings at the American Geographical Union; and Timothy Simpson, brand and engagement chief strategist for the Design Studio, talk about disruption during a NEXT Conference session. At NEXT on Feb.

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Hubilo Blog

JUNE 16, 2020

Event planners and managers have been left with no choice. Scheduled events and conferences have been cancelled/postponed. Virtual conferences – COVID19 impact and disruption. Virtual conferences – COVID19 impact and disruption. – Quoted by Will Curran, Endless Events. And when? .

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 19, 2022

Mambu used EventMobi’s: Event Space Full-Service Registration. Meet The Person Behind The Magic. Event Objectives. Mambu had two primary objectives for their February 2021 “We Own This” Virtual Kickoff Conference: To share their 2021 company strategy and vision To build community, unity, engagement, enthusiasm.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As if the job of meeting professional weren’t difficult enough, many have had to take on the role of Chief Difficult Conversation Starter. In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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EventMB

JUNE 21, 2022

For many meeting planners, staff shortages and supply chain issues are testing their ingenuity to the max these days. While destinations and venues are open, a lack of trained and experienced staff is adding unwanted challenges in hosting all types of events. Sales Staff Shortages. Best Practices.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 7, 2021

So begins the overview of R3: The Rocky Mountain Reskill Roadtrip , setting the tone for a hybrid/hackathon event organized by the PCMA Rocky Mountain Chapter and held on April 8, Global Meetings Industry Day. One was the Global Meetings Industry Day that Meetings Mean Business was putting on. Daniel Stones.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Heike Mahmoud , CMP, was one of the first European meeting professionals to earn the Certified Meting Professional (CMP) designation through the Events Industry Council (EIC) in 2006. Now, she feels inspired as she sees the certification’s global spread. “It

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Think back to February, when the life of a meeting prof was relatively predictable. That made the job of meeting professionals more challenging as they had to belay the crevasse between the old world and the virtual one while maintaining the elevated experience. More : Hack Your Incentives: The Meeting in Your Attendee’luxe.

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