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. Her father had cerebral palsy, which brought its own needs.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

As abrupt as it was, the shift to virtual programming hasn’t been all bad news for event managers; as HubSpot has shared, “Being online allows us to invite more people to be part of the INBOUND community. With travel costs eliminated we can reach attendees all around the globe. Collision (Toronto, Canada - June 23-25).

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Event Marketer

JUNE 14, 2021

Over the years, event marketers have relied on traditional tactics to sustain event engagement, like wrapping the event with a concert by a Grammy Award-winning artist or offering major incentives like free travel. More Conference Coverage: To Stay or To Go: Brands Weigh the Pros and Cons of Moving a Flagship Conference.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Whether physical or cyber, events without ample security not only makes events less safe, they also make the possibility of creating personal and professional connections much less likely, as attendees spend more time worrying about their physical safety or their sensitive information being breached. 10 Safest Places to Travel in 2022.

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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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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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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Dominguez noted that even though mega-conferences were absent last year, borders are now largely open and travel is back with a vengeance. Travel is back, in Dominguez’s eyes. For those who did some ‘revenge travel’ last year, Dominguez says ‘revenge meetings’ is the next thing. We haven’t seen a drop-off.”.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We’re also implementing efficiency measures including the use of LED lighting across our venues and taking further actions around water efficiency, green travel, supply chain engagement and waste management.”. Net Zero Carbon Events launched in 2021 prior to unveiling its Pledge at COP26 in Glasgow. Production and waste 3.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 23, 2020

We asked Event Planners if they are planning to incorporate a hybrid strategy for events going forward, and if yes, to share their insights into how that will work. By using Livestreaming tools and collaborating with Virtual Event Providers, we are able to host small to large scale events, meetings, and conferences including weddings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

She began working in a travel agency and later moved into business. She also partially resides in Hamburg, for her current role as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at CCH-Congress Center Hamburg, a multifaceted location for conventions and events in Hamburg. “Now

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The biggest events conference in the world is a marathon in itself with participants reporting that they recorded 10,000, 20,000 or more steps walking the floor and hoofing it to after-parties. Stevens is a four-time winner of Fittest male #Eventrprof and earned a Delos Wellness for Meetings and Events certificate.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Peckinpaugh spent the last 11 years as president of Maritz Global Events and will continue to hold this role in addition to his next. Travel Association, Meetings Mean Business Coalition, PCMA Education Foundation and Chautauqua Institution in New York. Peckinpaugh has also held board and leadership committee positions at U.S.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Business events have long been designed with this one-off/single-use mentality. Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, organized by the U.S. WCEF compensates or offsets the carbon foot-print of all its speakers travel and we encourage other participants to do so on their part as well,Sjstedt said.

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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.

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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? The W Xi'an in northwest China is shown here. Marriott has a joint venture with Alibaba.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Significantly, 81% of event carpet was returned directly to inventory for reuse and the food court was uncarpeted, saving an estimated 4,184 pounds of CO2, earning MeetGreen Calculator’s Visionary designation. IMEX is not new to the quest for more sustainable events. A total of 14,557 pounds of food has been donated in that time.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. But our industry still faces ongoing challenges, such as: high travel, F&B, and production costs; staffing shortages; tight client budgets; and the rise of last-minute event registrations. In 2023, in-person is back!

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2019

“No economic good will be successful if we don’t have social good,” said Sherrif Karamat, PCMA president and CEO, in a small breakout room before the final speaker (more on actor Geena Davis later) took the stage to address the approximately 3,800 people who traveled from 36 countries to be there for the flurry of networking and education sessions.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We’re also implementing efficiency measures including the use of LED lighting across our venues and taking further actions around water efficiency, green travel, supply chain engagement and waste management.”. Net Zero Carbon Events launched in 2021 prior to unveiling its Pledge at COP26 in Glasgow. Production and waste 3.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

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). Global in-person attendance is predicted to rise 3.3% for conferences and tradeshows and 4.2%

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A newly released Incentive Research Foundation 2019 Trends Study showed that incentive travel is an increasing priority in a world where acquisitions are creating bigger companies, and getting teams producing together quickly is essential to making the deal pencil out. Market Driven. market volatility and a tightening U.S.

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Eventmobi

JULY 26, 2020

With the rise of virtual events, many planners have experienced firsthand how an online format offers an incredible opportunity to scale and extend their event’s reach. With travel and cost limitations removed, it is now possible to invite speakers and engage attendees from anywhere in the world.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 24, 2024

InteleTravel, an integrated travel distribution group built on the longtime mega-host travel agency, announced today it has acquired MGME (McVeigh Global Meetings & Events), a leading full-service global events agency with over 30 years of expertise in event planning, strategic meeting management, incentive travel programs and creative production, (..)

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Smart Meetings sat down with Tahira Endean , head of programme for IMEX Group, to discuss how the talking point of Human Nature will be woven through the experience during the three days of the conference and during Smart Monday immediately preceding the trade show and hosted buyer experience.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 1, 2016

We’ve talked about the Brexit from the perspective of a global events company headquartered in Geneva , but how about one based in the UK? I recently talked with Graham Johnson, managing director of UKIP Media & Events, a magazine publisher and conference organizer based in Surrey, about 20 miles outside London.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 6, 2022

A group of major event brands, led by ICE (In-house Corporate Events), is calling for event industry input into the continued development of an event sustainability measurement tool that will be free of charge and applicable for every event. It means that the technology will be universal, as well as free of charge.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

The return has been uneven depending on the region and the industry. Marriott’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the U.S. and Canada Julius Robinson clarified that banking, finance and medical groups are returning with more small, regional meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

The 1,700 attendees checking in live at Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference ( WEC ) at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week were treated to a performance in three acts designed to provide “perspective,” “approach” and “action,” according to Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 21, 2016

Each year, thousands of meeting and business travel professionals head to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) annual conference to unveil new products , participate in education sessions and discuss the industry’s latest trends. Global Events Take Center Stage.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 7, 2025

Control What You Can Brittney Cobb, director of global events with INNOV8 Meetings + Events, tried to take an optimistic approach. From economic and political shifts to labor shortages and global events, uncertainty continues to be a reality, she observed.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

After one big effort in August, nearly six times as many Maritz Global Events employees are certified in event sustainability. Over the past year, a handful of employees at Maritz Global Events, Fenton, Mo., However, during the company’s Activate conference in August, participation went to a whole new level.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But, even though event professionals have had it rough these past couple of years, we’ve proven to be an incredibly resilient and versatile community, not willing to let a £70 billion industry disappear. In fact, according to a report by Allied Market Research, the global events sector is expected to reach $1,552.9

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Unless you haven’t heard, there’s been a pretty big sustainability conference taking place in Egypt this month , aiming to once again highlight the action (or lack of) on climate change over the past year. Managers in the events industry will be keeping a keen eye on progressions, as the conference couldn’t come at a more perfect time.

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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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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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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Events Industry Council (EIC) held a webinar on Feb. When one of the listeners asked whether it is thought that the coronavirus scare will affect events held in Latin America, Mirabal said that it’s important to be aware of where your attendees are coming from. This is a global event impacting events worldwide,” she said.

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EventMB

JUNE 21, 2022

Even with her own travel to events, McGee has other “horror stories” that include attending a trade show in Indianapolis where the dumpsters were overflowing with trash because there was not enough waste management staff to empty them. These days, you’ve got to plan for more aspects of the meeting than you did before,” she said.

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