BizBash

JUNE 9, 2025

Meetings" class="section-feed-content-node__website-section-name"> Meetings How Destination Toronto Brought Festival Vibes to a Major Industry Conference The destination marketing organization designed quick yet impactful activations for a closing night event during PCMA CL. After two years of gathering in the U.S.,

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BizBash

JUNE 11, 2025

Meetings" class="section-feed-content-node__website-section-name"> Meetings How The Wall Street Journal Designed Its Future of Everything Event Around a B2B Crowd The annual conference featured thought-provoking conversations and high-tech, hands-on demonstrations. After two years of gathering in the U.S.,

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BizBash

JUNE 26, 2025

convention, conference, and meetings market. Sponsored Content June 26, 2025 Downtown Cincinnatis $240 million reimagined Duke Energy Convention Center Photo: Moody Nolan Cincinnati is set to make a bold statement in the meetings and events industry.

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BizBash

JUNE 23, 2025

Whether someone is documenting photos from your networking events, or relaying insights from a keynote at your conference, or just a selfie of an OOTD from the mirror of your venues bathroom, people are eager to share their lives—and your events brand can be a part of it.

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BizBash

JUNE 30, 2025

How The Wall Street Journal Designed Its Future of Everything Event Around a B2B Crowd The annual conference featured thought-provoking conversations and high-tech, hands-on demonstrations.

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BizBash

JUNE 26, 2025

Jenny Berg June 26, 2025 Heres a closer look at Chicagos newest eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces available for events this summer. The Talbott Hotel In Chicago’s Gold Coast, The Talbott Hotel unveiled a top-to-bottom renovation in May.

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BizBash

MAY 19, 2025

Photo: Courtesy of Northeastern University Forget chandeliers and carpeted conference halls—todays most memorable events are happening in places no one sees coming. Sponsored Content May 19, 2025 The Global Leadership Summit at The Bass Museum, Miami.

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BizBash

MAY 30, 2025

How Canva Used Creativity and Community to Reimagine the Typical Tech Conference With 4,500 attendees, interactive installations, and a showstopping musical finale made from user feedback, Canva Create 2025 brought the brand’s whimsical personality to life.

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BizBash

MAY 19, 2025

Meetings" class="section-feed-content-node__website-section-name"> Meetings How Destination Toronto Brought Festival Vibes to a Major Industry Conference The destination marketing organization designed quick yet impactful activations for a closing night event during PCMA CL.

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BizBash

JULY 2, 2025

Shannon Thaler July 2, 2025 Heres a closer look at New York’s newest eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces available for events this summer. The 1,000-square-foot venue is suitable for receptions with up to 90 guests, overlooking the World Trade Center campus and the striking Oculus building.

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BizBash

JUNE 3, 2025

Spotlight On Google I/O, the brands annual developer conference, took place May 20-21 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif.—and According to the team, event professionals across industries, from trade shows to product launches, are using the platform to expand reach, boost lead quality, and extend the ROI of physical builds.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

Destinations International and PCMA closed out the week with their co-produced Destination Showcase education and trade show event in an expo hall looking out over the Potomac featuring 90 destinations from across the country giving updates. — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) March 25, 2022. The Power of Purpose. Hugs are powerful.”

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BizBash

MAY 23, 2025

Photo: Jordana Huber Photography and Luxe Modern Rentals Emily Dietrich , director of event sales, Two Sisters Vineyards , Stone Eagle Winery , and 11th POST on Queen "I went to an FICP conference at Hotel X Toronto years ago and the morning break had fruit sushi. I still tell people about it!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. Additionally, MPI Foundation raised $400,000 through Caesars Entertainment-sponsored Rendezvous and a silent auction. meetsmart #ireland pic.twitter.com/1Dua0ypRxJ. — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Trade shows are the lifeline of many associations but their nature makes them challenging to virtualize — and then monetize. The exhibitions industry watched as the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which hosts CES, the largest annual trade show in the U.S. Illustration by SHOUT). It’s nonsense. It does not exist.

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BizBash

MAY 20, 2025

Claire Hoffman May 20, 2025 At Create & Cultivates Los Angeles conference in 2020, all sponsors were offered design recommendations, including floral and greenery options, as well as mood board inspiration. See more: Why Did All the Activations at the Create & Cultivate Conference Look Alike? We had 1,200 attendees at that conference.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Always keep your circles open,” he says, noting the tendency of attendees to gather in small cliques following presentations and activities during conferences and events. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Today, planners are racing to adapt to trends that make conferences and events more engaging and dynamic than ever before. As Janet Sperstad’s white-paper Purposeful Meetings: How to Plan With Deeper Meaning, Innovation, & Insight shows, the concept of “purposeful meetings” became the theme of IMEX America 2017.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

By creating “journey maps” at a recent conference, the team was able to outline completely different experiences for attendees based on their personas. So they’re boldly blending the two when they travel to exhibitions and trade shows. These personas make the lives of industry planners easier — even Experient’s own.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. Additionally, MPI Foundation raised $400,000 through Caesars Entertainment-sponsored Rendezvous and a silent auction. SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 13, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022.

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Eventory

JULY 12, 2018

A thank you email after successful event followed by thorough analysis wrapped up in a detailed post-event report will be the perfect closing of a trade show. It will also help you convince partners that your trade show or a conference was a perfect addition to their marketing strategy that brought tangible results.

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Fork in the Road

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

There is another side to opening up the Pandora’s box of digital and pouring the contents out onto the trade show and conference room floors. What could be more fulfilling for conference-goers than to be able to compare, contrast and continue the learning from a single location? Phase-one hybrids. It's a must-read for.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Always keep your circles open,” he says, noting the tendency of attendees to gather in small cliques following presentations and activities during conferences and events. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry.

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Planning Pod

APRIL 29, 2020

Many virtual events or online events take the shape of webinars for online courses, training and workshops; online meetings like small conferences and symposiums; and online broadcasts of speeches, performances, interviews and tours. Meetings and Conferences. This is a HUGE factor and should not be overlooked. Live streaming tools.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Virtual summits are as close as you can get to mimicking an in-person conference online. Example: Data management company Looker will host a virtual summit in October, the Join @Home Digital Data Conference. However, organizers have shifted the conference online due to pandemic. Virtual Conference Series. Virtual Summit.

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Fork in the Road

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

There is another side to opening up the Pandora’s box of digital and pouring the contents out onto the trade show and conference room floors. What could be more fulfilling for conference-goers than to be able to compare, contrast and continue the learning from a single location? Phase-one hybrids. It's a must-read for.

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Fork in the Road

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

There is another side to opening up the Pandora’s box of digital and pouring the contents out onto the trade show and conference room floors. What could be more fulfilling for conference-goers than to be able to compare, contrast and continue the learning from a single location? Phase-one hybrids. It's a must-read for.

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Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

It has a slight focus on conferences and corporate events, but contains lots of helpful content for everyone. Conferences that Work. Publishing 6-8 editions a year, Event Marketer focuses on the marketing aspect of event management, and encompasses corporate events and trade shows. Event Marketer. Membership Groups.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 26, 2018

But then conferences, speakers, and festivals were tied for second. People are nervous about it, but when you’re looking at the success across the board, that’s proving not to be the case, as DEI showed in our The Power of Digital Events white paper released last year. What are they watching?

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

As people have grown accustomed to these personalized suggestions at home, Chris Cavanaugh, chief marketing officer at Freeman, believes they will come to expect similar intuitive, one-size-fits-you-only suggestions from conferences and trade shows they attend. For example, Cavanaugh points to medical trade shows.

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Stova

OCTOBER 26, 2023

With in-person conferences back in full force, demand for full-day online business events is down. Pro Tips For big annual trade shows and conferences, facilitate pre-event networking online. Start by creating an online community exclusively for conference registrants. But interest in shorter gatherings is strong.

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ePly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

While conferences and annual get-togethers are common events organizations use for these purposes, many different types are also effective. That investment can be anything from real estate to a marketing campaign or conference. It can be a very valuable tool for determining the success of an event such as a conference or trade show.

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Socio Events

JULY 11, 2022

We’ve all been cooped up for months, and frankly nobody wanted to return to the stodgy conference room where it’s just session after session after session. You can offer exclusive elements throughout the year, like eBooks and white papers. And EMS didn’t disappoint. The organizers did a fantastic job of balancing the agenda.

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Stova

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

For example, a B2B trade show for the fintech industry might determine that enterprise decision-makers (c-suite, VPs, heads of departments) respond to messaging that conveys the events ability to deliver high-level strategic insights, networking with other executives, potential vendors for long-term partnerships, etc. Press and Media.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The first was a 7,500-attendee trade show that the client — a large tractor manufacturer — was scheduled to hold for its dealers in a centrally located city in the United States in November 2001. I put together a white paper on it for them to say, ‘Listen, guys, you are not a target, all right? Barbara Dunn O’Neal.

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Certain

JUNE 19, 2017

But often, you may not always have so much control over the flow of contact data generated at an event, so here we’ll focus on one of the more common types of events – an industry trade show, where your company is an event sponsor or an exhibitor. An offer of a free white paper, which can be prepared prior to the event.

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BizBash

JULY 1, 2025

More Event Technology Were Excited About This Month To boost in-person session engagement NoteAffect has officially launched E vent-Engage , a software platform designed to enhance in-person engagement at conferences, trade shows, and meetings.

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