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Global event heads unite

Event Industry News

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). . The steering group features senior event leaders from the likes of McDonald’s, Microsoft, Siemens, Cisco Systems and Wolters Kluwer.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

“It should be really obvious that we aren’t just order takers,” she said, putting the enhanced role of the corporate meeting professional in perspective. “We Meetings consultant Jeff Calmus, a former vice president of global event management for MetLife, agreed about the importance of managing up.

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The Biggest Takeaways from the Global Event Forum – #EventIcons Episode 154

Endless Events

For the second time ever, the International Live Event Association (ILEA) held the Global Events Forum in August 2018 in Denver, Colorado. The forum brought together 30 of the brightest and biggest influencers in the events industry to delve deep into issues, challenges, and opportunities facing the event industry today.

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Using Account Hierarchy to Organize Finances During the Event Management Process

Attendease

Event planning and management is still growing and evolving as an industry. Research and Market’s report on the global events management market projects that it will reach $1.76 This type of organization and task assignment is easily completed using corporate meeting planning solutions. billion in 2023.

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Using Account Hierarchy to Organize Finances During the Event Management Process

Attendease

Event planning and management is still growing and evolving as an industry. Research and Market’s report on the global events management market projects that it will reach $1.76 This type of organization and task assignment is easily completed using corporate meeting planning solutions. billion in 2023.

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Huddle Agency appoints Hayley Contegiacomo as chief technology officer

Event Industry News

Huddle Agency, tech focused meetings and events agency, announced that it has appointed Hayley Contegiacomo as chie technology officer. In this new role, Hayley will be responsible for leading the development of Huddle Agency’s technology focused suite of services for planning corporate meetings and events. .

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The 2020 CMI 25 in Pictures

MeetingsNet

But first, check out this gallery featuring photos that reveal the wide range of events these leading companies produce. In aggregate, the 2020 CMI 25 executed more than 165,000 corporate meetings and over 8,000 incentive travel programs in 2019, and those events used more than 15 million room-nights at hotels and resorts around the world.

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