Event Industry News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
As sustainability becomes an increasing priority worldwide, the live event industry faces unique challenges. While many other industries have embraced sustainable practices, event organisers must navigate varying regulations, regional requirements and growing demands from sponsors and attendees for environmentally responsible solutions.
MeetingsNet
OCTOBER 10, 2024
In her role at BCD Meetings & Events, Hanzlik creates strategies for accommodating neurodiversity across the meeting experience for hundreds of clients. The winners are attendees as well as event hosts. It’s not often that a business-event planner has a formal education and professional background in change management. But about halfway through her 30-year career, Mindy Hanzlik “took some time away from events to get my MBA and become a change-management consultant,” she says.
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Prestige Events Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Robert Kenward the leading senior specialist in event and brand experience industry recruitment, is pleased to share his latest quarterly report on recruitment trends for the fourth quarter of 2024. Drawing from extensive interactions with agency owners, managing directors, c-suite stakeholders, and senior leaders, Robert offers unparalleled insider insight into the evolving priorities and strategies within the industry.
Canadian Special Events
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The Concierge Club produced and designed an exclusive, invite-only preview event last month for Dynamite at their new flagship store in Montreal’s luxurious Royalmount Shopping Centre. The event, featuring a speakeasy theme in collaboration with Cloakroom Bar , celebrated the brand’s evolution and offered a glimpse into its stylish future. Held a day before the store’s official opening, the intimate affair provided select guests the opportunity to experience both the store and Dynamite’s new col
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Prestige Events Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Defining how the global events industry better communicates its economic and social value, while identifying areas that require more support, will be key priorities for IBTM World ’s Forum for Advocacy , in partnership with The Business of Events, when it takes place next month. With widespread support for the forum from leading organisations across the events industry, it is ideally placed to be a catalyst for change and amplify the existing conversation around advocacy issues.
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Prestige Events Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The Meetings Industry Association (MIA) has agreed a partnership with train operator Avanti West Coast to highlight the importance of sustainable and efficient business travel to its members. The partnership, which commenced this month (October), will provide MIA members with regular updates and travel trips as Avanti invests in a dedicated MICE Business development role to create a streamlined booking solution for delegates when travelling to meetings and events.
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has revealed the co-headline sponsors for its annual conference at the ICC Birmingham, on Thursday 14 November 2024. Rachel Parker, director, AEV, said, “We are excited to announce that G4S and Iventis will be co- headline sponsors for our main event this year.
Prestige Events Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
As fans gather at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham, to witness the electrifying clashes this season, there’s more than just the action on the field to savour. Coming up this autumn and winter are the thrilling Autumn Nations Series (2-24 November 2024) and the 2025 Guinness Men’s Six Nations (February and March 2025). For every match, attendees can choose from a host of high-end hospitality options, catering to a wide range of guests and requirements.
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
From sales director at Mentor Direct Marketing to vice president, European sales, at software solutions giant Cvent, nearly 30 years later, Jamie Vaughan has been in the thick of event technology.
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PCMA Convene
OCTOBER 10, 2024
At last year’s conference, participants shared a practice that has changed within their organization, noted them on sticky notes, and tacked them to a wall that was organized around topic areas. Exponent Philanthropy is an association of nearly 1,600 members who are lean funders, meaning almost all the members are very small organizations, with three out of 10 having no supporting staff at all.
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
UK Software company Nuweb Group is to expand its product offering with the launch of ePOS, designed to run your onsite sales. Nuweb Group, known for its white label technology, is taking another step toward expanding its reach in the event management space.
PCMA Convene
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Participants at C2 Montreal 2019 carry on their Braindate sessions. (Courtesy C2 Montreal) People “can’t stand impersonal, one-size-fits-all activations,” according to Christine Renaud, founder of the Braindate platform, which has been helping event participants make meaningful connections for more than a decade. Renaud is the CEO and co-founder of the Montréal-based company e180, and the creator of Braindate, which uses software to connect people for the purpose of sharing their knowledge about
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 10, 2024
A current assessment and resources for those affected Hurricane Milton made landfall in western Florida yesterday, leaving nine dead and nearly 3.5 million residents and 165 health care facilities without power. Over 80,000 Floridians are currently being supported by nearly 300 operating shelters. In a twist of fate, Hillsborough County , which had offered comfort stations, income eligible hotel assistance and FEMA assistance to those impacted by Hurricane Helene’s September 26 landfall, was sud
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PCMA Convene
OCTOBER 10, 2024
“When you’re gathering with 2,000-plus people, you want help to guide you,” said Barbara DiRocco, the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ (NACUBO) senior director of meetings and events. (Illustration by Line Hachem) “What we used to call networking was actually socializing,” Barbara DiRocco, the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ (NACUBO) senior director of meetings and events said about the association’s Annual Meeting.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 10, 2024
MPI, the largest association within the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) industry, has announced it will hold its 2025 European Meetings & Events Convention (EMEC) in Istanbul, the site of the EMEC 2014. With 1,000 members and 10 chapters and clubs, MPI has the largest presence at the conference. Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI, said of the development, “EMEC has long been a cornerstone for the global events community, fostering professional development th
MPI
OCTOBER 10, 2024
At IMEX America yesterday, MPI leadership and volunteer leaders shared important updates about the association. The focus of discussion included an overall business update, key highlights from the MPI Academy and MPI Foundation, industry partnerships, a recap of IMEX America and much more.
StraussCA
OCTOBER 10, 2024
I remember fondly, the activity of setting up the water pump to draw water from a nearby lake every spring at the family cottage. This activity would ensure that we had enough water on hand for the entire season. My dad referred to this activity as “priming the pump.” What does this fond memory have to do with valuing Board Members and ensuring future association success?
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Skiddle
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Mental Health charity Music Support has announced that it has worked to help 545 people in the UK music industry across its core services and has seen a 51% increase in calls to its helpline in 2024. The news comes alongside results from a survey carried out by the charity’s Safe Hubs at festivals this year. 6% of respondents said they had experienced drug and/or alcohol problems in the last 12 months (up from 19% in 2023), 49% said they had experienced mental health problems (up from 40%
Special Events
OCTOBER 10, 2024
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