So Many Hotel Brands, So Little Impact on Planners
EventMB
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Skift Take: The proliferation of hotel brands has made planners’ jobs more confusing – and had little influence on their final choices for meetings.
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Hot Flavors: Six Brands That Crushed Sampling at NACS 2024
Event Marketer
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Bourbon-glazed fried chicken with fluffy biscuits, Barbie Jelly Belly and Orange Cream Coke… it was enough to convert any health-food addict into a convenience store connoisseur. The 2024 NACS Show, a global event for the convenience store industry, brought together over 26,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Oct. 8-10, setting a new record with attendance up 8.5 percent compared to last year and 3.8 percent higher than the previous record in 2018.
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Why Use Intent-Based Networking to Connect Participants with Purpose?
Event Leadership Institute
OCTOBER 18, 2024
In the fast-paced world of business events, traditional networking often feels like a game of chance — hoping that the right conversation or connection will happen in a crowded room. But what if networking wasn’t left to luck? What if every interaction you had was intentional, focused, and aligned with your goals? Intent-based networking leverages participant data, advanced algorithms, and artificial intelligence to match individuals with shared goals and interests.
From Barbie Pop-ups to College Tours, Inside Stanley’s ‘Learn More’ Experiential Strategy
Event Marketer
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Fans of Stanley’s tumblers and drinkware products are dedicated. They post about their cup collections on social media and keep up with new releases, particularly brand collabs and movie tie-ins, like Sunday’s release of the Stanley x “Wicked” collection of Quenchers inspired by the upcoming film’s Elphaba and Glinda characters. The limited-edition green and pink collection was very popular , quickly selling out after shoppers flocked to Target and its site to buy the Quenchers, and millions of
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Female-founded technology platform Where You At raises £2.5 million in pre-seed funding round
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Where You At (WYA), is a female-founded mesh technology platform designed to help make congested events safer. It uses indoor mapping and mesh hardware to help users stay connected in busy events, enabling people to communicate even when there is no phone signal.
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Lightmedia Displays Ltd
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
A family run business established in 1997, Lightmedia Displays are specialists in supplying high quality mobile and modular LED screen hire for indoor and outdoor events. LMD boasts a diverse fleet of truck-mounted screens, ranging from 12sqm to 45sqm, complete with production suites and generators. Additionally, Lightmedia possesses over 100sqm of cutting-edge 3.
Smart Travel: New Alaska Airlines Rewards Coming, New Campaign Attracts Tourists to Japan’s ‘Hidden Gems,’ Uber Considers Expedia Takeover and More
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 18, 2024
With the new year quickly approaching, are you considering your options for rewards programs? Alaska Airlines’ new offers might maximize your benefits. Thinking about finally taking that trip to Japan? A new tourist campaign is working overtime to catch your eye. We’re here to catch you up on all of that, plus a potential takeover riling up the travel sector, the latest on World Travel Awards’ global competition and how Jamaica is celebrating new improvements to tourists’ travel experiences.
GoLucid, LLC launches to help event and trade show companies find the right software
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
As the event technology sector becomes more vast and complex, the stakes involved with selecting the right software intensify. GoLucid is a new firm that has entered the space with a strategic consultation process and proprietary matching system to help clients increase productivity and event revenues.
A New Way of Thinking
PCMA Convene
OCTOBER 18, 2024
All of the timber for the roof of Portland International Airport’s expansion — more than 3 million board feet — was sourced from landowners and mills that were certified for forest-friendly practices. (Ema Peters Photography) I’ve been reading nothing but praise for the newly expanded main terminal at Portland International Airport (PDX). Meant to evoke a walk in a Pacific Northwest forest, the redesigned terminal has a spectacular nine-acre, mass-timber roof, 72 mature trees, and dozens o
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Interprefy
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Interprefy empowers businesses, institutions, and NGOs to communicate seamlessly in their preferred language. Our award-winning AI Speech Translation, Remote Simultaneous Interpretation (RSI) and Live Translated Captions are available for any event, meeting, webinar, or conference—anywhere in the world, in-person, online or a hybrid of both.
5 tips to show appreciation for your attendees
MPI
OCTOBER 18, 2024
After your event, you need to thoroughly show appreciation for your attendees. Thank them for their participation using the best practices in this guide.
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Event Industry News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
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How to Get Speakers, Exhibitors, and Attendees to Promote Your Event With Video
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Opus Agency
OCTOBER 18, 2024
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Resonance = Relevance. Why Experiential is The Key to Unlocking Culture for Brands
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Louisa O’Connor, managing director of female-led brand experience agency Seen Presents, which represents the likes of Netflix and TikTok, has been in the industry since she joined Grace & Tailor subsidiary We are Vista, formerly Logistik, in 2008.
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