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2025: a year when technology will be pivotal and demand growth polarises.

Prestige Events Magazine

Virtual and augmented reality for event previews, AI-powered event apps, and seamless hybrid event solutions will differentiate successful venues. Steve Jones, CEO,believes we will see further polarisation of offerings in sectors that are labour heavy, such as hospitality, with the size of the squeezed middle growing.

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Top 10 Trends Impacting the Hospitality Industry

SmartMeetings

The Hotel Show, which stages business to business events for the hospitality industry, has identified what it believes to be the Top 10 trends impacting the hospitality industry in 2015. But they had not updated the hospitality trends, so we took it upon ourselves to look into each one a little bit closer. 2017 Update.

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18 Event Trends Poised to Shake Up Hospitality & Group Business in 2018

Social Tables

The hospitality boom isn’t going anywhere. Event Apps. Not all apps are on the up! Poor performance of event apps is creating a lot of friction. The post 18 Event Trends Poised to Shake Up Hospitality & Group Business in 2018 appeared first on. Better buckle up!

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Constance Samuels, CMP

Smart Meetings

Armed with her outlook, notes and events apps, her trusty three-ring binder and a medium black coffee, Samuels leads events that go off without a hitch. Planning an event is not simple,” she says. “[The Career aptitude tests pointed her towards hospitality. “I By high school, she wasn’t sure.

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How to Get Your Best Meetings Job Yet

Smart Meetings

If you have managed event app development, include that as a skill. Even those that may not seem relevant to event planning may end up playing a role and show that you are able to wear more than one hat. Even if it’s not specifically in the hospitality industry, degrees demonstrate the ability to work at something continuously.

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Top Hospitality Event Trends in 2017

SmartMeetings

From create your own poke bowl stations to event app polls, 2017 was the year we stopped telling people what to do and let them decide for themselves how they wanted to learn, participate and eat. App Ubiquity. The post Top Hospitality Event Trends in 2017 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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The Heatwave of the Future Is Here

Smart Meetings

In addition to carefully selecting a venue for its sustainability policies, event planners are now enlisting the services of consultants that specialize in disaster response and mitigation. Kenyon also specializes in training event and venue staff in how to respond to medical emergencies such as those caused by heat illness.

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