Smart Meetings

MARCH 12, 2019

Johanne Belanger, president and CEO of Tourism Toronto opened up about how losing a job helped her realize her true leadership potential and how, as a multiple breast cancer survivor, she feels “blessed to have been given a lens to look through to appreciate every day, every hour and every interaction.” We love that.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 4, 2024

As part of its innovative approach to business events, major events, tourism and event hosting, Ottawa Tourism is further aligning its focus on major association congresses with leading sporting events.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2018, the Events team at Paragon Events took over the newly rebranded Global Tourism Summit from a previous organization. “When we took over, they were using multi-products on a different platform,” explains Manager of Meetings and Events Katherine Stokoe. Using Data to Power Summit Success.

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EventMB

MAY 5, 2022

This episode of the Event Manager Podcast features Irina Graf, founder of The MICE Blog and Event Planners Talk, in a conversation about Destination and Event Marketing. Irina began her career by studying tourism and hospitality before switching her degree focus to events.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2022

Davis is an experienced hospitality sales and diversity leader, having worked in senior sales roles at Gaylord Hotels, Marriott and Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, as well as consultant and project manager with Tourism Diversity Matters. Cartwright is sales and events manager at Fort Worth Convention Center (FWCC).

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2022

Davis is an experienced hospitality sales and diversity leader, having worked in senior sales roles at Gaylord Hotels, Marriott and Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, as well as consultant and project manager with Tourism Diversity Matters. Cartwright is sales and events manager at Fort Worth Convention Center (FWCC).

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Destination DC (DDC), the official destination marketing organisation for Washington, DC, is proud to continue its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion by supporting small minority-owned local businesses as part of a complimentary membership program.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2025

Sir Chris Bryant MP, the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries, will open next week’s Global Policy Forum on behalf of The Business of Events. The Labour MP for the Welsh constituency of Rhondda and Ogmore will deliver an opening address to the Forum, taking place at IET London: Savoy Place, on […]

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Event Industry News

MAY 7, 2024

Sizzle Nightclub & El Paradiso Beach Club have announced an exclusive long-term partnership with Glownet.com to power the hottest events & personalized resort packages in Zante.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) has teamed up with Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics Company as its consulting partner for exhibition industry performance-related research. CEIR is the go-to resource for market-level performance data on the […] business-to-business (B2B) exhibition performance.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A new report released by Green Tourism, Visit Belfast and the Global Destination Sustainability Movement shows Belfast’s transition to become a premier sustainable tourism destination – and how other cities can learn from its approach A white paper released at the UKinbound Annual Convention in Belfast reveals how a pioneering partnership between Green (..)

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Business of Events can announce Anita Mendiratta, Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and Dr Helge A Wurdemann, Professor and Chair of Robotics and Head of the Soft Haptics & Robotics Lab at University College London as the final speakers for the UK Policy Forum, which will […]

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Event Industry News

JULY 18, 2023

Figures released by industry body UK Music suggest music tourism contributed £6.6bn to the economy. Music tourism means someone has travelled to another city or […] A total of 1.1m people came to the UK from overseas last year to attend a concert, peaking at over one million for the first time, a report has said.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A white paper authored by The Hague & Partners Convention Bureau and Ottawa Tourism will reveal that 63% of global association buyers are either very concerned or slightly concerned about the ethical implications of using AI in event organising, when it launches next month.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

Kate Patay : Kate brings 20+ years of rich experience in business travel, tourism and event marketing strategy. She’s also the co-founder and the 2018 President of the Association for Women in Events (AWE). Additionally, Irina runs a weekly Twitter chat #EventPlannersTalk about event management topics.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 11, 2018

Irina Graf founded her blog in 2011, as well as completing her events internship in Germany, while studying tourism in Switzerland. In 2015, she turned her blog into a full-time business, with the subsequent launch of Event Planners Talk, a digital agency for the MICE sector.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Last financial year, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) contributed over $383 million to the Victorian economy, hosted 349 events and welcomed 1.6 Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Steve Dimopoulos this week tabled MCEC’s annual report for the 2021/22 financial year, demonstrating a growing […].

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 23, 2024

A comprehensive white paper authored by The Hague & Partners Convention Bureau and Ottawa Tourism highlights the accelerating integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the global association conference and event sector.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

UKEVENTS, the umbrella organisation for the UK events industry, met with Sir John Whittingdale OBE, MP, the interim Minister for Tourism and Minister for Science, Innovation, and Technology, on 4th September, 2023.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 8, 2022

Zemi Beach House , located on the small island of Anguilla in the Caribbean, welcomed Pearis as its senior sales and events manager and Duncan as its digital marketing manager. Pearis has held roles in event production, business development management, business event marketing and more.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Reuniting, energising and inspiring the business meetings and events sector will be high on the agenda next month, at the Meetings Industry Association’s first miaSummit.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 27, 2023

Northstar Travel Group, the leading B-to-B information, events and marketing solutions company in the travel industry, announces the launch of a major hosted buyer led tradeshow for the Asia Pacific meetings industry.

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Eventscase Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Pablo Turletti will inspire audiences to think using new management models that guarantee and measure the economic profitability of marketing and events projects to generate social equity and environmental sustainability. It is organised by the Madrid City Council Tourism.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The improvements will support the town’s bids to bring large-scale national and international conferences and events to the region which will in turn benefits local businesses and employment. Despite a challenging couple of years, the venue has bounced back and remains a key player on the national events and touring circuit.

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Bizzabo

JANUARY 29, 2019

Regardless of what your event goal may be, here are some unique workshop ideas for your next educational event. What is a workshop event? A workshop event—often used in B2B event marketing strategies—is one or more educational lectures that give attendees hands-on experience with the subject matter.

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Event Industry News

MAY 4, 2023

VisitScotland is Scotland’s national tourism organisation, and its Business Events […] It marks a fifth year of consecutive support to the Policy Unit and Think Tank and is the second major partner to be announced within a week.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 10, 2023

BMA House, home to the British Medical Association since 1925, was once again the perfect setting to introduce Event Industry News’ (EIN) fourth edition of the Sustainable Event Buyer’s Guide.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 10, 2023

BMA House, home to the British Medical Association since 1925, was once again the perfect setting to introduce Event Industry News’ (EIN) fourth edition of the Sustainable Event Buyer’s Guide.

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Eventscase Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

They have delved into platform features that cover fundamental aspects in event management such as: Networking Integration between Eventscase and other external platforms Improvements to the Digital Venue through personalised content and a revamped navigation menu. I Agora of Sustainable Tourism GREEN & HUMAN – HOSTELTUR .

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Meetings & Events. tojulius Julian Solaris, Editor of The Event Manager Blog, always has the low-down on attendance-worthy events and the newest event technology. NickBorelli Nick Borelli is the leading event marketing and social media expert in the game. TahiraCreates. ItsWillCurran.

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Eventscase Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

On Friday, January 27th, we will be participating in Murcia, Spain for a roundtable called “MICE Sector: To be or not to be” as part of the Road Show organised by the EMA (Event Managers Association Spain). This year we have had the opportunity to be at FITUR —for the first time—which is the largest professional tourism fair in Spain.

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2023 Sustainability Tourism Technology 52

Converve

APRIL 4, 2019

A matchmaking platform can be used to organise communication between event participants before, during, and after a B2B event. Meetings can be arranged, capacities and resources managed. The matchmaking platform can even handle event marketing and ticketing. For visitors.

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Eventory

DECEMBER 6, 2018

So how to approach the event marketing strategy and the event calendar for 2019? How to choose the best events for employees, for the company and how to plan the organization of own events during the year? Is ‘event season’ a real thing? Seasonality also determines your event marketing activity.

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Eventscase Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

We already mentioned in our previous newsletter that October was going to be a month of events and that surely is the case. We were present at the 1st Agora of Sustainable Tourism co-organised by Hosteltur and Green & Human—a sold-out event which was livestreamed through our platform.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Our industry is constantly evolving, which makes a long-term career in business events all the more exciting. Events Manager, International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Marketing Manager, Kenes Group. Head of Convention Bureau, Montreux-Vevey Tourisme. Sina Bünte. SINA BÜNTE, DES.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

CHME, CHSP, CMP, CHE, who in addition to teaching classes at Metropolitan State University of Denver, serves as a faculty adviser for the school’s hospitality, tourism, and events management department. Students should also learn about the details of managing event funds. How do you market this event?”

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 7, 2018

From big name pizza delivery brands to high fashion advertisers, the Digiday Awards is a great example of how much freedom event planners have for their own awards show. While your event marketing needs to be specific, your list of potential awards ceremonies doesn’t. Source : Digiday. Cast a wide net.

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