Event Marketer

DECEMBER 19, 2022

More Experiential Strategies from the Tourism Sector: Five Steal-Worthy Strategies From the Tourism Industry. The post ‘Surprisingly Savannah’ Pop-up Brings Southern Charm to New York City appeared first on Event Marketer. Street Stunts Give New Yorkers a Taste of Alabama. Agency: Engage and Resonate.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It’s fitting that the crown jewel of the single biggest investment in Scotch whisky tourism is located on Princes Street. Princes Street boasts a gold standing from Green Tourism, Scotland’s national accrediting body for sustainable tourism—a rare feat for a permanent whisky experience. SUSTAINABILITY.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Experienced marketer, Dawn Theaker joins The QHotels Collection as they continue refurbishment investments across the hotels with a specific focus on facilities for meetings and events. Most recently Dawn has worked for Best Western Hotels & Resorts, managing all B2B and property acquisition marketing for over six years.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 21, 2024

More on Hospitality: Seven Tourism-inspired Engagement Tactics Worth Exploring How Visit Savannah Broke a Single-day Foot Traffic Record in New York City Using authentic décor to immerse attendees. Here, Cleland breaks down the top four insights and improvements they focused on this year. Adding extra layers of hospitality.

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EventMB

APRIL 26, 2024

Skift Take: Tourism New Zealand is taking a novel approach to leveraging the power of social media to attract more event delegates to the destination. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Event Marketer

APRIL 22, 2024

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oatly (@oatly) TENNESSEE TOURISM CAN READ YOUR MIND Listening to music is an innately emotional experience, but the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) is taking things up a notch this spring along NEEDTOBREATHE’s The CAVE World Tour.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 29, 2022

Even the ticket prices, which ranged from $75 to $1,600, allowed attendees to choose how they experienced the event. More Tourism Strategies: VisitLEX Leans on ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and a Local Experiential Campaign to Boost Travel and Revenue. Agency : A Non-Agency (campaign platform, event execution).

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Event Marketer

MAY 16, 2022

The world, and the event industry, entered a new reality last year when the U.N. In an era of climate and pandemic disruption, event marketers are embracing a new chapter that addresses consumer and corporate expectations surrounding sustainability and safety.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 21, 2024

More on Hospitality: Seven Tourism-inspired Engagement Tactics Worth Exploring How Visit Savannah Broke a Single-day Foot Traffic Record in New York City Using authentic décor to immerse attendees. Here, Cleland breaks down the top four insights and improvements they focused on this year. Adding extra layers of hospitality.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

We hopped on a call with Nicole Rogers, executive vp and chief sales officer for San Francisco Travel, the City and County of San Francisco’s official destination marketing organization, for a lengthy conversation about the realities the city is facing, the event business, and how the city is working to keep events and event attendees safe.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 14, 2025

UKEVENTS, the umbrella organisation for the UK events industry, has joined forces with other organisations within the Tourism Alliance in expressing deep concern over the recent decision to significantly reduce GREAT funding for VisitBritain, a key partner.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

As a newly elected member, Bowdin is Principal Lecturer in Events Management at the UK Centre for Events Management (School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University), where he has established events management degrees and masters courses since 1996.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Meet Blackpool has announced it has become a member of three key industry associations: the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO), beam and the Tourism Management Institute (TMI), further cementing the town’s dedication to the global events and tourism sectors.

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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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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

Melis joined snöball event marketing, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, as head of growth. Melis has previously been director of North American operations at key4events, a French hybrid event and digital tech company, vice president of business development at Showcare event services and more. Tony Melis. Deana Ivey.

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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. See the Full Story Here.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 9, 2023

Darren Green, chief sales officer, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board , moderated the panel and stressed the importance of sharing the message that California is also a place to do business because of its robust intellectual capital, the number of headquarters companies and the thought leaders who live here.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Recognised schemes such as Green Key, Green Tourism Standard, Green Meetings from Green Tourism and ECOsmart enable venues to demonstrate, measure and – crucially – build on their commitment to sustainability. My final wish for next year is for the community spirit that powers our industry to continue and grow.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Thompson is director of meeting and event services at Talley Management Group in Mount Royal, New Jersey. With extensive hospitality and events experience, Thompson brings decades of industry knowledge to the new role. Saint Lucia Tourism Authority in the Caribbean’s Castries, Saint Lucia named Charles-St. Lorine Charles-St.

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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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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Don’t Neglect AI In DMA West’ s first general session, “Your Introduction to AI for Tourism & Hospitality,” Brian Matson, senior director of strategy and education of full-service tourism marketing agency TwoSix Digital , began with a story about the discovery of the early internet’s ability to connect people.

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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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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

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 Marketer

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The editors of Event Marketer magazine have announced the winners of the supersized 2021 Ex Awards and ETDAs, the world’s largest and premiere recognition program for experiential marketing. 6 during a gala luncheon at the Experiential Marketing Summit in Chicago. Client: South Carolina Parks, Recreation and Tourism.

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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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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2017

Don Staley, new CEO and president at Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports , thought he’d be a soccer coach forever. Forced to reinvent himself, Staley has become a towering figure in Alabama events. But he admits he will draw upon his in sports, both as a coach and as an events professional. But fate had other things in mind.

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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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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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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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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. Coiled , the software development firm, hired Catuogno as its director of event marketing.

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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. Coiled , the software development firm, hired Catuogno as its director of event marketing.

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Eventbrite UK

APRIL 24, 2017

Increase your event attendance by targeting the buoyant UK tourism sector. Here are seven tactics to help successfully attract tourists to your event. The post How to Attract Tourists to Your Event appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The excitement and prestige of hosting “one big event” is often considered a major draw for cities and organizations. Events like the Olympics or the Super Bowl are still seen as pinnacles of success that bring global attention—and rightfully so. Don’t worry; modern event management solutions have your back.

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Event Smart

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Festivals are undoubtedly the most fun and entertaining type of event. They are powerful drivers for tourism and help boost the local economy. They are great means to showcase culture and creativity. For businesses and organizations, they are an effective way of brand exposure and customer engagement.

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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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