Smart Meetings

JULY 15, 2024

What is more transformational for meeting professionals than flying car pods, underwater hotels, convention centers with aeroponic F&B programs and laser beams? The post The Future of Event Tech Trends, According to Cvents’ Brian Ludwig appeared first on Smart Meetings. That’s here,” said Ludwig.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Are you attending Event Tech Live (ETL) in London next week? What the Event Offers Event Tech Live has been the industry’s primary source of education and innovation in all things event technology for over 8 years, and with over 100 exhibitors and 100 sessions, this iteration promises to be one of its best.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2025

2025 Trends to Watch Rachel Andrews, global head of meetings and events at Cvent, delivered a fast-paced and future-focused forecast. This development opened the door to large-scale events that previously wouldnt have been feasibleand theres more on the way.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2022

Skinner joined Makeready hospitality company’s Emeline hotel in Charleston, South Carolina as general manager. She brings 14 years of hotel management experience to the position, most recently working at Proper Hotels and Residences’ The Hotel June as general manager in Los Angeles. Martin Wormull and John Stack.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

Read More: Cvent’s Event Tech Roadmap According to filings, at the end of last year, Cvent had approximately 22,000 customers globally in the corporate, non-profit, higher education and hospitality sectors as of December 31, 2022. In 2021, the market for in-person, virtual and hybrid events was estimated at $30 billion.

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EventMB

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Skift Take: W South Beach invested $6 million in renovating its ballroom which now features 360 projection technology built in and cutting-edge sound to go with it. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Here are 22 ideas to consider—some basic, some unconventional— that could bring down your event technology and production costs. Creative AV/Event-Tech Cost Cuts. • “I have my [in-house] network engineer review my internet order. Consider your needs before purchasing an event-management software platform.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2019

About: Visualizer provides a customisable virtual sales tour for meeting hotels and event venues. Visualizer makes hotel sales materials engaging and interactive, while incorporating the WOW effect of a virtual tour, and the informative effect of brochures and website links. Brand Events. Event Tech.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to another episode of #EventIcons, and this time around we’re talking 2020 event tech trends! If you know Endless, you know we love talking about event tech. So now it’s time for the 2020 event tech trends to shine! ” 2020 Event Tech Trends: 5G.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

You have been tasked with producing a new event—or breathing new life into one that has been on rinse and repeat too long. What questions should you ask during sourcing to avoid surprises post-event? How can you word the hotel contract to protect your company? Requests made of the hotel onsite may come with a price.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2023

Video content will also be easier to handle through Events+, as event planners will be able to edit and promote their video content from the platform. Read More : Cvent’s ‘Top Meetings Destinations’ and ‘Top Meeting Hotels’ Returns The use of AI plays into the operation of Cvent Events+ in several ways.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

AI Event Tools Ruled The conference kicked off with announcements of new AI integrations—acquisition of Reposite AI sourcing, integration with FeedomPay for hotel reservation tokenization and a partnership with AMGiNE for automated business travel management. “AI

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Welcome to Event Tech Podcast Episode ZERO! We are so excited to launch this podcast focusing on the latest and most innovative tech. Join us weekly for a thought-provoking journey on how tech can evolve our industry. This show is brought to you by Endless Events, the event AV company that doesn’t suck.

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Social Tables

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Either way, many hotels offer positions for event planners that utilize the many skills you probably already have. Read on to get a sense of what a hotel event planner does in their day-to-day and whether the position is the right fit for you. A hotel event planner manages the space. You plan the events.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

You may have also recently seen our article about the recent acquisition of Encore Event Technologies by PSAV. On this episode of Event Tech Podcast Will Curran of Endless Events and Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting take a deeper dive into what this could mean for the events industry and AV companies.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Event Tech Live London (ETL) has partnered with Eventscase, in conjunction with the AEVEA (Spanish Event Agencies Association), to bring an ‘Agency Tech Tour’ to ETL 2022. Adam Parry, tour host and co-founder of Event Tech Live, comments: “It’s been great to work with Eventscase to bring Spanish businesses into ETL.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 6, 2022

Smart Meetings 3-Day National Experience at Kimpton EPIC Hotel leveraged the best of the sunny, water-adjacent location to bring everyone together memorably. When in Miami, the best course of action is to make a splash. Here are some lessons learned from three days in Magic City. You have to focus on the goal,” she said. Loud and Clear.

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Endless Events

JULY 19, 2019

Let’s all take and seat and explore the world of event tech. We just did an awesome podcast on event tech and whether or not the industry is falling behind. This time around, we’re talking about event tech alongside some very special icons our team had the pleasure to meet during IMEX Frankfurt 2019.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

CadmiumCD –a meeting room scheduling, resource management system and event logistic management platform. Radario –an AI event marketing and analytics platform. Event Tech Tribe –group marketing of cloud-based event tech products, including an appointment management system and a venue sourcing site.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

Read more about event tech consolidation in Tech Mergers Could Simplify Virtual Meeting Management. Event tech consultant Corbin Ball explained that the explosion of innovation in 2020 occurred in the streaming/virtual meeting/hybrid meeting space thanks to an influx of funding.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 28, 2023

The taste of she-crab soup and locally made Tarnished Truth bourbon added authenticity and flavor to the event. Leverage Human-centric Event Tech Will Curran Tech trends eventually lead back to people. And the feeling of getting toes in sand is an experience unique to waterfront locations such as Virginia Beach.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2021

“I proclaimed at the time that the future will consist of hybrid events, where both options are available and that events will no longer be confined to the four walls of a hotel ballroom or a convention center,” he said. In this webinar, Ludwig touched on three developments he sees on the horizon for events.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 6, 2020

So, here are at the Event Tech Podcast, we dedicate ourselves to exploring all things related to technology in our industry. From event hardware to facial recognition and data privacy , we’ve done it all. So, considering that the core of the podcast is event tech, it’s only fitting that we look back.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Hotel developers have recognised the need to create experiences within their hotel, resort or venue, meaning they are now redesigning the existing spaces within their restaurant, beachside, poolside or ballroom areas – specifically to cater towards events. Brand Events. Event Tech. Sporting Events.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Many hotels and resorts offer a broad range of activities from which to choose. Hotels have noticed the attention escape rooms bring. Greece is home to two hotels that feature escape rooms, Apollo Resort Art Hotel in Kiparissia and Elysium Resort & Spa in Faliraki. Related: 11 Event Tech Trends That Shaped 2018.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

London’s MICE offering has received a further boost with the news that 7,995 hotel rooms across 65 new hotels will open next year, adding to 158,956 existing hotel rooms and marking the largest number of openings London has ever seen in one year1. New hotel room openings have soared from 3,222 in 2010 to 7,995 planned for 2020.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

With a recently opened Voco Hotel, and Bedford and Moxie hotels opening up soon, the island is investing heavily in its tourism focus. “It’s I don’t think you’ll find in any hotel in Ireland plastic bottles anymore. You don’t find individual shampoo bottles inside many rooms of hotels, that day is gone.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Ordinate’s software and tools include event resources for organisers such as invite lists, exhibitor line ups, meeting space details and updated schedules for both the organiser and the client. Type of events served: Awards Brand activations Conferences Exhibitions Experiential Meetings. Brand Events. Event Tech.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Skift Take: While others chase instant booking, Hivr's AI voice agent is tackling a current pain point in booking meetings: endless back-and-forth emails and calls. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In this episode of the Event Tech podcast , the tech duo looks back on 2020 and 2021 and considers how they would do things differently if they had to relive the pandemic. So many tech people got furloughed or laid off ,” he explains. Prioritize Planner Support Over Tech Features. Reshuffling Responsibilities.

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EncoreAPAC

AUGUST 16, 2022

Short-term bookings Across industries on a global scale, workforces are changing, and this is creating a shift in the way event bookings work. Last-minute bookings for hotel event spaces, sometimes even in-the-week, are now more than an anomaly, they’re officially a trend.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Maritim Hotels has strengthened its UK sales force with the appointment of Michael Rogerson as account manager. . Michael joins the Maritim UK team with over 35 years of travel and hospitality experience, having worked in every aspect of the industry, from tour operator to global hotel sales. Brand Events. Event Tech.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 16, 2024

Hotel room attrition is a stressful and expensive problem that has plagued the meetings and events industry for decades. While plenty of best practices and strategies have been established over the years to mitigate room attrition, the industry still spends an estimated $21 billion a year on empty hotel rooms worldwide.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2023

Curious, Committed, Confident How did you arrive at an event tech career? I always wanted to work in a TV news control room. How did you arrive at an event tech career? Being the fourth out of five children, I was the one that took things apart to see how they worked. This was the beginning of my tech career.

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MARCH 25, 2024

Event Tech Liv (ETL) Las Vegas is thrilled to announce its partnership with HotelMap, a global technology platform dedicated to revolutionising and streamlining hotel booking within the conference, trade show, and group booking sectors.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2022

s 2019 Concierge of the Year, joined The Stafford London as executive head concierge after 13 years as head concierge at The Berkeley Hotel in London. Noone brings 25 years of industry experience and, early in his career, also served as assistant head concierge at London’s The Connaught Hotel. Noone, the U.K.’s Edward Diano.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 4, 2018

ZEUS (German Association of Event Tech Startups) tackled another big trend in the industry with an area dedicated to “New Work”. CIM Clubbing has been the flagship party event at IMEX for years, but now there’s a new kid in town. And as we all know, play is the root of human creativity. The TechnOvation After-Party.

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