Smart Meetings

MARCH 8, 2024

She was raised in Hāmākua on the island of Hawai’i, is a haumana of Hālau Manaola, an educator and cultural practitioner of Polynesian music and the arts and has held numerous hospitality sales management positions at both the Island of Hawai’i Visitors Bureau and Hilton Waikoloa Village.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 3, 2025

Levys Chefs Table event concluded with resounding success, delivering an unforgettable culinary experience and raising significant funds for Hospitality Action. The March 27th event spearheaded by Levys Director of Culinary, James Buckley, saw top chefs create over 2,000 plates of incredible food for over 300 guests at the QEII Centre.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 23, 2022

Enter the Comcast Business Pavilion, an original hospitality experience designed to fill the gap. “We More Hospitality Strategies: Executive Q&A: How Long-time US Open Sponsor Grey Goose Has Evolved its Engagement Tactics. Exclusive by Design: How Hospitality Experiences Drive Brand Loyalty. Agency: GMR Marketing.

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JULY 24, 2017

From ARS to chatbots, beacons, and heat maps, the event industry has a distinctive language of its own – especially when it comes to digital and event technology. Bookmark this page as your go-to guide for the most common event technology terms. What event technology term did we miss and leaves you puzzled?

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Stadium Experience is pleased to announce Global Payments Inc will be returning as the official headline sponsors for The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2025. Global Payments is a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and EPOS software solutions, serving more than 4 million merchants worldwide.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Stadium Experience is pleased to announce that the 18th annual Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards will be hosted at the American Express Stadium, home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, on Thursday 3rd July 2025.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Wenks holds over 20 years of experience in executive hospitality leadership, most recently serving as vice president of the sales organization for Omni Hotels. He brings over 25 years of experience in Hawaii’s hospitality industry, plus thoughtful leadership skills and the expertise of a local.

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Attendease

JANUARY 22, 2020

With three exhilarating days already planned, this year’s Event Planner Expo will focus on building industry relationships, allowing top influencers to network with professionals from the industry. Boost your commercial reach with valuable opinions from marketing and event technology experts. What to look forward to -.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 24, 2022

And while, at this stage in the game, it seems like every event marketer has become a broadcasting wizard, it never hurts to jog the memory and draw a little inspiration from past virtual event wins. Following are 12 steal-worthy strategies, from conferences, to festivals, to trade shows, to hospitality experiences.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The hospitality industry is built on being welcoming and inclusive and Dean stressed the importance of telling that story during recruiting to replace the brain drain that happened with diverse faces bringing fresh ideas. “We Puerto Rico is using hospitality and meetings as a transformative tool for the community,” said Dean.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

Event technology company Cvent announced that after going public for a second time in 2021 through a special acquisition at a valuation of $5.3 Since its founding in 1999, Cvent has helped manage more than 5 million events, and lists over 302,000 hotels and venues as of Dec. The highly anticipated deal represents an $8.50

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Event Industry News

APRIL 22, 2021

Pauline Kwasniak from Female Event Planners, MCI’s director of onsite services, James Kelley, and Kathryn Frankson, director of event marketing at Informa, are some of the latest judges to be announced for Event Technology Awards (ETA) 2021. The Event Technology Awards 2021 is open for entries until Saturday 31 July.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 13, 2018

is the current highest growth event technology integrated platform. We provide a white label event management platform and we have already improved more than 4,000 events with over 950,000 attendees. was awarded as the best technology startup in the world at the 6th edition of the “Event Technology Awards”.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

DeWitt suggests checking out the free National Network Hospitality page. Go Beyond the Requirements Bettyanne Sherrer, vice president and managing partner CanPlan Events & Conference Services Inc. Engage people where they’re at and don’t assume they won’t use event technology ,” she said.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 23, 2021

A press release estimated the market for in-person, virtual and hybrid events at $30 billion and stated: “With more than 20 years of meeting, event, and hospitality technology leadership and an established customer base, Cvent has momentum to win substantial market share.” and Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Editor’s Note: This is the first edition of Meetings Uncovered—Smart Meetings’ newest column focused on keeping you up to speed with the latest news in the hospitality industry. . Orlando Health, Visit Orlando Form Official Wellness Partnership.

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Social Tables

MARCH 22, 2024

The hospitality industry is always evolving. To remain competitive, hospitality professionals must stay on top of what’s happening with hotels, event venues, technology, and trends. Attending top hospitality conferences, expos, or summits is a fantastic way to stay up-to-date on current trends.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Take a breather with Well-X : After two more hours of meeting and networking with event profs, you could take a quick break. The France-based hospitality company Accor partnered with Well-X, a wellness company that brings their program to you, to give attendees a moment to relax. Smart Tip: break for lunch early to avoid the rush.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 23, 2021

A press release estimated the market for in-person, virtual and hybrid events at $30 billion and stated: “With more than 20 years of meeting, event, and hospitality technology leadership and an established customer base, Cvent has momentum to win substantial market share.” and Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

More than 6,000 MICE, hospitality, and marketing professionals from across the UK and Europe have already registered for Cvent’s annual industry conference, Cvent CONNECT Europe , which will take place on 10-11 November 2020 as a virtual event powered by Cvent’s Virtual Attendee Hub. An interview with Radisson CEO Federico J.

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Planning Pod

MARCH 10, 2022

This has especially been the case for businesses in the events, hospitality and restaurant industries, which have suffered much more than others when it comes to staffing shortages and employee retention for both management and service workers. Another says that 59% of hospitality and food service staff won’t be coming back.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

To facilitate virtual and hybrid events during the pandemic, convention centers around the world have begun to build out full-fledged virtual event studios — but planners still need to consider the skills necessary to use them.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 2, 2020

While this year has been incredibly trying for events and hospitality, there continue to be major advancements and investments in tech for both industries. A second wave seems imminent or is already underway in Europe and elsewhere, and the optimism around the return to live events […].

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

And you also know—because of what you do—that, in their wake, untold numbers of long-planned events were cancelled. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual.

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Event Industry News

MAY 13, 2024

UK charity Hospitality Action has launched their industrywide 2024 Mental Health & Wellbeing Survey at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week today, Monday 13 May. It’s more than two years since Hospitality Action last ran a sector-wide Wellbeing survey. One of Hospitality […]

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

Secondly, this is going to be a hospitality family affair. While we see event tech shining to support the transition to virtual and hybrid, I foresee our hotel and CVB friends getting into the action, too, which will make the planning of these meetings a family across the hospitality board. Lastly, there is value in virtual.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

In events and hospitality, knowledge is power. Thankfully these thought leaders are quick to share their tips and tricks on how to get ahead in the world of events and hospitality. Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. Hospitality. sean_oneill.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Stadium Experience is pleased to announce that the 18th annual Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards will be hosted at the American Express Stadium, home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, on Thursday 3rd July 2025.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 9, 2019

We offer free badge scanners for all of our events so exhibitors can track ROI. What was the last event on which you worked? ScotHot – Scotland’s leading hospitality and foodservice event. From your experience, what’s the best way to utilise tech at an event? Tech that creates engagement that leads to conversation.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

And you also know—because of what you do—that, in their wake, untold numbers of long-planned events were cancelled. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Johnston has over a decade of railroad operations and hospitality management experience. A 20-year hospitality tech optimization and sales veteran, Torrenga was previously senior vice president of sales at INTELITY, a global guest experience and management platform in the greater Miami area. Banks & Associates Inc. Erynn Torrenga.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Johnston has over a decade of railroad operations and hospitality management experience. A 20-year hospitality tech optimization and sales veteran, Torrenga was previously senior vice president of sales at INTELITY, a global guest experience and management platform in the greater Miami area. Banks & Associates Inc. Erynn Torrenga.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

NEW Client Services Get all the support you want for your events because we know hospitality matters. Free Planning Tools Diagram events, wow attendees, and win clients with free planning tools. Many event planning conferences were canceled or postponed, and most of those that weren’t took place virtually.

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Event Marketer

MAY 16, 2022

To meet the increasing demands from event partners, venues and hospitality brands like MGM and Hilton are developing comprehensive guides and consultations for clients. Globally, Hilton hospitality brand is helping travelers plan more sustainable trips. VENUE PERSPECTIVES.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2025 have officially opened for entry. The nationally-recognised awards recognise and reward the efforts and dedication shown by the catering, hospitality and events teams at UK stadium venues (including football, rugby and cricket venues).

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GEVME

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Event Tech Podcast. This podcast, created by the founder of EventHero, is ideal for those who want to stay up to date with everything that happens in the world of event technology. Regardless of what you specialise in, you’ll always find something interesting in this podcast. Tom Crowl knows all about entertainment.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The hospitality industry stepped out on Sunday 8 October for its annual Walk for Wellbeing hosted walks across the UK. As it stands today, World Mental Health Day, the event has raised more than £88,000 for the industry’s leading support charity, Hospitality Action, with more rolling in by the hour!

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