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Q&A: Mark Cooper at 2025 IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange

Smart Meetings

Tech companies are bringing in incredible innovationsrobotic pizza makers and conveyor belt systems that cook a steak to perfection without a human flipping it. Last year, we saw AI becoming a trend for meeting planners, but nobody was talking about its role in venue operations. SM Food has played a big role in this event.

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How Topgolf Teed up a Product Launch with an Engagement-rich ‘Nightclub’

Event Marketer

Known for its tech-driven golf driving range game at more than 100 venues around the world, along with yummy bar food offerings and party packages, the brand stepped outside its comfort zone to host a buzzy launch experience with a cast of sponsors at its El Segundo, CA, location on July 31—creating a nightclub to launch the golf club.

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15 Big, Bold Trade Show Ideas from EMS 2025

Event Marketer

For example, for an event in New York, Steno, a legal tech company, built a booth in the style of a subway station featuring a graffiti artist and generated buzz on the floor. If you dont have a national sales rep, youre not negotiating, says Strickler-Vazquez about negotiating with event venues.

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Trade Show Industry Updates: News, Data, Trends

Event Marketer

Among the driving factors of memorable experiences the respondents noted three content (38 percent), venue (27 percent), and destination (25 percent). Venue Updates The New Orleans Ernest N. Rick Moreno has been promoted to Western regional sales manager. Roger Freeman has been promoted to Midwestern/Northeast U.S. sales manager.

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CEO Insights: The Event Tech Trends to Watch in 2025

Prestige Events Magazine

By Yaron Lipshitz, CEO of Prismm (previously Allseated) This time last year, the Meetings Industry PULSE Survey (Jan 2024) showed a surge in event tech investment with 46% of planners intending to increase their tech spending, despite a cost-conscious environment.

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Event Venue Checklist: 12 Essentials for a Perfect Event Space

Guidebook

Choosing the right event venue is often a balancing act that requires planners to work within certain constraints – such as budget and time – while also delivering the wow factor that attendees long for. Thats why we created this comprehensive event venue checklist with the 12 most critical venue considerations.

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Coca-Cola and Time Out Launch a ‘Foodmarks’ Campaign with Global Destinations and Activations

Event Marketer

The beverage giant and “best of the city” publication announced the launch of Foodmarks, hand-picked, global “food landmarks” inspired by movies, pop culture moments, travel hotspots and other cultural phenomena that revolve around “the perfect moment, the perfect meal and an ice-cold Coca-Cola.”