Event Marketer

MARCH 25, 2025

Conferences and trade shows in my industry are critical, and I was surprised how critical these shows were when I first got into med device, she says. If you dont do the shows, you may as well be invisible. Now, Martin is senior director-marketing at Australia-headquartered 4DMedical, which is expanding in the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The M makes the digital experience ‘real’ and redefines the way we work with efficient and engaging solutions, allowing the guest experience team to show and see emotion behind every interaction,” says Reed Kandalaft, Beverly Wilshire regional vice president and general manager. You can make it AI to search the web…. Guest line up for it.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2024

The busy showfloor can be exhausting, but at the same time gives her so much energy, Taylor says, serving samples and making sure that every aspect of the brand’s largest annual trade show activation runs smoothly. EM caught up with Taylor at Expo West over espresso martini soft serve for trade show insight and life-on-the-road tips.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 22, 2025

As the lines blur between corporate event teams and corporate trade show departments, we know this partnership provides a win-win-winfor EDPA members, for end-user clients, and for the industry overall. Also our hotel room block is already getting booked up. We suggest you book rooms for you and the client here.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

I transitioned from restaurants to hotel management, focusing on meetings and events. In my earlier career, I planned more than 600 weddings (you could usually find me tearing up in the back as couples said their I Dos), then hundreds of corporate & nonprofit events, trade shows, and medical meetings.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. He previously held sales positions at Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok, Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel and Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel. He climbed the ladder from director of operations at the hotel.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 30, 2020

Trade shows provide a place for industry leaders and businesses to share ideas as well as view the latest technology, products, and services. Planning a trade show and ensuring the selection of a premier venue , however, can be a daunting task. Trade Show Activities. Audience Considerations.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 9, 2020

In the beginning of this crisis, organizers of major conferences and trade shows were canceling with very little lead time. For refunds, take the lead from what airlines and hotels are doing for individual cancellations. Identify expenses that can be cut. Think outside the box on where you should make new investment.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 9, 2021

Following nearly a year of canceled trade shows, Go LIVE Together is working closely with major convention and exhibitions-oriented cities around the United States to helppromote safereopening plans and accelerate recovery for the business events industry’s nearly 7 million employees, as well as the markets they support.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2025

Located in the heart of Philadelphia, the Center is steps away from premier hotels, and some of the citys iconic attractions, including the Liberty Bell and LOVE Park. The venues adaptable spaces provide the flexibility to host everything from massive trade shows to intimate corporate gatherings.

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Event Marketer

MAY 20, 2024

It wasn’t until Keri Ibbitson took what she thought was a step back early in her career did she discover everything that marketing is in the corporate world, and the impact of trade shows and events on a brand’s overall success. Event Marketer: What trade show industry trends have your attention?

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Each kit represented a thematic city build, like a hotel, apartments, a local bar, as well as a city park area with a stage for presentations. The spoke design featured five quadrants (five different business units) with walk-in structures (kits ranging from five-by-fives to 30-by-30s that the exhibitor-partners could take over.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The good news for event marketers, however: Despite the year’s travel speed bumps and forecasts, many events and trade shows (CES 2024, included) are reporting they are back to pre-pandemic attendance levels. percent increase in hotel rates. Idea: Brands like Zeiss are building more leisure time into their annual conferences.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As optimism grows for business events returning later in 2021, hotels are testing the waters more aggressively on signed agreements. We still haven’t heard of any examples of successful online trade shows. Contract concerns. Challenges abound for event professionals looking to reduce housing block commitments.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

Meeting and event planners are creative, detail-oriented professionals responsible for organizing everything from corporate conferences and trade shows to weddings and incentive travel. By partnering with travel-related newsletters, hotels can share promotional offers, highlight unique amenities, and encourage bookings.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Considered taboo by many brands, restrooms are still an unexpected place to activate, especially at trade shows and business events, and yet they can prove a unique space to create memorable moments and impressions and impact the overall event experience. The trick, of course, is to get it right.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

From key industries such as finance, life sciences and technology to stunning venues and eco-conscious hotels, Toronto continues to initiate, innovate and inspire the meeting and events industry. Almost one-quarter of the city’s hotels are certified as sustainable, integrating a variety of best practices into their operations.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet with Momentum debuted in May 2021 to promote the distinction among Marriott CRN’s leading hotels and resorts, and each event is different. Room availability is a challenge; hotels are struggling to manage huge demand. In the face of these challenges, hotels are reimagining how they do business. And prioritize.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Do it Best , a co-op hardware company that has been holding its biannual trade show in Indianapolis for several decades, works closely with Visit Indy , the city’s CVB, as well as other partners. More : Planning a Great Citywide is Easier Than You Think. Invest time in building strong relationships with local partners. Think local.

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EventMB

AUGUST 7, 2024

Skift Take: In the first half of 2024, 21 of the top 25 hotel markets saw increased group demand, though overall levels remain below 2019 when adjusted for inflation. Conferences and trade shows are key drivers of this growth, with significant recovery in regions like Asia Pacific and North America.

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JULY 12, 2024

Most recently serving as hotel manager at the same property, Okuna was a driving force in elevating guest experiences at Pink Palace of the Pacific and leading key multi-hotel initiatives across Marriott’s Waikiki Collection. She brings over 25 years of experience in hotel sourcing, meeting planning and onsite meeting assistance.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

MPI Minneapolis will be meeting in person at Delta Hotels Minneapolis from 1-5p.m. In support of GMID, Omni Hotels & Resorts is donating one meal for every in-house group room during the week of GMID for a total of 50,000 meals to support Feeding America through its Say Goodnight to Hunger program. MPI chapters across the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Yuni Hunter Yuni Hunter Hunter joins AC Hotel Irvine as general manager. She will draw on her 16 years of experience in senior hospitality management roles to oversee and manage all of the hotel’s daily operations. Laura McIver Laura McIver McIver takes on the role of general manager at Stanly Ranch, Auberge Resorts Collection.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2024

Grand openings and major renovations refresh meeting space in famous international cities All across the world, in some of the most sought-after international cities, come new and renovated hotels and meeting spaces, leaving the stage set for outstanding gatherings, wherever your attendees may be traveling from to get there.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Also, key cards will not exist at many hotels in a few years. The more trade show floors can be learning and nurturing destinations, the longer they will thrive as a component of your program. Bag Inserts. No one has ever changed their opinion of a brand through this ineffective marketing tactic. Branded Key Cards.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Five years ago, he showed images of a trade show heavily invested in hybrid. “I 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. Getting to the Event.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 3, 2024

Topics addressed include sales savvy and creativity; leading a team through tough challenges; building accountability between stakeholders; creating better communication; overcoming the inevitable times when “shift happens”; creating alliance partners for better outcomes; and getting the most out of buyer/seller trade shows and events.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2024

8 was the grand opening of IMEX America 2024 , with a jaw-dropping trade show, unexpected meetups with good friends and exciting announcement after exciting announcement. An 800-room Grand Hyatt convention hotel is a long-term plan to expand options for groups in the area. Tuesday, Oct. I was a little overwhelmed. Only a little!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A Renewed Group Focus “Just hold the contracted meetings that are on the books and minimize the cancellations that have occurred in prior years due to the pandemic, economic uncertainty and a general reluctance to hold in-person meetings,” said Dan Piotrowski, senior vice president of operations for Omni Hotels. “If

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 10, 2021

Hotel sales, banquet and private event managers know what it’s like to work under pressure. Olivia Isquith, Event Manager at Hotel Salem (part of the Lark Hotels group), knows this well, having worked in hotels that didn’t have a smooth system for managing event bookings and sales. Planning Pod can help.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

Three and a half months prior to my client’s largest annual trade show, we were notified that the San Diego Convention Center would be unable to host the program due to it being used as a temporary Emergency Intake Site. We had all the hotel blocks booked and had already moved the event twice due to Covid-19.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Do you need to find new monetary sources for conferences, conventions and trade shows? Research Finds Sponsorships Are Still Relevant According to a 2019 report from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research ( CEIR ) of 200 show executives and 728 exhibitors, sponsorships make up roughly 20% of B2B tradeshow revenues.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Thursday, April 8, Global Meetings Industry Day featured several in-person and virtual events that highlighted the importance of the meeting, incentive, convention, and trade-show industry, while also educating planners on the new landscape they will operate in going forward.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 25, 2022

Thanks to the numerous hotels connected by skywalks to the convention center, Indy also boasted the highest downtown hotel occupancy in the U.S. Las Vegas has also made a grand return while maintaining its title as the number one Trade Show destination. of meeting and exhibit space and 150,000 hotel rooms, more than $4.5

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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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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Many professionals attend two or more conventions, or trade shows, a year in various locations throughout the United States and the world. Select a hotel or conference center with family suites. This can mean each attendee must find someone to care for their children or ask their spouse to do double duty while they are gone.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Renovated hotels enjoy warm light all year round As we head full speed into fall and begin to gear up for winter, it’s likely that we feel some nostalgia for the warm months past. The recently renovated Hawksbill Conference Room can be arranged as a boardroom, conference room, theater, classroom or trade show exhibition.

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