Stova

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hybrids will likely see widespread adoption as F2F meetings reemerge from the pandemic for a number of reasons: Some attendees may not wish to travel to the event for fear of contagion or other health and safety concerns. There will likely be reduced travel funds available for event attendance due to economic downturns.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

After COVID decimated the meeting industry, I focused on the design and facilitation of online meetings. But our industry still faces ongoing challenges, such as: high travel, F&B, and production costs; staffing shortages; tight client budgets; and the rise of last-minute event registrations. Typical Participate!

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

Travel Portland). What she hadn’t expected, she told Convene , was that so many of the people looking for that kind of connection to the city and its surroundings would be business travelers. One way to genuinely experience this place is by connecting travelers with the human beings behind the products,” she said.

Travel 74

Travel Event Design Food and Beverage Hotels 74

Conferences that Work

MARCH 4, 2019

” Using peer to peer learning techniques, innovative technology, and creative meeting design, The EVENT ‘s objectives are to: encourage participants to collaborate with industry peers; cultivate new ideas; and elevate the entire meeting industry. I’m happy to offer a rare Participate!

2012 136

2012 2018 Education Meeting Design 136

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The multi-hub format, with multiple connected venues like this meeting with 18 hubs in Spain, combines the benefits of both. As efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus by restricting travel ripple across the globe, a growing number of event organizers are opting to move meetings online as an alternative to canceling them.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 6, 2022

A meeting designer used a carbon-dioxide meter in all the spaces he moved through while attending a recent conference. In late May, Adrian Segar attended a meeting-industry leadership summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. First, Segar noted the CO2 concentrations his portable meter measured during his air travel.

Venues 105

Venues Transportation 2012 Consulting 105

PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

Travel Portland). What she hadn’t expected, she told Convene , was that so many of the people looking for that kind of connection to the city and its surroundings would be business travelers. One way to genuinely experience this place is by connecting travelers with the human beings behind the products,” she said.

Meeting Design 40

Meeting Design Meetings Food and Beverage Hotels 40

SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2020

Virtual meetings require careful design to keep attendees engaged and deliver value for the hosts. But how do you translate the energy and insights from a face-to-face meeting through a computer screen? However, it is important to remember that content is just one part of the meeting paradigm. Work Around Their Schedule.

Meetings 111

Meetings Food and Beverage Speakers Travel 111

Conferences that Work

AUGUST 26, 2019

I immigrated to the United States after falling in love with Vermont, a rural state with no opportunity to continue the big-lab science path I’d been traveling. Understanding people better became important to me.

Consulting 195

Consulting Conference Travel Events 195

Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

Discussing the hot topic of hybrid events, Linda McNairy, VP Americas, American Express Meetings & Events and Ariana Reed, Senior Manager, Business Strategy, American Express Global Business Travel highlighted key considerations in the planning process to create an engaging hybrid event experience.

Technology 130

Technology Travel 2023 2021 130

Gallus Events

APRIL 6, 2016

This was our registration desk at a travel show. Meeting Design allows us to think very differently about the content we have at our event. The audience for your event is not just the one in the room! These little things are statement pieces I suppose. They say, we are different. How BORING is your event?

Tech 180

Tech Social Media Events Venues 180

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

As a demographic, they also: Value experiences over material goods Want to share those experiences usually via social media Have higher technological literacy Are 62% more likely to travel than their generation X counterparts As the average screen time per day increases, millennials place more value on face-to-face meetings.

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Meetings 2016 Trade Shows Social Media 157

Conferences that Work

MAY 29, 2023

Meeting designers and facilitators like me get plenty of practice at this balancing act.) Black holes Thankfully, unless faster-than-light travel becomes possible, you’ll never have to interact with a physical black hole. If you do, there’s more learning needed.

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Meeting Design Conference Travel Meetings 156

PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

The panel members — a corporate planner, two association planners, a meeting-design expert, and a hotel executive — discussed the viability of hybrid events. The hybrid meeting model is the best way forward, she said, at least until attendee trust in traveling and meeting in person safely has been restored.

Financial 134

Financial Venues Meeting Design Events 134

Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

Other sessions will address positioning your company for post-COVID growth and how the work-from-home culture and decrease in business travel will affect in-person meetings. Juliette Kayyem, former assistant secretary of Homeland Security and CNN national security analyst will share tips for moving ahead.

Site Selections 97

Site Selections Trade Shows Sponsorships Tech 97

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

As a demographic, they also value experiences over material goods, want to share those experiences (usually via social media), have higher technological literacy, and are 62% more likely to travel then their generation X counterparts. Essentially, the purposeful meeting cannot be complete without a destination that reinforces that purpose.

Meetings 158

Meetings 2016 Trade Shows Social Media 158

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 16, 2018

When FRESH18 — which bills itself as the first annual conference focused exclusively on meeting design — gets underway Feb. 27-28, it will be showcasing its own solution to a common event-design problem: getting the audience to participate. Indeed, I hope others will use it in their meetings and speaker sessions.”.

Tourism 79

Tourism Speakers Hospitality Meeting Design 79

SmartMeetings

MARCH 31, 2017

A similar disconnect exists in the meetings industry, according to a new Wellness in Meetings and Incentive Travel Study from the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF). The study measures the prevalence of wellness initiatives in incentive travel and meeting programs.

Meetings 83

Meetings Food and Beverage Sustainability 2016 83

Event Industry News

JUNE 6, 2019

Lastly, the in-person audience must not be neglected, they are the VIPs who travelled to participate in the event, so giving them a second-rate experience is to be avoided at all costs. After the session, I hope participants will be able to make an educated decision on if and how they can use hybrid meetings themselves.

Social Media 108

Social Media Consulting Meeting Design Education 108

Gallus Events

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It helped covering the same topic, online events, in both London and Coimbra but preparing, traveling and delivering sessions is always a challenge. IBTM session was all about Meeting Design and the venue is about 5 miles from my office, so attending that one was much easier! Details of my session at IBTM World.

Event Tech 127

Event Tech Speakers Tech 2011 127

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

For example, meeting rooms, specialized support staff, and travel budgets are often plentiful and generous. A few years ago, I and a group of meeting designers spent a day looking into how we could improve the annual UN Climate Change Conference meeting process in order to better meet the challenges of the climate crisis.

Consulting 156

Consulting Contracts Banking Conference 156

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

“We talked about what types of experiences we had all had in our different fields in going to meetings or events and having no connection to the place, even though it was a really cool place that we went to.”. Blackman previously managed bands, traveling all over the world, she said. “I More Meeting Trends. Ben Petchel).

Travel 81

Travel Consulting Hotels Events 81

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2022

In a post on his Conferences that Work blog , conference designer Adrian Segar writes: “If you want maximum learning, interaction, and connection at a meeting, small meetings are better than large meetings.

Conference Design 98

Conference Design Hotels Conference Hospitality 98

PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 7, 2020

million direct jobs globally and generated more than $1 trillion of direct spending and business events-related travel — numbers radically changed by COVID-19’s impact. But what hasn’t changed is how business events have remained a top priority for companies and organizations — the pandemic couldn’t and didn’t stop people from meeting.

Travel 112

Travel B2B Marketing Events 112

Conferences that Work

JULY 27, 2020

Pre-pandemic, I traveled fairly frequently for my work as a consultant on meeting design and facilitator of meetings, and would try to run a couple of miles every day, wherever I was. I live in rural Vermont on a moderately hilly dirt road that’s quiet enough for me to run a couple of miles daily.

Fashion 177

Fashion Retail Consulting 2018 177

Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

A few that caught our eye include event grants, new event venue options and coping with travel bans. Travel industry news is vital for event planners, whether it’s you doing the travelling, or it’s your attendees travelling to your events. Loving their blog? Event Industry News.

Trade Shows 133

Trade Shows Food and Beverage Tech Education 133

Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

Brand New Destinations That Will Attract Avid Travelers in 2018. Most travelers now crave the uncharted and are willing to venture there just for the unique experience. Other unexpected locations mentioned in the list are Malta and Ethiopia, which will definitely attract those who want to travel back in time. Click To Tweet.

2018 114

2018 Event Ideas Venues Tech 114

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Oklahoma City is using influencer marketing in the form of a travel-writing team who will highlight the city’s leisure attractions — and is also bolstering its meetings portfolio with a new convention center. Why choose a leisure-travel writer instead of a traditional meeting planner? It just doesn’t have one at all.

Marketing 81

Marketing Meetings Social Media 2013 81

Event Industry News

JULY 27, 2021

As ALHI’s new Vice President of Meeting Design and Experience, Zamora will lead and accelerate the company’s vision for meetings and events in partnership with more than 250 member hotels and partners. Zamora culminated her tenure at Virtuoso as the Director of Event Operations.

Hotels 59

Hotels Banking Advertising Travel 59

Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. The unprecedented rise in demand for meetings and events will continue this year, with CWT Meetings & Travel predicting a robust 5-10% growth in demand. Meeting Design Trends.

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2019 Meetings Hotels Venues 167

Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

She’s a past president of Meeting Professionals International, Chicago and has been named as one of the 40 under 40 in the meetings industry by Connect magazine in 2015. Kate Patay : Kate brings 20+ years of rich experience in business travel, tourism and event marketing strategy. Robyn Davis : Master of trade shows.

Trade Shows 119

Trade Shows Social Media Consulting B2B 119

Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 15, 2018

The participants are creating their own understanding of the data flow and interdependencies of the new system through color-coordinated lighted balls that resemble the system’s main areas and strings as the roads on which the data travels. begins when you succeed in getting all of the five elements into your meeting design.

Meetings 62

Meetings Meeting Design Travel Conference 62

Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

An entrepreneur since he was only 18 years old, Maarten has over 35 years of experience in meeting design. Ready to hear all about the ground-breaking magic of multi-hub meetings? In 2006, Marteen started the Meeting Design Institute. Meeting Architecture: A Manifesto by Maarten Vanneste.

Meetings 70

Meetings 2012 Event Tech Tech 70

Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. If you’re looking for the latest travel news to hit the Twittersphere, look no further than Skift News Editor Dennis Schaal’s Twitter account. Ciara Feely is a hotel meeting and event space sales expert. TahiraCreates.

Social Media 60

Social Media Hospitality Hotels Travel 60

PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

It will be led by consultant Donna Kastner, an entrepreneur and expert on meetings design, and Jamie Murdock, vice president of sales at Experient, who have both facilitated successful hackathons at the Education Conference over the previous two years. The duo will be back at this year’s Educon. Jacob Slaton).

2019 94

2019 Meetings 2009 Education 94

PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally.

Meetings 103

Meetings Speakers Meeting Design Tech 103

Gallus Events

APRIL 6, 2016

This was our registration desk at a travel show. Meeting Design allows us to think very differently about the content we have at our event. The audience for your event is not just the one in the room! These little things are statement pieces I suppose. They say, we are different. How BORING is your event?

Tech 100

Tech Social Media Events Venues 100