Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

They look oh-so-much better from a floor-to-ceiling meeting room window. In addition to technological enhancements such as amplified Wi-Fi capabilities and keyless locks, the renovation transforms the lobby, meeting and event spaces, bar and lounge and restaurant in addition to bringing a new fitness center. The 1,662 sq.

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Eventmobi

MAY 18, 2020

I truly believe we will see some sort of digital/hybrid component for in-person events into 2021 and beyond, and I want my clients’ meetings to be as effective, engaging, and inclusive as possible. I have done a lot of reading on what the new look will be for meetings, parties, conferences, food, etc. DontPostponeCelebrate.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Using beacon technology, the retailers sent participating attendees through a curated “maze,” leveraging push notifications throughout to encourage them to interact, create content, meet beauty brand founders and even request songs from the dj. This hybrid approach is the new norm.” Agency: TH Experiential, New York City.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Retail’s Best is marking its 10th anniversary with its signature “Forecourt & Convenience Partners” event, to be held at Radisson Blu Stansted Airport on May 16, 2024. Retail’s Best is notable for its role in facilitating business relationships that have led to growth and increased profitability for participants.

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Quickmobile

JANUARY 9, 2018

The retail market was the first to embrace beacon technology and shape the concept of proximity marketing. The events and meetings industry can learn (and profit) from the retail industry’s proximity marketing foundations by bringing location technology into attendee experience. The origin of beacons in proximity marketing.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 22, 2023

Hey everyone, especially educators who teach courses on meetings and hospitality. Check to see if your school already makes books available via VitalSource Campus Retailers. I am happy to partner with VitalSource to make my books on meeting design more widely available to students and faculty members around the world.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

All Covid protocols will be observed at the meeting space, and people who choose not to travel will be accommodated with some digital options. “At Hybrid meeting programs offer a silver lining. See also : Meeting Safety Trends in 2022. Health and Safety.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 15, 2023

When the $520 million opened the first week in May, it was hailed by the meetings industry as a “game-changer.” Smart Meetings : Which came first: the PGA move to Frisco or the resort opening? How is Omni PGA Frisco Resort a game changer for meeting planners both in and beyond the world of golf? They are experts at that.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 2, 2018

The slow death of expo revenue is not an indicator that meetings don’t mean business any more. Much like a Macy’s closing in a mall, the retail industry is healthy, but brick and mortar is on the decline. From our view, most industry mega-shows continue to thrive. Many of these conferences still have high deal-making value.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 18, 2024

While many offerings on display focused on the future of retail with the use of AI and technology, product sampling remained a key part of this show, with brands going all out to impress the retailers with bold flavors, innovative packaging, and engaging retail experiences. Perhaps a Belvita with your coffee?

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Eventmobi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Pop-up events have been around for some time, especially in the retail sector and recently pop-ups have become increasingly popular among restaurants and art galleries. More and more, corporate event and meeting planners are using pop-up events for meetings, product launches, and even hybrid events. The Right Venue.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2023

In what may be a ground-changing move for hotels and meeting planners doing business in Florida, Brightline, the only intercity, eco-friendly high-speed rail in the U.S. MRKT PLACE is a retail experience with convenient in-station shopping for last-minute gifts, sundries and refreshments.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The quest to design green meetings often feels like a greenhouse gas-cutting limbo game. This is more than a sustainability moment for meetings. Green meetings are here to stay. But when the phrase “ regenerative meetings ” started getting tossed around, we were curious if that was even possible. million in 2022.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 6, 2021

Restaurants, bars, and gaming floors may operate at 35 percent capacity, while museums, art galleries, and retail stores can operate at 50 percent capacity. “If we continue to see that and see the stabilization in data, then we will move forward with the June 15 date.”.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

Meet Cambridge, the meetings and convention bureau for Cambridge and the surrounding area, is proud to be working with the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, helping it to attract events which bring in valuable income to fund patient care. It costs over £11.5 million to run the services each year. Whilst the NHS contributes approximately £7.1

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

However, with unauthorized resellers driving up resale prices of the new console and online communities forming around predicting product “drops” at retailers, the hype had become so large that Sony still had room to grow their sales significantly. The best way to do so is to start planning early.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2023

meeting space. Many destinations boast high-end shopping experiences featuring designer brands, but The Museum offers shoppers the opportunity to get their shopping fix with a non-traditional retail experience. The post Immersive Meetings at The Smithsonian appeared first on Smart Meetings. has to offer, SAAM’s Donald W.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 24, 2018

Today’s postmodern consumer defies categorization, making it a challenge for event and meeting planners to market their projects. What does this mean in the context of the meeting and event planning industry. ·. How can meeting professionals needing to market a conference or event employ new strategies to be successful. ·. ·.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 29, 2021

The Sweets & Snacks Expo—a gathering that draws the biggest brands in candy, chocolate and snack foods sold at major retailers—made a sweet return as the first post-pandemic food show, taking place June 23-25 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Agency: MC2, Paramus, NJ.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has called upon government to provide clarity in response to today’s announcement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

The post Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim appeared first on Smart Meetings. Then another Covid wave hit, war broke out in Ukraine and supply chain issues challenged the industry in new ways. This positions “our entire destination for a strong start to the summer,” he said.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 20, 2023

But keeping a social media community engaged and loyal in this competitive space is driving online retailers like activewear brand POPFLEX to explore experiential marketing. We’re at this really fascinating time with d-to-c in retail, where we’re kind of pulling a 180. But now, there is more of a case for retail presence.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 24, 2022

More on This Topic: AT&T’s Four Tips for Elevating Engagement to Meet the Needs of the COVID-era Consumer. Even fast fashion retailers are thinking forward. And in a world where online shopping rules, the retailer is meeting consumers where they spend their time, with a whole new type of retail therapy.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2024

Lacoste’s main activation point was its in-stadium retail space, featuring a Florida-style shopping experience with striped folding deck chairs, plants and bright green branded signage that welcomed consumers in. We try to take the spirit and energy of the local community into every decision we make.”

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 10, 2022

The new year offers organizations a chance to reset and reevaluate, and AT&T has wasted no time in reshaping its approach to experiential marketing to meet the needs of the modern COVID-era consumer.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Other Insights: The full report, Sustainable Hospitality: Understanding the Priorities of Today’s Event Attendees , provides comprehensive insights and actionable strategies to help industry professionals meet the evolving expectations of sustainability focused event attendees. To view the full report click here.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

They look oh-so-much better from a floor-to-ceiling meeting room window. In addition to technological enhancements such as amplified Wi-Fi capabilities and keyless locks, the renovation transforms the lobby, meeting and event spaces, bar and lounge and restaurant in addition to bringing a new fitness center. The 1,662 sq.

Meetings 52

Meetings Retail Hotels Healthcare 52

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

They look oh-so-much better from a floor-to-ceiling meeting room window. In addition to technological enhancements such as amplified Wi-Fi capabilities and keyless locks, the renovation transforms the lobby, meeting and event spaces, bar and lounge and restaurant in addition to bringing a new fitness center. The 1,662 sq.

Meetings 52

Meetings Retail Hotels Healthcare 52

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

They look oh-so-much better from a floor-to-ceiling meeting room window. In addition to technological enhancements such as amplified Wi-Fi capabilities and keyless locks, the renovation transforms the lobby, meeting and event spaces, bar and lounge and restaurant in addition to bringing a new fitness center. The 1,662 sq.

Meetings 52

Meetings Retail Hotels Healthcare 52

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

They look oh-so-much better from a floor-to-ceiling meeting room window. In addition to technological enhancements such as amplified Wi-Fi capabilities and keyless locks, the renovation transforms the lobby, meeting and event spaces, bar and lounge and restaurant in addition to bringing a new fitness center. The 1,662 sq.

Meetings 52

Meetings Retail Healthcare Hotels 52

Conferences that Work

JULY 17, 2023

I am resigned to the fact that OpenAI ‘s Large Language Model ChatGPT has scraped every blog post I’ve written here (over 750 posts in the last 13 years—around half a million words) so it can parrot my thoughts about meeting design, facilitation, and other topics.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 27, 2022

Starting Friday, traveling by car to business meetings and conferences will get a bit more affordable. With average retail gas prices in the U.S. in recent weeks, the cost of sending drive-in attendees to regional meetings and conferences is way up. soaring from an average of $3.24 per gallon in January to $5.10

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

They look oh-so-much better from a floor-to-ceiling meeting room window. In addition to technological enhancements such as amplified Wi-Fi capabilities and keyless locks, the renovation transforms the lobby, meeting and event spaces, bar and lounge and restaurant in addition to bringing a new fitness center. The 1,662 sq.

Meetings 52

Meetings Retail Healthcare Hotels 52

MeetingsNet

JUNE 10, 2020

Event organizers everywhere are trying to figure out how to price virtual meetings that are converting from a face-to-face format, often with little or no online meeting history to go by and working in a compressed timeframe. The costs for the virtual meeting platform and associated consultants. •

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

They look oh-so-much better from a floor-to-ceiling meeting room window. In addition to technological enhancements such as amplified Wi-Fi capabilities and keyless locks, the renovation transforms the lobby, meeting and event spaces, bar and lounge and restaurant in addition to bringing a new fitness center. The 1,662 sq.

Meetings 52

Meetings Retail Hotels Healthcare 52

EventMB

MAY 16, 2022

For example, the retail, e-commerce, and technology sectors are great sources for trends and boundary-pushing ideas. ” The post Event Professionals Share Creative Inspirations appeared first on Skift Meetings. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel to think of an exciting idea.

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