Smart Meetings

JUNE 26, 2023

Smart Meetings asked Dr. Arun Upneja, Dean of the School of Hospitality Administration (SHA) at Boston University, if the push toward more extreme experiences is being felt in incentive travel , where the goal is to provide singular and high-end experiences for corporate stakeholders and sales staff. billion, representing a 71.4%

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APRIL 5, 2022

After a quiet two years on the events, hospitality and tourism fronts, an experience-driven, diversity, equity and inclusion-devoted (DEI) next generation of talent is pouring through open doors, looking for opportunities to break into the industry. Read More : What Meeting Profs Get Wrong About DEI—and How to Start Fixing It.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2018

One of the biggest global meetings industry events of the year will be even bigger in 2019 as IBTM World will partner with The Department of Culture and Tourism—Abu Dhabi (DCT) for the gathering in Barcelona next November. More : IBTM World 2018 Puts New Tech Center Stage. This includes incentives and local support.

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EventMB

AUGUST 26, 2024

The highly-anticipated Skift Meetings Forum returns for its second edition, preceding the prestigious Skift Global Forum. Engage in dynamic roundtable discussions that dive deep into the pressing issues facing the meetings industry. Expect hard-hitting conversations with top-level executives facilitated by seasoned editors.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

She will oversee sales, strategy and implementation of the company’s Strategic Meetings Management Program. She brings over 15 years of experience in tourism and experiential marketing. Cara Banasch Cara Banasch, ConferenceDirect Banash is appointed senior vice president of enterprise solutions at ConferenceDirect.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 29, 2024

Leading conference, events, meetings and exhibition centre, The QEII Centre, has launched its new ‘Our London’ campaign. Tracy Halliwell MBE, Director of Tourism, Conventions & Major Events at London & Partners, said: “London is always buzzing with new things happening in the events scene.

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EventMB

JUNE 28, 2023

Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Visit Milwaukee's new campaign adds a layer of NFT-powered digital art collectibles to a Pokemon Go-style scavenger hunt game, all in the name of driving interest in local art and culture.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 12, 2019

We have a tradition here at Smart Meetings. We put our Smart Women in Meetings nominees to the test. One person self-identified as an “idea igniteur” (Dalia El Gazzar, tech evangelist at Dahlia+ Agency). More : Leadership Defined: Congratulations to the 2019 Smart Women in Meetings Award Winners. We love that.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 25, 2022

saw a decline of $211 billion in business travel spending in 2020, with $97 billion of that loss due to the cancellation of professional meetings and events related travel spending. Read More: Meetings and Conventions Are Back in 2022-Here Are 4 Ways They’re Changing. of meeting and exhibit space and 150,000 hotel rooms, more than $4.5

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The city’s challenges related to homelessness, crime and drugs are part of a combination of factors that are impacting the city’s event business, with a number of big tech conferences announcing historic moves out of the city and to Las Vegas. Many organizations use their annual meeting as a fundraiser also.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

At several points of the day a long line could be seen stretched across the aisle with meeting professionals eager to have their headshot taken. In addition to this observation here at Smart Meetings, there were a host of other observations—as well as celebrations—we made on the second day of IMEX America 2024.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

9 is an exciting advancement for the Canadian business events industry who are eagerly awaiting the return of conferences, meetings and incentive travel in Canada,” is how Chantal Sturk-Nadeau, executive director for Business Events at Destination Canada responds. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Since joining Visit Anaheim in 2023, he has seen numerous successes, including redeploying Visit Anaheim’s meeting sales team to better service local hotels and launching several new programs, including an incentive program for hotels to generate group business.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2024

Playing on the small-batch distilling and culinary legacy in Louisville, Kentucky, Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is approaching its annual World Education Congress as a personally crafted experience that allows attendees to build a calendar of sessions that fits their career goals. Meet some new people.” Act accordingly.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

When my plane touches down in Cleveland for the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo in early August, it will be my homecoming. Where We’ll Meet LEED Gold-certified Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland , as part of a $49 million upgrade with a grand opening just in time for ASAE, will boost available space from 475,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2025

Naturally, this increase in F&B and airline fares reaches into meetings and events as well, creating a strain on meeting professionals as they try to negotiate their way around higher prices in most sectors. The post Preview Las Vegas 2025: A Capital of Multitudes appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2022

Read More : Virtual Meetings Are Missing These Two Things, Meta Is Working on a Fix. Read More : Mark Zuckerberg Weighs in on Future of Virtual Reality Tourism. appeared first on Smart Meetings. Although the most-known form of the NFT are art pieces, Farr says MH will sell NFTs that have real-world utility.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Campaign: Tech Summit Digital 2020. Campaign: 2020 National Sales Meeting. Best High-Tech Audience Interaction. Campaign: SAP TechEd. Agencies: Pulse Studio LLC, McVeigh Global Meetings and Events. Campaign: SAP TechEd. Client: South Carolina Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Campaign: Dreamforce to You.

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Eventinterface

MAY 24, 2016

Our curated and complimentary directory of services, venues and vendors supporting the event and meeting planning industry is now open for business. Eventinterface MARKET launched, featuring a diverse list of resources for Meeting and Event Planners. ” Eventinterface MARKET is a complimentary resource, available at [link].

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Smart Meetings

JULY 29, 2022

San Diego Tourism Authority appointed Sullivan vice president of sales and services. The global event tech and production company Encore welcomed Duffy as director of external communications. Saint Kitts Tourism Authority of the Caribbean country ­Saint Kitts and Nevis appointed Lange as its first chief marketing officer.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Travel Association and The Downtown DC Business Improvement District, has seen that associations are getting 30% or more attrition and it is more difficult to have in-person, one-on-one meetings when many are working from their kitchen in the suburbs and some from second homes in the Caribbean. Let’s get back to designing with intent.”

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

Melis has previously been director of North American operations at key4events, a French hybrid event and digital tech company, vice president of business development at Showcare event services and more. Scheiderer was previously senior sales manager of business development and customer engagement at Visit Indy, Indianapolis’s tourism bureau.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Planners with upcoming meetings in Southern California should watch developments there closely in the next few days or weeks. More : Hospitality Strike Votes Could Increase with Arrival of High-Tech Hotels. Orange County appeared first on Smart Meetings. The union is emboldened by its successful recent strikes in 10 U.S.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Under the theme of ‘New Business, New Tech, New World’, IBTM World Barcelona will focus on quality one-to-one business meetings, inspiring educational content and rewarding networking opportunities to help attendees re-connect and thrive in the next chapter in meetings and events.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2022

In addition, Hiltebrand has worked for Sonoma County Tourism as director of marketing planning and insights, among other roles, marketing manager at Intrepid Travel, director of global marketing at Suntrek Tours Inc. Armstrong is now senior vice president of brand and community engagement at Encore , the event tech company in Illinois.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Advocacy within the travel, tourism and hospitality industries takes on many forms. Smart Meetings has collected a list of advocacy stories from 2022 and we are all excited to see even more in the new year. Read More : 2022 Smart Women in Meetings: Visionary. Nonprofit Makes Meetings Work with Innovative Software.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

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. Wirkler joined Boulder’s tourism bureau in 2014 as group sales manager and most recently was senior sales manager at the organization.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

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. Wirkler joined Boulder’s tourism bureau in 2014 as group sales manager and most recently was senior sales manager at the organization.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 1, 2023

Plan with confidence Toronto is more than a meeting place Toronto is North America’s fourth most populous city, making it Canada’s largest and most visited destination. Toronto ranked first in North America for both high-tech job creation and population growth and in the world for working women. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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JULY 1, 2020

Representatives from Scotland, Wales, London, England and Northern Ireland came together during the Meet GB forum to discuss how the United Kingdom is preparing to bounce back from COVID-19. Despite the challenges COVID-19 has posed for the meetings industry, the group painted a picture what future events will look like.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 10, 2021

Entrepreneur, public speaker, author and current board member of the European Advisory Council of Meetings Professional International. Mariska has more than 20years working experience in tourism and the meetings and events industry. Best: the people that I have meet during my career in the industry. Best (and worst?)

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JUNE 17, 2020

COVID-19 has wreaked economic havoc on many industries, particularly the meetings, hospitality, travel, and tourism sectors, where many employees have been furloughed or laid off. Members of the National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP) are among them. Henry and vice president Nicholas I. Putting It Together.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Commenting on the session, Julius said: “We live in an era where the concept of meeting has never been more fluid. The more we interact online, the more we need to meet. This will be followed by a comprehensive round table discussion focusing on the future of event tourism.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Combining a world-renowned destination and laidback lifestyle with a strong tech sector, business-friendly climate, and vibrant creative culture, the city has created an open and inspiring environment where anything feels possible and all are free to shine. . . NATURAL MEETING PLACE . BUSINESS-FRIENDLY CLIMATE .

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2021

As hotels resume hosting events, meeting professionals might consider these study findings. The same tech-enabled convenience and safety will be expected by meetings groups in event registration through transport back to the airport. More than 500 hospitality executives and just under 5,000 consumers were polled worldwide.

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