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Global Meetings Industry Day 2022 Announced

MeetingsNet

Mark your calendars for the seventh annual day of awareness and advocacy for the meeting and event business. The services provided by the meetings industry often go unnoticed, but the economic impact is unmistakable. Prior to the pandemic, in-person meetings supported 5.9 As in 2021, the theme for GMID 2022 will be Meet Safe.

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What’s the Economic Impact of the Meetings Industry?

PCMA Convene

In terms of jobs, the meetings and events industry creates more direct jobs than large manufacturing sectors such as automotive, chemicals, and food. The industry also employs more workers than the telecommunications sector or oil and gas. The new report shows that the meetings industry is as strong as ever, and it continues to grow.”.

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TWT: Monkeypox May Be a Red Herring, Bleisure Booms

Smart Meetings

Bottom line for meeting planners: As Covid-19 rates increase around the country, plan for potentially masking in group settings, especially in the winter months. Some meeting planners are addressing these concerns by writing amenity guarantees into contracts to provide a more desirable and consistent experience for attendees.

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Evolving Event Design with David Ball from Brandfuel

Event Industry News

He has worked with major brands in hospitality, banking, telecommunications and technology and he has been delivering projects all over the world for Google, for the last sixteen years. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions. Event Tech. Sporting Events. Yes, I agree with the privacy policy.

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What Does the Net Neutrality Appeal Mean for Planners?

SmartMeetings

And, the big question is what does this mean for meeting and event planners? Eliminating Net Neutrality would hand over such power to the biggest telecommunication giants in the United States—Comcast, Verizon and AT&T. I think that’s most applicable to the meetings industry. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Urban Venues Seeing Return of Group Business

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings asked some urban hotel executives what they are seeing in their ballrooms today, what types of groups are returning, what protocols are being required and what are some creative uses of the space they have seen. of meeting space. Each person is required to show proof of vaccination before entering the meeting space.

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2019 40 Under 40: The In-Crowd

Connect Your Meetings

Meet the “In-Crowd,” our 2019 Connect Association 40 Under 40. Telecommunication Industry Association. 31 • Associate Manager of Meetings. Destination Tahoe Meetings & Events. 33 • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events. 37 • Director of Education and Meetings. 35 • Director, Meetings & Conventions.

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