Endless Events

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

?? The Best of the Best: Event Tech: Virtual Event Platform Features: What To Look For? 2020 isn’t slowing down! And I’m excited to grow more individually because if there is one thing that 2020 has shown me, it’s that out of chaos comes opportunity. Platforms Are The New Venues…But Is That Enough?

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Just like that, we blinked and it’s time to talk about the 2020 event trends. This year we stepped it up and surveyed hundreds of #Eventprofs to weigh in on the hottest trends for 2020. Instead, we’re bringing you a curated list of the top event trends for 2020. 2020 Event Trends: Personalization for Attendees.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

Recall that Cisco , which offered WebEx before streaming was cool, purchased Socio and just closed the deal on Slido last month in an attempt to make engagement on the platform seamless. The platform recently announced that it can host up to 50,000 attendees. There is space for quality smaller players as well. Is Bigger Better?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to another episode of #EventIcons, and this time around we’re talking 2020 event tech trends! So now it’s time for the 2020 event tech trends to shine! And once you’re done, feel free to press play and join us on this 2020 event tech trends focused conversation! Starting Off With The Big Questions.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 28, 2022

Event trends 2022 are here and let us tell you, it’s an exciting year for event planners who dare to dream big. Others, however, might seem a little bit too daunting for a novice planner, but they’re just what innovative and tech-savvy planners are looking for. Most trends in our guide are beginner-friendly.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

A long-anticipated reckoning after the boom of investment in virtual meeting platforms during Covid and an aggressive return to in-person events has sent many streaming platform companies scrambling to position themselves in the best light for a possible looming merger and acquisition season. His final prediction? “In

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

We encourage every event planner to mark their calendars for the following 35 events and conferences in 2020. The 2020 gathering will feature top speakers and networking opportunities. International Confex 2020. The Special Event 2020. Experiential Marketing Summit 2020. PCMA EduCon 2020. 8/26/20.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020. And lastly, on our middle station, we have the topic of Thrill, which offers nice viewing platforms and the thrill walk so that guests can imagine themselves as James Bond walking around the cliff.’.

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Techsytalk

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

techsytalk GLOBAL is taking its 2020 event virtual and has chosen Swapcard , the leading AI-powered engagement and matchmaking platform for premium events, as the official event platform. Their event platform of choice, Swapcard, will facilitate AI-powered attendee networking and content production. Seattle, WA (Nov.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Some might even say that the event tech evolved more since March 2020 than in the entire decade before that! If planners choose to evolve their event strategies the old way, they often struggle to allocate their budgets to cover all the new ground that’s been established since the virtual revolution. Nothing more, nothing less!

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2021

Before the pandemic hit in 2020, the events industry was a well-oiled machine. Then came March 2020, and with it, huge changes. From 2020 To 2030 In 10 Months. ” Things started changing in March 2020 when many companies lost their in-person business. Virtual and hybrid events were nowhere near as common.

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Endless Events

MAY 5, 2022

And as event planners were somewhat forced into a technological era of event planning, many of them started seeing the benefits of event technology. Prior to event apps and platforms, event planners relied on pre-event and post-event surveys to measure event ROI. Planners can even plan on going completely paperless.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 24, 2022

It all started in 2020 and continued with full steam head in 2021: we saw huge investments in event platforms and multi-billion dollar valuations of some of the largest players in the field. “There were about five incumbent online event platforms two years ago. Mergers & Acquisitions Are Here To Stay.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

Planning an event in multiple languages can be a challenge for meeting planners. Named one of the best inventions of 2021 by Time Magazine, KUDO is a real-time interpretation software company and virtual platform focused on providing language support for multilingual meetings. Read More : 4 Tips to Make Your Online Event a Success.

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. Now, with client convenience now driving the agenda, this paradigm is shifting.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In this episode of the Event Tech podcast , the tech duo looks back on 2020 and 2021 and considers how they would do things differently if they had to relive the pandemic. The biggest disappointment in the industry for me was how many production companies shut their doors at a time when planners needed event tech people the most.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

Insights resource Crunchbase estimated that in 2020 and 2021, more than $1.5 Over the last two years, event platform companies Bizzabo and Hubilo each laid off double-digit percentages of staff. Where Does Event Tech Consolidation Leave Virtual Experience Planners? Read More: Can One Virtual Meeting Platform Rule Them All?

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 3, 2024

Don’t see your 2024 conference for event planners on this page? January 2024 Conferences for Event Planners Event Name Event Date Event Location More Information PCMA Convening Leaders 2024 Jan. Independent Planner Education Conference (IPEC) Jan. Apply to have your event featured ! ADMEI In The Zone Feb. Connect NYC 2024 Feb.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A Survey Exploring the Motivations and Values of Independent Planners Might Help Lean Planning Teams Elevate Events The future of events is a little unpredictable, to say the least. Allowing meeting professionals to maintain their productivity and find balance helps the planner and companies reach their goals.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Until more is known in the weeks ahead, event planners and their hospitality partners can expect to see more impacts. However, it’s also clear that the industry is in a better position to ride out a Covid surge without the full-scale disruption that plagued much of 2020 and 2021. Online events aren’t a mystery anymore.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The acquisition’s resulting new product, twine for Zoom, will allow meeting organizers to build and manage dynamic interactions using a trusted platform with an interface reminiscent of gaming platforms. The event planner can determine the number of seats, turn on matchmaking based on tags (e.g., The Players.

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Endless Events

MARCH 11, 2022

They’ve risen from relative anonymity to stardom in 2020. However, many event planners still ask: what are the benefits of hybrid events? The single biggest thing event planners can do to make their events more sustainable is go virtual. Data is event planner’s best friend.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2022

“During the rest of 2022, we will highlight the power of in-person business events and Dubai’s strong value proposition to associations executives, corporate meeting planners and other decision-makers. Dubai’s ability to book this number of events are credited to the success of the country’s Expo 2020. Travel Rules in Dubai.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For event planners, reality-shifting exhibitions are about experiencing a space, destination or concept, as the virtual exists as a thin film does, covering, challenging and contesting reality. Planners Step into Another Space. Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“Remember the days when planners thought that they didn’t need event apps ? And now, we’re seeing this again with event platforms , only it’s over the span of 18 months.” ” In fact, Will and Brandt cover the M&As of event tech platforms in the most recent Event Tech Podcast episode.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

And meeting in person— while having been substituted for the better part of two years by Zoom meetings, Hubilo gatherings, Meta get-togethers and conversations of all sorts on ever more video conferencing platforms—just can’t stop winning. The North Carolina-based Special Event Company ( TSEC ) is another case in point.

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Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

What would the Brew Crew have event planners do to plan better events? Will says that it seems as if event planners haven’t learned anything from the COVID-19 pandemic. “I planned a conference in 2020 that got canceled. ” Planning Events In 2022: Event Planners Lack Resources. But why is that so?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

So, 2020 was…a year. Several planners and tech companies already see hybrid as the certain future of our industry. Will a good choice of platform suffice or must event profs look beyond that in order to present attendees with new and exciting opportunities? But now that a brand new year has arrived, so have new questions.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

What’s more, Verified Market Research , a leading global research and consulting firm, expects the global events industry to bring in a whopping $2.194 trillion by 2028 — quite the uptick from the $887 billion the market commanded in 2020. On the Bizzabo platform, 75% of events in May 2023 are scheduled to be in-person events!

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

This new demand for innovation among event attendees and planners creates an environment where the industry must adapt to stay ahead of the curve. In 2020, it was (and still is) all about platforms. Today, platforms are like the new Event Operating Systems. In 2019, we put attendee tools and experience front and center.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2022

the biggest lessons over the last 15 years in the events industry, predictions about the future of Endless Events and the events industry in general, the difference between event marketers and event planners, and many more miscellaneous fun facts about the Endless team. You could be engaging on the event platform.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

There wasn’t a need to include a virtual platform ; unless it was a rare occasion with a one-off request to include a broadcast element. In 2020, that theory went out the window and you learned how to write a virtual meeting AV RFP. We have many planner friends who say the toughest challenge is planning two meetings in one.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

“With a state-of-the-art convention center, an abundance of hotel rooms, ease of accessibility, award-winning dining and world-class entertainment, Orlando offers everything meeting planners need to create memorable experiences for their attendees,” she said. “We We invite meeting planners to build the agenda, and we’ll bring the excitement.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2022

Many event platforms offer no pricing structures at all while others only give ballpark estimates. As a recent Skift Meetings article points out, event planners often have no time or energy to sit through long demos and discuss pricing for weeks. Costs depend on the size of the event and the features planners want to implement.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Stanfield previously worked as general manager at Hilton Buenos Aires, during which the property was awarded national and international awards, including Argentina’s Best MICE Hotel in 2020 and the World Travel Awards in 2019 and 2020. He’s also worked in leading roles with Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista and Washington Hilton in D.C.

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Endless Events

MAY 14, 2021

As event planners were thrust into the throes of virtual events in early 2020, confusion and fear were the first things to settle in. The endless paraphernalia of virtual event software the entire industry was forced to adopt during 2020 offers a myriad of possibilities. But soon enough, we all learned what we had to learn.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Smart Meetings talked to experts building the next generation of virtual meeting platforms to find out how the technology is changing to fit these new requirements and what predicted consolidation and continued layoffs may mean for meeting professionals. A More Customer-focused Virtual Environment. Then omicron and the culture wars hit. “We

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