MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

Held this year on Thursday, April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day is “an international day of advocacy showcasing the undeniable value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences, and conventions bring to people, businesses, and communities,” according to the U.S.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Rather than having a regular conversation about event technology, Will and Brandt are sharing the contents of a session they led at the FICP Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona back in November 2021. Introducing Event Technology Trends 2022. Brandt and Will give the audience a one-hour rundown of event technology trends of 2022.

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Traveler's Q

MARCH 14, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business environment, technology stands as a pillar for innovation, especially in the realm of corporate events. Cutting-Edge Event Technology Trends The landscape of corporate events is continually being reshaped by emerging technologies.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2022

But for meeting planners it may sound like, “New Year, New Venue!”. If meeting planners are aiming to leave attendees immersed in glamor and luxury, booking The Ritz-Carlton is always a good bet. The Ritz-Carlton caters to small or large meeting events, with a ballroom that accommodates up to 283 attendees.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2023

Food, lodging and programming are critical factors for any meeting. But to mesmerize your audience with something they haven’t seen before, meeting planners should invest time developing a productive relationship with an AV partner. Meeting planners are the leaders of event teams. Here’s the schedule. we may ask.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Kirby also said that outdated FAA air traffic control technology (the supposed recent cause of a massive systemwide shutdown) is slowing the airspace system in the U.S., The post Meeting Planners Travel Report: United CEO Says Chaos Will Continue appeared first on Smart Meetings. United is downscaling to 16.7%

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

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. Roughly speaking, planners divide their entire budget into several distinct ‘areas’ of the event. Nothing more, nothing less!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Accor Survey: “Meeting Expectations: The Future of Meetings & Events” World-leading hospitality group Accor operates a diverse hospitality group of over 40 hotel brands, from luxury to economy. Sophie Hulgard, Chief Sales Officer at Accor, says, “The total global meetings industry worldwide is forecast to be worth $1.78

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

With new technologies emerging and the go-to tools becoming clearer, many organizers now have a blueprint for creating an effective and engaging event despite the changed environment. Here are three ways meeting professionals can benefit from recent technological developments to future-proof their events post-pandemic.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2022

Pricing transparency in event technology companies is lacking, to say the least. 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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MeetingsNet

MAY 21, 2024

According to the 2024 "Meeting Room of the Future" report from the International Association of Conference Centers, enhancing the attendee experience is top of mind for conference-center operators, especially in ways that cater to the younger generations who are becoming more of the audience.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 12, 2023

The Spring 2023 research compiles the views of corporate, association, academic, and third-party event planners from around the world. They also want access to a wider variety of furniture to produce different gathering configurations throughout the meeting space, plus sufficient on-site staff to create such configurations.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2023

It’s not a separate technology but a discipline and you’ll find it baked into an escalating amount of new and old tools. What does that mean for the meetings industry? Tools enable us to come together and work on something greater than ourselves, as do meetings. AI is here. It might be our salvation.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Touchless technology will whisk travelers from check-in to gates. Security systems will include automated TSA lanes, biometric-based access control systems and a flexible design to accommodate future technology or regulatory changes. More than 100,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2023

To fully understand the importance and impact of AI on the meetings space, Smart Meetings spoke with Iain McCowan, director of AI at Dubber , to glean some sense of how it can be a helpful tool for planners. With the use of AI, Dubber captures key moments and insights within an online meeting space.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 9, 2023

Sustainability is now required at meetings as attendees are demanding an environmentally conscious event. Curbing pollutants has become part of the meeting professional job description, but how does one to do so at in-person and virtual events in a meaningful and cost-effective way? Tips and methods for producing greener events.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

At Muir, Autograph Collection , an oceanfront property in Halifax, Canada, planners who are seeking a unique and memorable setting for their event can book meeting spaces with 360-degree water views, or even rent the hotel’s 36-foot private yacht. W Philadelphia , which offers more than 45,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

The journey of locating vendors and the resources that best match your needs can send any planner into a tailspin. To help planners avoid the inevitable headache, Smart Meetings sat down with Huong Nguyen, CEO and founder of Shiloh Events , to find the best path forward for meeting planners looking for the right event tech for their needs.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2021

Crowd control is going to be on meeting planners’ minds in the first few months of the post-pandemic era, and there’s no better model for how to herd the hordes than the Walt Disney Company. QR codes, RFID-based “MagicBands,” mobile ordering apps, and other digital technologies help reduce social contact.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 25, 2022

In a bid to dominate the meetings industry, MeetingPlay and Aventri (MPAV), which merged in January, have acquired eventcore. The MPAV merger intended to create a one-stop shop for meeting planners organizing in-person, hybrid and virtual events, Smart Meetings reported.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Top 10 Meeting Destinations in North America 1.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

We’ve all made the shift to virtual meetings—because we had to. How can your digital meeting beat a Netflix binge or mindless scrolling? Read More : Virtual Meetings Are Missing These Two Things, Meta Is Working on a Fix. Meet the Demand With On-demand. Here are five tech tips to make your virtual event engaging.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

With new technologies emerging and the go-to tools becoming clearer, many organizers now have a blueprint for creating an effective and engaging event despite the changed environment. Here are three ways meeting professionals can benefit from recent technological developments to future-proof their events post-pandemic.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Event planners and event managers have all been through a steep learning curve to master the art of creating successful event experiences. And even though innovative event technology solutions help automate many of the event planning processes, certain tasks remain unchanged. However, that might be a dangerous endeavor.

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Endless Events

MARCH 9, 2018

Every meeting planner we know is a great juggler. So we have compiled our favorite meeting planner tips and few tricks to help you manage your time by using some classic event management shortcuts. Meeting Destinations Are Not What They Used to Be. But how exactly do they fit in with the rest of your technology?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 24, 2021

Editor’s Note : As part of Back Light , a series of articles sharing illuminating insider observations, we asked Anh Nguyen , head of community engagement at twine, to start a conversation about how meeting professionals are managing the question of requiring vaccinations at events. Eventprofs Rejoice! Duty of Care. Anh Nguyen.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

If there is a silver lining to the pandemic for the meetings industry, it’s this: The pandemic accelerated the evolutions of meetings. Like the typewriter, print publications and fax machines, the fully in-person meeting would have eventually become extinct. People know how to use them, and they make great meeting programs.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Today on the Event Tech Podcast we are talking all about how to choose event technology and why cost should not be the sole deciding factor. Recently, 65% of planners cited cost as the deciding factor. Will jumps into the discussion with a big stat “when one choosing one technology provider over another, the largest there, 65.3%

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 13, 2024

If you’re looking for a meeting venue that you’ll never want to leave, read on. of private meeting space make for an all-around inspiring and unique experience for groups. Technology, such as a wired business center and 80-inch wireless TV studios with built-in ceiling projectors offer a space for innovation to flourish.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2019

Stay Up to Date on New Technology. As a meeting planner, it’s important to follow what’s trendy on the tech front. Post-event, send out surveys to attendees about every aspect, from cleanliness to food, to technology. More : This January, Resolve to Boost Your EQ. The future is now. People are drawn to what’s new.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2022

It seems like not so long ago that everyone was talking about the death of meetings and conventions. But as we begin to inch ever closer to a new normal, it’s clear that meetings are making a comeback in 2022—with a few changes of course. How Covid-19 Impacted Large-Scale Meetings and Conventions. Let’s dive in.

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Gavel International

MARCH 25, 2024

Reading Time: 7 minutes Success in event and meeting planning involves thoughtful and thorough preparation, which is why having an experienced and prepared meeting planner makes all the difference. Meeting planners are the architects behind every seamless and impactful professional gathering.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 28, 2019

Leveraging new restaurants, cities and up-and-coming technology can lead to record numbers of happy, engaged attendees. Related: Smart Meetings’ Top 5 Videos of 2018. Grab your popcorn and head over to Smart Meetings TV for tips (anyone looking to relive decision fatigue?), Conference Highlights.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

It seems that most meeting planners get into the business by accident, rather than spending their grade-school years thinking, “When I grow up, I’d sure like to organize professional-education conferences.”. In September 2021, he moved over to Talley Management Group as a meeting and event coordinator.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The time has come for us to take proactive steps to address these challenges in the corporate meeting space. As a corporate meeting and event industry professional with over 25 years of experience, I have witnessed first-hand the negative impacts of work-related stress.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2024

Meeting experts weigh the positive aspects of generative AI The introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the meetings industry has become a certified gamechanger. But how exactly can AI help meeting planners tackle their everyday jobs? It added an extra finger to her hand. “I And always review.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2023

What elements should meeting planners look for when sourcing to forge better group connections With the focus on the return of meetings, many meeting planners are seeking unforgettable locations for their next event that will provide ease and accessibility for their attendees.

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