Endless Events

APRIL 1, 2022

However, event planners still struggle to secure long-lasting relationships with event sponsors. Finding, pitching, and keeping event sponsors is not a gamble – it’s a process that event planners need to carefully prepare for. Before pitching potential event sponsors, event planners and organizers need to know them well.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

It boosts audience engagement and helps event planners reach their event goals in quantifiable and seamless ways. No wonder it is one of the most important virtual event platform features for many event planners! Gamification should help planners achieve their event goals. Why Event Gamification? And the same holds for events.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus. However, the FBI reports active shooter events increased 33 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 and 100 percent compared to 2016. Here are some things to consider.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Despite her doubts, in early 2016, she began studying for the exam anyway. At her first event for which she was lead planner, a 200-plus person conference in Louisville, she says, “I was a nervous wreck, and I probably held my breath through the entire three-day event.” In 2017, she passed on her first try.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2023

Hosting at a National Landmark Renwick Gallery Hosting at the Smithsonian provides planners with limitless possibilities surrounded by the historic grandeur of the nation’s capital. Reynolds Center, located within the National Historic Landmark building, offers event planners access to 12,000 sq. has to offer, SAAM’s Donald W.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 17, 2024

Shanghai, China Dr Edward Koh, Executive Director, Conventions, Meetings & Incentive Travel, Singapore Tourism Board, said: “We are honoured to be named Cvent’s Top Meeting Destination in Asia for the sixth time since 2016. Cvent plays an important role in bringing incredible destinations like Sydney directly to a planner’s fingertips.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2021

Diamond holds a certificate in virtual event and meeting management and is a member of MPI, PCMA, Association of Molecular Pathology (AMP) and Senior Planner Industry Network (SPIN). He’s also owner of and worked as CEO for Big White Dog Events in Washington, D.C. Doug Bennett, CASE.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Martin also spent four years as a senior specialist meeting planner and administration and governance specialist at American College of Rheumatology in Atlanta. Stacey Kokosinski. ADERO Scottsdale, Autograph Collection hotel in Arizona has named Kokosinski its director of sales and marketing.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The post Technology takes off at ibtm world 2016 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Meetings industry technology went mainstream at ibtm world 2016 in Barcelona last week. The post Technology takes off at ibtm world 2016 appeared first on Travel Daily. ibtm world. “The

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2023

Thanks to some exciting new spaces opening across the country, meeting planners can host events at cultural centers that provide educational experiences that will have a lasting impact. We collected all the resources you need to plan an event that is respectful and enlightening. Read More: How to Honor Native American Tribes.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 16, 2019

The Freeman Company sold its Encore Event Technologies unit to national event production company PSAV while its Freeman brand experience division is focusing on a problem many planners and companies have struggled with—event data analysis. Data Design , a team that grants event planners insight on how to drive growth.

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

The post European MICE spending to increase in 2016: report appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The European MICE sector is set to grow strongly in 2016, according to the American Express Meetings & Events 2016 Global Meetings Forecast, which has been released at this week’s IBTM World in Barcelona. .

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 3, 2016

The post ITB Asia 2016 to feature new MICE Day appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The ninth instalment of the Asian travel trade show will take place from 19-21 October 2016 at Singapore’s Sands Expo & Convention Centre. The post ITB Asia 2016 to feature new MICE Day appeared first on Travel Daily.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

In today’s events climate, safety is a top-of-the-list issue for planners, especially those who regularly organize international gatherings. Based on information collected from 2021, the list is a smart, timely resource for planners preparing incentive travel and corporate events abroad. Factors and Methodology. of meeting space.

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PlannerWire

OCTOBER 4, 2019

This is not a topic unfamiliar to event and meeting planners. Increasingly, planners are looking at every aspect of the carbon footprint left in the wake of their meetings and events. Greta Thunberg’s voice is echoing all over the world as she passionately states her case about climate change and its impact on our planet.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

This followed local and regional events hosted by Canadian MPI chapters and conversations about elevating the celebration to a national level by the MPI Canadian Council—eventually leading to the first GMID in 2016. As a new planner to the industry, I was in awe of all the senior planners around me.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Are planners—and everyone else—who has booked at Starwood properties since 2014 taking a collective gulp or merely shrugging over the news from Marriott International that as many as 500 million guest records have been breached? Marriott says it inherited Starwood’s compromised data when it bought the competitor company in September 2016.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

A flexible wall system allows suite layouts to be modified for meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE) planners to accommodate specific attendees. They will feature private terraces, multiple dining venues, tech-enabled meeting room space and, of course, Wi-Fi. Luxury on the Rise.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Most recently, he served as general manager at Hyatt Regency Andares Guadalajara, successfully overseeing the hotel’s 2016 launch. Moreno has held general manager roles with Hyatt for over 20 years.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 30, 2023

The agenda includes the revival of an ASAE event called Springtime, which ran for 40 years but was discontinued by ASAE in 2016 in lieu of an event called the Xperience Design Project, which ran until 2020. There’s also day one of the Women’s Leadership Forum that’s organized by IAEE.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2021

Many stadiums have been left to sit and decay, such as the Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro , which hosted in 2016; Beijing, in 2008; and Athens, in 2004; others, such as that in Lake Placid , in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, and Munich Stadium, are being used to host more sporting events and meetings.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 3, 2017

The post Hundreds of wedding planners converge in Phuket appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. A major convention was held in Phuket this week, gathering 450 wedding planners from 65 countries to the Thai island. The post Hundreds of wedding planners converge in Phuket appeared first on Travel Daily.

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MeetingPool

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The #IMEXPitch competition is an annual opportunity for event technology startups to showcase their products to an audience of event planners and a panel of knowledgable, expert judges. with Last year Loopd, the two way beacon device for networking at events, was the big winner selected from a pool of promising startups.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 10, 2023

And 31 percent of respondents include sustainability elements in their RFPs, compared to only 14 percent of planners surveyed in 2019. My hope is that in the not-too-distant future, five out of five meeting planners will say that they are intentional about designing events with sustainability in mind at every step.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 23, 2021

Proposed water restrictions in big meeting and incentive destinations underscore the need for planners to research conservation strategies at host properties as part of their sustainability efforts. One thing planners should not do, even in the aftermath of a pandemic, is use individual plastic water bottles.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 6, 2024

Jennifer Ramsey has joined Talley as a meeting planner. Navy before becoming a Registered Nurse in 2007 and obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2016. In this role, he will oversee Visit Dana Point’s travel trade operations while continuing to grow destination awareness. She started her 24-year medical career in the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The organization announced this first-time host city all the way back in July 2016, for cryin’ out loud! Planners can also “scent an event” by creating a custom candle to put in swag bags or as a welcome amenity. Planners can rent areas of Huntington Park to bring groups to games. Yes, planners, a group’s-worth full!

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 29, 2019

Event planners know this world well, as what’s expected of them from attendees is no different. IKEA, which opened its first hotel in 2016, is arguably one of the pioneers of the hotel-to-hospitality trend. As consumer’s expectations for quality products and service continue to heighten, so is their demand for an engaging experience.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 31, 2022

In a 2017 white paper, “Demand for Extended Stay,” by BTN Group Content Solutions and Extended Stay America, Mark Skinner, a partner with the Atlanta-based hotel investment advisory firm Highland Group, said about 30,000 extended-stay hotel rooms opened between mid-2016 and mid-2017.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

That could be why more than two-thirds (71 percent) of respondents to our meeting planner survey say free-flowing alcohol at events now concern them from a duty-of-care perspective. Several respondent planners offered tips and techniques. Others planners say they have found surprising acceptance for serving only beer and wine. “So

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 17, 2023

companies based on revenue growth, is led by a healthcare management company, but a close second is a group-transportation platform that meeting and event planners may want to know about if they don’t already: CharterUp. agency representing event professionals and meeting planners in securing speakers, celebrities, and entertainers.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 13, 2023

” Of course, rising costs is not a new pain point for planners. That gives corporate planners a much-needed breather to assess their events and implement cost-alleviating strategies. . “We all sense a feeling of belonging,” said Kenes Group CEO Ori Lahav, who served as the session moderator, “but not on a positive note.”

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 14, 2023

Furthermore, for female planners who seek to use their current role as a stepping stone to take on greater responsibility in an organization, a trio of studies provides additional fuel for their aspirations.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2021

In the category of Young Professional Achievement, MPI recognized a planner just three years out of university who has already organized several events around the world and is now wading hip-deep into the virtual side of meetings, all while trying to get his own event-consulting firm off the ground.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

I planned an event with (computer scientist) Ray Kurzweil to talk about what is now AI in 2016,” she recalled. “We’re AVoice4All inclusivity content will be integrated in the programming to start a larger discussion for association and other planners that includes neurodiversity, conscious and unconscious bias.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2019

In 2016, after an expansion, the property added a new Art Deco wing on the third floor, where the library is now located. More : Exciting Developments for Planners at 10 Top International Cities. When owner Jonathan Plutzik bought this property, his goal was to enhance guests experiences with art and culture programs.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Juraj Holub It may be a mix of all of the above, combined with the fact that LinkedIn, which has been owned by Microsoft since 2016, has found ways to be different things to professionals at different stages in their careers. LinkedIn changed my life,” Solaris wrote on the platform in October. Multiple times.”

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