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Marriott Tells Association Planners to Seek Additional DEI and Technology Advances

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Marriott International’s third board chair in the company’s 96-year history, David Marriott, explained at the opening session that the company is focused on technology, growth, sustainability and DEI. The post Marriott Tells Association Planners to Seek Additional DEI and Technology Advances appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Six Event Trends We’re Watching in 2024

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The industry as a whole is adopting AI as a way to streamline event professionals’ everyday work for organizational efficiency and to enhance participants’ overall experience. These include live session summaries, intelligent attendee matching, customized event pathways, and AI-powered insight generation for delegates, Dawson said.

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CES Leans into Hybrid Meeting Format in Uncertain Times

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The conference formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show hosted by Consumer Technology Association (CTA) attracted 180,000 attendees as recently as 2019, and maxed out in 2015 with 3,600 exhibitors and 170,000 professional and industry attendees. Safety is the watchword for everyone involved in this global event.

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What Event Attendees Want Now

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There’s encouraging news in the Freeman Trends Report: 2024 Attendee Intent and Behavior , released Tuesday, Jan. 16, by the global events company: Attendance at in-person events, which has risen as the worst of the pandemic has receded, is expected to hold steady over the next 12 months.

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FICP’s Annual Conference Gave Back, Set Records

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The 21st annual Silent Auction raised $106,896.02, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 by $6,114.02. We have to plan for attendees of the future because technology is changing how people learn and interact. Let’s use technology to deliver personalized experiences. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) November 15, 2022.

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Can One Virtual Meeting Platform Rule Them All?

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It’s very similar to whether you have a swiss army knife of specialized tools, or one butcher knife that doesn’t do everything, but it’s good enough,” explained the entrepreneur who in a previous career built the mobile event app company DoubleDutch into a leading position and sold it to Cvent in 2019. The future of events is changed.

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The Human-Centric Future Of Events With Megan Henshall

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Before we even start considering the event tech side of things, for example, we have to go back to basics. The future of events is human-centric! We were already sort of trending towards societal and cultural shifts and turning toward digitization across numerous services and industries. What technology is best?

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