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Asia Is Opening Up to International Events—Slowly

Smart Meetings

7-9 in the country, following two months of virtual events, cancelled when logistics couldn’t be overcome. The 44th edition of IAA World Congress was held February 2019 in Kochi, India, long before the public knew the word “Covid.”. Other Asian countries, such as Singapore, have had relatively minimal levels of regulation.

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CES Leans into Hybrid Meeting Format in Uncertain Times

Smart Meetings

But with news of the Omicron variant changing day-to-day, conference organizers and sponsors are using the skills they’ve acquired in Covid times: flexibility and leveraging virtual options to replace some face-to-face experiences. This is a tech conference, after all—participants know how to manage virtual events. Safe Travels.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

After two years of not meeting, companies and audiences may have different goals and expectations so conferences that were previously produced as simple iterations on the previous years’ event must now be reinvented whole cloth. Choices, Choices. His advice: “Give the whole picture rather than bringing decisions to a manager piecemeal.

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Smart Moves in Lahaina, Tampa and More

Smart Meetings

With 20 years of hospitality and business development experience, Arrogante most recently worked for Maritz Global Events as its global event strategist. Fireplay , an event production company based in Nashville, is opening a Los Angeles office and has selected Sims to lead the branch.

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Killing It! Event-Related Companies on the Fast Track

MeetingsNet

based company launched in 2017 offers a virtual-event booking platform focused on team building and corporate experiences. 1,130: Balloon Therapy Launched in 2019, this Dallas-based balloon-garland fabricator and installer specializes in designs for large and small events. Three-Year Growth: 6,545% No.

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The Human-Centric Future Of Events With Megan Henshall

Endless Events

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! Human-centric events of the future meet people where they are rather than simply going back to 2019. We’re now moving into that space,” explains Megan.

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The Events Industry’s Top Marketing Statistics, Trends, and Data

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Would you believe that 60% of leadership believe that events are the most critical marketing channel for achieving business goals? To inspire your event strategy or as fodder for your next event marketing presentation to get buy-in from key stakeholders, we’ve compiled a list of marketing and event statistics.

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