Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

The announcement yesterday that London-based virtual streaming giant Hopin was purchasing the physical event services company Boomset was another step in the direction of an end-to-end hybrid meeting solution. Read more about event tech consolidation in Tech Mergers Could Simplify Virtual Meeting Management.

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 29, 2023

Skift Take: Recent data reveals that attendance levels are finally surpassing 2019 benchmarks. Now that events are back in full gear, what top event trends are emerging on the show floor? Stova Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Planning at least three months ahead could save as much as 10 percent on the bottom line, according to a new 2019 Meetings & Events Future Trends study from Carlson Wagonlit Travel Meetings and Events (CWT M&E). Related : MPI Report: Shorter, More Frequent Meetings. Power of Strategy. Did sales increase?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 28, 2021

Smart Meetings got a sneak peek at the Event Leadership Institute’s (ELI) opening general session of their upcoming Business, Design & Strategy Summit on June 3, The State of the Industry: Where We Are With In-Person Events. For the next 3-6 months, many corporations aren’t holding meetings due to company travel restrictions.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 16, 2024

There’s encouraging news in the Freeman Trends Report: 2024 Attendee Intent and Behavior , released Tuesday, Jan. It’s 2024,” he said, “and I want you to repeat after me: I will not … compare my event … to 2019 … anymore.” Let’s stop talking about comparisons to 2019 in our data and let’s start talking about audiences.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

We had no choice,” says Bob Vaez, founder and CEO of event software platform EventMobi , speaking about the turn to virtual events and meetings during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Run the World was founded in 2019 and was massively adopted early on. The technology adoption was extraordinary.”

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

This blog post is by no means an act of fortune-telling; it’s based on current event trends and innovation. Among the most popular in the events industry are corporate budgets, attendee registration fees, partner sponsorships, and/or donations. After all, as Einsteins of Events, we always put science first.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 8, 2022

“With the latest updates to recommended mask policies from the CDC, are associations with spring meetings still mandating masks onsite? Also, how are your registration numbers? So far, [registration] numbers have been up. In fact, a couple of conferences that we have done have exceeded their totals from 2019.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Read More : Survey Shows Increased Plans for Face-to-Face Meetings in Australia. The NextGen Events study found that 36 percent of respondents were suffering from virtual event registration fatigue and a loss of customer connection. Read More : New and Renovated: Meetings Venues for Music Lovers; Hybrid-Friendly Outdoor Options.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Since taking effect in May, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has altered data management practices throughout the meetings industry, not just in Europe, according to 2019 Global Meetings and Events Forecast report. Outside of Europe, meetings and events professionals are feeling the pressure, as well.

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AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Meet Yoshi and Yolanda. If you plan to attend an event held in the hotel, facial recognition technology will make registration fast and simple. In 2019, Alibaba opened the FlyZoo Hotel in Hangzhou, China, stuffed with tech novelties, including facial recognition. Sustainable technologies. The technology itself worked fine.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 6, 2023

Event planners are experiencing sticker shock from rising costs for audiovisual, food and beverage, and other direct meeting expenses. Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent or more lower than 2019.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

It was a literary milestone, but what caught my attention was how the mystery was solved with the kinds of digital tools — Zoom and the online registration platform Eventbrite — that have been in daily use by many in the meetings industry over the last two years. Kathy Tunheim, one of Manova’s organizers, told Convene in 2019.

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 30, 2022

This year’s ticket count is a significant jump from the 25,711 who attended the last in-person Collision, also in Toronto, in 2019. These numbers buck the trend across the industry for deflated in-person event numbers post-pandemic. It also facilitated the scheduling of meetings with those new contacts on-site during the event.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 27, 2022

I’d like to get feedback from others who have held a meeting this year, or are close to holding one, to see how your events are doing. For those who have already had a meeting this year: Are you seeing an increase or decrease in attendance? What are the] factors — COVID, travel restrictions, pent-up demand for live interaction, etc.?

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2019

This week, we bring you another fantastic trend that’s been creating its fair share of buzz. Or you have this meeting.” “We just get the face, last registration number. In most venues the registration lines, they have at least 10 to 15 mbps upload. ” Personalization. So How Does It Work?

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 18, 2024

Most of us can’t rely on the lists that helped us exceed our goals in 2019. Building and nurturing a database can’t be rushed in the name of meeting immediate registration goals, especially without alienating a high percentage of new prospects. This approach, however, has become increasingly shortsighted. Here’s why: 1.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 8, 2022

Your next annual meeting, conference, or trade show has the potential to be the most successful event in the history of your organization. The bad news is that your events are not guaranteed to attract the same number of in-person attendees as they did in 2019. That’s the good news.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 10, 2022

Members of PCMA’s Capital Chapter meet with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. in 2019, the last year the chapter’s Hill Day was conducted in person. Hill Day — in which Capital Chapter members used to meet with politicians or their representatives in person on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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Endless Events

MAY 27, 2019

Live from IMEX Frankfurt, the exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events. “They’re basically kiosk technology, but they’re tying into a few different things, so they’re tying into the Zenus facial recognition software on the registration side. Top Event Tech Trends in 2019 – #EventIcons Episode 143.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 6, 2018

A recent survey at IBTM World finds planners expecting wider adoption in 2019, while a facial-recognition product won the show's emerging-technology award. During his annual "technology trends" session at IBTM World, Morgan surveyed 86 attendees on other aspects of their tech spending as well.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Following the success of the 2019 event, OTDYKH Leisure Fair 2020, the annual travel market in Russia will be back and the early bird registration is now open. These statistics point to a flourishing trend in Russian outbound travel, and well as lucrative opportunities for companies looking to harness the Russian market.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Following the success of the 2019 event, OTDYKH Leisure Fair 2020, the annual travel market in Russia will be back and the early bird registration is now open. These statistics point to a flourishing trend in Russian outbound travel, and well as lucrative opportunities for companies looking to harness the Russian market.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 27, 2022

In-person meetings include high-value networking options, but planners should consider a digital post-event experience to add even more value. The half pursuing hybrid knows that they can’t just go back to what worked in 2019 despite the return of in-person events. They crave a predictable steady-state model for their hybrid business.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

On-demand viewing for registrants was available for 30 days. The Amplify Local program, last held in person, launched in 2019, was a series of half-day programs in 20 different cities to keep users connected. The pre-recorded sessions have been 60 minutes long with 30-minute breaks, and air at different times for different regions.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

A hybrid event is double the cost, double the resources, because you’re essentially doing what you did in 2019 and adding a virtual presence like you did in 2020,” Sahney said. “At Aside from the costs, there’s the risk of virtual registration cannibalizing in-person registration. for hybrid events.”.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has announced that it will host the largest global meeting of the exhibition industry, the 86th UFI Global Congress, this week. The post TCEB announces “huge win for the country’s MICE sector” appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily.

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Stova

MARCH 7, 2023

What emerging trends will shape the industry, and how can technology help you make the most of new market realities? With soaring airfares and flight cancellations, attendees need persuasive reasons to leave home and meet in person. They can talk via live video conferencing and arrange to meet onsite.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Hed: ‘Our 2019 Meeting — It’s Like Ancient History’. But ASN’s first digital meeting was a massive hit, growing nearly 10 times its typical in-person attendance to 30,000 online participants. We switched it up, though — basically like a year-round meeting. EPNAC Photography and Video).

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

After finding success with its first-ever hybrid annual meeting in 2021 (above), The Aesthetic Society continues to use the format. The Aesthetic Meeting 2022 was held in San Diego and online April 20-24, and the team plans to keep it going in 2023, but with a few tweaks from the first iteration.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

From Las Vegas to the world, we’re happy to introduce to you IMEX America 2019! Over the course of several days, our team was lucky enough to be a part of the number one worldwide exhibition for the meetings and events industry. The Road To IMEX America 2019. In this edition, we bring you event tech from IMEX America!

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

We’re always looking at new trends, tech innovations and the social climate to see what will shake up the industry. Event registration platforms and management software hold a goldmine of information: names, business titles, personal/business email addresses, phone numbers, travel itineraries and reservations and more.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Instead of advertising its own products, Amazon is using the naming rights it secured for the stadium to honor a pledge it made in 2019 to reach net-zero carbon emissions as a company by 2040. Taking a pass on thinking about sustainability isn’t really an option anymore for meeting professionals who organize events, Arell said.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Endless Events got together with MPI at IMEX America 2019. Picking up on the number one trend in the industry, event safety, our host Will Curran sits down with two amazing guests. Make sure you check out MPI’s Emergency Preparedness For Meetings And Events and the Event Crisis Communications Certificate Programs.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2022

11 to 12— Metavsummit is the largest Web 3 & Metaverse event in the world for investors and founders to meet under one roof. 100% focus on facilitating high quality, one-on-one meetings. Dealmakers includes double opt-in, 1:1 meetings, and activities designed to encourage business networking and fun. Start Date /.

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