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2019 Event Trends That Will Change the Path of Events

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The year 2019 is almost upon us. How will the events industry fare this year, and what trends will rule the roost when it comes to event planners’ priorities? Let’s take a look at these trends and how you can ride their waves successfully. 2019 Event Trends: Your Audience Craves Authenticity. Saving on WiFi Costs.

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5 Trends You Need to Focus on in 2024

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The events industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace and the best way to keep current is to look ahead and anticipate the trends coming for this year. AI — Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not a passing trend — it has become an indispensable tool. Think beyond “networking” and take a holistic approach.

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The Top 7 Event Industry Trends for 2024 

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In fact, we’ve seen it all, from overflowing budgets in 2019 and near-zero activity in 2020 to the rise of hybrid events in 2021, business-almost-as-usual in 2022, and inflationary pressures causing businesses to rethink their budgets in 2023. Such a passive approach to networking “absolutely doesn’t cut it anymore.” “We

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Five Event Trends in Five Minutes

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Sam Lippman shares his five event trends in five minutes during the Nov. In response to COVID-19, the 2021 event’s floorplan was designed to enable social distancing, and a new format allowed for more networking and one-hour blocks of programming. Lippman ended his trends report on a high note (and on time).

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Cvent’s ‘Top Meetings Destinations’ and ‘Top Meeting Hotels’ Returns: Nashville and San Diego Move Up

Smart Meetings

Compiled by analyzing more than $14 billion of group business value sourced through the Cvent Supplier Network in 2022, the rankings highlight hotels, venues, and destinations. 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. 6 in 2019 Similarly, San Diego was able to move to the No. 7) in 2019, respectively.

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Mike Dominguez’ Predictions for 2019

Smart Meetings

“We have not been [here] before,” said MGM senior vice president of MGM Resorts International Mike Dominguez, in a recent Smart Meetings webinar , referring to the state of the hotel industry going into 2019. There were three reasons millennials chose to meet face-to-face: networking, mentorship and professional development.

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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. 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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