Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Everyone has a dog now,” Jenn Glynn, managing partner with Meeting Encore , stated this week in a conversation with Philip Eidsvold, vice president of strategic alliances at One10 , about the changing demands of attracting attendees to in-person incentive trips. Listen to the whole Incentive Trends conversation on demand.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

The role of the travel manager has expanded, and with it, the role of the planner. The heightened intensity of some of these nonnegotiable, not even entirely new skills, however, comes from a place of more conscious sensitivity to client and attendee needs. Read More : 7 Business Travel Trends Set to Shape 2022.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Everyone has a dog now,” Jenn Glynn, managing partner with Meeting Encore, stated this week in a conversation with Philip Eidsvold, vice president of strategic alliances at One10, about the changing demands of attracting attendees to in-person incentive trips. Listen to the whole Incentive Trends conversation on demand.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

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. We are thankful we get the opportunity to introduce clients and convention attendees to our fun and amazing city. million visitors in 2022 (which is only 8.7%

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2022

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. Read More : What You Don’t Know About the Future of Attendee Safety Could Put You at Risk. Further, four out of five are extending their trip due to their ability to work remotely.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 10, 2022

In-person attendees reconnect during a Happy Hour Monday in the CL Promenade at Caesars Forum. PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 got into full swing Monday with a fun run, engaging keynote presentations from Ronan Farrow and Paul Galloway, educational sessions, and one big surprise — a few numbers by singer and dancer Paula Abdul.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

Here are event design ideas inspired by my visit to Art Basel 2022. As an attendee, you could direct your phone towards the glass sculpture, watch your mobile screen and via augmented reality, see how pollutants reach our food. All the stands had a QR code which attendees could scan to receive more information about the exhibit.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Attendees get reacquainted at Convening EMEA 2021 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Some respondents to the 2022 Salary Survey said travel, and meeting new people, were what they loved best about their event organizer roles. Flexibility was another notably popular response, often paired with the ability to work remotely. Less stress.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2021

Meeting planners are telling us they are seeking authentic, immersive experiences that are designed to help groups strengthen interpersonal relationships, as well as support the culture of each organization,” he reported. As part of this increase in business, he has seen a new trend: “Meetings aren’t always about the ‘meeting’ anymore.”

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 28, 2023

After the pandemic and in the remote-work environment, it’s not enough to simply plan a meeting and have people show up. Many employees’ social skills have suffered in recent years—something that planners can proactively address. in 2019 to 25 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ time-use survey.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A streaming option can serve larger, more geographically diverse and executive audiences, act as a flexible insurance policy in the event a new threat grounds attendees while providing valuable data about behavior. We are turning attendees into participants,” he said. You have to be ready for that.”. Flexibility as a Constant.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Our wish for 2022 is that all virtual events incorporate a little more “wow.” Cheers to Planners of the Year. Every year, Smart Meeting profiles top event professionals as part of an annual Planner of the Year feature designed to recognize and inspire innovation and excellence. Meet the 2020 Planners of the Year.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 26, 2022

To learn what meeting professionals value most as the industry emerges in the post-Covid world of gathering, Caesars Entertainment launched its Caesars Entertainment Remastered Tour— showcasing the company’s largest reinvestment year having spent hundreds of millions in 2022 on upgrading their venues across the U.S.

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Endless Events

MARCH 21, 2022

This week, Brandt and Endless Events’ Kyle Kocinski do a case study on Remo , one of the top 22 event platforms to use in 2022. The competition among event platforms is stiff these days, so event planners must understand what makes a certain platform stand out from the rest. “We have every level of event planner come to us.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 6, 2022

The latest planner sentiments gathered by AV and production firm Encore also reveal that they expect to host smaller in-person audiences with smaller budgets versus 2019, while focusing more on attendee engagement and networking. The full survey results can be found here.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 11, 2022

While meetings and conventions took a pause in 2020 due to the pandemic, Columbus didn’t stop working to ensure that when the time came to return to in-person meetings, planners and attendees had all the tools they needed for a successful event.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Convening Leaders 2022 Main Stage speaker Scott Galloway hopes to inspire participants to find opportunities in the post-pandemic business industry. Galloway told Convene that planners should get ready to be bold, because that’s what attendees will expect in this next normal. “If It better be inspiring.”.

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Gavel International

MARCH 31, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes VERNON HILLS, IL – Today, Gavel International joins organizations across the globe to support the annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID, #GMID2022) held on April 7, 2022. In fact, 82% of event planners value in-person events more now than before the pandemic. (2). and Co-chair of MMB. SOURCES: [link].

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

When it comes to protocols, fortunately we are in New York, where the Key to New York mandate requires that all meeting attendees are vaccinated. We have seen that this instills confidence amongst the attendees and puts them at ease. We are booking small corporate meetings and associations for 2022. guest rooms; 11,628 sq.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2021

While meetings and conventions took a pause in 2020 due to the pandemic, Columbus didn’t stop working to ensure that when the time came to return to in-person meetings, planners and attendees had all the tools they needed for a successful event.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2021

While meetings and conventions took a pause in 2020 due to the pandemic, Columbus didn’t stop working to ensure that when the time came to return to in-person meetings, planners and attendees had all the tools they needed for a successful event.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 18, 2022

From up-and-coming talent to established voices, these event influencers have emerged as the Top Event Experience Leaders of 2022 based on your votes. Based on your votes, and in no particular order, here are the Top 55 Event Experience Leaders of 2022: Akosua Boadi-Agyemang. And they haven’t escaped your notice!

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts launched The Meetings Collection , a new network of premium meetings-focused hotels offers meeting planners new incentives in desired markets, and streamlined multi-year bookings. “It The new reality for venues is that they must find a way to sell and plan events remotely.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 21, 2022

A new survey looks at how planners are responding when at least 10 percent of attendees don’t speak English as their first language. The resulting 2022 State of Multilingual Collaboration report is based on 203 respondents from the U.S. the belief that attendees who don’t speak English well enough will not attend. •

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2021

From choosing the right platform to delivering the best virtual content , we always first need to think about what kind of an experience we are providing for our virtual attendees. “Last year, I assumed a different event planner role, which was a TV producer role. ” From Streamers To Three Course Meals: People Loved It!

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2022

Plus, it helps me build out educational materials and interesting facts for the pre-event materials I share with attendees. Slow Site Pro Tip : Keep building out your destination-themed playlist and before your big event, share it with your attendees so they can feel the rhythm of the destination before they even arrive onsite.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But the Marriott management team understands that to ensure meeting professionals, attendees and leisure travelers have the most positive experience possible, that bell person needs to be immersed in the culture of the 95-year-old company. Meeting planners don’t work 9-5. It is getting easier to find applicants,” Robinson said. “The

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 2, 2022

In its report “The Future 100: 2022,” creative agency, consultancy, and technology company Wunderman Thompson has identified 100 trends across industries — from culture to health to travel and hospitality — that will shape the way we live and work this year and beyond. More 2022 Trends Shaping Events. Courtesy of Javits Center).

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Bizzaboo

OCTOBER 11, 2023

of attendees say they expect in-person conferences to use modern technology (e.g. For example, you might consider incorporating wearable tech into an in-person event to support faster check-ins and enhance the networking experience — just like HubSpot did during INBOUND 2022.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 16, 2022

Attendees at PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 in Las Vegas take part in the fun run. In April, we asked respondents — 399 planners and 181 suppliers — to pick just one option that best describes what they were feeling in the moment. More than 1/3 of planners and 3 out of 10 suppliers say they are anxious or burned out.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

A remote location is forever. You will have forever-remote companies. Now, we are creating things that when we open again in January 2022, we will bring them from the virtual world to the physical one. What will the attendee experience require of events in 2022 and beyond? . People were crying and excited.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

What Reed, chief event strategy officer, American Society of Hematology (ASH), loved most about this time, he told participants in an online PCMA Community Conversation for medical meeting planners earlier this year, is probably what other planners have hated: “We needed to operate when there was really no roadmap to us,” Reed said. “I

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2023

Using the Open Space and World Café formats, the 200-plus attendees dig into the topics that are most pressing for them in a free-wheeling, energizing, productive atmosphere. The attendees themselves take care of those things. Easing Attendees into the Atmosphere.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

IMEX America’s biggest gathering ever propelled full-speed ahead on Day Three in Las Vegas, fueled by meeting planner and supplier energy and the usual steady supply of news and demos by properties and destinations. 2,566 trade attendees from 62 countries. 2,566 trade attendees from 62 countries. Upcoming WEC Locations.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Uniting Remote Teams After Covid isolation in 2020 and 2021 and remote working in 2022, C-suite executives realized their team relationships had cooled. To-Do: simplify the meeting and catering demands Attendee-Driven Content A friendly competitor named Greg Bogue at Maritz said, “Events used to be something done to you.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 5, 2022

At the same time, there is a lot of excitement around the power of event technology to create more seamless event experiences for in-person and virtual attendees and to accelerate personalized experiences. Gone are the days when you could lure attendees in with a free happy hour at a hotel bar for an hour.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

They are held to educate, inform, or train attendees. These findings reflect a study from PCMA, which found that nearly 70% of event organizers were planning in-person events for the second and third quarters of 2022. November 2022. December 2022. NOVEMBER 2022 TECH EVENTS. Is your event missing from this page?

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