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10 Ideas and Tips for Virtual Real Estate Events

Eventtia

1: Get to Know the Video Conference Platform The first thing you need to do when planning a virtual event (of any kind) is to familiarize yourself with the platform. These people can connect to the conference as speakers, so there is no need to have them in the same location.

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IMEX America 2021: Day 2 Highlights

Smart Meetings

The huge majority of those beneficiaries were in the form of membership renewal grants issued directly to members in financial distress and new member grants provided for Chapters to allocate towards prospective members also facing financial concerns.

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IMEX 22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees

Smart Meetings

Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. At this new conference center, there are no restaurants, says Director of Group Sales Louis Gonzales. “It DEI Task Force Marks Starting Point for Improvements.

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Destinations Refocus Tactics and Messaging to Draw Meetings Again

MeetingsNet

We were able to be somewhat aggressive” in focusing mostly on prospective business that was easier to sell and to service than other prospects. “Because of the frothy demand in the couple of years leading up to the pandemic, the relationship between destination marketing organizations and event customers had become interesting.

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Pandemic Travel Bans Continue to Drag Global Growth

Business Traveler USA

A new report from The Conference Board examines the cascading costs of these measures. With 334 million people worldwide directly dependent on the travel and tourism sector, how soon and by whom travel bans get lifted will have short term ramifications and far beyond to long-term prospects for global growth and trade.

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Top 10 Reasons to Meet in Canada

Convene by PCMA

With the borders now open to all fully vaccinated travelers, attendees can once again get excited about the prospect of an event in this fabulous, forward-thinking country. Luckily, venues, conference centers and hotels across Canada are providing increasingly high-tech solutions to make hosting hybrid events more turn-key than ever.

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How to Plan and Run a Charity Event

Eventtia

Virtually all types of events (conference, expo/trade show, concert) can be turned into charity events. Also, there are now donor prospect generator tools that may help you in your search for prospective donors. virtual auction) Assess your prospective donors’ preferences. Entertainment: band, DJ, performer, etc.