Smart Meetings

APRIL 8, 2024

As American makes it easier to travel with pets, what will this mean for passengers? The next time you’re on an American Airlines flight, don’t be surprised if things look a little, well, furrier. American recently updated its pet policy, which could serve as encouragement to travelers—specifically, those who normally leave their small friends at home or try to pass them as support animals—to bring them along.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2024

The keynote address for HPE Discover 2024 will use the venue’s 160,000-square-foot wraparound screen as the band U2 did a few months back. When Hewlett Packard Enterprise brings its HPE Discover 2024 conference to the Venetian Convention and Expo Center in mid-June, attendees will have to walk a bit farther than usual to take in the keynote presentation from HPE President and CEO Antonio Neri—but it’s unlikely that many of them will mind the inconvenience.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 8, 2024

Head to Crescent Heights for some of the best views of Downtown Calgary. (ROAM Creative) As many major cities work on their downtown revitalization strategies, one city stands out as a role model that can help them harness new possibilities: Calgary. The third-most populated city in Canada is in the midst of a massive transformation that is best summed up by The Washington Post — “Almost every direction one looks in downtown Calgary,” the paper’s editorial board wrote in the middle of 2023, “the

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 8, 2024

The post The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) publishes new GSTC MICE Criteria appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. The Global Sustainable Tourism Council® (GSTC®) is pleased to announce that the GSTC MICE Criteria have been published and are available to the public for non- commercial use. Developed for Venues, Event Organizers, and Events & Exhibitions, the GSTC MICE Criteria, developed with support from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), will guide businesses towar

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TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 8, 2024

Dominic Thurbon will facilitate a session called “Connecting the Dots,” on April 16 at PCMA APAC’s The Business of Events conference at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Dominic Thurbon, a partner at the consulting firm Ernst & Young Australia, where he works in climate change and sustainability services, is in the business, he told Convene , “of helping people ‘do’ change in the face of disruption and uncertainty.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2024

I am not a psychologist or neuropsychologist. However, I have spent thousands of hours as an amateur, supervised by therapists, leading small group workshop explorations of individuals’ struggles to make sense of their lives. And I’ve learned that confusion about thinking and feeling is common. Especially for men. As I wrote in 2010: “…when I was growing up my education emphasized thinking…However, the educational agenda allocated no time for understanding or expressing my feel

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InEvent

APRIL 8, 2024

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) is upon us, taking place on April 11th, 2024. This international day of advocacy highlights the significant impact that meetings, conferences, exhibitions, and events have on businesses, communities, and individuals worldwide. The History of GMID As discussed in Meeting Professionals International, what began as a national celebration in Canada has … Post Everything You Need To Know About Global Meetings Industry Day (#GMID2024). showed as first in InEve

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 8, 2024

Community building is a key part of any event planner’s toolbox. Fuse, a new peer network for event professionals, aims to help planners build on that skill. Imagine creating an event that attendees jump at the opportunity to attend every year, excited about the experience and the prospect of engaging with their trusted community. But event professionals know this is easier said than done.

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Special Events

APRIL 8, 2024

Tell us about your design process for a chance to be featured in the Summer Issue of Special Events Magazine

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 8, 2024

PCMA’s Catalyst community offers members a platform to ask each other questions, share ideas, or, as the website says, “communicate and collaborate.” Here’s a sampling from a recent Catalyst discussion. “We will be hosting a conference in the U.S. in August that will have some international attendees,” Shelley Cohen , meeting manager, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering Energetics Research Group, wrote on the Catalyst forum.

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The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

Redfin

APRIL 8, 2024

Redfin’s Best Places to Live rankings are intended to provide an objective measure of a metro area’s quality of life. Redfin’s rankings are based on a proprietary method that aggregates and weighs 20 factors for each metro area. These 20 factors are split up into 4 umbrella categories highlighting important aspects of living: Community and Health; Navigability; Housing and Economy; and Recreation and Leisure.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 8, 2024

When Courtney Mesmer, CMP, DES, CES, became vice president, events, at the human resources organization WorldatWork®Total Rewards Association two years ago, her primary assignment was to modernize the organization’s annual meeting. At the time, the meeting — now called Total Rewards, which refers to the HR function that handles compensation, benefits, well-being effectiveness, development, and recognition — had a typical agenda for a traditional association meeting.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 8, 2024

Gartner® published its inaugural Magic Quadrant™ for Event Technology Platforms a few weeks ago, and Bizzabo was named one of three market Leaders. Being a Leader is not just a nice marketing catchphrase, it’s a meaningful acknowledgment from an impartial, trusted source of technology insights that we “execute well against [our] current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow.

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Gavel International

APRIL 8, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutes In addition to being a great deal of fun, white water rafting is an excellent team-building activity. If everyone on the boat works together as instructed and remains cool-headed and calm, you can successfully navigate the most turbulent waters. Accomplishing this feat is not only exhilarating but it is also satisfying. It also forges strong bonds between team members.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2024

Lead times, patterns, RFP distribution, and more are revealed in recent Cvent customer data. According to the March 2024 Cvent Source Snapshot Report , which analyzes data from tens of thousands of event requests for proposal sent through the company’s system, meeting volume is creeping up while the planning horizon is getting shorter. Specifically, the total number of RFPs sent in February 2024 was five percent higher than in February 2023.

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