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Set the Stage: Why Life Stage Marketing is a Must

Dana Communications

When we leverage life-stage marketing, we’re able to reach our targets at the right moment in time with the right message. Case in point? Let’s look at two Gen Zs. One is a 13-year-old girl making an inspo board for her blowout bat mitzvah. The other is a 25-year-old woman planning the wedding of her dreams. Both are from the same generation. Both are seeking a venue for a milestone event.

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Elevate Your Meeting With Greater Fort Lauderdale’s New Hotels and Restaurants

Convene by PCMA

Greater Fort Lauderdale is an ideal destination for doing business, and there are new reasons why it should top the list for your next meeting or convention. For starters, there’s the influx of new hotels like the Four Seasons Hotels and Residences, AC Hotel Fort Lauderdale Beach, and Avid Hotel Fort Lauderdale Airport – Cruise in Dania Beach, adding to the existing 38,000+ hotel rooms.

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39 Event Invite Subject Lines: Stand Out & Increase Attendance

Eventbrite

When writing a subject line for an invitation email, the goal is to pique your attendees’ interest. Subject lines for event invitations should be brief, informative, and intriguing. You should provide just enough details that the recipient will want to open up the email and learn more.

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Back to the Future: Revisiting Event Planner Predictions From 2012

Convene by PCMA

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. In July 2022, NASA flight engineers Jessica Watkins (left) and Kjell Lindgren addressed International Space Station Research and Development conference attendees from aboard the space station. In 2012, Angry Birds was the most downloaded app, the iPhone was five, and Zoom was only a year old.

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

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

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Master Conference Planning With These Pre-event Checklist Templates

Bizzaboo

Planning an in-person, virtual, or hybrid event is a significant undertaking with countless moving parts. Achieving conference success ultimately requires careful orchestration between the event team, partnering agencies, and other departments, which is where a pre-event checklist template comes into play. Why use a pre-event checklist to plan your next event?

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Finding Event Registration Patterns

Convene by PCMA

Registration forecasting for 2023 was the top challenge identified by Louisville Tourism’s Client Advisory Council members. (Adobe Stock Photo) Christine “Shimo” Shimasaki, CDME, CMP Last year, when the Louisville Tourism and their Client Advisory Council (CAC) met to discuss what industry challenges they wanted to address from both a planner and supplier perspective, registration forecasting rose to the top.

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3 Trends for the Future: Joy Workouts, Cultural Prescriptions, and Rewirement

Convene by PCMA

“The Future 100: 2023 ,” creative agency, consultancy, and technology company Wunderman Thompson’s annual forecast, identifies 100 trends across industries — from culture to technology to travel and hospitality — that will shape the way we live and work this year and beyond. Convene ’s editors each have chosen three trends from Wunderman Thompson’s latest report and connected them to meetings and events.

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Fun and Engaging Networking Ideas To Make Your Business Event a Success

Eventtia

Networking is essential to any successful business event, regardless of size or scale. If you’re looking to make your event memorable, you’ll need to come up with some captivating networking ideas. Creating fun activities can allow attendees to get to know one another in a relaxed atmosphere, breaking down barriers and making it easier for them to connect.

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Anca Trifan interviews me about participation-rich meetings and event design

Conferences that Work

Yes! Just posted: Anca Trifan interviews me on her show Events:demystified. We talk about all kinds of things, with a focus on my work and thinking about participant-driven and participation-rich meetings and event design. I think this is one of the best interviews I’ve done. Anca gets full credit for asking great questions and also taking the time to edit the interview.

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And the 2023 Nominees Are.

Special Events

Let’s give a round of applause to this year’s Gala Award nominees!

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Evolution of the DMC:Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency & Understanding

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

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Master Conference Planning With These Pre-event Checklist Templates

Bizzaboo

Planning an in-person, virtual, or hybrid event is a significant undertaking with countless moving parts. Achieving conference success ultimately requires careful orchestration between the event team, partnering agencies, and other departments, which is where a pre-event checklist template comes into play. Why use a pre-event checklist to plan your next event?

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Preparing Future Leaders to Be Successful

Gavel International

Reading Time: 6 minutes “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” ~ Vince Lombardi Legendary Sports Coach Some believe that true leadership comes naturally. People follow these leaders because they are honest, intelligent, self-confident, charismatic, inspiring, great communicators, influential, able to resolve conflict, empathetic, accountable, open-minded, respectful, help

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Customize Search Results with Enhanced Property Controls

Hotel Engine

We’re making it faster and easier for you and your team to find and book the rooms that work best for your travelers and business needs. You can now take advantage of our Property Controls features to set preferences, access employee reviews and get personalized search results to help you quickly find the stays your travelers will love. Here’s how to use our updated suite of time-saving search features.

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Gulf Air Participates in the HFW Middle East Aviation Conference

Travel Daily Media

The post Gulf Air Participates in the HFW Middle East Aviation Conference appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, recently participated in the HFW Middle East Aviation Conference held in The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina Dubai. With the participation and attendance of numerous leading aviation practitioners, officials, and executives.

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Incentives - How to Create a Sustainable Story Around Your Incentive

BCD Meetings & Events

This article first appeared on Invoyage. The face of incentives has changed enormously across the last few years. Whilst luxury trips to far flung destinations are still an enticing reward, many planners are looking for ways incentives can better align to their overall CSR policies. Itineraries are now just as likely to include experiences that give back to the environment or local community as high-end luxury treats.

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JEDDAH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL & TOURSM EXHIBITION JTTX 2023

Panorama Travel

A JOURNEY OF MORE THAN 800 MILLION YEARS It was an excellent opportunity to participate in the Jeddah Travel & Tourism Exhibition JTTX 2023 and meet with travel and tourism organizations of one of the world’s fastest-growing tourist destinations. In its 11th edition, which took place from February 19-21, more than 200 international destinations from tourism, private sector companies, airlines, hotels, and resorts participated in exchange for companies specialized in the tourism sector

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Chat GPT, Dall-E, and Other AI Tools You Need to Know

Endless Events

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have dominated the headlines lately. And tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL-E have artists and writers sounding alarms about job security. So, what does this have to do with the events industry? In this episode of the Event Tech podcast, Will and Brandt share their thoughts on visual and text-based AI tools and how you might use them for events in the future.

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