Thu.Jun 17, 2021

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Here’s How Our Opinion On Social Media Has Changed Since The Pandemic!

Endless Events

Our day-to-day lives have changed dramatically in this past year – both on a professional as well as on a personal level. In today’s episode of Event Brew, Nick, Thuy, and Will will mostly talk about the latter portion of their lives. They will dive deep into social media and how their opinions about it have changed since the beginning of the pandemic.

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MPI WEC Marks Return to Large Industry Events

Smart Meetings

After a postponed 2020 annual event for more than 700 people, Meeting Professionals International (MPI) brought its World Education Congress (WEC) back to Las Vegas this week with more than 1,200 people live for a series of firsts. See also : Tales from Las Vegas: Jewelry Trade Shows and LVCC’s Comeback Convention. The three-day experience, themed Make the Future, was about half the size of 2019 attendance in Toronto, but was the first major conference in Caesars Forum , the 550,000-square-foot

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Europeans’ travel sentiment skyrockets in view of vaccine rollouts and introduction of EU Digital COVID Certificate

ETC Corporate

70% of respondents have travel plans in the next six months, with half wishing to visit another European country. The majority of Europeans surveyed (72%) intend to travel between June and September, while another 16% are eyeing autumn travel. Quarantine requirements and sudden changes of rules remain major concerns for Europeans. As Europe opens up after months of lockdowns and restrictions, interest in travel has risen distinctly, with two-thirds of Europeans intending to take a trip by the en

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Can One Virtual Meeting Platform Rule Them All?

Smart Meetings

The “inevitable” event tech consolidation trend that started in 2019 is on steroids in the late pandemic era as bulked-up platforms infused with venture capital are racing to offer one-size-fits-all, end-to-end options for meeting professionals looking to streamline their virtual and hybrid meetings while startups emerge to solve specific meeting professional needs.

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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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What Partners Need From Channel Programs Post-Pandemic

ITA Group

What Partners Need From Channel Programs Post-Pandemic. The impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has been profound. The consequences for local and global economies are easily quantified, but the impact on channel partners that sell business solutions and, more specifically, how they interact with vendor channel programs is more difficult to ascertain.

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Going Global: How to Talk to Your Hybrid and Virtual Attendees with Wordly

Stova

One of the best things about virtual and hybrid events is that they can be enjoyed by attendees from all over the world. To make sure all of our non-native English speakers can enjoy the presented content, we have integrated with Wordly , a real-time translation tool that can translate multiple languages simultaneously.

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5 ideas for sustainable hospitality development

EHL Insights

For years sustainability was a throw-away line in company reports. Today things are very different. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown exactly how a global catastrophe can play out, bringing the concept of climate change much closer to home. But even before that there were signs with things like the Paris Agreement that the world couldn’t keep sleepwalking to disaster.

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TROOP expands event planner support with the latest risk intelligence

Travel Daily News

The partnership with travel risk intelligence experts Riskline allows TROOP to incorporate the latest, verified safety and security data, enabling meeting and event planners to identify and mitigate risk.

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Summer Destination Marketing Strategies To Spread Out Visitation

DCI

It’s a challenge but a necessity to fight the instinct that crowds are worrisome, leading destination marketing organizations to value more than ever one important practice: spread out visitation. Overtourism and excessive crowds were issues even before COVID-19, but now they are a true liability. Travel experiences that reduce the anxiety of crowds must become a standard feature in any destination marketing toolkit this summer and beyond.

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Travel Manager Tips for Communicating Important Return-to-Travel Information

Fox World Travel

With Carrie Johnson, Travel Manager, Exact Sciences A recent Fox World Travel survey of travel managers found that their primary concern in returning to travel is traveler safety and wellness. With business travel coming back in full force, the importance of communicating new travel procedures and health and safety recommendations couldn’t be higher.

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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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Pride Month Member Spotlight: Andy Bomberger, CPCE

National Association For Catering ane Events

How long have you been a member of NACE? What drew you to NACE? Since 2013 – the late Patti Shock offered extra credit in a college course and I was hooked immediately. . What does Pride Month mean to you? Pride Month is a way to stand by those who’ve faced or are facing trials and tribulations for just being who they are. Festivals and rainbow colored everything are a symbolic way of telling people “We see you.

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5 Ways to Find Real Estate Comps in Your Area

Redfin

Whether you’re selling your first home or you’re a first-time homebuyer , finding comparable sales of homes in your area is much easier than it was even ten years ago. Back then, it wasn’t easy to find publicly available data online – you needed the help of an inside connection like a real estate agent or home appraiser to pull comparable sales off of the MLS (multiple listing service).

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Pride Month Member Spotlight: Thomas Whelan

National Association For Catering ane Events

How long have you been a member of NACE? What drew you to NACE? I became a member of NACE in 2020. After an amazing time at NACE Experience in Cincinnati. I attended originally as a speaker but was quickly folded into the Boston Chapter group who were attending. They showed me so much love and compassion. Since then they have continued to support, inspire, and host truly amazing events that foster conversation and education.

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UFI European Conference examines the future of the exhibition industry from a European perspective

Travel Daily News

221 delegates from 32 countries participated; 38 speakers shared their expertise and vision for the future of the industry.

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Pride Month Member Spotlight: Doug Quattrini, CPCE, Immediate Past President

National Association For Catering ane Events

How long have you been a member of NACE? What drew you to NACE? Approximately 14 years now. Attending my first Experience conference as a non-member was eye opening, I definitely felt like I had found my “tribe”, and made a bunch of connections that I still have to this day. What does Pride Month mean to you? Pride Month, to me, is a time to put the spotlight on the LGBTQIA community and increase awareness of both the progress and lack of progress we’ve made as a society.

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The World PCO Alliance elects new officers

Travel Daily News

Nancy Tan elected President, André Vietor elected Vice-President and Sumate Sudasna elected Treasurer.

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5 Event Planner Marketing Strategies Used by Top Professionals

Social Tables

As an event planner, much of your success is based on your ability to bring in new business, organize top-notch events, and keep your customers coming back. And while you may hope that your events speak for themselves (and maybe they do!), the reality is that you need great marketing to stand out from other event planners and attract new clients. That’s where this post on event planner marketing comes in.

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