Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Have the rules for business networking changed post-Covid? Jacqueline Whitmore As the frequency of business events continues to expand, many meeting professionals may find themselves in an uncertain social limbo navigating what is now acceptable to do at a cocktail party. To handshake, or not to handshake? How soon is too soon to reach out after an event ends?
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
2022 is in the books, folks. 2023 is a squeaky, shiny new year that promises brands plenty of opportunities (and a few challenges). So, what can we expect in the new year? Event planners need to know what’s on the radar for 2023, but don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Endless Events’ 2023 Event Industry Trends Guide includes insights based on our years of experience in events and our team’s proprietary research into event trends.
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ETC Corporate
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
The outlook for travel to Europe is promising despite global pressures such as high inflation, the war in Ukraine and consequent energy crisis, and the looming economic recession. The latest data indicates a recovery of 75% of 2019 travel volumes to Europe in 2022. This strong tourism rebound is expected to continue well into 2023, though at a slower pace.
Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
As I write this, we are entering the fourth year of the COVID-19 pandemic which has been responsible for millions of deaths and long-term disabilities. Many more people are going to die and contract Long COVID. In addition, most current events are still dangerous to attend for people with disabilities and certain chronic illnesses. Under the circumstances, it’s shocking that the meeting industry has developed no widely-accepted standards for safer events.
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Focus on your people and the fundamentals to keep business thriving in uncertain times. In today’s market, meeting-planning companies are asked to do more for their clients with less. The post-pandemic surge in meetings coupled with concerns around inflation and a labor shortage have all contributed to an environment where independent planners have to operate at their best but with fewer resources, including smaller budgets.
Bizzaboo
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Ask 10 team members about the top goals they hope to achieve after hosting an event, and you’ll get 10 different answers. Although some folks are most interested in growing sales pipelines, others care more about discovering new opportunities, increasing registrations, and driving brand awareness. With so many competing priorities, it can be difficult to assess whether an event is truly a success for the company.
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Endless Events
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
With COVID-19 guidelines loosening up this year, it’s time to tighten up your 2023 marketing plan. If events fell to the wayside over the past few years, now’s the time for you to get back on the horse. Whether online or in-person, events are a great way to drive brand awareness, generate leads, and connect with customers. 60% of business leaders and 80% of marketers believe that events are critical for success.
Skift Meetings
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Skift Take: In today’s pressure-cooker environment, planners want the same immediacy and variety as in their online grocery shopping. GroupSync’s instant booking gives them the faster, smarter decision-making capabilities they crave.
Travel Pulse
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
US Travel Association President and CEO Geoff Freeman said 'the latest trade data is a wake-up call for immediate federal action to boost this essential industry and increase travel exports to benefit the entire US economy.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
There’s no simple solution to understaffed meeting teams, but a multi-pronged approach will help you get through tough times and build a solid foundation for future growth. The staffing shortage in our industry is real and not easily resolved. Here are some ways to find good people and invest in their professional development, plus some ideas for getting by until you’ve got a full team in place.
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
An Excel spreadsheet full of data on ticket sales, budget, and registration information can be an incredibly helpful resource as you plan your event. By using Excel for your event planning, you’ll discover it’s more than a simple event checklist. It’s a versatile application with plenty of tools to help with event management.
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Do you need to find new monetary sources for conferences, conventions and trade shows? While sponsorships have been prevalent for a long time, further information about the popularity of digital and print options might surprise you. This blog won’t only address revenue initiatives but also cost-cutting measures. Research Finds Sponsorships Are Still Relevant According to a 2019 report from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research ( CEIR ) of 200 show executives and 728 exhibitors, spons
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
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.
Bizzaboo
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
When you’re promoting an event , you need to make sure you create an eye-catching, engaging announcement email to attract as many attendees as you can. After all, the announcement for your upcoming event is often the first interaction you’ll have with potential eventgoers, and first impressions matter. With this in mind, writing effective event announcement emails isn’t always easy, particularly since the average open rate is 21.33%, according to Mailchimp.
Convene by PCMA
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Kathleen Warden (from left), Kit Lykketoft, Randy Fiser, Matthew Huber, and Edward Koh take part in an executive session on climate change at PCMA Convening Leaders 2023 in January. (Whatever Media Group) Matthew Huber, Ph.D., didn’t pull any punches during his presentation at an executive session on climate change at PCMA Convening Leaders 2023 in January in Columbus, Ohio.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
In a February 9 earnings call, Hilton chief Christopher Nassetta made it clear that guest-room prices for all customer segments will remain stubbornly high for the foreseeable future. Hilton President and CEO Christopher Nassetta maintains an active presence in the meetings market through stage appearances at events such as Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders conference , held last month in Columbus, Ohio.
EHL Insights
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
For a few years now, Gildas L'Hostis, EHL Senior Lecturer in Oenology (the knowledge of wine, wine service, production, economics and tasting), has been trying out new tools enabling students to express themselves more freely and creatively. The synesthetic approach is a method that shuns traditional analytical wine tasting along with the ubiquitous wine tasting ‘grid’, replacing it with a more imaginative practice that summons up many of the senses.
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
You can be the best event planner in the world and have wonderful clients who love you, but none of that will matter if you don’t have a solid team of vendors to work with. Vendors and planners need each other. A planner without a vendor cannot produce an event. Period. We each play our role to bring an event to life so we need to be on good terms and work well together for the sake of the client’s event and our industry as a whole.
Travel Daily Media
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The post PPDS Studios open across Europe and North America appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and professional TVs, is excited to unveil its network state-of-the-art, fully interconnected ‘PPDS Studios’ in Europe and North America.
Hotel Engine
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Hotel Engine was built to help you take back your time by introducing automation and efficiency into every aspect of your lodging program. We save our members an average of 10 hours per week while eliminating some of the most tedious tasks on their plates. Let’s take a look at how we simplify the process from the start: with your hotel searches. Narrow Down by Your Needs Every traveler and every trip require different features from hotel stays.
Convene by PCMA
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The stunning Oklahoma City Convention Center sits directly across the street from the 70-acre urban oasis that is Scissortail Park. Oklahoma City, a great environment for your next meeting or convention, boasts several new and recently renovated event spaces. The Modern Frontier is home to one of the nation’s newest convention centers. The stunning new Oklahoma City Convention Center is a total of 500,000 square feet and includes a 200,730 square foot exhibit hall, which is divisible into four h
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
A recent survey takes the pulse of meeting planners, asking about budgets, contracts, airfares, virtual meetings, and more. If higher costs are your challenge when executing events, one thing is for sure: You’re not alone. The latest meeting planner survey from Global Event Planners, the network of independent destination management companies, found that higher costs was a top challenge for 70 percent of the 200 planners surveyed.
Bizzaboo
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
As companies roll out their back-to-office strategies, corporate event planners are primed and ready to plan corporate events for the ages. But you need impactful and exciting speakers, an impressive agenda, and unforgettable entertainment. Whether your event is in-person, hybrid, or virtual, your choice of entertainment can make or break your attendees’ experience.
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
What the Food Donation Improvement Act Means for Events A new federal law could make it easier to donate unused food from a conference to those in need. An estimated 40% of the food produced in the U.S. ultimately goes to waste. However, many potential food donors, including event planners, catering services and other industry professionals, have been reluctant to give due to the misconception that they might be held responsible if a recipient were to become ill after consuming donated food.
Travel Daily Media
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The post PATA DMC 2023 concludes successfully in Nepal appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Nepal Chapter organized the first-of-its-kind event, the Destination Marketing Conclave (DMC 2023) in Eastern Nepal (Province 1) to explore, promote, discuss and exchange ideas on promoting Province 1 as a promising tourism destination.
Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
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.
Convene by PCMA
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Moderator Michelle Russell and panelists Megan Finnell, Meagan E. Prescott, and William F. Reed on the Convene Live stage at Convening Leaders 2023. (Curt Wagner/Convene) As face-to-face meetings have returned, seven out of 10 event professionals we surveyed late last year for our Recovery Dashboard said they were planning in-person events only in 2023.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
AHLI’s chief executive will be the recipient of MeetingsNet’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at an event-industry show in March. You can’t make a list of meetings industry thought leaders without including Michael Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International. And when you think about in-demand educators, Dominguez is at the top of that list, too, with his data-driven sessions detailing the meeting and incentive-travel landscape.
inVOYAGE
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Have you heard the thrum of the Great Wildebeest Migration in the Masai Mara? Or woken to the chorus of crickets? Beyond our borders lies a continent partially untouched with constantly changing landscapes, a wealth of experiences and a promise of an incentive trip like no other. This week we hear from Dragonfly Africa and Green Route Africa – Southern and East Africa’s leading DMC and long-term inVOYAGER for a round-up of the best luxury travel incentives they've arranged across Africa and a ta
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Traveling internationally as an individual is tricky. Coordinating international travel for large groups? That requires a lot more planning and forethought. Smart Meetings spoke with Harmony Nordgren, vice president of operations at Cyberbacker, about things to consider when setting up international travel for your attendees. “Coordinating international travel is far more different and difficult than coordinating travel domestically because event planners must account for schedules and personal
Travel Daily Media
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
The post CWT M&E launches new website ‘collaboration tool’ and ‘chat support’ appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. CWT M&E attendee chat assistance CWT Meetings & Events has introduced two new solutions to help event organizers create a better attendee experience: a tool that facilitates easy and efficient collaboration with planners for designing event websites; and, chat support for event attendees who need assistance.
Hotel Engine
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Booking accommodation for a large group? We know: it can be complicated. But Hotel Engine is on a mission to radically simplify trip management, and we’re already revolutionizing group travel. In this article, we’ll provide 8 tips to help you book the perfect stay for your team. If you missed the first post in this two-parter, read Large Group Booking Part 1: By Group Type to discover the differences between booking for a group getaway and a group trip for schools or businesses.
Convene by PCMA
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Lisa Williams’ (center bottom row) nonprofit, called Loving Assisting Nurturing Educating and Supporting (LANES) Teenage Girls Inc., mentors teenage girls who live in at-risk communities in Central Florida. Lisa Williams, senior national sales manager at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, has spent 27 years working at the second-largest convention facility in the U.S., starting as a sales manager in 1996.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
A focus on current customers, smaller regional gatherings, and well-timed virtual events are among the most important findings from 670 event marketers. Companies’ marketing events in 2023 will be more about deepening existing customer relationships rather than winning over prospective customers, according to the 2023 Events Outlook Report from Splash, a virtual-meeting platform provider.
Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Earth Day is an annual call to dedicate ourselves to environmental protection. Each year’s Earth Day focuses on a different topic, and the theme for 2023 is climate change. April 22 may only be one day on the calendar, but with these event ideas, you can set the tone for sustainability year-round.
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