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Production Manager Titles: Learn How To Get Them Right!

Endless Events

Everybody grab your pens, we’re getting down and dirty with production manager titles! So, we’re very much aware of how confusing job titles can be in our industry. And especially when we’re talking about technical roles. It seems like everywhere you turn, someone is doing something very specific. Something very specific that brings along a particular title, to the point where you almost need a cheat-sheet with all the terms you need to get right.

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Know Your Rights: Contracting for AV Service

MeetingsNet

Today’s cybercriminal only needs one piece of information to wreak havoc with meeting planners - an email password. Brought to you by: Feeling pressured to use the “in-house” AV company at a hotel? Ever been hit with fees for using an outside partner after you have signed a contract? Not sure how to contract for WiFi service? There are many in-house audio-visual organizations throughout the country that have a very good reputation for being fair in contract negotiations with their clients.

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How to Create a Successful Annual Event Budget in 3 Steps

Eventtia

Is your annual event budget getting the better of you? With these 3 steps, we show you how to maximize your budget and make sure that you’ll get buy-in from key stakeholders in your organization.

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How to Personalize: 4 Tips For After the Event

Stova

This is part one of a three-part series breaking down useful tips on how to personalize your event experience to keep attendees engaged before , during and after.

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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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Google Hits Quantum Supremacy: What This Means For The Events Industry

Endless Events

Buckle up, because we’re about to get down with Google quantum supremacy! It was recently announced – or better yet, leaked – that Google managed to achieve this so-called quantum supremacy. And you’re probably wondering what that means. And exactly how this can potentially relate to events. Well, lately, we’ve been taking a look at the broader technological landscape and bringing you the scoop.

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IBTM World Focuses on Innovation in Events

MeetingsNet

The Barcelona-based show recognized six new meeting tools that might solve your collaboration, translation, or content-management challenges. Entrepreneurism in events was a highlighted theme at the 2019 IBTM World show in Barcelona, Spain, in mid-November. This year’s event introduced a new zone to the show floor, called IBTM Accelerate. Designed to attract and nurture entrepreneurial talent, the zone incorporated exhibitors and education sessions to give attendees the opportunity to learn from

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Groupize: Making Simple Meetings Truly Simple

Atlas Travel

For most businesses globally, simple meetings are unmanaged spend. While this may sound unalarming, consider this: more than half of all corporate meetings are simple meetings. Without proper management, your organization is overlooking significant business spend, missing opportunities to strengthen venue negotiations, and neglecting risk management.

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Event Trend Reports: Is It Time For Them To Go?

Endless Events

Event trend reports are starting to come along now that a new year is set to begin. And to some people in the events industry, that’s the equivalent of the most wonderful time of the year. Some are either writing them or anxiously waiting to read them. But just like any other topic, event trend reports can spark some controversy amongst event professionals.

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Special Event Pros Share Unexpected Ways They Practice Self-Care

Special Events

Event pros: You can't do good work if you don't take good care of yourself. Here are tips.

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A tale of two cities: Uplifting the MICE industry in Bangkok and Pattaya

Travel Daily Media

The post A tale of two cities: Uplifting the MICE industry in Bangkok and Pattaya appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Helping to promote MICE tourism in Thailand, two notable properties uplift the industry in the fast-paced country by cultivating high-quality MICE hubs in two bustling cities. Pullman Pattaya Hotel G. In recent years, Pattaya has become known as a host city for meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions.

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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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Unleashing Event Innovation Through Hackathons

Maritz Global Events

Post authored by Jamie Murdock, Vice President, Sales. It’s no longer a secret: hackathons are quickly becoming utilized to generate new ideas and spark event innovation across the industry. It’s a fun, engaging way to encourage guests to solve the very stumbling blocks that plague their organizations or industries. If you’re unaware of this new phenomenon, here’s a great place to start your journey.

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How AR And VR For Events Can Revolutionize The Industry

Endless Events

It’s time for the coolest conversation ever about AR and VR for events! This topic isn’t new for us here at Endless. And the reason we enjoy it so much is because it’s slowly but steadily revolutionizing the industry. As event planners, we need to make sure we’re always paying attention to the hottest trends out there. And especially those that have the power to improve the attendee experience.

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Making the Most of Media for Your Special Event

Special Events

The impact of your special event can live far beyond the event itself if you know how to handle media effectively.

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Elon Musk’s The Boring Company begins tunnelling in Sin City

Travel Daily Media

The post Elon Musk’s The Boring Company begins tunnelling in Sin City appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Guests get a tour of the Boring Machine before the Boring Company begins tunnelling for the Las Vegas Convention Center people mover. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) has begun tunnelling the future of transportation as Elon Musk’s The Boring Company (TBC) starts work on the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC).

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Home Life Worries U.S. Business Travelers Most

MeetingsNet

New research shows American business travelers are most concerned about home-life deterioration when away, while international business travelers worry most about office issues. Can meeting planners help? Independent research commissioned by business-travel-management platform CWT finds the two biggest concerns of frequent business travelers across the world are home-life friction and putting pressure on office colleagues.

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How 15 Minutes a Week Can Revolutionize Your Event Marketing Strategy

Maritz Global Events

Post authored by Jeff Fugate, CASE, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. As an event manager, you work with a lot of moving pieces and parts as you bring your event marketing strategy to life. At any given moment, you can be working with a dozen partners and vendors to help pull off your event, and that’s just your marketing efforts. Trying to keep it all together can be impossible, and positively maddening.

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My two-word ikigai

Conferences that Work

The Japanese have a word ikigai , which roughly translates to “the reason you get out of bed in the morning.” Here’s my two-word ikigai : Facilitating connection. Do you know your ikigai ? Graphic attribution: The Toronto Star — and a hat tip to Cool Tools for sharing this great graphic. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post My two-word ikigai appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Hotel Data Management: Solutions and Practices to Turn Information into a Valuable Asset

AltexSoft Travel

Hotel business produces a plethora of data literally every moment. When a tourist books an accommodation online, that’s new data. When a front office manager checks in a guest, that’s new data. When a housekeeper marks a room as clean, that’s new data. When something happens (you name it), that’s new data. Valuable facts and figures are appearing non-stop, but how do you take advantage of them?