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15 Years Of Endless Events: Let’s Celebrate!

Endless Events

Endless Events has recently celebrated its 15th birthday and we’ve decided to mark the occasion by hosting a very special #EventIcons episode in which our listeners could ask us any questions they want about Endless’ past, present, and future. The 15-year special was hosted by no other than the CEO and Founder of Endless Events, Will Curran.

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How to Secure Your Event in the Face of Rising Active Shooter Incidents

Smart Meetings

Gun violence in the United States is, unfortunately, a reality every event planner must confront. The number of people killed in mass shootings has risen from 272 in 2014 to 692 in 2021. As of July 4, 2022, there have been 320 mass shooting deaths already this year. With the recent Highland Park mass shooting , people are anxious about event safety.

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Strong outlook for European tourism recovery but staff shortages and cost of living crisis loom

ETC Corporate

As concerns over Covid-19 wane, Europe is expected to recover 70% of pre-pandemic travel demand in 2022 Sudden surge in consumer demand coupled with staff shortages pose serious challenges for the sector going into the summer months Long-haul travel into Europe continues to lag significantly behind short- and medium-haul recovery Uncertainty brought about by worsening inflation.

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Episode 51: Engaging Virtual Events with John Chen

Techsytalk

Can virtual events actually be engaging? What about the power of virtual to be BETTER than in-person? While John and […].

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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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Can We Rely On Event Platforms For Audience Engagement?

Endless Events

The Event Brew squad is tackling a complex topic today; a topic most event planners have contemplated in the last two years. It’s time to talk about audience engagement on event platforms! The topic was inspired by Encore’s article, titled ‘ Keep Attendees Engaged with an Interactive Event Platform ‘ The Event Tech Podcast has tackled this topic from multiple angles, but today, we can get an inside scoop from Dustin, Nick, and Thuy, as well.

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TWT: Survey Says Pent-up Demand for Meetings Conflicts with Corporate Cuts

Smart Meetings

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. A new survey from JD Power, US Travel and Tourism Economics (an Oxford Economics company), shows good news for meetings, albeit in tandem with a lag on behalf of corporate to allocate funds for meeting and business travel.

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Caveat Emptor: Is Event Planner Certification Worth the Investment?

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: There are more certificates for event planners than ever before. The question is, are they a real measure of competence? And is the more rigorous certification process worth the time, effort, and money? — Julie Moline Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Part 2: Six Digital Marketing Strategies to Promote Your Next Event

Special Events

Part 2 in enriching the experience of your target audience, from the moment the event is announced right up to the doors closing

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Meetings and Conventions Are Back in 2022—Here Are 4 Ways They’re Changing

Smart Meetings

It seems like not so long ago that everyone was talking about the death of meetings and conventions. There’s no doubt that the global Covid-19 pandemic shook up the industry and left event professionals wondering what the future would hold. But as we begin to inch ever closer to a new normal, it’s clear that meetings are making a comeback in 2022—with a few changes of course.

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Using Event Data to Chart a Path Forward

Convene by PCMA

Data is not just a matter of what information you collect about your events and its participants — the most important part of the data journey is how you communicate stats and numbers to others. (Illustration by Adam Ferriss). Editor’s note: This article is part of the Convene July 2022 cover & CMP Series story package. Find links to the other stories at the bottom of this page.

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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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Don’t Let Climate Change Blow Your Event Away

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: Hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, floods, and other weather events are realities event professionals must plan for. A detailed disaster preparedness plan is key. — Vincent Alonzo Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Hybrid Events Mean Hard Decisions for Hosts

MeetingsNet

Planners of academic and scientific conferences detail all the factors they must consider when planning a hybrid meeting, and it’s not pretty. When it comes to coordinating hybrid events, there is a daunting number of big decisions that a host organization must make that will impact event quality, cost, and attendance—and will also impact how challenging the planning process will be.

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Plan a Disability-friendly Event with this Local Accessibility Guide

Smart Meetings

Many event planners look for destinations with good food, local culture and plenty of leisure activities for attendees. However, accessibility for wheelchair users isn’t always factored into the equation. To encourage the inclusion of disabled travelers in the event agenda, Marquette County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has put together an accessibility guide.

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Cross-team Collaboration — the Most Overlooked Event Strategy

Convene by PCMA

Cross-team collaboration can help an organization fit all the pieces together to create a must-attend event. Your next annual meeting, conference, or trade show has the potential to be the most successful event in the history of your organization. Pandemic-induced health and safety restrictions are gradually easing, consumer confidence in travel is increasing, and the world is coming to terms with the “living with COVID” era.

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in CONVERSATION - Dragonfly and Green Route Africa

inVOYAGE

With South Africa having proved itself to be one the top incentive travel destinations, we caught up with Yolanda Woeke VP Sales & Marketing, and Kerry Roos Director Incentives and Travel,to find out why they think it is performing so well in this sector, and how they feel about working with inVOYAGE as one of the main partners for Cape Town 2023.

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Designing With Empathy: The Key to Event Personalization

Bizzaboo

When Event Experience Leaders consider individual needs and preferences, attendees have a better time, and the event sticks with them longer. Event personalization helps build trust between planners and participants and helps ensure attendees leave satisfied. . During The Key to Event Personalization , a webinar we hosted with Naomi Clare-Crellin of Storycraft Lab and Megan Henshall of the Google Experience Institute (Xi) , we dove into the philosophy behind event personalization and offered te

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Smart Moves in Tennessee, D.C. and More

Smart Meetings

Jennifer Erney, CMP, CMM. International hospitality group Accor appointed Erney executive director of global sales for meetings, incentives and industry relations. Erney was most recently regional vice president of sales at Associated Luxury Hotels International. She brings over 25 years of sales and events experience, recognized in 2019 as Supplier of the Year (Doer category) by Smart Meetings.

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How The Butterfly Club Nets 5.4x ROAS With Eventbrite Boost and Champions Rising Performing Artists in Melbourne

Eventbrite

Whether your theater of choice is comedy, burlesque or drama, The Butterfly Club is your ticket. Tucked down a laneway in Melbourne’s central business district, The Butterfly Club stages a staggering 10 live shows a day in a kitsch-packed building from the 1930s. “It looks like it was built by a drunk architect,” says The […].

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Cultural Festivals and Celebrations to Check Out in Los Cabos

Business Traveler USA

There are many reasons to come back to Los Cabos, even for the first time. As international travel makes its long-awaited return, Los Cabos is there to welcome eager vacationers with packages and possibilities that serve every taste, need and dream. And now that masks are off, the festivals are on and ready to make a trip to Los Cabos that much more memorable with gatherings and tournaments in motion every month of the year.

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How hospitality students see their future in the industry

EHL Insights

Survey insights that explore how the hospitality industry is currently offering both opportunities and drawbacks in the eyes of today's young hospitality students. If the post-Covid labor shortage is to pick up, all key stakeholders must collaborate closely to refresh areas ranging from curriculums to working hours.

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Great Meetings Happen at Hyatt Zilara and Hyatt Ziva

Smart Meetings

Plan with Confidence. All-inclusive Hyatt Zilara and Ziva luxury resorts line the most spectacular shores in Mexico and the Caribbean and have each been designed to deliver extraordinary events and guest experiences for savvy planners and their participants. With the uncompromising group services one can expect from the Hyatt brand and the value and convenience of an all-inclusive resort, adults-only Hyatt Zilara and all-ages Hyatt Ziva are the ideal destinations for your next programs. .

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How Two Women-Owned Businesses Get the Most Out of Eventbrite

Eventbrite

For women entrepreneurs, who may face challenges such as gender discrimination and harassment on top of everyday business demands, a service like Eventbrite offers a handy combination of control and automation. This puts greater autonomy and power in your hands — and a full range of easy-to-use tools at your fingertips — to make building […].

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3 Steps to Impactful Data Storytelling

Convene by PCMA

Communicating data is better done through storytelling, says author and presentation expert Nancy Duarte. (Courtesy Duarte Inc.). Technology has advanced to the point where “every person, place, or thing or idea, can be measured and tracked in some way,” Nancy Duarte writes in her 2019 book DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story. But without identifying the story emerging from the data, she writes, it’s of little or no value.

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19 Things To Do In Tempe For Business Travelers

Hotel Engine

Tempe, Arizona, is a rising star among corporate travel destinations. Over the past two decades, Tempe has actively competed with bigger cities like New York and San Francisco for a share of business and leisure tourism. Located in the Phoenix metro area, Tempe is convenient to access via air travel and public transportation. Because of Tempe’s investments to draw more business travelers, it has a lot to offer as a destination for business meetings, conferences and employee retreats.

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Meetings get unconventional in Connecticut.

Smart Meetings

Plan with Confidence. From unexpected meeting spaces to a wide range of unique experiences, Connecticut serves up an entire state of ways to meet memorably. Here, you can hold your meeting aboard a historic schooner…at a ballpark…on a carousel…in an aquarium…or at one of the world’s largest casinos. Offer attendees a mix of modern and historical, with top dining options throughout the entire state.

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How The Butterfly Club Nets 5.4x ROAS With Eventbrite Boost and Champions Rising Performing Artists in Melbourne

Eventbrite

Whether your theater of choice is comedy, burlesque or drama, The Butterfly Club is your ticket. Tucked down a laneway in Melbourne’s central business district, The Butterfly Club stages a staggering 10 live shows a day in a kitsch-packed building from the 1930s. “It looks like it was built by a drunk architect,” says The […]. The post How The Butterfly Club Nets 5.4x ROAS With Eventbrite Boost and Champions Rising Performing Artists in Melbourne appeared first on Eventbrite Blog.

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The recovery of conference tourism confirmed by data from the Italian Survey of Conferences and Events

Travel Daily News

The Italian Survey of Conferences and Events [Osservatorio Italiano dei Congressi e degli Eventi-OICE] was presented in Rome. The research promoted by Federcongressi&eventi and conducted by the Graduate School of Economics and International Relations of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – ASERI confirms the recovery of the conference and events industry.

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Wellness Check for Spaces & Places

Special Events

Use this wellness checklist to guarantee a health-conscious event

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(1/10) How To Define Clear Goals for Your Corporate Events

Eventtia

Event marketing is part of most corporate growth playbooks. In 2021, companies spent almost 9% of their marketing budget on events. If a corporation allocates $5,000,000 annually to fuel its marketing strategy, $450,000 will be dedicated to running events. Considering such a significant investment, the company leaders will obviously expect a positive ROI.

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How Two Women-Owned Businesses Get the Most Out of Eventbrite

Eventbrite

For women entrepreneurs, who may face challenges such as gender discrimination and harassment on top of everyday business demands, a service like Eventbrite offers a handy combination of control and automation. This puts greater autonomy and power in your hands — and a full range of easy-to-use tools at your fingertips — to make building […]. The post How Two Women-Owned Businesses Get the Most Out of Eventbrite appeared first on Eventbrite Blog.

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Utrecht, a healthy city and region thanks to incentive fund knowledge events

Travel Daily News

With the Incentive Fund Knowledge Events, the Province of Utrecht invests in the acquisition of multi-day national and international scientific conferences that reflect on a healthy city and region for everyone.

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Four Tips for a Stellar Gala Award Submission

Special Events

Follow this advice for your best shot at a Gala Award

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No Design Needed: What is a Furnished Apartment?

Redfin

For many first time renters and seasoned renters alike, designing your apartment or rental home is the way to put your stamp on the place. Whether that’s through meaningful art, choosing a color scheme, or just buying your first set of dishes, furnishing your own space can turn a new apartment into a “home.” However, there are apartments that don’t require any design skills and are move-in ready.

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Negotiating Hotel Contracts

Brightspot Incentive Events

When negotiating hotel contracts, it is fair to say things have changed. There are new rules, clauses, and regulations to be mindful of. If the pandemic taught us anything, it was that nothing is predictable, and everything needs to be flexible. . Both hotels and those sourcing hotels have strong interests in protecting their bottom line, but they can’t forget they must also provide their clients a first-class experience.

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The Sky’s the Limit for Events in Greater Fort Lauderdale

Convene by PCMA

Sparrow, on the 25th floor of The Dalmar Hotel, has a 1960s flair with Midcentury Modern-inspired furnishings. It is one of many rooftop event spaces in Greater Fort Lauderdale. When the new Omni Fort Lauderdale headquarters hotel being built adjacent to the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center opens in 2025, the property’s rooftop bar and terrace — an event space 29 stories up — will offer guests dramatic views overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway all the way to Fort Lauder

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