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The 14 Most Important KPIs for Event Audience Engagement

Endless Events

So, you’re planning a big event for your company — kudos to you! Event planning isn’t for the faint of heart; you certainly have a lot on your plate. Not only do you need to host a fantastic event , but you also need to prove that your event will get results. Let’s figure out how to measure your event audience engagement. . You want to kick off an event that not only delights attendees but also delivers quantifiable results for your brand.

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Meetings Uncovered

Smart Meetings

Editor’s Note: This is the first edition of Meetings Uncovered—Smart Meetings’ newest column focused on keeping you up to speed with the latest news in the hospitality industry. . Orlando Health, Visit Orlando Form Official Wellness Partnership. A new partnership connecting leisure and medical health experts has taken shape between the Official Tourism Association for Orlando, Visit Orlando, and Orlando Health, offering health-related benefits to Orlando’s millions of visitors as the

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Event design ideas inspired by my visit to Art Basel 2022

The MICE Blog

In recent years I’ve developed an interest in art, architecture and design. My interest deepened in large part from working with MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) destinations and venues that focused on these topics. Through site visits, interviews and conversations, I was able to familiarise myself with prominent names and works in the architecture and design world.

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techsy Bytes: Liz riffs on Giving Attendee Lists to Sponsors

Techsytalk

ENOUGH with the attendee list sharing! In this short episode, Liz talks through why sharing your attendee list with sponsors has to stop. How can we help our sponsors be more creative in their approach to a winning partnership? We’d also LOVE to hear what you think! Click here to listen to the episode.

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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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How to Plan A Smooth Solo Business Trip

Traveler's Q

Business travel can be stressful at times. An executive not only has to deal with traveling, but they also have to keep a schedule of meetings and conferences, and do any work they may have pending. As travel itself has evolved with this frantic world, the way you can handle business travel has evolved, as well. We have compiled a list of travel tips that can help your next business travel trip go more smoothly.

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Las Vegas Loop Continues to Expand

Smart Meetings

The electric-powered train keeps moving in Las Vegas. The Boring Company has launched its second loop station in Resorts World Las Vegas, nearby Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), as part of the brand’s plan to build 55 stations along a 29-mile system that will run through The Strip, Allegiant Stadium and eventually to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), known as the Vegas Loop.

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techsy Bytes: Liz riffs on Giving Attendee Lists to Sponsors

Techsytalk

ENOUGH with the attendee list sharing! In this short episode, Liz talks through why sharing your attendee list with sponsors […].

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My Top Digital Tools for Learning 2022

Conferences that Work

Since 2007, Jane Hart has compiled an annual Top Digital Tools for Learning List from the results of public surveys. Looking at the trends over time provides a useful overview of the tools that people are using to learn. In addition, her lists and annual analyses allow readers to discover new useful tools. Here’s my contribution: my ten top digital tools for learning in 2022, with brief descriptions of why and how I use them, plus some additional tools I’d sorely miss and a promisi

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Five Ways to Create an Unforgettable Event

Smart Meetings

Meeting profs are driven by a desire to create a memorable experience for their attendees. Whether that be fantastic decorations, exceptional live entertainment or even introducing an eclectic menu, planners are creative thinkers who design events with the intent of appealing to attendees. With the return of in-person events and new technologies developed for hybrid and remote platforms, meeting professionals have more opportunities than ever to engage and excite attendees.

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Diversity Is an Important Part of Event Planners’ Destination Choices?

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: Diversity, equity, and inclusion are strategic business imperatives event planners look at when choosing the site of their next gathering. Demographics and the political climate are also important facets of a destination being considered for an event. — Lisa Skriloff Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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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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PCEB to host its annual roadshow in India in 2023: Gunasekeran

Travel Daily Media

The post PCEB to host its annual roadshow in India in 2023: Gunasekeran appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Ashwin Gunasekeran, the CEO of Penang Convention and Exhibition Bureau (PCEB ) said that Penang has been actively engaging with India since 2017 as its one of the fastest growing markets for Penang. HPCEB recently hosted a networking dinner for the members of the T ravel Agent Association of India (TAAI) at Angsana Teluk Bahang in Malaysia.

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Navigating Site Selection After the Dobbs Decision, from a Corporate Event Marketer’s Viewpoint

Convene by PCMA

Gigi Gleason, director of event operations at streamlinevents, takes part in a Town Hall discussion at CEMA Summit 2022. The session addressed, among other topics, how the abortion issue can affect event site selection. (Two Dudes Photo). On Aug. 8, PCMA convened a roundtable discussion among association planners and executives and DMO and convention center representatives on how to navigate events in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v.

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Caesars Entertainment Paves the Way to Elevated Experiences with Remastered Tour

Smart Meetings

To learn what meeting professionals value most as the industry emerges in the post-Covid world of gathering, Caesars Entertainment launched its Caesars Entertainment Remastered Tour— showcasing the company’s largest reinvestment year having spent hundreds of millions in 2022 on upgrading their venues across the U.S. while gathering extensive feedback.

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Apprenticeships Seeing a Renaissance Amidst Event Industry Jobs Crisis

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: Staffing shortages continue to hurt the event industry, and employers across the globe are scrambling to fill jobs. In the U.S. alone, there are around 10.7 million vacancies. Can apprenticeships help the event industry find the staff it needs? — Paul Cook Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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PHA and HSMAI Asia Pacific to hold digital marketing conference on 13 Sept

Travel Daily Media

The post PHA and HSMAI Asia Pacific to hold digital marketing conference on 13 Sept appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Phuket Hotels Association (PHA) and HSMAI Asia Pacific have partnered to hold a digital marketing conference, for Hotels & Resorts. The conference is slated to take place at Banyan Tree Phuket from 2pm to 5pm on 13 September 2022.

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Peggy Daidakis Reflects on a Long Career in Venue Management

Convene by PCMA

Peggy Daidakis, who is retiring as executive director of the Baltimore Convention Center this year, has worked at there since before its official opening in 1979. In 1978, Peggy Daidakis joined the Baltimore Convention Center just ahead of the facility’s grand opening in 1979. Just eight years later, Daidakis stepped into the role of executive director — the first woman to do so at a U.S. convention center.

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New and Renovated: Convention Stays and Premium Lounges

Smart Meetings

Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. After several years of work, the final phase of renovations is complete at Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. The $4 million refresh of the meeting and event spaces and addition of the Sheraton Club mark the total transformation of Arizona’s largest hotel. The property is a short walk from the Phoenix Convention Center. Meeting attendees at Sheraton Phoenix Downtown will find new lounge-style seating in the pre-function spaces.

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5 Event Tech Tools to Know

Stova

Techn ology is one of the most important event planning tools you can use to execute engaging events. The latest event tech not only makes planning less stressful, but helps you to streamline your operations, improve your attendee experience, simplify post-event data analysis, and boost ROI for all stakeholders, including your sponsors and exhibitors.

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A Passion and a Loyal Community May Help The Last Bookstore Live Forever

Eventbrite

There’s a cinematic element to The Last Bookstore tale, so it’s apt that it’s in Los Angeles. Book shops often worm their way into film and fiction – from “You’ve Got Mail” to The Neverending Story – but this one boasts a particular fantastical charm. A noir red neon light denotes the corner of downtown […].

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Rosen Shingle Creek: Orlando’s Destination for Personalized Service, Attention to Detail & Breezy Summer Evenings

Convene by PCMA

Boasting two AAA Four Diamond restaurants; an Arnold Palmer Design 18-hole golf course; a luxurious, full-service spa; and 540,000 square feet of impressive, elegant, high-tech meeting space might be enough for some venues to rest on their laurels. But that’s not how founder Harris Rosen does business at Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando. Rosen Shingle Creek offers the best of all worlds for executives, meetings planners and guests from the moment they step foot on property to the moment they

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Tripadvisor Survey Reveals America’s Favorite Fall Destinations

Smart Meetings

Every season, Tripadvisor conducts a survey of its users to learn about the latest travel trends domestically and internationally. The pent-up demand for travel has outweighed rising temperatures and inflation, setting up this fall for continued leisure travel. Labor Day weekend will be the most popular period for American travelers, Tripadvisor predicts.

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Hotel Engine Welcomes New VP of Sales

Hotel Engine

We are pleased to announce a new leader to our sales organization: Christine Canfield , Vice President of Sales! Overseeing the acquisition of all net new business, Christine will head up Hotel Engine’s Account Executive, Sales Development and Sales Enablement teams. A purpose-driven leader with a proven track record of delivery, Christine comes to Hotel Engine with prior experience successfully leading large teams at Iron Mountain and Johnson Controls.

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9 Insider Tips for Scaling Up Your Events

Eventbrite

Generating buzz around your events is thrilling — and might inspire you to create more events on a larger scale and at a faster pace. If you’re ready to scale up and don’t know how to get started, it’s helpful to tap into firsthand advice from creators who have already successfully grown their events. During […].

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Salary Transparency: One Way to Combat Gender Pay Inequity

Convene by PCMA

Gen Z workers are more likely to share their salary with fellow employees than older professionals are, a recent study shows. In the Salary Survey Convene conducted in 2019, we asked respondents whether they think pay inequity exists in the business events industry — two out of five planners said yes. While we didn’t ask this same question for our current survey, here’s an indication of gender inequity: In 2022, women earned, on average, more than $5,000 less than men — $102,763 vs. $97,425.

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What Are the Benefits of Using Crypto as a Meeting Prof?

Smart Meetings

“Do you have crypto?”. Surely this question—loaded with many assumptions about the character of the questioner—sounds familiar and either you or someone you know has been asked this or one of its many variations. The world of cryptocurrencies is marked by varying sentiments across the board, from talk of its advantages and benefits to feelings of skepticism and hesitance.

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What Data Should You be Tracking for Your Next Corporate Event

BCD Meetings & Events

This article first appeared on The Collective by BCD M&E. There’s a wealth of data at your fingertips when delivering events - from the attendee information you gather at registration to post-event analysis. These data points can help to guide every element of event design - from how a teaser campaign is performing to which speaker resonated best with your audience.

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Picking the Right Social Media Platform for Your Event Marketing

Eventbrite

Cultivating a social media presence is an essential part of your event marketing strategy. According to Smart Insights, 58.4% of the global population uses social media — for more than two hours a day. This presents a major opportunity for reaching your audience where they’re already hanging out. Experts widely agree: Social media should be […].

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The Dobbs Decision: Ways to Avoid Destination Boycotts

Convene by PCMA

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overruling Roe v. Wade has given many organizations another thorny issue to consider when deciding where to hold their events.(Sarah Penney on Unsplash). When the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in June, it not only took away the constitutional right to abortion, but also disrupted many organizations’ plans to hold their events in about half of the United States that now or will likely soon ban access to abortions.

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Conventions Return to Indianapolis and Las Vegas

Smart Meetings

Conventions are continuing to return and are even exceeding pre-pandemic numbers. The U.S. travel association shared how as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. saw a decline of $211 billion in business travel spending in 2020, with $97 billion of that loss due to the cancellation of professional meetings and events related travel spending. Indianapolis, Las Vegas, and numerous other cities have since bounced back and are reporting high occupancies and big convention numbers to prove that

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Top 10 Webinar Statistics to Help You Get Started

InEvent

Although webinars have been around for quite some time, their use has become much more frequent given the pandemic. What’s more, their popularity has risen in the ranks of digital marketing. With this in mind, we want to present you with ten webinar statistics to help you navigate this ever-increasingly popular branch of webinar marketing. … Post Top 10 Webinar Statistics to Help You Get Started showed as first in InEvent Blog.

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HSMAI Academy to hold a revenue & digital training workshop from 14-15 Sept

Travel Daily Media

The post HSMAI Academy to hold a revenue & digital training workshop from 14-15 Sept appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The two-day revenue and digital hotel training workshop program, specific to hotels and resorts, will be to be held for the first time in Phuket. It will be held from 14-15 September 2022, between 9am-5pm each day.

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4 Greater Lansing Meeting Spaces Your Team Will Never Forget

Convene by PCMA

The Broad Art Museum located on the campus of Michigan State University offers an immersive, creative space that attendees will love. Adding flavor to the basic event agenda could mean bringing in engaging speakers or flashy tech—but without memorable spaces, your event planning team could be falling short. Fortunately, Greater Lansing is home to a variety of unforgettable meeting spots.

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Pathways to Clarity Survey

Smart Meetings

Powered by Smart Meetings and IMEX Group. The good news is that meeting professionals are busy planning events of all types again. The challenge is that these programs must navigate a complex maze of issues around lack of availability at venues, inflationary prices on everything from chicken to hotel rooms, increased technology lift, social change, and staffing shortages all the way around.

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Hybrid Event Do’s and Don’ts From Real World Experience

Meet Green

We’ve been pursuing hybrid elements for our future-minded clients here at MeetGreen for nearly a decade. During the pandemic, we took the opportunity to turn our full attention to defining and refining our virtual events processes. With the return to in-person events becoming more common over the last year, we had the chance to bring the lessons we learned from true virtual events to in-person events to create rich hybrid experiences for our clients in the Spring of 2022.

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Wedding vows at Six Senses Kocata? Mansions, Istanbul

Travel Daily Media

The post Wedding vows at Six Senses Kocata? Mansions, Istanbul appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Six Senses Kocata? Mansions, Istanbul, opens its signature wedding venues. Located in the Sariyer district of Istanbul’s European side, the unique wedding venue is surrounded by laurel trees and enjoys 270-degree Bosphorus views. With a spacious outdoor venue of 8,611 square feet (800 square meters) and an indoor venue of 4,305 square feet (400 square meters), Six Senses Kocata?

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