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Post-Pandemic Events: The Contactless Way

Endless Events

Post-pandemic events: what will they look like? Well, amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 fears and the spread of it, mega-events such as the 2020 Olympics, F8 for Facebook, Ceraweek, Zoom, and Zendesk have canceled their events. And w hile 66% say that they have postponed their events, 25% of events are being rescheduled for September or later. The second half of 2020, however, looks positive.

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Guide for a Great July 4th Weekend

Motivation Excellence

The upcoming holiday is typically a time of great fun with family and friends, and it’s especially nice when it falls over the weekend. Things may be a little different this year, but we have a few tips for making July 4 th festive despite closures and social distancing restrictions. Make Use of Patriotic Décor. Even if you don’t usually do much decorating, this year may be a great time to start.

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Prognosis on recovery for Incentive Travel: it’s a cruciate injury, it’ll take time

Pádraic Gilligan

by Pádraic Gilligan, Chief Marketing Officer, SITE & Managing Partner, SoolNua Prognosis for recovery of Incentive Travel Maybe it’s a lame analogy but here goes anyway. Today’s incentive travel industry is like an elite athlete who has just done her cruciate ligament. When the crunch happens she knows it’s serious but hopes, at the same.

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Please don’t call them virtual meetings

Conferences that Work

I’ve been noticing a strange trend, ever since COVID-19 caused just about all bread and butter meetings to vanish. Suddenly, people are calling the meetings we’re holding these days virtual meetings. In the immortal words of Bob Newhart. Stop it! Virtual. I’m sorry, but when I think of a virtual meeting, this comes to mind…. …together with content like this….

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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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CDC Guidelines For Events

Endless Events

It’s time to talk about safety – and that means CDC guidelines for events. Because in a world where COVID-19 is still present, planners need to start getting up to date with the program. As the economy starts opening back up, the events industry has to keep up with the measures put in place to protect people. Hybrid events will come into play.

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How to Transform Your Home Office into a Virtual Main Stage

Eventtia

For those of us taking our events online, one of the biggest challenges that we’re faced with is delivering a powerful attendee experience all from our very own homes.

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How to Master Virtual Event Time Zone Planning

Stova

Have you ever thought something was simple and then, pow ! You get into the nitty gritty and realize that it’s not nearly as straightforward as you thought? Planning an international virtual event with live sessions in different time zones is a great example. After recently helping a client in the software industry host a 3-day virtual event with over 60,000 attendees from around the world, we’ve learned a thing or two about how complex time zones can get.

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Food Waste In The Events Industry: Solving The Issue

Endless Events

Over the past year, sustainability has become top of mind for planners. And the events industry as a whole has doubled down on efforts to become greener. It’s up to us as an industry that tends to create so much waste to improve. Part of this sustainability trend also refers to food waste in the events industry. And this is an issue that doesn’t get addressed nearly as much as it should.

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Making Lemonade From Lemons

Best Corporate Events

When the Going got tough…We got Virtual. We were in our groove, delivering nearly 1,000 events in 2019, all across America, while maintaining our #1 ranked Customer TrustScore of 4.9/5.0. Then, the Live Events Industry collapsed and vanished in an instant. The calm actually allowed us to reflect. We’d been so busy for so long delivering In-Person events that we didn’t have time for much else.

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Coronavirus: Setting the New Standard of Event Safety

Special Events

This experiential agency now offers its GDXtra standard for event safety.

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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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7 Ways Businesses Can Approach Hybrid Events [Guest Post]

Eventtia

Hybrid events are here to stay—especially with the current state of the world.

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What It Takes To Plan An Event In A Post-Pandemic World

Endless Events

?? The Best of the Best: What Comes Next: Post-Pandemic Events: The Contactless Way. Sponsorship Series Pt. 2: 28 Virtual Event Sponsorship Ideas! ? Worried you might be missing something while planning your virtual event? We’ve got you covered with our Free Virtual Event Planning Checklist! So we got a dog? ??. A little over a week ago, in the weirdest turn of events ever… my family and I acquired a dog.

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Summer Party Ideas: 7 Safe and Festive Ways to Host a Small, Outdoor Gathering

BizBash

Want to host a small gathering this summer? Follow these best practices to keep your guests safe and socially distanced.

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HTNG: What Hospitality Technology Next Generation Is and How It Works

AltexSoft Travel

Comfort, safety, cleanliness, rest, food, and drinks — these are the things we expect under the broad umbrella of lodging. And we often get them. The hospitality industry evolved into various businesses that propose different customer experiences by adopting new technologies, practices, and cultural trends. The adoption of, say, IoT devices gave us new ways to collect and process data.

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The Keys for Event Pros to Stand Out from the Competition

Special Events

Tips for event pros to stand out from their competition.

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Reimagining the 2020 FICP Annual Conference: Adjusting Our Best-laid Plans (Part 2)

FICP

In the first post (part 1) in the new Reimagining the 2020 FICP Annual Conference series, I introduced some of the adjustments the 2020 FICP Annual Conference Event Team were making with our.

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Unique Perspective – ITALY DMC Events Chat with Jessica

Unique World Global Destinations

Event Experiences in San Vigilio di Marebbe. It goes without saying that the last three months in Rome have been quite surreal, but I bring you amazing news – Italy is now open from 20th July! On March 9th all of Italy went into a very strict lockdown – virtually everything was closed and one of the most visited cities in the world, Rome, became a ghost town.

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Program Primer: The A-MAZE-ING Find

Hello DMC

A truly fun and interactive experience, “The A-MAZE-ING Find” had guests twist and turn through a maze-designed event space while discovering hidden treasures along the way. With a sense of intrigue and mystery, guests never knew what excitement awaited them around the corner. Hello! Florida (South) produced this familiarization trip event, otherwise known as a FAM, for an association of event professionals hosted by the JW Turnberry Resort and Spa in Miami.

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MEETINGS 2021 to return to Christchurch

Travel Daily Media

The post MEETINGS 2021 to return to Christchurch appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The countdown for MEETINGS 2021 in ?tautahi Christchurch has begun with the announcement of new dates for New Zealand’s premier business events exhibition run by Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ). MEETINGS 2021 will be held this time next year, on 30 June and 1 July 2021, at Te Pae Christchurch, the city’s new world-class convention centre.

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Introducing 2020 FICP Strategic Partners

FICP

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) is pleased to recognize its 2020 Strategic Partners. Strategic partnership allows FICP to deliver added value to its meetings professional.

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Reimagining the 2020 FICP Annual Conference: Adjusting Our Best-laid Plans (Part 1)

FICP

Any volunteer who is familiar with the process for planning FICP’s Annual Conference can tell you that work begins more than a year in advance to determine event goals, outline educational and.