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How to Plan Multilingual Virtual Events

Stova

Virtual event software is becoming more and more sophisticated, enabling experiences that surprise and awe audiences. With this, organizers are doubling and in some cases, tripling their pre-COVID-19 events attendance, attracting international participants from across the globe.

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Breaking Barriers: Translation & Captioning For Events

Endless Events

The pandemic ushered in an era of far more inclusive and accessible virtual events and made us re-evaluate some of the event-planning practices we started to take for granted. We learned a very valuable lesson the hard way: an event on the other side of the world can impact the entire globe. Yes, you read that right.

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How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers

Smart Meetings

Megan Finnell is director of meetings and conferences for Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Timothy Simpson is brand and engagement chief strategist with Design Studio by Maritz Global Events. Read More: 8 Ways to Measure Virtual Event Performance and ROI .

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Asia Is Opening Up to International Events—Slowly

Smart Meetings

7-9 in the country, following two months of virtual events, cancelled when logistics couldn’t be overcome. Since then, KLCC has hosted nearly 300 in-person events that amounted to roughly 200,000 attendees. Other Asian countries, such as Singapore, have had relatively minimal levels of regulation. But challenges remain.

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Pain Point Number 1: Rising Costs

MeetingsNet

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. Others commented that lack of routes/availability also affect the decision around chosen program destinations.”

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CES Leans into Hybrid Meeting Format in Uncertain Times

Smart Meetings

This is a tech conference, after all—participants know how to manage virtual events. Chris Meyer, CEO of Chris Meyer Global and consultant for CLEAR, is currently planning to be at CES in person, because he has confidence in the organization. “I Safety is the watchword for everyone involved in this global event.

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Smart Moves in Lahaina, Tampa and More

Smart Meetings

With 20 years of hospitality and business development experience, Arrogante most recently worked for Maritz Global Events as its global event strategist. London event management company Hubilo Technologies Inc. Visit Carlsbad welcomed Arrogante as business development manager.