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Canada Unveils Financial Incentives to Draw Conventions, Exhibitions

MeetingsNet

Over the next three years, Canadian cities that are making bids on conventions and trade shows from the U.S. A large fund from the national government is now available to destinations making bids to host larger events from outside the country. and elsewhere can tap into a new $36.75

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Get Ready for a Human-centered IMEX America 2023

Smart Meetings

Learning tracks cover challenges that keep meeting professionals up at night When what is expected to be the largest crowd ever for an events industry trade show arrives at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in October for IMEX America 2023 , the focus will squarely be on connecting people in new, effective ways.

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Marriott’s ‘Meet with Momentum’ Creates Community Like None Other

Smart Meetings

Trade Show at Meet with Momentum The panel discussed at length how to curate experiences that are not cookie-cutter—it gives planners a reason to stay on property and is an opportunity to involve the local community.

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The Meetings Industry Association exhibits at IMEX for first time

Travel Daily Media

The trade association will be using Europe’s largest trade show for the global business meetings and events sector to raise the profile of its AIM accreditation to international buyers and industry peers. This helps inform and drive future mia activities as well as our quarterly state of the sector research mia Insights.”

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New BLTM trade show debuts in India

Travel Daily Media

The post New BLTM trade show debuts in India appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Smaller table-top shows have been organised in the past,” remarked Sanjiv Agarwal, chairman of Fairfest Media, which organises the BLTM. The post New BLTM trade show debuts in India appeared first on Travel Daily.

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New Report: Business Travelers Plan to Attend Events Soon

MeetingsNet

In the report, titled Business Travel Tracker, there’s one result that should make the meetings and events industry breathe a sigh of relief: Of the 88 percent of business travelers who plan to take at least one business trip before October, 84 percent of them expect at least one of their trips to be for a meeting, convention, or trade show.

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How the IMEX Crowd Prioritizes Human Beings at Events

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings walked the trade show floor asking people how they help put attendee humanity at the center of event agendas and found that caring for guests is something everyone is focusing on in 2023. This is stimulation overload,” she said, indicating the trade show floor around her. “By