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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. The following conditions apply: • The event must be related to one of six business sectors: advanced manufacturing, agribusiness, digital industries, natural resources, life sciences, or finance/insurance. •

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Experts: Travel Industry Could Coast Through Recession

Smart Meetings

Christian Savelli Hospitality industry watcher Chris Meyer, who recently returned from SISO CEO Summit Conference in Las Vegas, agreed that conference organizer executives who attended were largely upbeat even though they are looking at the same recession indicators—an inverted Treasury yield curve, shrinking manufacturing and buying power.

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Revolutionizing Event Experiences with Virtual Reality: An Exploration of Innovative VR Ideas

Traveler's Q

By integrating VR into events, organizers can create unique and immersive experiences that leave a lasting impression on attendees. Furthermore, virtual tours enable organizers to provide an unforgettable experience for attendees and can help to differentiate their events from the competition.

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America’s executives: Face-to-face meetings grow revenue

Travel Daily News

WASHINGTON – Face-to-face meetings and business travel creates measurable benefits for companies and organizations – from increased revenue to lasting and effective professional relationships. How some organizations around the U.S. This is the message the U.S. This is the message the U.S.

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Spotlighting Trust in 2024

Convene by PCMA

Words like “authenticity” have been buzzy for a while now, but the weird thing is, people and organizations keep trying to figure out how to appear what they believe will seem “authentically” — whatever they think their audience values — rather than being who and what they actually are. Are you in?

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When Marketing an Event, Advertise Outside Your Lane

Convene by PCMA

In light of this major trend and a large retiring workforce, event organizers must continue to prioritize finding and appealing to prospective trade-show and conference attendees who may not be aware of their events. Read: Wasted impressions equal wasted money.). 3 Considerations.

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Finding Event Registration Patterns

Convene by PCMA

So, during their time together last year, Louisville Tourism and its CAC — 24 association, corporate, trade-show, and special event meeting professionals who serve a two-year term — focused on registration data analysis and best communication and collaboration practices around these numbers to aid in industry recovery.