Smart Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2023

At least, according to a recent survey from the event management technology company Bizzabo that showed in-person conferences are once again the darling for attendees and organizers alike. Read More: Will B2B Adopt B2C Strategies to Retain Post-Covid Audiences? That’s what attendees are expecting,” said McCullough.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 27, 2021

Following is a case study of how health verification was used and tips for managing expectations effectively. That process created a bubble of people who had been cleared in the space, something Resort Area General Manager Sean Verney explained the hotel pioneered when it hosted Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2020.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

And how will the COVID-19 pandemic continuously impact us in 2021? And after surveying hundreds of people, we got a ton of great insights! This chunk of the 2021 event trends guide paints an accurate picture of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect. How many people planned a virtual event last year?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 4, 2021

Whether ‘tis better to brave the slings and arrows of medical data privacy and ask people if they have been vaccinated or welcome everyone and suffer the possibility of infecting someone with a possibly deadly disease (to borrow a framework from Shakespeare)? Legal Precedent.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 22, 2023

Forey Erickson is a Travel Program Manager out of our Traverse City, Michigan office, and she definitely embodies the “Pure Michigan” vibe! I am a Travel Program Manager. What do you like about being a Travel Program Manager? What’s something you want to share about the people you work with at Motivation Excellence?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Covid-19 hit West Hollywood, California , affecting more than 36,000 residents, causing business to shut down and forcing city hall to shutter operations, cutting off communication to the community—and the only means its citizens had to give input on city issues. People enjoy the platform and communicating with us.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

Sheaks, attorney, author and faculty legal advisor for International Association of Venue Managers to break down the major legal challenges meeting profs should be aware of in 2023. Because there’s too much gray area and especially after Covid, courts really cracked down on this. Look, if it wasn’t in there, this doesn’t cover it.

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ETC Corporate

JULY 8, 2021

Improvements in vaccination rates and the introduction of the EU Digital COVID Certificate provides hope for tourism rebound in Europe for the summer months. Meanwhile, downside risks linger following the surge in infections of the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant, which could force the return of travel restrictions.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Be it conversations around COVID-19 vaccination or cyber-security , there are many ways to look at safety at events. If you do not have a properly trained professional AV and production team, it is more likely elements of your event will go wrong and peoples’ safety could be at risk. Safety is by no means a result of luck.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Eventgoers and event planners alike are running full steam ahead in this new day-to-day norm we are all living in with the Covid-19 virus. People are eager to get back to it, and consequentially, downtown Albany continues to awaken from its intermission. Electric bill aside, that’s a good thing.

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ETC Corporate

OCTOBER 7, 2021

COVID-19 still acts as a deterrent for many long-haul travellers; however, the travel outlook has improved since autumn 2020. Effectiveness in managing COVID-19 will drive travellers’ destination choice in the coming months with places with a low number of cases prioritised.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

United for Business , the Chicago-based airline’s international offering for groups of 10 or more accessible through its United Jetstream dashboard, offers travel waivers, self-serve rebooking, plus information about sanitation and Covid restrictions. That way meeting organizers can track, manage and identify trends in travel usage.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

We asked each of the individuals recognized, “What Covid lesson will help you succeed going forward?” Alicia Learner , visitor information services manager, Travel Juneau : The ability to pivot and adapt to a constantly changing situation. It should be a perpetual pillar in any destination management organization.

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Endless Events

JULY 24, 2020

Speaking of hybrid events, if you want more tips and tricks on how to better integrate virtual event aspects into people’s daily lives, check out our Virtual Event/Life Balance Webinar! Now, virtual needs to step aside and make way for the new superstar of Covid-19: HYBRID. Hybrid, Hybrid, Hybrid. Two months ago?

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Endless Events

MARCH 2, 2021

Yup, COVID. From raising money for a good cause to bringing thousands of people together, check out what they did right! But at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tomorrowland took advantage of people’s pressing need for escapism and entertainment, and voilá – Tomorrowland Around The World was born.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Covid-19’s impact on the hospitality industry has pushed the industry to get creative. Covid] pushed people to innovate more, especially in our industry, which is one of the most resilient industries anyway. For meeting planners on the go who don’t want to stay at the airport for hours, they can work in a hotel room.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2022

We’ve had a great opportunity to slow down and really think about what was working, what wasn’t, and how to bring things back even better than before—and now we get to act on that.”. – Chris Riggins , destination marketing manager, Destination Bryan . It is wonderful to see more and more meetings going in a sustainable direction.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2021

With this and ever-changing rules and regulations about Covid-19 safety, what is a meeting professional to do? Here we will touch on one aspect: post-Covid site inspection preparedness. Find out how the venue managed during the height of Covid. Find out how the venue managed during the height of Covid.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All across the country, we’re seeing an increasing number of convention centers and hotels tackling this new challenge whilst simultaneously attempting to reduce the damage made by the COVID-19 pandemic. And this has a lot of implications for our industry.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 29, 2021

There has never been a greater need for people and communities everywhere to come together to confront our economic and social challenges,” PCMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat said in a press release. Business events have the power to do just that, and we need localized presence by region with impactful leaders to make it happen.”.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 24, 2023

If Covid-19 has taught us anything, it is that we must be cognizant of the health, well-being, and safety of people attending in-person events. It’s imperative that event managers and corporate leaders have risk-mitigating strategies for an outbreak of illness, injuries, or other emergency situations.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism Management , says top executives from major brands are calling him to personally interview college students because they are desperate for employees to clean rooms and check people in. Employers are having trouble finding people with the right skill set,” he says.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The definition of “risk” has grown beyond the traditional definitions of financial, operational, reputational and security issues meeting professionals checked off their list as they prepared to bring people together in days of old. You have to be aware of what people are hearing and communicate accordingly,” she said. Defining Risk.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Loretta Yingling, CMP, entered the hospitality industry at 19 years old, working in front office and operations, not soon after a representative from a hospitality program at a local business school visited her high school and spoke to her class. Now, she works as the national sales manager at Visit Raleigh. “18 Don’t worry!”

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

Watch the full interview with Bettina Mumenthaler, Head of the Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau UK/Ireland here: The first stop on the site visit was Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA, and I interviewed Maximilian von Reden, General Manager. Pre COVID-19, approximately 800 events took place at the hotel annually.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 27, 2022

We might be over the biggest obstacles that COVID-19 has thrown at us (at least we can hope so), but in-person attendance is still nowhere as high as it was pre-2020. I believe in events – bringing people together definitely works. “You tell me that there’s going to be 10,000 people and I get 25% of that.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

After a nearly two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the events industry returned in all its glory this year. Hold your event in the daylight hours or outside venues (and get an extra point for COVID compliance). And finally, lean on your trusted event management partners to make the most of your event budget in 2023.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 24, 2021

The past year has undoubtedly been the year of virtual events, thanks to Covid-19. Many virtual event management services use software to calculate the ROI and performance of an event to determine its success. But it’s essential to compare the number of people who registered with how many actually showed up.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 8, 2023

Smart Meeting spoke with Ken Holsinger, senior vice president of strategy at the event management company Freeman, to pinpoint how data can be used to enhance the event experience for all ages. Lesson 4: The Covid Factor The Covid-19 pandemic is still a major factor in how some people are choosing to attend events and age may play a role.

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Endless Events

MAY 5, 2022

It saves time, optimizes event management , boosts engagement, and thus makes event marketing more profitable. Event technology allows attendees to message each other before, during, and after the event , making it easier than ever for people to network. . People can communicate, watch content at their leisure, and attend webinars. .

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

We had no choice,” says Bob Vaez, founder and CEO of event software platform EventMobi , speaking about the turn to virtual events and meetings during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s really hard to try to record a gala ceremony and get people to watch that online,” he explains.

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Endless Events

JULY 10, 2020

While people in the U.S. For people and businesses turning to TikTok to jump on the latest Gen-Z trend, we might want to rethink that course of action. With most public firework displays being canceled to help stop large amounts of people from gathering, people took it upon themselves to light up the sky.

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InEvent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Even though the COVID-19 pandemic is long behind us, hybrid and virtual events are here to stay. Organisations continue to host virtual events because they are accessible to more people, give attendees much-needed flexibility and are affordable for those on a tight budget.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 9, 2020

I dove headfirst into books and articles that taught me how to be a better manager and have learned a lot about myself and my team along the way. If nothing else, this last quarter helped me understand the things that are truly important within a company: the people and the culture. And now, The Weekly Soundcheck! ??

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 16, 2023

The post Business events sector welcomes end to COVID restrictions appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Business Events Industry Aotearoa welcomes the lifting of all New Zealand’s COVID-19 restrictions from 15 August 2023. It is time to draw a line under COVID and move forward.”

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He imagined himself alongside the heroes of Top Gun, living a fast-paced life, helping people through service and enjoying days on the beach. He attended Texas Tech University to earn a degree in Hospitality in RHIM (Restaurant, Hotel & Institutional Management). In 2006, he earned his CMP certification from EIC.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Covid-19 Recovery Roundup. Just in time for the second season of CNN’s smash hit, “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” the country has announced a relaxation of Covid restrictions. The Covid test on arrival will be eliminated along with tests on days four and 10 of a traveler’s stay.

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