Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Staffing shortages, long security lines, delayed/canceled flights and less flights being scheduled are causing travel anxiety for planners. Smart Meetings breaks down the 2022 international travel buzz and gives travel tips to meet smart. UNTWO breakdown of global recovery rates of January-May 2022 against January-May 2021.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It’s time for round two of our partnership with MPI , and this time around, it’s all about event safety! Picking up on the number one trend in the industry, event safety, our host Will Curran sits down with two amazing guests. Are you ready to learn more about even safety? Safety And Security In The Event Industry.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2022

“Rest assured, now that we’ve delivered a successful IMEX America for 8,500 people under carefully controlled health and safety conditions, we’re on your side and confident in our experience and ability to deliver a business-strong, safe, secure and enjoyable 20th anniversary IMEX in Frankfurt this May.”.

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ADMEI

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Safety : Are you prepared for a crisis, from natural disasters to accidents to other emergencies? Protecting Against Risks Remember to secure your DMC partner at the beginning of your planning cycle to ensure that your bases are covered from the beginning. Courses are held throughout the year.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 9, 2023

How combining business and pleasure at a meeting creates a win-win Just because California boasts a $3.83 In fact, the state’s celebrated spirit of adventure—along with diverse geography for shipping, farming and outdoor activities—is part of the reason meeting there are so successful. Sacramento is the capital of that state.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The trend I’m keeping my eye on in 2024 is social media. But Dan Lyons, author of STFU: The Power of Keeping your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World has made me feel better about this. Social media companies use a business model that depends on keeping you online for as long as possible,” he writes. “To

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We want to help keep you up-to-date with the latest and greatest! Event Ideas to Keep It Weird and Make It Awesome! Serving Alcohol at Events: Best Practices To Ensure Safety & Tackle Potential Issues . Safety & Security In Events. Planning Sustainable Events: How We Can Solve Global Issues.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2022

COVID-19 compliance was a huge topic in 2021, and it will continue to be the backbone of event safety moving forward. Companies will increasingly focus on cyber hygiene, cyber security, and employee wellbeing. Work software and virtual meetings will keep on thriving. Working In The Events Industry In 2022. Remote Work.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 22, 2024

We still want to market our destinations as inclusive — how do we go about doing that and still attract meetings and groups in a state where there are either restrictions on coming to Florida or there is messaging saying, ‘You don’t belong here’? We cannot control the microphone, but we can take measures to keep our attendees safe.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 15, 2019

It only takes a few minutes of perusing news headlines to grasp how important event security is in this day and age. Safety and security is one of the biggest issues we have in our business currently and people are talking about it continually,” said Ben Goedegebuure, Vice President, Global General Manager of Maritz Global Events.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

If you’re hosting a paid event, you’ll need a software solution to handle transactions securely, offer multiple payment methods, and manage different ticketing tiers or discount codes. An efficient system that doesn’t break the bank yet meets all your needs is the ideal. Free or Paid Events Do you host free or paid events?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

To event planners, the answer should be a no-brainer: event timelines keep your event and the event planning process on track. Knowing what is a priority will help you manage your time better and keep you from feeling overwhelmed. However, if you’re planning a corporate meeting, six months might be all you need.

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Achieve Incentives

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In this blog, we walk you through a few of the surprise expenses our team has been encountering as we plan and lead incentive trips and meetings around the world. At the same time that they were suffering, they were also investing millions into their safety systems and infrastructure.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Returning to F2F, do alcohol and meetings still mix? A director of her client company got furious with her staff and event workers, made a huge scene, demanding to keep drinking when the bar closed. Faceplanted on the table during a global investigator meeting, causing four glass bottles to topple to the floor.”.

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Gavel International

MARCH 31, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes VERNON HILLS, IL – Today, Gavel International joins organizations across the globe to support the annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID, #GMID2022) held on April 7, 2022. Bozzelli’s comment echoes 84% of executives who state they see higher productivity when employees are meeting face-to-face. (1).

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

To keep afloat, hotels have had to adapt quickly to new regulations, redesigning spaces and enhancing cleaning to keep customers and staff safe. Here we explore the new safety measures that have fundamentally changed the guest experience. Keep It Clean. Guests, too, have changed their behavior.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 12, 2017

IMEX Group predicts the coming year will see meetings focus more on participant needs. The IMEX Group is predicting that meetings in 2018 will be all about bringing humanity back. Everyone is feeling more stress as our hyperconnected world keeps us constantly looped in on every issue, from terrorist acts to new technology.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

IATA or the International Air Transport Association is a global trade association of airlines (both freight and passenger carriers) that regulates the aviation industry by developing standards, procedures, and practices. For more details, keep reading. So, let’s talk about IATA – one of the main regulators of the aviation industry.

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 27, 2022

Hopes are high that most meetings and events will have an in-person component this year and beyond, but we know what happens to the best-laid plans. Update information everywhere to keep the message consistent across all channels. Rising security costs. Crowd safety. Communicate Changes As They Happen. Active shooters.

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Achieve Incentives

JUNE 17, 2021

As incentive planners, it is now up to us to lead events with two lenses: designing memorable – and often extravagant – experiences AND ensuring safety throughout the entire travel and event journey. Luxury & Safe : Shorter lines, smaller groups in security area. The experience can often be loud, crowded and overwhelming.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JANUARY 17, 2022

(*Emphasis on adults because the media often shares statistics on the total population, but children are not traveling for business meetings and club trips.). TO-DO LIST – MEETINGS . Virtual meetings changed content delivery over the last two years. Online meetings were 50% shorter because Zoom fatigue was a real symptom.

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Gavel International

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Reading Time: 7 minutes The first installment of this two-part series began with details about harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and the critical demand of sustainability requirements in meeting planning. Meeting Design Consider the format that is most likely to achieve the goals of the meeting.

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Eventtia

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Internal meeting: arguably the simplest form of corporate meeting, but that doesn’t make it less important than the other types. Some companies may hold a big and complex annual internal meeting with intricate agendas. Inherent health and safety risks. Securing Sponsorships. it’s a bowling competition.).

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AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 26, 2022

Another study on local experiences travel published in August this year shows that almost two-thirds (63 percent, more precisely) of global travelers want the money they spend on trips to benefit local communities. According to the latest report by the Global Wellness Institute, wellness tourism shrank by 39 percent during the pandemic.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The post AmEx Meetings & Events: “The challenge for planners now lies in making more out of what they have” appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Yesterday CWT Meetings & Events published their predictions of the MICE industry in 2020. ” Gerardo Tejado. North America.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 15, 2022

Alex Zapple , CMP, CEM, DES, Director for Meetings and Member Experience, American Society of Nephrology: We are putting it in our RFPs about agreeing with our values, including our DEI values as well as sustainability. Wade, and our meeting is in New Orleans, and concern. Moving a meeting of our size is extremely difficult.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 25, 2019

And I think the successful associations that are still out there are really good at this and they’re really good at creating certification programs that keep people up to date and create common knowledge”, he says. You have to keep your finances, you have to run your own marketing and NPR campaigns.

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Motivation Excellence

MAY 12, 2020

Researchers asked executives from all over the world what their top global business strategies were, and one of the top strategies was encouraging worker engagement. The highly engaged were also seven times less likely to have a lost-time safety incident than the less engaged employees. A Case in Business. The Means of Communicating.

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Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

A generational shift (mostly driven by technology and online interaction) is forcing large hotel chains to create new brands with completely overhauled meeting and event offers. Following the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, for example, attendee safety has become a key focus for event professionals. Luck is not a factor.

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Innovatx

JANUARY 22, 2019

Event experts agree the demand for face-to-face events and meetings is continuing to grow. According to CWT’s 2019 Events and Meetings Future Trends Report , demand for events will grow by 5 to 10 percent in 2019 alone. 4: Safe and Secure. 2019 will bring emphasis on safety and security planning for events.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

To gain insights and understanding of the global trends that will shape the future of the events industry, Rotterdam Partners Convention Bureau has launched a new series of hybrid events called The Rotterdam Experiment. It was entitled ‘ Mixed Reality: Let’s Meet in VR! ’. Slack) to keep our team inspired and connected.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I also think companies are going to lean on their event tech to assist in keeping compliance front of mind. The biggest challenge will be meeting the comfort levels of event participants while being back onsite and in-person with thousands of others when there are no COVID protocols in place (e.g., LinkedIn | Twitter. Adam Parry.

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Endless Events

MARCH 17, 2020

With the threat of COVID-19 planners are facing mandates and calls to cancel events globally. And what will you do to keep your sponsors happy? You could also allow attendees to click on a link to schedule a 1:1 meeting with the exhibitor if they are interested. . The industry is shifting faster than ever before.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

China’s meetings and events sector is expanding, but the country needs to improve its facilities in future if it is to become a MICE powerhouse, according to a recent survey by Reed Travel Exhibitions. The post China MICE sector grows, but room for improvement appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

It is expected to attract 2,500 international delegates to Bangkok and generate more than 210 million baht for the Kingdom.The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is a global federation of national associations representing two million pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists around the world. 2) Diversified locations.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 25, 2021

This gave me the authority and credibility to redesign our business,” the planner wrote, “and keep my job.”. Producing high-quality virtual events and keeping sponsors. Rolling out global, demand-gen virtual events in H1. Rolling out global, demand-gen virtual events in H1. Managing another successful virtual meeting.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Ten Years Ago… Will speaks of the advent of “social media”, while Dustin brings up Dustin “definitely more safety, security dedicated positions” And Will also adds that “all the video engineer’s role within the general session has really expanded to lots of different roles.

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