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Make Your Event Wi-Fi Not Suck – #EventIcons Episode 148

Endless Events

and Ian Framson of Trade Show Internet are going to answer all your burning questions and share their best tips on how to make sure you have the best Wi-Fi possible at your next event. Ian Framson of Trade Show Internet ( @TSInternet ). They know planning your event wi-fi can seem daunting and stressful.

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Global Meetings Industry Day 2022 Announced

MeetingsNet

GMID allows planners and suppliers to demonstrate to corporate and political leaders the educational and financial impacts that conferences, conventions, and trade shows have on people, businesses, and overall economic health. The services provided by the meetings industry often go unnoticed, but the economic impact is unmistakable.

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The New Economic Significance Study: Making Sense of the Numbers

MeetingsNet

The newest study from Oxford Economics on the economic significance of the meetings industry is out, illustrating the size and impact of meetings, conferences, incentive travel programs, and trade shows. First the new numbers…. In the U.S. in 2016, there were: • 1.9 million meetings • 251 million meeting participants. For the U.S.

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How Event Professionals Can Think Like Futurists

Convene by PCMA

For a trade show where exhibitors bring heavy equipment to the show floor, Burrus imagines a future in which attendees using virtual reality glasses can see and maneuver heavy equipment that is not physically on the show floor. You can’t buy that technology today, Burrus said, “but would you say that will never happen?

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