2023

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Lessons Learned from MPI WEC in Mexico

Smart Meetings

What to consider when planning an event at an all-inclusive resort Meeting Professionals International (MPI) CEO Paul VanDeventer likes to say that when planning the association’s World Education Congress (WEC), MPI takes chances so members don’t have to take on the risk. “Some things work better than others,” he said in a call, reflecting on lessons learned from last week’s gathering of 1,400 meeting professionals at Barcelo Maya Grand Resort in the Mexican Caribbean.

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11 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a DMC

ADMEI

11 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a DMC 08 November 2023 Planning an event from afar can be difficult. To simplify the process, save money, and eliminate stress, consider hiring a Destination Management Company. A DMC can help you plan and execute events with excellence — but it’s important to hire the right team. Questions to Ask a Potential DMC Partner As you reach out to potential event partners, these questions can help you determine which DMC is the best fit for you. 1.

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Europe’s tourism displays a strong rebound, but remains uneven across the regions

ETC Corporate

Following a summer of strong tourism demand, international tourist arrivals to Europe are only 3.2% below 2019 levels, and nights are down by 1.3% for the January-September period. The rebound is being driven by resilient intra-European travel and the influx of US tourists benefitting from favourable exchange rates.

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Satisfying wants and needs at conferences

Conferences that Work

I use the phrase “wants and needs” a lot when talking about participant-driven and participation-rich conferences. It even appears in the title of my third book ! Satisfying wants and what Abraham Maslow called growth needs are core goals of any event. But whose wants and needs are we talking about ? Whom is your event for? Conference organizers have, of course, every right to create an event that satisfies their wants and needs.

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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How Event Professionals Are Feeling About Their Jobs

Convene by PCMA

The responses event professionals wrote to open-ended questions in our 30th Meetings Market Survey, conducted in late summer, illuminate what they have on their minds in a different way than their answers to multiple-choice questions. Here is a collection of their responses as reflected on their roles earlier this year. Stay tuned for the full results of the survey in the November issue of Convene and soon online.

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US Passport Processing Times Extended Again Amid ‘Unprecedented Demand’

Travel Pulse

The processing time for US passport applications and renewals has increased again, as State Department employees scramble to keep up with an unprecedented number of submissions.

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HBR Report: Company Meetings Critical for Supporting Remote Workforces

MeetingsNet

Based on survey results from corporate managers, a newly released report from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services makes the case for more in-person meetings among coworkers to strengthen an organization’s top line and bottom line. With so many employees working from home on a regular basis, the importance of holding employee meetings has become increasingly apparent to corporate managers, according to a recent survey and analysis conducted by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services title

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Marketing Conferences: The #1 Marketing Events Guide in 2024

Bizzaboo

Attending conferences is one of the best ways to stay ahead in the ever-changing marketing industry. Learn from thought leaders at successful brands, discover new tools, and get to know your colleagues at these 2024 marketing events. We’ve compiled a list of 70+ marketing conferences, summits, and other events that focus on a wide range of topics, from SEO, to social media, to content marketing.

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Air Monitor 2024: Amex GBT forecasts flattening Air Fares

Travel Daily Media

The post Air Monitor 2024: Amex GBT forecasts flattening Air Fares appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Representative Image Airfares look set to stabilize across key routes around the world during 2024, according to new forecasts from the consulting team at American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), the world’s leading B2B travel platform.

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Tourism in Switzerland: A successful summer 2023 for the Industry

EHL Insights

The latest figures released by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) have put even more spring in Swiss tourism’s step. Night stays in Switzerland for the months of June and July 2023 were recently published. And the news is good! Night stays (or hotel stays) were 8.6% higher in June 2023 versus June 2023. This confirms an earlier report indicating that in the first half of 2023, night stays increased 13.8% year on year.

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Evolution of the DMC:Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency & Understanding

The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

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It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Hotels Launch Fundraising Initiatives

Smart Meetings

Meet to make a positive impact this October October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From Oct. 1 through 31 each year, the international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities aims to increase awareness of breast cancer and raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and treatment. This year, a number of hotels around the United States host events and initiatives to raise money for charities that work to increase awareness of breast cancer and to fund research and pa

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How Corporate Events Impact Your Reputation as a Company

ADMEI

How Corporate Events Impact Your Reputation as a Company 22 November 2023 You know your company culture inside and out, from familiarity with your own internal language to easily reciting the values your organization holds. But most consumers – and perhaps even some employees – don’t know your company the way you do. Instead, they rely on key touchpoints to decide how they feel about your brand — primarily, marketing and in-person events.

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Press Release: MeetingPackage raises $4.6 million in Series A funding to boost European growth and forge into the North American market

Meeting Package

Helsinki, Finland - 2nd of October 2023 MeetingPackage, a leading all-in-one sales automation software specializing in venue and group bookings, has secured a $4.6 million Series A round led by Scale Capital. While MeetingPackage is already cash-flow positive and profitable, this additional funding will accelerate growth in Europe and facilitate expansion into the North American market.

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Fake women event speakers? We need to think bigger!

Conferences that Work

For heaven’s sake! Fake women event speakers? Fake articles by fake writers in Sports Illustrated? Meeting professionals: this is a golden opportunity! We need to think bigger! Yes, friends, it’s now obvious that what our industry needs is… fake events! Think about it for a moment. Fake speakers Creating fake women speakers is just one tiny step in the right direction.

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Meetings Market Survey 2023: ‘The Work Has Gotten Very Difficult’

Convene by PCMA

The last time we conducted the Meetings Market Survey — the results of which had been published every year, without fail, in Convene for 29 years — it was November 2019 , and in the public mind, the pandemic referred to early-20th-century influenza, not the global health crisis we were on the brink of experiencing. When we brought back the Meetings Market Survey this summer, we knew the questions couldn’t be cut-and-pasted from previous years, but had to reflect new realities, including the rise

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Storytelling for Sustainable Destinations & Tourism Marketing

Solimar International

In the dynamic landscape of 21st-century tourism, the forces of climate change, social media, and a major post-pandemic travel resurgence are shaping the industry. As such, the significance of storytelling in sustainable destination and tourism marketing has never been greater. The art of storytelling now stands as a pivotal tool in captivating the hearts and minds of travelers.

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How to Make Money From Events

Eventbrite

In these belt-tightened times, savvy event organizers are looking for new ways to boost their revenue. Here are 5 proven ways to bring in additional income from your event.

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Event-Contract Sticking Points: A Practical Approach

MeetingsNet

Three industry veterans share their advice on crafting contract terms and clauses that meet the needs of host groups, not just host venues. Right now, the meetings industry’s landscape features high demand, rising prices, and hotel reps’ relative inexperience with meetings, all of which make planners’ jobs more difficult than ever. To help cut through the thicket of contractual issues within this landscape, three longtime meeting negotiators—Tyra Warner, Lauren Andrews, and Jeff Duncan—held a di

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32 Must-have Event Management Software Features

Bizzaboo

Hosting an event is complicated. Event professionals must consider millions of details and build a strategy that ensures the event goes smoothly. All it takes is one wrong decision, and your next get-together could fall apart before you know it! Luckily, with the help of event management software, nailing the details is much easier. Unfortunately, you can’t just invest in any event management solution and expect great results.

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Europalco back at IBTM World 2023, boosting Portugal as a Top MICE Destination

Travel Daily Media

The post Europalco back at IBTM World 2023, boosting Portugal as a Top MICE Destination appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Europalco, the largest provider of solutions for events and shows in Southern Europe, will participate at IBTM World at Fira Barcelona Gran Via from 28-30 November 2023, at stand D80. Europalco, recently honored with the “Rental, Staging and Virtual Production Business of the Year” AV Award, will present its comprehensive turnkey services covering audiovisua

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Why labor shortages led to a skills gap in the hospitality sector?

EHL Insights

Labor is the biggest single cost for hospitality institutions, yet many hotel and tourism industry employers are facing an industry-wide shortage of qualified employees. Travel and tourism may be up as global levels of wealth increase, but there are fewer qualified hospitality workers across the entire industry - from casinos and cruise ships to restaurants and hotels.

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Smart Moves in Hawaii, Half Moon Bay and More

Smart Meetings

Jaye Moreau and Beth Haddock Jaye Moreau (left) and Beth Haddock (right), Kōloa Landing Resort Luxury Kaua’i resort, K ōloa Landing Resort , has appointed Moreau as destination weddings and sales manager. She brings over 10 years of experience in hospitality sales and marketing and a specialty in weddings, milestone anniversary celebrations, reunions and more special events.

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ADMEI Announces 2024 Awards Finalists

ADMEI

ADMEI Announces 2024 Awards Finalists WIMBERLEY, Texas (14 November 2023) The Association of Destination Management Executives International (ADMEI), a leading global membership association for Destination Management Companies (DMCs) has officially announced the 2024 ADMEI Awards finalists. ADMEI’s awards program is among the most respectable and distinguished in the meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry and the most robust, noteworthy DMC-specific awards program.

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Instant Booking Ushers in New Era of Transparency for Group Rates

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: In today’s pressure-cooker environment, planners want the same immediacy and variety as in their online grocery shopping. GroupSync’s instant booking gives them the faster, smarter decision-making capabilities they crave.

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48 years together — so far, so good

Conferences that Work

48 years ago this week I met Celia at the wedding of mutual friends in the heart of the English New Forest. I moved in with her ten days later and we’ve been together ever since. We married in 1977… …and moved to the U.S. the same year. We have been through so much together. Wonderful times and hard times. Along the way our family grew; we now have three (adult) children and three grandkids.

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’The Event-Industry Adaptions Are Coming Fast and Furious’

Convene by PCMA

Our expert believes self-service technologies — including more kiosks performing a wider range of tasks at events — is one trend events should watch. (Whatever Media Group) As part of our annual Events Industry Forecast — which will be published in the November issue of Convene — we asked experts about the trends they are watching for 2024. Here’s what technology journalist Michelle Bruno, MPC, CEM, CMP, senior strategist at event technology company DAHLIA+Agency, had to say about tech tre

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US Tourist Fined for Driving Across Florence’s Famed Medieval Bridge

Travel Pulse

An American man endangered pedestrians and centuries-old architecture by driving a rental car over Italy’s iconic Ponte Vecchio, claiming he was looking for parking.

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IBTM Americas: ‘Design what you want to design, and what you want to achieve’

MPI

During her IBTM Americas session on Sept. 13, Liz Whittaker, vice president of creative services for Encore, shared her vision on graphic design and the importance of organizing, prioritizing and promoting the retention of the messages we want to convey to our audience.

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How Hot is the Meetings Market, and Where is It Hottest?

MeetingsNet

Knowland’s report on year-over-year events growth says Nashville’s meetings scene jumped more than 30 percent in September. Here are the other high-percentage growth cities, and the industries driving it. Knowland, a data-as-a-service provider for the hospitality industry, has some of the answers. Its meeting-volume report for September was released October 5, and it shows growth for the events industry is strong.

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Tech Conferences: The Best Tech Events Guide for 2024

Bizzaboo

Searching for the top tech events to attend in 2024? We’ve done all the work for you! This carefully curated conference directory features more than 100 tech conferences happening worldwide in 2024. The tech events featured in this list take place throughout the year and cover a wide range of different industries — from SaaS and FinTech to startup events and more.

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VisitBritain hosts first ‘Ambassador Reception’

Travel Daily Media

The post VisitBritain hosts first ‘Ambassador Reception’ appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. VisitBritain has been putting the importance of the business events sector in the spotlight, hosting its first ‘Ambassador Reception’ to recognise city sector and academic ambassadors who continue to secure new international business events in Britain.

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Luxury hospitality: Trends, challenges, and best practices

EHL Insights

Luxury is the new black. Post the pandemic, the global luxury industry recorded sales of €1.15 trillion in 2021, and continued its growth in 2022 by 19%-21% (Bain & Company, 2023). Luxury hospitality, luxury cars, and personal luxury goods represent over 80% of the total market. In this article, we zoom into the world of luxury hospitality to examine the trends that shape this industry, the challenges that are associated with the trends, and the best practices that illustrate how firms are m

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Why Attendees Aren’t Committing Early to Conferences

Smart Meetings

In recent years, many event organizers have observed a notable trend: despite offering enticing early bird registration discounts, many attendees are hesitant to commit to conferences well in advance. Let’s delve into the reasons behind this hesitancy and what event professionals can do about it. What’s Behind Attendee Hesitancy 1. Ongoing Uncertainties Due to Covid-19 The ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic are still out there.

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Hotel Attachment with Fox World Travel

Fox World Travel

Written by: Carly Brecka, Meeting and Incentives Program Manager At Fox World Travel, we understand the importance of consolidating hotel bookings to maximize efficiency and cost savings for your travel program. We offer the following services to ensure your travelers receive the best rates, amenities, and hotel options: Hotel Discount Program and Corporate Negotiated Rates […] The post Hotel Attachment with Fox World Travel appeared first on Fox World Travel.

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In-Person Events Build Trust — Vital in a Polarized World 

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: Trust in the business world has eroded to unprecedented levels. One of the only areas it has increased is face-to-face events.

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