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Are Airport Hotels Still Popular for Meetings?

Despite the current chaos surrounding air travel, airport hotels are recovering from low pandemic occupancies at a faster pace than urban hotels. Thanks to changing work trends and an evolution in the amenities they offer, airport hotels and even airports are finding favor for certain types of meetings.

3 days ago

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Meta Struggles to Gain Traction With Its Own Metaverse Meetings

Even Meta is finding it hard to encourage employees to use VR for internal meetings. Still, as the technology improves and users gain familiarity, it may become that standard way people to meet, train, and collaborate online.

4 days ago

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Informa Confident of Trade Show Business Growth

Trade show business is booming, and could get even better should international shows resume there in the near future.

6 days ago

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Are Your Meetings Neuro-Inclusive?

Fostering a sense of belonging in event design helps ensure success for all. Google’s Megan Henshall is building a community focused on building a neuro-inclusive future.

7 days ago

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Disney Cutting Business Travel and Meetings-Related Travel After Belt Tightening

The first tremors of economic slowdown are beginning to be felt in the travel industry: even though Disney Parks had a record quarter, the overall parent company had a disappointing quarter in its other businesses and is now planning a hiring freeze, job cuts and other expense cuts. As part of that, CNBC reports that…

Rafat Ali | 1 week ago

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The Community-Led Meeting Venue Leading the Race to Net Zero

Joining this episode of the Event Manager Podcast is Andrew Felming-Brown, Managing Director at SWG3, to discuss venue sustainability.

1 week ago

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Is It Time for a Meetings Industry Reboot?

The business of meetings and events isn't easy to define, and planners are still struggling to get a seat at the board table. Is that about to change?

2 weeks ago

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Creative Ways Meetings Properties Are Addressing Staffing Issues

From video dramatizations showcasing their workplace culture to covering commuting costs for new hires, hotels are using innovative strategies to position themselves as employers of choice in the midst of a historically tight labor market.

2 weeks ago

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Rethinking Event Accessibility

When it comes to events that get it right when it comes to accessibility, those that have done it well have often been lucky and have rarely proactively sought out a venue or location with accessibility in mind.

2 weeks ago

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Meeting Spaces Evolve to Accommodate Hybrid Work Demands

In a world where the word pivot took on new dimensions two years ago, the concept of hybrid meetings has followed suit. Investment in new technology and flexible spaces allows venues to host attendees from anywhere, putting fuel back into the tank of an events industry that needs it.

3 weeks ago