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Smart Hotel Bookings Can Save Hundreds of Euros
You can easily save hundreds of euros on hotel bookings - according to research done by the ANWB.
TOP 20 International Congress Destinations
ICCA released it's yearly TOP 20 rankings for countries and cities as destinations for congresses. Paris is the new number one for association events.
Why You Should Remove your Facebook Business Page
Are you under the impression that, as a small business owner, you need to have a business page on Facebook? Think again.
Make Your Welcome Desk Love at First Sight
You had me at hello. That is what you hope to hear your attendees say the moment they walk away from your welcome desk. It isn't just about getting one person to say it either; you want all of your attendees to have that phrase slip off their tongue.
Mind-Numbing Meetings
Most meetings and presentations at the office are uninspiring or unproductive.
The Most Important Thing You Need to Know about Event Check-In
Every event planner wishes that, on game day, they could be everywhere at once, but unless the laws of physics have changed recently, its not going to happen.
Web based simultaneous interpretation
Until now all delegates, interpreters and presenters had to travel to the same location for a conference. Well not any longer. Whales On Waves launches a new web based simultaneous interpretation service.
Crackdown on Unsafe LED Screens in the Event Industry - EMC standards
The Italian Finance Guard (Guardia di Finanza) has had it with cheap LED walls that do not meet European EMC standards, and a crackdown has been launched in Italian stadiums.
6 Tips to Make Your Online Participants Feel Welcome in a Hybrid Event
The web is full of blog posts and articles about hybrid events. And they have one aspect in common, which I, personally, find really disturbing: they draw a sharp red line between 'live' attendees and 'virtual' attendees.
Flawless Planning with Event Software
A 7% margin of error. This is what you should keep in mind when organizing an event. That is to say, unless you can rely on specialized event planning software.
Survey Reveals Event Organisers' Ticketing Preferences Across Europe
In an extensive survey of over 600 event organisers, ticketscript, has found that event organisers' priorities and focus when choosing a ticketing provider have fundamentally changed.
Stop Using Twitter for Your Event
Twitter is becoming increasingly popular. But the more people use the social network, the more it loses its original power.
10 Ways to Gain Time
Ten successful entrepreneurs all give their two cents on gaining time and increasing your productivity. These are absolute musts for event planners who have one of the most stressful jobs in the world.
Event Website, Am I the Prettiest of Them All?
Your event website is meant to be a mirror image of your event and a reflection of the look, feel and important aspects. Besides the website being a reflection of your event, it also needs to be a reflection of your attendees.
60 million for Eventbrite
Ticketing and registration platform Eventbrite raises $60 million in growth capital.
App Transforms Smartphone into Microphone for Participants
The new Crowd Mics app patches smartphones through to a venue's PA system, allowing participants at conventions, meetings or events to use their smartphones as microphones to ask questions, etc.
Column: 4 Barriers to Overcome to Boost use of Social Media
Everybody wants it. Everybody talks about it. Yet so few actually get it. Of course I am talking about 'the Buzz'. Participants of your next event which go wild on Social Media.
Meetings in a Dream Location
CEOs and their board travel all over the world for their annual strategy meetings, because a location far from the office tends to be more inspiring. Why then do these executives so often end up in the stuffy conference rooms?
Keep your Conference Calls Clean
Bestselling author Seth Godin wrote a nice blog post full of useful tips on the conference call: Conference call hygiene. Before reading the tips, maybe you should first check out this video.
Step in Your Attendees Shoes
To make your event a buzz-worthy, must attend occurrence you need to make your user happy. It is just that simple. Do everything you can to create an event that gives your attendees an experience that they can't forget - in a good way.
