Skift Take
Virtual events, the Internet of Things, crowdsourced marketing, and globalizing knowledge are just some of the trends fundamentally reworking the meetings and convention user experience.
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What You Need to Know
Spain Tries to Lure Next-Gen Meeting Planners With Virtual Trade Show
The Tourist Office of Spain is hosting its annual Meet In Spain virtual trade show this week, where U.S. buyers can network online with more than 30 Spanish destinations, hotels, meeting venues and destination management companies.
This year, the portal was designed with a mobile-first user experience, and all of the suppliers have posted info, photos and videos so planners can research them thoroughly before submitting a request to connect on Skype. [Skift]
[Download] Skift Versus Magazine: Meetings Expertise Vs. Meetings Experience
There’s a new meeting attendee profile emerging that’s demanding a higher deliverable than just a “memorable event,” or if anything, a distracting over-hyped experience that doesn’t offer real opportunities for professional and personal development. [Skift]
Social Quote of the Day
“Foresight 2020: The future is filled with 50 billion #connected devices #IoT @ErinMonday http://ibm.co/1PCqbqH”
— @IBM IoT on Twitter
Destinations
From Raleigh to Glasgow and Melbourne to London, meetings and trade shows increasingly play a key role in the transfer of knowledge fueling the global economy. [Convene]
Singapore’s Blueprint For Attracting Business Events
Jonathan Loh, regional director of the Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau, explains how the relatively small country established a reputation as “Association Central” and “Gateway to Asia.” [International Meetings Review]
ICCA PR Award 2015 Finalists – The Glasgow City Marketing Campaign
At ICCA this year, Scott Taylor, CEO of Glasgow City Marketing, discussed what he is calling the world’s first completely crowdsourced destination promotion. [ICCA]
Events & Venues
The Internet of Things And its Impact on Tradeshows & Events
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) sensors including iBeacons can track attendee movements throughout a meeting facility and local area to provide a wide range of assistance such as location-aware information and directions. [Corbin Ball]
How to Use Your Event App to Personalize the Attendee Experience
Millennials are driving the trend of creating connections based on personal as well as professional interests. [BizBash]
Meeting attendees not only have more devices year-over-year, they expect to be able to connect to more richer, more contextualized digital experiences. [Facility Manager Magazine]
Future Trends Impacting the Exhibitions and Events Industry
Meeting trends include challenges around: “The broad range of generations co-existing in the workforce and their different communication styles.” [IAEE]
HOSPITALITY
InterContinental Hotels Launches Incentive Reward Travel Portal
The European InterCons banded together to create a rich storytelling platform positioning the properties as bucket lists for business travelers. [InterContinental Hotels]
How Transient Hotel Travelers Are Messing Up Meetings
When planners set their budgets, they should do it “as if 2010/2011 never happened”—in other words, build your budget increase based on 2007/2008 rates. [MeetingsNet]
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