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Hard Rock Appoints New Meetings & Events Global Sales DirectorBy Dawit Habtemariam

Hard Rock International has appointed Shelley Williams as director of global sales to evolve the brand's position in the meetings and events space.... KEEP READING

Aventri Partners with Brandlive for Hybrid Event ProductionBy Donna M. Airoldi

Meetings management solution Aventri has partnered with Brandlive for virtual and hybrid events, the company announced Tuesday... KEEP READING

Flexibility Key to Future In-Person Meeting DesignBy Donna M. Airoldi

BTN first began to report on future meetings design in June, and by mid-July, realized we needed to start over with all the changes quickly happening in... KEEP READING

Marriott Expands Connect with Confidence Program to Caribbean, Latin AmericaBy Donna M. Airoldi

Marriott International has expanded its Connect with Confidence meetings program beyond the United States and Canada and into the Caribbean and Latin... KEEP READING

Survey: Most Business Travelers Look to Match Pre-Covid Travel LevelsBy Donna M. Airoldi

About 60 percent of business travelers prefer to return in a post-pandemic environment to pre-pandemic levels of business travel, and another 9 percent... KEEP READING

Convene to Mandate Vaccine for Mtg. Attendees, EmployeesBy Donna M. Airoldi

Meeting space provider Convene will require proof of Covid-19 vaccination status for all employees, clients, members and guests who visit any of... KEEP READING

Meetings Mavens: Variant Jeopardizes Return of In-Person Meetings

BTN is following a single group of meeting practitioners throughout 2021 to assess corporate meetings' progress as companies return to face-to-face... KEEP READING

Intrado Acquires HubbBy Chris Davis

Digital event solution provider Intrado Digital Media has acquired hybrid event management company Hubb, the companies announced Friday. ... KEEP READING

SAP Concur Adds Meetings Solution Powered by GroupizeBy Donna M. Airoldi

SAP Concur has partnered with meetings management company Groupize to offer what the companies call an end-to-end self-service meetings management... KEEP READING

Source: Shoflo Acquisition Preceded New Cvent Studio SolutionBy Donna M. Airoldi

Weeks before Cvent announced its new Studio solution, the meetings management company acquired an event production software company called Shoflo to... KEEP READING

Event Management Platform Hopin Raises $450MBy Donna M. Airoldi

The fast-growing, London-based event management platform Hopin has raised $450 million in Series D funding, the company announced. The capital influx... KEEP READING

Cvent Launches Video and Production Solution for Virtual EventsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Meetings technology provider Cvent has launched Cvent Studio, a video capture and production solution built for virtual and hybrid events, the company... KEEP READING

20th Annual ALIS Conference Draws 1,800 to Los AngelesBy Elizabeth West

Nearly 550 days after its 2020 event, the American Lodging Investment Summit gathered for its 20th anniversary event on Monday with the support of... KEEP READING

Cvent Confirms SPAC Move, Details Finances, Virtual BetBy Chris Davis

Meetings technology firm Cvent on Friday confirmed it would merge with a special purpose acquisition company with the intention of going public in the... KEEP READING

Survey: Planners Readying 2021 Face-to-Face EventsBy Donna M. Airoldi

About 76 percent of U.S.-based meeting planner respondents will hold their next face-to-face event this year, according to a new survey from... KEEP READING

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