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Virtual Event Solutions Keep Racking Up Funding RoundsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Virtual experience company Touchcast has raised $55 million in Series A funding, the company announced Wednesday. The money will be used to scale... KEEP READING

Bizzabo: Four in Five Virtual Events Were Free to Attend in 2020By Donna M. Airoldi

Virtual events unquestionably replaced in-person ones for most of 2020, and about 80 percent of them were offered to attendees for free, according to... KEEP READING

Booking Site EventUp Expands InternationallyBy Donna M. Airoldi

Event booking platform EventUp has expanded beyond the United States into seven new markets, the company announced.... KEEP READING

USTA Calls for 'Policies and Incentives' to Bring Back Meetings & EventsBy Donna M. Airoldi

The U.S. Travel Association has been working with the new Biden administration on policies that can be adopted to jump-start travel and boost... KEEP READING

Alliance Reservations Network Debuts Hotel Group Booking PlatformBy Donna M. Airoldi

Travel technology and hotel distribution company Alliance Reservations Network has launched a direct booking solution, dubbed GPS Link, that connects... KEEP READING

Groupize Expands Executive TeamBy Dawit Habtemariam

Meetings management company Groupize has expanded its team with six executive hires. Groupize has named former Orbitz analyst and IBM team lead Adam... KEEP READING

ABC Global Services Launches Mtgs. Venture, to Debut Virtual Events PlatformBy Donna M. Airoldi

ABC Global Services and several of its travel and meetings and events units have restructured to create a new entity known as the Etherio Group, which... KEEP READING

Tips and Takeaways for Virtual Events in 2021By Cvent SVP and chief marketing officer Patrick Smith

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has forced us to relocate our professional and personal lives into online meeting rooms and other virtual... KEEP READING

Meetingselect Acquires MICE Access, Unveils Workspace Booking ToolBy Donna M. Airoldi

Netherlands-based meetings management platform Meetingselect has completed the acquisition of the Germany-based MICE Access, a global meetings... KEEP READING

Survey: More Event Planners Eye Growing Attendee Appreciation of In-Person MeetingsBy Donna M. Airoldi

A growing number of event planners believe attendees will value in-person meetings more than they did before the pandemic, according to a new survey... KEEP READING

Hilton to Launch Hybrid Event ProgramBy Donna M. Airoldi

Hilton Hotels this month will launch globally a program for hybrid meetings and events that requires higher tech capacity for participating hotels, the... KEEP READING

Survey: Most Planners Look to the Second Half of 2021 to Resume In-Person EventsBy Donna M. Airoldi

In its final weekly Planner Confidence Index survey for 2020, i-Meet reports that for the week ended Dec. 20, 69 percent of 259 planner respondents have... KEEP READING

Meetings Platform Troop Piloting Program with EgenciaBy Donna M. Airoldi

Meetings technology platform Troop, which this year shortened its name from TroopTravel, is in the midst of a pilot program offering the service though... KEEP READING

Survey: Vaccine Availability Key to Business Travel ResumptionBy Chris Davis

The availability of a Covid-19 vaccine will be a "significant factor" in more than six in 10 organizations' decisions to resume business travel,... KEEP READING

Marriott Adds Optional Covid-19 Testing to Meetings ProtocolsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Marriott International will offer new optional health protocols for meetings and events as part of its Connect with Confidence program, beginning in... KEEP READING

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