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Satellite Events: How to Make One Event Happen in Ten Places at Once
For years, the big question in our industry was in-person, virtual or hybrid. That debate is settled: most planners now mix and match without thinking twice. But a quieter shift is happening underneath it, and it has a slightly confusing name. Satellite events.
TIP! - How to Choose a Party Caterer?
You don't choose a (party) caterer haphazardly. Also at an event, the love of the participants goes through the stomach. Catering is therefore very important and must match the objective of your event and the target group.
How to Learn More about Your Attendees Preferences and Needs
Being data-wise and making event-related decisions based on your attendees’ profile is not something to do on a whim. It's the same as understanding your potential customers' needs before launching a product.
The Age of AI: Booking an AI Thought Leader as Your Keynote Speaker
Choosing the right speaker to deliver the keynote address at a conference, an intimate corporate gathering, or a webinar on artificial intelligence (AI) can make or break your event.
5 Summer Reads for Event Planners
The festival season is in full swing, but between two events, you hopefully treat yourself to a lazy afternoon too. Beach chair, terrace or hammock: it doesn't matter, as long as there's a good book to go with it. We picked five titles that get your event brain going without feeling like homework.
First Just Day Tickets, Then the Whole Weekend: the Cancellation of Defqon.1 Dissected
On the night from Thursday to Friday, hardstyle festival Defqon.1 in the Netherlands faced the scenario that keeps every organizer awake at night: the entire festival weekend has been cancelled.
The Toilets are a Maths Problem, Not a Plumbing One
Nobody plans the toilets, and everybody queues for them. Of all the things you'll budget for and obsess over, the toilets get treated as plumbing, a facilities box the venue ticks off, somebody else's department.
Nobody compliments the chairs. Everybody remembers a bad one
The chair is probably the most overlooked decision at your event, and the one your guests feel the most.
What Lighting Products Do You Need for Events?
Whether you are decorating a retail storefront for the holidays, planning an in-store event or transforming a commercial property for a seasonal promotion, the right event lighting can shape how customers experience your space.
Steel giant above Trump's cage fight once stood at Lowlands
The steel giant hanging above the world's most famous cage fight is of Belgian manufacture, originally developed for Lowlands in the Netherlands.
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The Death of the Keynote
The keynote is dying, and most event programmes haven't noticed. Walk into almost any conference, and the architecture is identical to twenty years ago: a stage, rows of chairs, a speaker, a deck.
Why people remember some events and forget others
Memory is brutally selective. Months after your event, guests won't recall your run sheet, your seating plan or whether the afternoon ran twelve minutes late. They'll recall a feeling and a handful of moments - if you're lucky.
The things AI still can't do for event planners
Every trend report this year says the same thing: use AI daily, or fall behind. And there's truth in it. AI drafts your emails, builds a first-pass agenda, scores your leads and writes your post-event report before you've packed the flight cases.
Avoid These 6 Mistakes When Inviting the Press to Your Event
Let me ask you a quick question: Would you rather appear in the morning paper or be mentioned by two industry influencers on their social media platforms?
Tomorrowland fire likely caused by leak in flamethrower: 'A human error'
The devastating fire that reduced Tomorrowland's iconic main stage to ashes last summer was possibly the result of human error. A poorly connected flamethrower leaked large quantities of ethanol, with all the resulting consequences.
Sydney's drone show failed. The safety plan didn't
On Monday night, the most ambitious drone display in Sydney ended within seconds of taking off. Eighty-nine drones - part of the festival's Star-Bound show above Cockle Bay - fell from the sky and crashed into Darling Harbour after an unplanned change in radio frequencies.
Checklists now let you watch tasks, not just own them
Every event organiser knows the feeling. You've handed off a task - booking the AV crew, briefing the caterer, finalising the run-of-show - to someone perfectly capable of getting it done. But you still need to know how it's going. Not because you don't trust them. Because the outcome lands on you.
Easyfairs wants to buy Xpo Group
Easyfairs Belgium has confirmed plans to launch a voluntary and conditional public takeover bid for all shares in Xpo Group, the company behind business-to-business event brands and the operator of the Kortrijk Xpo venue.
How to Plan an Event on a Low Budget
Apart from time and effort, planning an event requires financial resources. Without a specific budget you can’t approach your event.
