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The Meetings Show research

May 12, 2026AI increases the need for face-to-face meetings, survey findsA survey commissioned by The Meetings Show reveals that AI is increasing the need for face-to-face meetings, as it adds complexity and the need for human discussion.Read More

Skills gap and high costs leave associations wary of hybrid

July 26, 2021Skills gap and high costs leave associations wary of hybridMany association event professionals acknowledge the benefits of hybrid events but claim the barriers are too high to successfully run them.

Membership: how to choose the right management system

July 9, 2021Membership: how to choose the right management system

A first time for everything

June 24, 2021A first time for everythingWhen the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) realised they would have to take their annual conference online, it was all hands on deck to ensure the conference theme: The Human Factor remained centre stage.

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June 7, 2021Getting the message acrossProfessor Iain McInnes, past president of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), shares how the league streamlined its communications & advocacy functions...

Zoom targets conferences with new event hosting platform

May 21, 2021Zoom targets conferences with new event hosting platformZoom, the video calling app, plans to break into the conferences and events industry with a new all-in-one platform.

Q&A: Hybrid Cities Alliance - whats it all about

May 5, 2021Q&A: Hybrid Cities Alliance - whats it all aboutThe launch of the Hybrid Cities Alliance has sets tongues wagging across the meetings industry and piqued the interest of association meeting planners. AMI Editor James Lancaster threw some questions at the heads of the group's founding members - Glenn Duncan, Ottawa Tourism, Bas Schot, The Hague...

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March 24, 2021The one thing missing from virtual events...Virtual technology has allowed us to reimagine what an event can be, free of the constraints of time and space. Mathijs Vleeming reckons this is the perfect opportunity to focus on online community...

Singapore Airlines first to trial IATA Travel Pass App

March 10, 2021Singapore Airlines first to trial IATA Travel Pass AppSingapore Airlines has signed up to trial the ‘first full deployment’ of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass app.

Five Minutes With... Flaminia Roberti AIM Group

February 9, 2021Five Minutes With... Flaminia Roberti AIM GroupIn this episode of Five Minutes With... Flaminia Roberti, AIM Group International global sales director, chats to Holly Patrick about the reality of the digital transformation of the events industry. "When you're talking about the future, I'm saying that we should be talking about today because we...

Inclusion: could hybrid worsen the ‘digital divide’

February 2, 2021Inclusion: could hybrid worsen the ‘digital divide’At what point does an idea someone floated on LinkedIn calcify into received wisdom?Show More