It is a new and exciting year in the meetings and events industry. As meeting planning professionals, we need to remain up-to-date on all the new trends and exciting ideas that are being implemented.
For 2015, these are just a few of the ideas that will be impacting our meetings and events:
1.The transformation from ‘attendee’ to ‘participant’ enabling the attendees to help design the meeting
2.Hybrid Meetings using both face-to-face and video to enable more attendees to participate
3.Hybrid content- attendees communicating out information via the social media tools of Twitter, Instagram, Vine, YouTube, Facebook and others
4.Complimentary basic Wi-Fi in the hotel guest rooms
5.Improved Wi-Fi in the meeting space
6.Mobile Apps
7.Self-check-in kiosks for hotel and convention registration
8.Mobile check-in at hotels
9.Food trucks to enhance the food and beverage experience at venues
10.Food/wine or food/beer pairing
11.Farm to table- healthy meal and break options
12.Fitness and exercise as a part of the agenda (coffee breaks)
13.TED style presentations
14.Gamification
What ideas are on your list to implement in 2015?