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2018 Preview: 10 Most Anticipated Orlando/Central Florida Venues for Meetings and Events

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Event Technology Special Report: The Future of Events Is Here

Foodini is a 3-D food printer that can make everything from ravioli to chocolate sculptures.

Coming Soon: What’s New in Food Technology for Events

Bond’s handwriting robots can mimic personalized thank-you notes and other material.

Event Technology Special Report: After the Event

Companies such as Preview are developing solutions to help planners create augmented reality campaigns and track user behavior.

Event Technology Special Report: During the Event

Systems such as E-180 assist attendees with networking by matching people based on keywords or more detailed information they provide in their profiles.

Event Technology Special Report: Before the Event

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2018 Preview: Event Tech Predictions From Industry Experts

Following a multimillion-dollar renovation to the physical structure and a revised menu, Planet Hollywood’s flagship location at Disney Springs reopened in January. The new Planet Hollywood Observatory is now a four-story venue that accommodates 1,100 people for a buyout. There are multiple options for smaller groups, including the outdoor Stargazers lounge, which holds 150 people for receptions, and the second, third, and fourth floors of the building, which hold between 200 and 525 people each for receptions. Updated technology has been added to the space, including a 4,500-square-foot video wall that can display a custom message for people attending private events, and a curated collection of film memorabilia decorate the entire venue. The menu includes a selection of burgers and sandwiches created by celebrity chef Guy Fieri.

Best of 2017: 10 Most Notable Orlando/Central Florida Venue Openings of 2017

During Art Basel, which took place December 7 to 10 in Miami Beach, Toyota and its agency, Burrell, worked with Lightwave to create an emotion-technology experience to promote the new C-HR subcompact SUV. Before sitting in the car, guests were fitted with wristband heart monitors that tracked their emotional response as they were immersed in an audiovisual experience that included projection mapping on the vehicle’s windows. After they stepped out of the car, a line graph of their heart rate data was projected onto an eight-foot circular canvas, and painters from Lightwave Studio added brushstrokes to turn it into a custom piece of art.

Best of 2017: The Coolest Tech We Saw at Events

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Q&A: Outgoing P.C.M.A. President Deborah Sexton Reflects on Her Tenure and Future Challenges Facing the Industry

The centerpiece of Taste of Home’s Gingerbread Boulevard in Madison Square Park is an interactive 12- by 16-foot gingerbread-style house.

Find Out What’s Inside This Life-Size Gingerbread House

The Coding with Candy activity, developed by a former NASA scientist, uses gum balls to teach kids the basics of coding for robots at home and in space.

How This Experiential Pop-Up Uses Food to Teach Kids About Tech

Expedia has created an online booking engine targeted to the meetings, incentive, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry. Planners can use the system to search for and book meeting space and group lodging in real time on a hotel’s website, based on data regarding the number of participants, seating plans, audiovisual equipment, catering, and lodging requirements. Expedia tested the system in Germany and then rolled it out with chain partners and independent hotels in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. On Monday, Expedia began making it available to hotels in the United States. The Best Western Hotels Central Europe reported the automated process allowed them to decrease average response time to RFPs to 14 minutes, versus an average of five hours for a manual response. Hotels can integrate the white-label solution into their websites.

2 New Room Reservation Systems for Meetings and Events

The barley seeds will live and grow within a Space Tango CubeLab, a shoebox-size container that houses small-scale experiments.

Is Space the New Frontier for Brand Activations? Budweiser Thinks So.