Event Technology We’re Excited About This Month
Affordable Event Travel: Enter SplitStay
Planning to attend an event but worried about accommodation costs? SplitStay is here to revolutionize your travel experience. Designed specifically for events, this innovative platform connects attendees heading to the same location, allowing them to share hotel rooms or apartments to cut costs. Its features include verified profiles, secure payments, and compatibility filters to ensure that you find the right companion for your stay.
As founder Ruben Vanhees puts it: “Rising accommodation costs and limited availability make live experiences less accessible.” With SplitStay, guests can post their travel plans and browse overlapping itineraries, maximizing both savings and social opportunities. Just imagine it as the BlaBlaCar of event lodging—connecting people in a more social and sustainable manner.
Automating Awards Management: Meet PRVIEW
Moving to the world of marketing and PR, PRVIEW is making waves with its AI-powered platform that streamlines awards and speaking submissions for marketing professionals. Built by industry veterans, this tool replaces tedious spreadsheets with a centralized dashboard designed to track deadlines and facilitate communication.
As Lisa Ann Pinkerton, CEO and co-founder, notes, productivity in PR has become increasingly challenged due to a deluge of tasks prompted by AI and changing media landscapes. PRVIEW offers solutions such as automated deadline alerts and analytics, taking the burden off staffing and ensuring teams can focus on what truly matters.
Sustainable Digital Signage: Glass-Media
In the realm of digital advertising, Glass-Media introduces its FibreCraft line in collaboration with Samsung Electronics America, aiming for a more sustainable approach to digital signage. Made from fully recyclable materials, FibreCraft solutions are designed for repeated use.
On the ground, these displays were recently featured at the Walton Arts Center for their Art of Wine event, showcasing their versatility and rapid deployment capabilities. With Samsung’s VXT platform, these displays allow for easy content management, and remote monitoring, essential for high-traffic environments like convention centers and retail spaces.
Boosting Engagement and Accessibility with Event-Engage
Taking a deep dive into enhancing live session experiences, NoteAffect has rolled out its event-engage platform. This AI-driven software is perfect for conferences and trade shows, allowing attendees to follow along on their devices through an event app or QR code.
CEO Jay Tokosch emphasizes that organizers need to rise to the high expectations of attendees who now have endless online options. The software includes interactive note-taking and multilingual live captioning, ensuring a richer, more engaging experience that extends beyond the event.
Streamlining Calendar Management: AddEvent
Keeping events organized is vital, and AddEvent has updated its platform with AddEvent 2.0 to support this very need. This software is used by prominent brands and focuses on making calendar management seamless.
“With AddEvent 2.0, we’re taking that vision further,” says CEO Michael Nilsson. The platform features real-time analytics, customizable filters, and a streamlined interface for easier navigation, all designed to enhance user engagement and simplify event management for organizations.
Revolutionizing Nightlife Operations: Fourvenues
In nightlife and venue management, Fourvenues has launched its operating system in the U.S. This platform centralizes ticketing, VIP reservations, and marketing analytics in one comprehensive system, helping to streamline operations and improve guest experiences.
CEO Alberto Centeno notes that digitizing ticket sales is only effective if the entire operation is automated, emphasizing efficiency and revenue maximization for better guest experiences.
Unifying Event Workflows: Nextech3D.ai
Finally, Nextech3D.ai has made headlines with its acquisition of Eventdex. This merger integrates an AI-driven registration and badge-printing software, offering a unique combination of features all in one platform.
CEO Evan Gappelberg expressed how this acquisition enhances their existing capabilities in ticketing, registration, and mapping, creating a single suite for event organizers. The inclusion of blockchain technology further promises to revolutionize ticketing with features like tokenized tickets.
These advancements in event technology are just a glimpse of how innovation continues to reshape the landscape, ensuring that event experiences are more affordable, efficient, and engaging than ever before.
