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As ABPCO enters its 25th anniversary year, it has been looking back on how life in the meetings industry has changed over the last quarter of a century.
1987-1991
• 1987 - ABPCO is incorporated, the Apple Mac computer is launched, badge production and data capture (via embossed plastic cards) for the trade show industry are invented
• 1989 - Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web
• 1990 - Meeting Industry Association (MIA) is founded
• 1991 - NEC opens its doors
1992-1996
• 1994 - Two Stanford students create “Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web” which was soon renamed Yahoo
• 1995 - Holiday Inn provide the first hotel website with the option of booking rooms online
1997-2001
• 2000 - The first virtual trade show, ExpoExchange, is held
• 2000 - ExCel opens
• Websites become an integral element of event marketing and communications
2002-2006
• 2002 – UK venues host an estimated 1.5 million conferences and meetings
• 2004 - Google went public
• 2004 – facebook was founded
• 2005 – Conferences and meetings in the UK worth an estimated 11.7 billion per year
• E-mail marketing is a key element of event communications
2007-2011
• 2007 - twitter was founded
• PCOs talk about going green and how to recycle at events
• Hotels interpret force majeure clauses (the ability for a group to cancel without penalty if a disaster strikes)
• 2008 - MPI publishes a Corporate Social Responsibility Survey results, part of the Green initiative
• 2010 – The Barbican joins as ABPCO’s first corporate member
• Hybrid conferences become more pronounced with companies
• 2011 – ABPCO’s Conference Cloud calling for free wi-fi for delegates launches
“We have come a long way since the beginning and are proud of how the organisation has grown and the achievements that have been made,” says ABPCO chair, Michael Foreman. “We could not have come this far however, without our wonderful members and the commitment and support from them.”
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