Meeting Apps: Brace for the Boom

Apps have been multiplying like rabbits of late. Anyone with a smartphone, iPad or other Internet-ready mobile gizmo likely knows this, as we sift through the app morass to find the winners, those favorite apps that will make us more productive, better connected and/or better people. If tech-savvy attendees are likely to show up at your events, they may soon be looking for event-specific conference apps -- that is, if you haven't produced one already.

This week event management company Experient announced a preferred partnership with app developer Core-Apps, which makes the Follow Me and Event Link apps that have been used by dozens of trade shows and conferences. Through the agreement, these meeting apps also will be available directly to Experient customers as part of a suite of services called Experient Connexia. Last month, meeting management company HPN Global announced a similar partnership with developer QuickMobile, which made the apps for MPI's latest MeetDifferent and World Education Congress events. HPN customers will be able to select a private-label version of QuickMobile's app for their events. [Read More]

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