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The Importance of Risk Management in Events Planning

Eventinterface

Disappointment thus makes way for the grim realities of what happens when an event doesn’t meet targets: the company loses revenue, and relationships with key suppliers might be at stake. This is why risk management is crucial for event planners. THE RISK FACTORS TO CONSIDER Risk management involves a lot of aspects.

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The Importance of Risk Management in Events Planning

Eventinterface

Disappointment thus makes way for the grim realities of what happens when an event doesn’t meet targets: the company loses revenue, and relationships with key suppliers might be at stake. This is why risk management is crucial for event planners. THE RISK FACTORS TO CONSIDER Risk management involves a lot of aspects.

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The Benefits of Running a CSR Event

Eventmobi

As part of its CSR program, Cisco helped the charity Stop Hunger Now package more than 100,000 meals for the hungry during its Cisco Live Event in 2015. The event industry has long supported green meetings and CSR opportunities and with the incoming millennial population, it will likely do even more to push the CSR envelope.

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts about why certification has become so essential, the commitment required and specific areas where event professionals are focusing to achieve their A-game. Certified Meetings Experts. Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States. Jessie States.

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5 Next-Gen Technologies That Already Are Changing Meetings

PCMA Convene

Feeling overwhelmed by technology is a common sentiment expressed by meeting-professional respondents to Convene surveys, who say that they struggle with the fast pace of change, the latest tech tools and up-to-the-minute applications, and the shiniest new things. What about meeting organizers themselves? Artificial Intelligence.

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5 Travel Trends for 2017 — and Beyond

PCMA Convene

Our 16th Annual Meetings Industry Forecast included five travel trends that show staying power: 1. More tools to manage travel risk will be available. Expect new insurance products and increasingly sophisticated software to address these risks. Spirit Airlines increased its capacity by 25 percent in 2015.

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7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More

SmartMeetings

His experience in the sports tourism field includes serving on the North Carolina Sports Association Board and Executive Committee, where he was chairman from 2013-2015. Peter Barton Senior Peter Barton Senior has been promoted to sales manager for Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati.

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