Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2016

Mia Monroe is an award-winning certified special event, meeting and government meeting professional, speaker, author of trade articles and the conference and event manager for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Human Health and Institutional Management contract for Florida-based AllPoints, LLC.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. Only 34 percent of respondents (down from 43 percent in the 2016 survey and 50 percent in the 2015 survey) indicated that they will be holding meetings outside the United States in the future. percent compared to +4.9

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a2z Innovation Insider

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Meet Megan Blotzer, Sales Support Associate with a2z, in our ongoing ‘Meet the Team’ series. I was, after all, the Rock, Paper, Scissors Champion of a2zWeek 2015! More to explore: Meet the Team: Linda Gibson. Meet the Team: Felecia Madison. Meet the Team: Jill Nalepa. Click to view slideshow.

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Meetings 2015 Contracts Technology 71

Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Meeting and conference planners spend on average 60 hours per conference sourcing, reviewing, negotiating and finalizing venue contracts. We are speaking with Jasmine Eldeen, Director of Global Accounts with HelmsBriscoe, we chat about best practices for meeting planners in working with a hotel sourcing company.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 29, 2019

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. Public relations outreach, as such outreach may be stipulated in speaker and partner contracts. Speaker and performer training, if required.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It may sound like simple work – finding a venue and exchanging contracts – but the devil is in the detail and more often than not, there’s a myriad of hidden factors that will impact the eventual price tag. Her wealth of meetings and events experience, unflappable nature, and professional approach is what sets her apart.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 5, 2018

As it turns out, the notion of an inclusion rider — a clause that an actor can insist be inserted in his or her contract requiring that the cast and crew on a film meet a certain level of diversity — was first floated at a conference. From 2007 to 2015, Smith’s research team had viewed the top 800 grossing films in the U.S.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The UN SDG’s are an easy way to assess your progress Align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Benchmark achievements against the 17 global goals set by the UN in 2015. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions. Event Tech. Sporting Events. Yes, I agree with the privacy policy.

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Sustainability Food and Beverage Transportation 2015 106

Eventinterface

AUGUST 29, 2019

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. Public relations outreach, as such outreach may be stipulated in speaker and partner contracts. Speaker and performer training, if required.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 30, 2016

Once the door was in, NAAA committed to holding its 2012 and 2015 conventions in Savannah, and has since signed contracts for its 2017 and 2020 shows. Considering that NAAA’s two follow-on bookings each had an economic impact of $1.8

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

As a one man show at DPA, I am involved in all aspects of the planning process, including site selection, vendor acquisition and management, contract negotiation, budget development/reconciliation as well as social media outreach and management. and marry my interest in event coordination with the non-profit sector.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The events industry talks a lot about legacies — the lasting imprint that meetings and conferences leave behind in host destinations. She took a burnt-out meeting manager and empowered me to step up and step on a few colleagues’ toes along the way to execute an annual meeting. Meeting attendance hasn’t decreased.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 22, 2019

In addition to combing through more than 2 million anonymous hotel and Airbnb guest records from 2015 to 2018, researchers surveyed 750 convention attendees to understand what factors went into their decision to book inside or outside the group room block. But these people were where they were expected to be.

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Hotels Advertising Travel 2015 108

PCMA Convene

MARCH 14, 2017

First a look at the numbers, taken from a decade’s worth of data gathered in Convene ‘s Meetings Market Survey: The average room pickup in 2007 was 6,009 — in 2016 it was 3,449. Trade shows had more rooms booked outside the block vs. meetings. Shorter events had a higher share of rooms booked outside the block.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

2015 they acquired American Audio Visual. 2015, one year later. You can negotiate these contracts. But it’s in the contract is exclusive provider and that was non-negotiable. And we didn’t necessarily see that but let’s put a pin in that and come back to it. Brandt Krueger: So that was 2014.

Event Tech 99

Event Tech Tech Negotiating Contracts 99

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

November 11, 2016 – Smart Meetings, the leading media company and most trusted resource for meeting professionals, was awarded two Eddie Awards and two Ozzie Awards at the 2016 Eddie & Ozzie Awards by Folio in New York City. 1 resource for meeting planners,” says Marin Bright, CEO and founder of Smart Meetings.

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Endless Events

APRIL 26, 2019

I can’t stress this enough before you even meet with an AV company do your homework. You should actually hire your AV company before you even sign your venue contract. Step 2: Prepare for the First Meeting With AV Company. Below are the best ways to prepare for your meeting. Step 1: Do Your Research on AV Companies.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In 2015 U.S. Planners need to look at what the attendee experience will be with COVID-safe protocols in place and determine if the event still meets their objectives. With demand for in-person event venues and vendors at historically low levels, expect supply to contract. Outlier examples don’t prove or disprove a hypothesis.(In

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Unique Venues

MAY 19, 2021

Not only does that come as good news for concert and theater goers, but it’s also an exciting development for planners that rely on these types of non-traditional venues for galas, corporate meetings, training and development seminars and product launches. The great news, Benaderet says, is that the interest is there.

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Venues 2015 Contracts Corporate Meetings 69

Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2019

In fact, you should ideally hire your AV company before you even sign your venue contract. Pre-plan where each item will be hung to avoid additional costs and check with your venue before you sign the contract whether or not rigging points and included in the cost. Hiring Your AV Company Too Late. Skimping on Audio.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

A 2015 Tourism Economics study of 170-plus events revealed that more than 34 percent of rooms are being booked outside the contracted room block. Experient launched a partnership with Airbnb in 2015 designed to provide additional options in situations with high levels of compression.

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2015 Hotels Contracts Travel 49

Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Allseated Vision enhances client experience and allows venues the opportunity to sell their event space and work with clients virtually, with virtual tours accessible across multiple platforms (mobile, desktop, and VR headset), eliminating the need for on-site meetings — which is more critical than ever before!

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Event Technology Technology 2020 Tech 91

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 28, 2016

But neither brother showed any early promise as a high achiever, they told the audience at the opening keynote at ASAE’s 2016 Annual Meeting & Exposition , held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Aug. Participants created their own sessions using Open Space techniques. His twin brother, Capt. Zero Tolerance’.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

Tell that to meeting professionals, however, and they might grumble. Every few years the question comes up as to whether or not [procurement] should be handling our contracts,” she said. “We McDonald’s Corporation has been undergoing a major restructuring since 2015. Possibly. “I

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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The response to our first edition of the Plan Your Meetings Professional Development Guide was better than we could have expected. This new resource saw the most traffic of any Plan Your Meetings publication since Meeting Professionals International acquired the company in late 2015. A path forward.

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Planning Pod

JULY 13, 2022

When Laura first joined the Barber Vintage Motorsports events team in 2015, they were using a variety of scattered and disconnected software tools to manage all of their in-house and private events. “We In minutes, you can start effortlessly managing your events from timelines and budgeting to contracts and floorplans.

Event Management 78

Event Management Management Contracts Venues 78

PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

This is the situation the Brazilian Spine Society and its conference organizer MCI Group-Brazil found themselves in just before 2015, after committing to the 2017 Brazilian Spine Society Congress, scheduled for April 18–22 in Rio de Janeiro. Our president had the very interesting idea to attend the BRICS SPINE meeting.

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QC Event School

JULY 7, 2023

Meet QC Event School graduate, Ayla Otto! When my husband and I were planning our wedding in 2015, I absolutely loved the planning process. Meeting and working alongside other wedding vendors; some of whom have now became really good friends of mine! I love to meet my couple’s mom, dad, grandparents, siblings, etc.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2019

So, we have a real strategic opportunity to reframe the way we speak about meetings and events. Because when people think about meetings and events, they think about travel. First and foremost, Fiona advises that any member of an organization that plans meetings “goes to their CEO and talks about sustainable development goal 4.7”

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EncoreAPAC

MARCH 20, 2023

As Meetings Net describes it, the roadmap caused “perhaps its biggest public splash on the issue of making events sustainable.” Encore’s evolving green journey started in 2015. Encore’s fleet leases are shorter term contracts so dated vehicles can be replaced with more efficient models. Pass a global benchmark.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 2, 2018

It’s an issue that increasingly weighs on the minds of meeting professionals in the wake of terror attacks and mass shootings in crowded public gathering places. In 2014, we brought in an outside consultant to help assess our security measures, and by 2015, we added metal detectors and bag checks for everyone coming to the show.

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Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 3, 2018

The MPI Academy, launched in 2015, is a central depot for the well of education and learning experiences available from the world’s largest meeting and event industry association. Upcoming live webinars include: What Makes a Meeting Experience Great? Art of the Deal: Strategic Hotel & Contract Negotiations.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. As a “government” meeting planner, I am con-stantly challenged with limited budgets, outdated technology, and long-lasting traditions. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

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Converve

AUGUST 5, 2016

Exhibitors then already know in advance who they will meet at the trade fair. Origins in meeting and events industry. Ray Bloom, founder of the IMEX group, an event organizer for trade fairs and congresses in the MICE sector (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Events), is the inventor of the hosted buyer concept.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 26, 2018

Sleek Collective recently won their first 3-year contract to deliver winter activation at Chiswick House & Gardens Trust.”. Like many other experienced event professionals, Jennifer knows how susceptible event and meeting planners can be to job fatigue and burnout, so she encourages her team to make sure wellness is a part of their lives.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2024

The launch of Reduce 2 — so named to reflect the 2015 Paris Agreement to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius — was also well-timed. Going deeper into assessing the meeting space includes such considerations as, “Did they bring stuff in? How many square feet or meters?

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Site Selections Sustainability 2026 Transportation 52

Converve

AUGUST 5, 2016

Exhibitors then already know in advance who they will meet at the trade fair. Origins in meeting and events industry. Ray Bloom, founder of the IMEX group, an event organizer for trade fairs and congresses in the MICE sector (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Events), is the inventor of the hosted buyer concept.

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