Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The last 2016 issue of Plan Your Meetings is now online and, for the first time ever, includes the complete Meetings Outlook report of MPI’s quarterly survey. Will you allow or prohibit legal firearms on site? What rights do you have to restrict or welcome firearms at your event? can be impacted by local gun laws.

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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. About Smart Meetings 360, Inc.:

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2024

The number of business events disrupted by the fallout of extreme weather, including wildfires, heat, or flooding, is growing quickly, as are costs to event organizers and losses to communities. As temperatures continue to shatter records, the number of global extreme weather events is climbing.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

The virtual site tour for Excel London features a series of videos for different venues within the complex. After a year spent moving in-person events to digital platforms and monitoring the shifts in the feasibility of meeting in person, the timelines for holding safe in-person meetings in the future are slowly coming into focus.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2016

This is a fact that hasn’t gone unnoticed by the $240 billion gaming industry, according to the American Gaming Association , as they court meeting planners with renovations, world-class dining options and amenities important in the site selection of other properties.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future? Despite the presence of the 2.6

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Today’s intense focus on key performance indicators, event-tech stacks and designing brilliant experiences has made the need for advanced education—from a university, association or DIY commitment—almost a requisite for getting hired…and for thriving. Occupational data from the 2016 U.S. Certified Meetings Experts. Jessie States.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future? Despite the presence of the 2.6

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

It was March 31, 2016, and ACA’s Governing Council was meeting in Montreal as part of ACA’s 2016 Conference & Expo. But on April 6, 2016, the Tennessee House passed the bill. ACA had booked Nashville for 2017 five years in advance, after an exhaustive site-selection process. Earlier that year, on Feb.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Looking for an event or experiential marketing agency? We've compiled the most comprehensive list of US event agencies on the internet for 2019. According to the Event Marketing 2019 Report , events are the single-most effective marketing channel. Some of them are focused soley on events, others are full-service agencies.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The customer is always right — that guiding principle for the retail industry is also key to the way the business events industry operates. Event destinations and venues, for example, rely on customer feedback to shape their future development plans. They don’t want to go on site visits unless they’re necessary.”.

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Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

Update: 7/19/2016: This piece has been updated to reflect comments and new software options since the article first went live. You’re an event planner. Your clients, your staff, your friends looking for favors – they all turn to you for help pulling off a fantastic event that everyone will be talking about for years to come.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

For James Schultze, CMP, the realities of security at meetings and events in the post-9/11 era are encapsulated by a client he worked with on two events in the aftermath of the attacks. Marine Corps officer who has nearly 20 years of experience planning business events. “I You don’t make a good target for terrorists.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

For James Schultze, CMP, the realities of security at meetings and events in the post-9/11 era are encapsulated by a client he worked with on two events in the aftermath of the attacks. Marine Corps officer who has nearly 20 years of experience planning business events. “I You don’t make a good target for terrorists.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

When Philadelphia hosted the 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in July, it was the 13th time that the City of Brotherly Love opened its doors to a national political convention. From a site-selection point of view, it’s a no-brainer: Stage a pageant of American democracy in its star-spangled birthplace.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 12, 2025

At Convening Leaders, Space Cities Network will be featured as a case-study example of innovative collaboration in the business events industry in sessions on Monday and Tuesday International Collaboration & Overcoming Cultural Differences in Business, and The Vertical Advantage: Fueling Growth in Organizations & Destinations.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 13, 2020

The timing for the resumption of live events in 2020 might be the biggest question on meeting planners’ minds, but Mike Butts has his sights set on August. This is one of the highlights of my life to be able to host such an event,” he told Convene in late April. Courtesy Visit Charlotte). It’s the Super Bowl of conventions.”.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

GILBERT The bid process started in January 2014, when the Republican National Committee sent an RFP to a number of cities, giving each city the opportunity to bid on hosting the 2016 RNC. Does the bid commit your destination to adding anything to its event infrastructure specifically to accommodate the convention?

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Cleveland Rocks  The city welcomed the 2016 Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena on July 18–21. Hosting the Republican National Convention was about the event’s economic impact — ‘and it was also about changing the Cleveland narrative.’. Cleveland’s bid for the 2016 RNC was a collaborative effort.

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