Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Gibson also has years of food and beverage experience, having worked as kitchen manager and in other restaurant management positions in New Hampshire. Travel Association, Meetings Mean Business Coalition, PCMA Education Foundation and Chautauqua Institution in New York. Tiffany Alves Hafer.

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StraussCA

JULY 5, 2024

The last five years have highlighted that there are other ways of providing education and connection with members and this has an impact on how your association needs to look at The Meeting. Gratuities are also increasing adding to the average bill for any conference session with food.

Meetings 52

Meetings Food and Beverage Social Media Education 52

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Science-based meetings with continuing education tend to have fewer massive fluctuations, but we must continue to focus on the value of face-to-face meetings as travel becomes more difficult and virtual content more accessible.”. travel ban).

Marketing 78

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas.

2016 40

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

What would you say is the biggest challenge for a traditional association meeting planner? 1 skillset is no longer your food and beverage and your contracting of the venue and so on. They need to be educated. So we will get to that point — the sooner the better. Do you see resistance to this new model?

Technology 64

Technology Trade Shows Venues Food and Beverage 64

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Respondents report that, on average, food and beverage remains their single-largest expense, accounting for 31 percent of their costs at their largest 2016 event. Respondents work for associations that are almost evenly split between international (47 percent) and national (46 percent) in scope. Average change: +1.5

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine. Not only that, but “we were still a decade removed from the delivery of online education.” Heart Attack on a Plate.

2012 56

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