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Planners Get Straight Talk from Hotel Owners

MeetingsNet

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups. Those expenditures must be recovered by hotels over the next couple of years, he noted. What’s In It for Event Groups?

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IHG Is the Latest Hotel Company to Aid On-Site Covid Testing

MeetingsNet

IHG, whose meetings-focused brands include InterContinental, Kimpton, Regent, and Crowne Plaza, has announced a partnership with Wellness 4 Humanity to provide and administer rapid on-site covid testing for corporate and association meetings at more than 70 properties in the United States.

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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

Smart Meetings

Shaffer has also been association and corporate sales manager at The DeSoto Savannah in Georgia, sales manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center and more. She has held senior and leadership roles at Hard Rock International, BR Guest Hospitality, GrandLife Hotels and more.

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Don’t Believe Everything You See on Twitter About a San Francisco Meeting Apocalypse

Smart Meetings

San Francisco’s welcoming people, its unbeatable food scene, and its endless activity regularly lead to record-breaking meeting attendance. of contiguous space and sits within walking distance to more than 19,000 hotel rooms. Fairmont San Francisco Like many other buildings in Nob Hill, The Fairmont Hotel was utterly destroyed.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE

We worked closely with destination Bern – the Bern Convention Bureau , Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau and local hotel partners where the sessions were filmed: Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA, Hotel Bellevue Palace Bern and Kongress + Kursaal Bern AG. Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA.

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Budgets Versus Costs: A Losing Battle?

MeetingsNet

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. Heading up the list is food and beverage, where 55 percent of planners have dealt with costs that are at least 10 percent higher than they were one year prior.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

I am finding it difficult to find venues that meet our needs and stay within budget. I feel that I am being pushed out into less desirable locations/hotels.”. ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONALS. Of course, technology continues to reshape events. Average change: +3.2 percent compared to +4.9 percent in the 2016 survey.