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Scottish cities account for 24% of all major association meetings in the UK

Event Industry News

Scotland is bucking the trend with the number of major association events held in 2018 up 5% from 2017, despite the UK dropping two places in the latest ICCA Country and City Statistics report for total number of international association meetings.

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Introduction to Association Meeting Minutes for Association Leaders

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This quick guide will help familiarize yourself with association meeting minutes and write minutes that are efficient, easy to read, and an excellent record for your organization. What are association meeting minutes? Meeting minutes are far from a record of everything everyone said in a meeting.

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Conference Destinations Compete With Academic Firepower

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This annual report ranks convention destinations on the number of intellectual leaders that are part of governing bodies of international associations. The report also looks at the correlation between a destination’s intellectual capital and the number of international association meetings hosted.

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Six Rules to Ensure a Lasting Event Legacy

MeetingsNet

Corporate and association meetings often leave a positive impact across a destination that goes beyond simple financial benefit. Therefore, they should be brought in as full partners at the start of creating a legacy-building plan for a particular meeting. Here are six rules for legacy-building from the report’s researchers.

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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. Next, “labor costs have gone up unexpectedly fast,” well beyond the rate of inflation, said Jeremy See, chief commercial officer for HEI Hotels & Resorts.

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CalSAE Seasonal Spectacular Brought the Festive

Smart Meetings

The holiday spirit took over Sacramento’s renovated SAFE Credit Union Convention Center last week as 400 association meeting professionals came together during the return of CalSAE ’s Seasonal Spectacular event Dec. Associations pivoted faster than they ever have before,” said Jim Anderson, CalSAE president and CEO.

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BMA House reveals hybrid and digital event packages

Event Industry News

BMA House has created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect the ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. In the meantime, we have created a series of packages that maximise our extensive technical expertise.