Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 21, 2018

What are some ways we as conference and meeting professionals can maintain our trusted-advisor relationships within the hospitality industry and continue to gain trust from others? Reprinted with permission of Convene, the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

However, compared to other cities, the pace of London’s meeting, conference and events sector can sometimes leave the client feeling that London is lacking the hospitality associated with the city’s tourism. Excellent hospitality should be a key principal for hotels whether dealing with guests on leisure or business trips.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

When I first started in hospitality, I knew I wanted to work with people and I wanted to be able to help accommodate people in their requests. She helped push me into the conference planning role and it really helped me launch my career in the meetings and planning industry. Q: How did you get into the meetings industry?

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ePly

MARCH 22, 2024

A great conference agenda defines the event’s purpose, who will speak and when, and the conference location and activity. It is the most important tool available for encouraging attendee engagement , establishing expectations for their experience, and guiding them to the right locations at the right times during the conference.

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Canadian Special Events

MARCH 17, 2024

The Canadian Dam Association Annual Conference is a heavily volunteer-led initiative. Most of the 14-person Conference Planning Committee were based in the conference destination, St. The planning committee was excited to bring in new staff to help with their upcoming in-person conference.

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Bizzabo

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Whether you're organizing a corporate event , a high-profile tech conference , or a laidback networking meet up this list has it covered. This newly relocated 60k+ square-foot event space has small to large conference areas to suit any size event you might host, not to mention a great atmosphere and a sand volleyball court!

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

One piece of advice stood out most: planning event security is not a task that should be accomplished in isolation. Planning for security involves a wide variety of stakeholders, and they should be engaged at the beginning of the event or conference planning process.

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Master the Event

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Your thoughts are turning to a career in the Hospitality and Event Management Industry. More and more colleges are offering post graduate event planning degrees and diplomas in Hospitality Industry related fields. From Hotel and/or F&B Management to travel and tourism to event and conference planning.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 15, 2019

Event blogs are chock full of goodies to help organizers and attendees get the most out of their conference planning and event going experience. The Bizzabo Blog has been listed by Capterra as the number one event planning resource for organizers, let alone the best blog. Conferences That Work. Source: Bizzabo.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 5, 2017

Most conference organizers overload attendees with information — where to be, when to arrive, what to wear, who’s speaking, and more. At Airbnb Open, a conference held in Los Angeles on Nov. 17 to 19, the peer-to-peer hospitality company’s events team intentionally left most of those details blank for me on the second day.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 16, 2016

He has more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry. She has more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, including working for hotels, restaurants, golf clubs and destination management companies. “We Plano Centre named Karen Fey as sales representative for the convention center in North Texas.

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Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The typical conference attendee will throw away over 4 pounds of waste per day, according to Event Manager Blog. For a small three-day industry conference of approximately 1,000 attendees, that translates into over 12,500 pounds of discards — about the same as four compact cars producing 530 metric ton equivalents of CO 2.

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Event Apps Food and Beverage Transportation Sustainability 36

Certain

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Velvet Chainsaw consulting is helping companies improve annual meetings, conferences, and education. Each of these locations has great information on planning events and conferences, along with newsletters, videos, ebooks, and webinars. Social Tables is the #1 resource for meetings and hospitality. Social Tables.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The Socialtables blog contains event tips and trends with a lean towards the hospitality industry. You’ll find the blog divided into three sections: event, hospitality, and industry. But, something we really appreciate is their insights into the human-side of event planning. Meetings & conferences. Socialtables.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

If you know anything about Ina, her primary objectives are to be efficient and hospitable in every way possible. Telling you at the end of the day that as a contingency plan, that if you don’t have something “store bought is fine.”. Can you help me with the Conference App? A Little About Me. Where’s XYZ session?

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

So what does this mean for those of us responsible for organizing and executing conferences and events? Practice Radical Hospitality. Radical Hospitality means to welcome people just as they are. What would it take to implement radical hospitality at your conference? Can we really afford not to?

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