SmartMeetings

MAY 5, 2017

It can be challenging for those in the meeting planning profession, but looking on the bright side really does pay off. So rather than concentrating on the hurdles involved in event planning , let’s focus on the wonderful perks of this unique profession. Embarking on travel adventures. Maintaining a sharp mind.

Risk Management 93

Risk Management Negotiating Travel Contracts 93

Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2017

For many organizations, using meetings procurement companies (aka, third-party planners) like HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect for site selection, contracts and other meeting planning functions is crucial to executing a successful event. Jacki Bennis, Square One Meeting Planning. “As

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Site Selections Contracts Meeting Planning Hotels 81

Endless Events

APRIL 7, 2020

“Force majeure is a legal term that’s been around for a long time and it’s in your contracts, but it’s separate from your contracts”, Josh explains. But they let planners and groups get out of meeting contracts or frankly, any kind of supplier contracts too if they meet certain criteria.

Contracts 91

Contracts Hotels Government Events 91

EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

Meeting planning professionals are only too familiar with the painful process of long email chains when it comes to drilling down into the content they need to host their event. Say you have 20 employees coming from out of town, two of whom are bringing spouses. An End to Tedious Email Requests.

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Meetings Hotels 2020 B2B 161

SmartMeetings

JANUARY 21, 2021

When I first heard about it, I was at an NCBMP board meeting, planning the annual conference that subsequently went virtual in November. Our interactions are bigger than booths and contracts. There is a lot of sadness and uncertainty, and sometimes people just need to hear it’s going to be all right.”. billion in the U.S.

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Travel Tourism Contracts 2019 104

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The travel, hospitality and meetings industry has been one of the hardest hit during the COVID-19 slowdown. Access one of our many webinars , which provide relevant information that can increase your meetings knowledge. Is it possible to turn a layoff into an opportunity? Thinking about dipping your toes in another industry?

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Meetings Airlines Education Hospitality 126

PCMA Convene

MAY 8, 2020

He’s been speaking with four potential sites about hosting the two-day event, including the Dana Farber Center, another health-care facility, a hospital, and a small meeting venue. Each of those venues, he said, has told him they are “fine” with the meeting’s stipulations. live , for The Voice of Healthcare.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. The top pharma event management companies offer: Strategic planning: They will work with you to determine the event’s objectives and the best ways to achieve them. It is not for commercial purposes.

Event Management 130

Event Management 2023 Management Healthcare 130

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: As a global citizen, my work allows me to travel. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights. Cheryl Gentry.

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2017 Contracts Negotiating Tech 85

Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Best Event Planning Podcasts. The Meeting Planning Madness Podcast. Meetings Podcast. Eventful: Th e Podcast for Meeting Professionals. The Meeting Planning Madness Podcast. This is a bi-monthly, thirty minute podcast about all things event planning. EventIcons. IN-PERSON Podcast.

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Event Tech Tech Event Technology Technology 103

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Many mentioned the same things: autonomy, creativity, challenge, the opportunity to travel, and to see a project through from beginning to end. Less so the contracting, but more the sharing of ideas to make something work effectively in their space. Constantly meeting new people. Like the travel — love my team.

Contracts 58

Contracts Travel Medical Meetings Education 58

SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Read books about meeting planning and career advice, subscribe to e-newsletters and listen to free podcasts for planners. Take a few minutes to enroll in free event planning webinars that can teach you the finer points of contract negotiation, event technology and more. Strive for work-life balance.

Meetings 74

Meetings Food and Beverage 2017 Trade Shows 74

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: As a global citizen, my work allows me to travel. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights. Cheryl Gentry.

2017 75

2017 Contracts Negotiating Tech 75

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

and those that travel to international markets. travel ban). I hope for stabilization so that planning can be more intentional than planning for the unknown.”. Contracting space — Total exhibition space shrank 20 percent compared to the average exposition footprint in last year’s survey. NUMBER OF MEETINGS PLANNED.

Marketing 78

Marketing Meetings 2016 2007 78

Plan Your Meetings

MAY 4, 2020

Travel launched a new weekly webinar series that looks toward the recovery of our industry and the broader economy, focusing on the guidance, data and traveler sentiment necessary to safely restoring travel and tourism in the U.S. Meeting Executive Re-Think Tank on Lessons Learned & Continued Impact ”.

2020 36

2020 Risk Management Contracts Tourism 36

Social Tables

MARCH 25, 2024

Closely review all venue contracts before signing. Look for additional fees, event restrictions, and other policies that could impact your plans. Add the deposit due date, contract deadline, and other important dates to your party planning calendar, and give guests as much notice as possible. Is a deposit required?

Contracts 78

Contracts Venues Entertainment Social Media 78

The Planner's Lounge

MAY 14, 2024

Or, if a current client is asking for something that falls outside your contract’s scope, use a phrase like, “I would be happy to take care of that for you; I will send an invoice and contract amendment to add that additional service.” Let clients know when to expect a response so they aren’t waiting anxiously.

Contracts 52

Contracts Negotiating Social Media Management 52

Corbin Ball

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

18 LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN. Or helpful business or meeting planning links? 6 Meeting Industry-Related Sites: ebook from Julius Solaris: The Future of Event Marketing. Kapow: very interesting new "meeting experience" booking engine. Bizly: Fast Forward 50 Years: the Meeting Room to Blow Your Mind.

2016 60

2016 Sponsorships Trade Shows Travel 60

Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

Breaking into the meeting planning business takes a mishmash of education, experience and passion. It seems almost everyone I meet lately appears to have an interest in meeting planning and a meeting planner career. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

Meetings 40

Meetings Site Selections Meeting Planning Contracts 40

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Just about anything can happen at a meeting—a broken shoe heel, contract confusion , a sudden headache or the dreaded dead phone battery. To help, we’ve created a handy list of things meeting planners should find useful. Need to find a specific detail buried in the fine print of a hotel contract ? Sound familiar?

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Meetings Contracts Social Media Event Apps 52

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

Manage contracts. Manage implementation of meeting or event. It’s a scary world, we’re just planning on it. Depending on your meeting location, it may be necessary to travel with or contract security teams. Develop management and implementation plan. Develop and implement emergency response plan.

Meetings 62

Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 24, 2017

Try to make your site visit at the same time of day that a delegate would be travelling to the site. The experts at venue sourcing and event management company Conference Care have some suggestions (and a detail checklist) for making the most of these essential tours. Evaluate Access. Consider True Capacity.

Site Selections 80

Site Selections Negotiating Conference Venues 80

Plan Your Meetings

MARCH 25, 2019

Allied PRA, and other DMCs have purchased small DMCs and consolidated, that hasn’t happened in catering so much because catering is super local, but I think it can happen in event planning firms. New ways to travel are changing behavior. RELATED STORY: Contract trends: What’s old may be new again. Disruptors.

Hotels 46

Hotels Contracts Tech Financial 46

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Smart Meetings earned the top spot in the following categories: Best B-to-B tool for Smart Meetings 360, Inc. The comprehensive 360 team performs property research, contract negotiations, side-by-side proposal comparisons, site inspection preparations and more at no cost to planners and in a fraction of the time.

Meetings 40

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

It was this moment where I realized that experiences in meetings can have an impact on attendees, and reshaped how I viewed my career. At some point, I would like to branch out in my career and experience what meeting planning is like in the private sector. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

2017 69

2017 Education Hospitality Meetings 69

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Cities that devote funds and square footage to building, maintaining and expanding state-of-the-art meeting facilities reap rewards in the form of increased meetings and conventions bookings, room night sales and visitor spending.

Negotiating 45

Negotiating Site Selections 2014 Hotels 45

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

According to Jobs Rated’s 2016 survey, being a meeting, event and travel professional is one of the most stressful jobs,” Andrew Flack, vice president of marketing and ecommerce Americas at Hilton, told Smart Meetings. Tools that Wow. The museum is just the beginning.

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Ecommerce Insurance Fashion Social Media 40

Stova

MARCH 16, 2023

A traditional board meeting, on the other hand, may require a more formal setting. Going over the details like the number of attendees and available dates are basic steps in meeting planning. If you must make cuts, skimp on things that don’t affect the meeting mission or goals. Use technology to keep everyone informed.

Management 40

Management 2023 Meetings Negotiating 40

Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

You’ll find helpful info on a range of topics from staging inspiration and productivity advice through to real-world assistance in getting the most out of your AV contracts. A few that caught our eye include event grants, new event venue options and coping with travel bans. International Meetings Review. Loving their blog?

Trade Shows 133

Trade Shows Food and Beverage Tech Education 133

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In many organizations, the meeting planning function is viewed as administrative. ELI has many offerings, including certificates in Fundraising Event Management, Event Entrepreneurship: Growth Strategies, and Pandemic Meeting & Event Design.

Education 105

Education Hospitality Telecommunications Negotiating 105

PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2019

But the combined answers to the question give a clear sense that many meeting professionals are feeling crunched by a lack of resources — of money, staff, time, or all three — in the face of their jobs’ demands. Contract negotiation when dealing with India hotels. Travel budget has been significantly cut off. Contracting. (3

Contracts 69

Contracts Food and Beverage Hotels Negotiating 69

Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

This will greatly impact the event and meeting planning industry because planners will now only have 1 technology option at hotels, limiting options for flexibility in their venue selection process. The acquisition could turn out to be really good for meeting planners and hotels. major markets.

Event Technology 110

Event Technology Technology Meetings Hotels 110

SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

It allows you back out of a contract without liability or damage costs if that state begins enacting any anti-LGBT legislation between the time of signing the contact and the time of program execution. Ultimately, it will benefit the LGBT community and may lead to widespread change. Set the Stage for Inclusivity.

Meetings 92

Meetings Site Selections Negotiating Speakers 92

SmartMeetings

JANUARY 18, 2017

20, president-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office, and nearly one million Americans are expected to travel to Washington, DC, to either attend the inauguration or protest it. It will be an event people will be buzzing about for years to come, which means it surely offers some important lessons that meeting planners will appreciate.

Transportation 40

Transportation Travel Contracts Site Selections 40

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Another big, ongoing story has been the transformation of the image that meeting professionals hold of themselves. Rather than leaving their children with Grandma or a sitter, more physicians were traveling to the annual meeting with them. It comes as no surprise that ‘costs’ will be the watchword of the ’90s. March 1992.

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