Guidebook

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Sustainability isn’t just a trend—it’s a movement transforming industries, and the event planning world is no exception. But here’s the good news: event planners and venues are embracing innovative, eco-friendly strategies to reduce their footprint. Here are the top strategies making waves in eco-friendly event planning.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

Situated just minutes from Euston, Kings Cross, and Russell Square stations, BMA House offers unparalleled convenience for guests travelling from across London and beyond. Packages start at 122 per guest (excluding VAT) and include comprehensive event planning, security, and access to state-of-the-art facilities.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 25, 2025

Read More : Empowering a New Generation of Association Leaders Becker is proud of how the program partners with the meetings and events industry to include students in Outlook Forum , IMEX and other travel industry gatherings to see first-hand the types of career paths possible.

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Event Farm

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Event planning has changed drastically since the COVID-19 pandemic—from cancellations and postponements to the new wave of virtual and hybrid events, event planners had to pivot quickly in order to stay afloat. Couldn’t join us for Event Exhale? Check out the session recording! Pain Point #3: Low Attendance.

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SpotMe Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

New to hybrid event planning? A hybrid event can be a great investment for your company – in fact, 86% of B2B organizations that host one see a positive ROI within 7 months. But, to get to that ROI, you first have to know how to plan a hybrid event – and that’s where it gets tricky. What is a hybrid event?

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

EventR is the latest App from Soft Pauer, which is set to completely change the way individuals and companies manage their corporate and personal travel and event plans. EventR set out to tackle the issues of coordinating the travel management of F1 teams.

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Expo Pass

JULY 11, 2022

Event planning has not been the easiest profession in the last few years. How have things changed for event organizers? Truth – event planning might be the only job that can take you wherever you want to go in the world, literally, and help you reach your career goals at the same time. Travel more – a lot more.

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Allocate a Contingency Fund : Set aside around 10-15% of your budget to cover unexpected costs like additional tech support or last-minute travel needs. Event Agenda example powered by Eventtia. Event Software Tips: Define Your Requirements: Outline the ideal attendee experience and list the features your team needs.

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Expo Pass

APRIL 5, 2023

Sightseeing opportunities, cultural exploration, checking a destination off a bucket list, and creating a lasting impression are all benefits of a destination event. Read on to discover how this one decision can take your event planning from basic to unbelievable! Weather is as important as travel. Elevate the experience.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 15, 2025

Travel kit and vacation voucher. Send attendees on a trip to remember with a travel pillow, sleep mask, and a voucher for a reduced-price vacation to a destination of their choice. Gift ideas: Wellness kit and personal training session. Pair athletic clothing or a yoga mat with a related class voucher to help your attendees get active.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 28, 2025

Event planning is like juggling ten tasks at once from logistics and budgets to last-minute changes all while staying calm under pressure. Thats why having an event planning checklist and a clear plan is key. Download the Event Planning Checklist as an Excel file to customize and share with your team.

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Expo Pass

JANUARY 25, 2023

An event planning conference! These events give you the chance to make real connections with like-minded people, learn from industry experts, and come up with fresh new ideas. In this article, we share our list of event-planning conferences in 2023 that you won’t want to miss out on! The Event Planner EXPO.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 6, 2025

CHS Leeds is set to continue its impact on the meetings and events industry with the launch of its Hosted Buyer Programme and the announcement of more elite exhibitors to help event industry professionals fulfil their RFPs and put together their event programmes.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 26, 2025

Looking ahead into 2025, the events industry will continue to embrace groundbreaking tech innovations. Yaron Lipshitz shares his insights on the year ahead, focusing on how emerging spatial design and AI technologies are transforming event planning. Spatial design has evolved to become a must-have.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The travel and tourism industry lost an estimated 62 million jobs globally during the pandemic according to Statista.com. While demand for hotel and restaurant workers came back relatively quickly once people started traveling and meeting again, job-seekers were more reluctant. How ‘venge travel is impacting event planning.

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Expo Pass

AUGUST 12, 2024

Whether you’re managing an event for hundreds or tens of thousands, the 2024 Olympics offers a gold-standard example of successful event planning. Join us as we dive into (pun intended) the strategies and innovations this year’s Olympics used to create a game-changing event experience! Gold medal event planning.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2023

Event planning consistently ranks as one of most stressful jobs in the U.S. Whether planners find themselves forced to work with difficult personalities, try to juggle juxtaposing requests, fix event planning mistakes, or balance dozens of last-minute event changes, event planners have plenty of reasons to feel stressed.

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Attendease

AUGUST 20, 2024

An event attendee journey map outlines every interaction and touchpoint your attendees will experience, from the moment they first hear about your event until after it ends. It charts the full process of how attendees discover, register, prepare for, travel to, participate in, and follow up after your event.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 24, 2025

Elizabeth Sage is a certified personal coach, accomplished event strategist and speaker. She is head of education and content at Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) and adjunct faculty at SDSU Event Management Masters program. What goal are you pursuing in 2025 that will benefit from your new insights?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Your event budget becomes your guide throughout the event planning process to help you make key decisions. Creating a detailed and realistic budget template goes hand-in-hand with a successful event. All good event professionals know the first step to making sure nothing gets left out is to start with a checklist.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 1, 2021

If you’re like most, quite a few of your team members have not traveled since the beginning of the pandemic. In some cases, they have experienced high turnover and may have fewer team members who know and understand your event. Plan for daily touch-base meetings or huddles with key players to ensure each day runs smoothly.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Motivating the next generation of incentive travel winners will require a completely fresh approach, according to a new Leadership InSITEs study from SITE Foundation. Gilligan highlighted Gen Z’s desire to have meaningful purposeful travel, “[They have] this need for a real authentic experience in a destination. Watch Smart Chat Live!

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EventSource

JANUARY 21, 2022

Review | 4 Blog mentions “With the onset covid-19, we have seen a trend of smaller more intimate weddings whether due to travel restrictions or venue capacity limits. Paired with a warm-toned postcard-style RSVP card, this travel inspired invite was complete. .” –Lexi McKenna, Paper & Poste Ivorie Paperie ( 1 ) EventSource.ca

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

The 10th NYC Experience Wellness and Travel Media event presented by Organic Spa Media on June 17, 2022 highlighted five major wellness trends that meeting planners should be aware of in booking spa experiences or resorts with wellness-centered offerings. These trends have relevance for planners in a variety of ways.

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Eventtia

MAY 11, 2022

If this is your first time planning an event, chances are, knowing where to get started can be daunting, but fear not as you’ve come to the right place. In this ultimate event planning guide, we will discuss all you need to know about planning, organizing, and executing an event in this step-by-step guide.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Unexpected cancellations, attendance fluctuations, and travel restrictions have made rigid contracts a dealbreaker. Many corporations have sustainability goals that extend to their event planning, requiring venues and destinations to support green initiatives.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 19, 2025

Trevor Hanks, managing partner of 360DG, says, This is truly a game-changer for the DMC industryThis merger isnt just about growth, its about further elevating what we deliver to our clients at every stage of the event planning process.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 19, 2024

We traveled every summer to different parts of the U.S., and I thought that would be a perfect job—I could travel around and see beautiful places.” By the time she graduated college, she still had that travel bug. “I I knew I wanted a job that allowed me to travel, and I fell into meeting planning completely by accident.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Realizing the potential for a winter storm or another weather disaster while planning your meeting or event will help keep your attendees safe while reducing the risk of significant financial losses. Make sure you have a backup plan if a critical event program member suddenly becomes unavailable.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2022

The pandemic and subsequent shift to virtual meetings opened attendee eyes to the limitations and inflexibility of physical events. When live events first returned, people were excited to be together, but traveling and walking the show floor can be exhausting.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Dominguez noted that even though mega-conferences were absent last year, borders are now largely open and travel is back with a vengeance. Travel is back, in Dominguez’s eyes. Travel is back, in Dominguez’s eyes. For those who did some ‘revenge travel’ last year, Dominguez says ‘revenge meetings’ is the next thing.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2023

Plan ahead and partner for best results When you’re looking for employee motivation, think far away. As in, incentive travel to somewhere far from the office (and even the home office!). Group incentive travel is one of the few benefits with almost universal appeal. Incentive travel should be fun—for everyone!

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Attendease

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Just start with basic steps such as incorporating voting and implementing other self-governing tactics, which not only help attendees personalize their own experience, but also give the event planners a clear insight into what their attendees prefer. Appeal to Bleisure (business/travel leisure). Unique Venues.

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GEVME

MAY 14, 2018

Showing recognition for employees’ achievements by awarding travel experiences may be an old trick but it’s also one that’s not going away any time soon. Still, before breathing a sigh of relief, you should understand that the demands and tastes of corporate staff change, which leads to the evolution of new incentive travel programs.

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EventSource

OCTOBER 15, 2019

After four years together, which had them traveling to 20 countries and living in four different cities, including their current home in England, Alexandra and Anthony finally stayed put long enough to say, “I Do!” Whim Event Planning. Event Planner. Vendors Featured in this Article. 29 Reviews. 35 Reviews.

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Event Farm

JUNE 14, 2022

The main return we got back from the survey showed that 93% of event planners are once again planning a live or hybrid event this year—a 17% increase over 2021. Another 3% are sticking with virtual events only (a significant change from 18% in 2021), while the remainder is still waiting to start their event planning back up.

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EventSource

JANUARY 30, 2025

Vendors Featured in this Article 21 Reviews Fab Fte Event Plan. Event Planner 1 Review Destiny Weddings Event Planner 1 Review Lovever Weddings & E. Event Planner 96 Reviews Designed Dream Event. Event Planner 26 Reviews SJ Soire Event Planner 4 Reviews Ever After by Justin.

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