SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

Financial 95

Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 95

SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2020

The hospitality industry is coming to the rescue. The group is addressing health and safety, community, global ecosystems, reskilling the industry , innovation, digital transformation , advocacy and risk mitigation. Preparing for Return to Meeting. Underpinning of all that advocacy effort is data.

Food and Beverage 111

Food and Beverage Meetings Hotels Contracts 111

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The beginning of a new year brings the promise of new events, incentives and meetings. Though lockdowns similar to what we experienced at the beginning of the pandemic aren’t likely, meeting destinations may be impacted by ever-changing local restrictions or ordinances around vaccinations, testing requirements, etc. Build in More Time.

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Contracts Site Selections 2022 Risk Management 116

SmartMeetings

MAY 16, 2024

Even if that more adventurous perspective doesn’t make you any happier about them, they’re a necessary part of the meetings and events industry. Another reflection of the higher costs resorts and meeting facilities are facing is showing in the amount of the deposit. The post 2024 Contracts Playbook appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Contracts 2024 Food and Beverage Hospitality 98

Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP). He brings an extensive background in travel risk management, with experience in business growth, strategic development and building lasting relationships with customers and partners.

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Tourism Food and Beverage Hospitality Hotels 102

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this new role, Michaels will expand her scope to oversee all legal, risk management, internal audits, compliance and workers compensation functions within the company. She joined Fontainebleau Las Vegas in 2022 after over a decade in multiple leadership roles in the Las Vegas gaming and hospitality industries.

Food and Beverage 104

Food and Beverage Hospitality Hotels Financial 104

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts about why certification has become so essential, the commitment required and specific areas where event professionals are focusing to achieve their A-game. Certified Meetings Experts. Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States. Jessie States.

Education 80

Education Meetings 2010 Financial 80

SmartMeetings

JULY 10, 2017

Finding a host city for a key meeting can be a geographic Rubik’s cube of schedules and locations that can seem impossible to solve. This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. Meeting space: 4.2 million sq.

Travel 81

Travel Hospitality Hotels Risk Management 81

SmartMeetings

APRIL 5, 2017

Recently, Smart Meetings had the pleasure of attending the Meetings Industry Council (MIC) of Colorado’s first-ever two day annual conference. MIC of Colorado is a coalition made up of 13 organizations involved in the meetings and events industry.

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Trade Shows Meetings Risk Management 2016 49

SmartMeetings

JULY 20, 2020

That is the challenge meeting planners are facing in a virtual event reality. CSR that engages employees and attendees of your events is a strategic platform for health and safety management in enterprises, as well as an opportunity for psychosocial risk management. As the pandemic rages on, budgets are being slashed.

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Social Media Risk Management Marketing Meetings 112

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master. J: Marketing.

Meetings 62

Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The definition of “risk” has grown beyond the traditional definitions of financial, operational, reputational and security issues meeting professionals checked off their list as they prepared to bring people together in days of old. Defining Risk. Technology Risks. Or they may work, but pose a cybersecurity threat.

Social Media 105

Social Media Financial Insurance 2022 105

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Greg Sparrow, senior vice president and general manager at CompliancePoint, an Atlanta-area consultant for cybersecurity and risk management, bemoans the fact that repeated occurrences of data theft at major companies in recent years has led to a “desensitization” of public reaction. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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2014 Risk Management Social Media Hotels 76

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

Feeling overwhelmed by technology is a common sentiment expressed by meeting-professional respondents to Convene surveys, who say that they struggle with the fast pace of change, the latest tech tools and up-to-the-minute applications, and the shiniest new things. What about meeting organizers themselves? Artificial Intelligence.

Technology 75

Technology Meetings 2015 Hotels 75

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Up until 2012 when the media broke the Muffingate story and the scandal of the GSA Western Regional Conference changed everything, government meetings were considered a relatively recession proof base of business. Federal meetings almost singlehandedly bailed out the hospitality industry following the tragedy of 9/11.

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Government 2012 Contracts 2013 74

SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The study, which delved into top safety concerns women business travelers face, found that almost 69 percent of United States travel buyers believe females face greater risk than males and 61 percent feel it’s imperative to consider female safety when implementing risk-management programs.

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2008 Travel Transportation Hotels 102

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

a Smart Meetings podcast, host JT Long, vice president and content director of Smart Meetings, explores essential strategies for ensuring safety in an increasingly risky world. Kevin Coffey : Kevin Coffey is our travel security and meeting risk advisor and trainer. In this episode of What One Thing? ,

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Travel Meetings Hotels Risk Management 98

Course Index

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

All this has led to an uptick in the demand for skilled event management professionals. Good event and hospitality management involves the systematic application of project management techniques to create and develop large events. how to manage budgets, advice on contracts, booking venues and securing sponsors.

Event Management 49

Event Management Management Contracts Risk Management 49

SmartMeetings

JUNE 17, 2020

Smart Meetings asked Kate Patay , chair of SEARCH Foundation and chief strategy officer of Patay Consulting, how she kept everyone safe. Ironically, the coronavirus jeopardized an event, which took place March 11, to raise crisis-relief funds for hospitality professionals just as the entire industry was on the verge of crisis.

Management 52

Management Food and Beverage Consulting Hospitality 52

SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When used to host a mixture of pharma ad board formats throughout the year – in-person, virtual, hybrid, asynchronous – this technology can transform pharma ad boards into fruitful meetings that bring 5x more insights. For example, early on, meetings may focus on clinical trial design, risk management plans, and target patients.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Contracts Technology Event Technology 130

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted a 10-percent increase in the number of meeting-and-event-planning jobs by 2024. CHME, CHSP, CMP, CHE, who in addition to teaching classes at Metropolitan State University of Denver, serves as a faculty adviser for the school’s hospitality, tourism, and events management department.

Negotiating 68

Negotiating Hospitality Contracts Risk Management 68

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

Travel 52

Travel Airlines Risk Management Speakers 52

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Yesterday afternoon we talked to Mike Waterman, president of Visit Houston, about how his city’s meetings infrastructure came through Harvey, and what’s next. Did Houston’s meetings infrastructure suffer any major damage? Does whatever impact there was change anything about Houston as a meetings destination?

2017 78

2017 Hotels Hospitality Sustainability 78

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

I believe there is a thin line between planning and execution, and I am passionate about smart tech for hospitality professionals.

Risk Management 40

Risk Management Contracts Tech Financial 40

Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 15, 2019

The meetings and events industry may be unregulated from a legal perspective – meaning you aren’t required by law to be certified in the same way a doctor or lawyer needs to be – but training and education is critical for Event Leaders. Over the past 20 years the meetings and events industry has been evolving at lightning speed.

Risk Management 40

Risk Management Hospitality Social Media Tourism 40

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Since getting his start in hospitality in 1995, he’s worked for tour companies and CVBs. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International (MPI). The post 7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Hotels Food and Beverage 2013 Sports 40

SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim. The pivot to digital events over the last year revealed that a lot of value delivered at face-to-face meetings can effectively be online. Smart Meetings asked Sharon Bonner, founder of Bright Ideas Events, after she staged a ball for 1,500 employees.

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2022 2019 Healthcare Risk Management 52

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

Travel 40

Travel Airlines Speakers Risk Management 40

Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

More than half—51 percent—had no idea their employers provided any form of travel risk management (TRM) program to assist them during travel; of those who knew of a program’s existence, only one-fifth felt confident enough to use the service.

Travel 59

Travel Risk Management Technology Management 59

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

Travel 40

Travel Speakers Airlines Risk Management 40

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

Travel 40

Travel Airlines Risk Management Speakers 40

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

Airlines 40

Airlines Risk Management Travel Speakers 40

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

Travel 40

Travel Airlines Risk Management Speakers 40

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

Travel 40

Travel Airlines Risk Management Speakers 40

Plan Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The thought of it is often enough to make even the most experienced meeting planner want to change careers. A rule of meeting safety is ensuring the space, facility or venue is free from harm and offers components and measures that keep it free from harm. Safety is a big topic and covers a lot of different elements.

Site Selections 60

Site Selections Hotels Venues Hospitality 60

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

Travel 40

Travel Airlines Risk Management Speakers 40

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

Travel 40

Travel Airlines Risk Management Speakers 40