Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

More quality options result in a buyer’s market…now and in the years ahead. Here’s what some organizers are asking for and getting: Pre-Event Content Marketing – Customized promotional video or interview, webinar, article contribution for newsletter, blog, podcast or magazine, social channel engagement. What to Look For.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

With the extreme advancement of tech capabilities, planners are finding more unique ways to incorporate tech into their meetings, from augmented reality maps of a venue to chatbots to assist with customer service or to customize the event experience per attendee.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? Is 2017 a buyer’s or a seller’s market for hotel supply growth? Is 2017 a buyer’s or a seller’s market for hotel supply growth? Meeting planners do, too.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

IHG Hotels & Resorts has teamed up with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Morehouse College (MC) and Clark Atlanta University (CAU) for a mutually beneficial collaboration through their early career recruitment program. IHG Diversifies. The Mutual Benefit.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

After a year marked by fire, flood and tragedy , the overall tone of Destination Marketing Association of the West ’s Education Summit 2018 was light, inspiring—even funny. Here are takeaways every meeting professional can benefit from. 6 Steps to a Viral Marketing Campaign. Top Trends Impacting Hospitality, Tourism and Events.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Read More : How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers. Tell a Story.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

These events can also be short destination experiences that might even be in cities, where high-profile leaders in a variety of different markets come together to be with their peers, to network with equals and have that high-value content and do so in a space that feels good and is relaxed.” The exclusivity of it—is part of the marketing.”

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Read More : This Las Vegas Bar Wants You to Horse Around Also within the venue is a food market serving up gourmet street food, like pizzas, burgers and wings, along with sandwiches and salads. With a recently opened Voco Hotel, and Bedford and Moxie hotels opening up soon, the island is investing heavily in its tourism focus. “It’s

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Hilton Meet with a Purpose rewards good boys and girls in meetings with a 30-to-60 minute Puppies & Ice Cream break for organizations convening at one of its pet-friendly hotels. Hilton Denver City Center also participates in this meeting enhancement program. Other hotels featuring resident dogs include The St.

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JULY 21, 2022

Diversity, sustainability and violent crime were on the agenda for Destinations International Annual Convention 2022 in Toronto, Canada, this week along with a host of other social issues destination marketing organizations are taking on as they emerge from Covid empowered to address a larger mission of getting heads in beds. Much Respect. “We

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EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. In reality, the real sticking point was a matter of hotel reluctance.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

After a long, exhausting meeting, the last thing on most attendees’ minds is eating healthy, but event professionals can do their part by ensuring attendees get the nutrition they need from their meals. In the past three years, hotels have been working to change their approach to meeting and break meals, Zoblotsky said. “We

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria making landfall in Puerto Rico, one of the worst of many destructive turns of nature during the past year, many directly affecting hubs of the meetings and hospitality industries. Meanwhile, more than 130 hotels are back open, with 11 more planned to reopen in the coming months.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Meanwhile, Visit Houston worked with Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston and Greater Houston Restaurant Association to create a Houston Hospitality Employee Relief Fund to provide supplemental support to anyone who may have incurred losses because of vacancies. “We We marketed around traveling with a purpose,” Waterman said.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Spinning slowly in a grandiose ballroom or stepping inside a hotel suite, the ocean view through the doors to the balcony—the next generation of virtual reality (VR) can deliver so much more than pretty worlds through clunky goggles. Wouldn’t you rather forget where you are for a moment and feel like you’re there? VR in F&B.

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

An important, often overlooked, aspect of meeting planning is accommodating those who have accessibility needs that are not detectable at first glance. Recently, the city of Visalia, California, announced it is a certified autism-friendly destination, a welcome addition that will help planners meet those hidden needs.

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JUNE 22, 2022

Popular wellness treatments include red light therapy, infrared saunas, vitamin drips and injections, salt therapies and sound healing as hotel spas and fitness clubs bring “medispas” –and out-of-the-box mind-body modalities–to the mainstream.

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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

How much do you feel you still truly understand venue marketing in today’s ever-involving digital world of snaps, stories, fluctuating industry relationships and new commission structures? Step 1: Understand your Venue Marketing Discoverability Influence. Times, they be a changin’. And really, who doesn’t like thinking about pie?

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AUGUST 16, 2024

With this experience, Moglen is well-equipped to expand the brand presence in North America and its strategic positioning with North American markets. Matt Tobin Matt Tobin, The Chatwal, New York The Chatwal, New York welcomes Tobin as director of sales and marketing. Laura Jarvinen Laura Jarvinen, The Ritz-Carlton, St.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

Spanning multiple hotels, thousands of rooms and millions of square feet of event space, a citywide requires a planner to manage a long list of responsibilities to make it successful. According to recent Smart Meetings webinar hosts Elaine Williams and Sallee Pavlovich, however, the answers are right at planners’ fingertips.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

The only thing left to do now is get the outdoors into your next meeting. Jennifer Grosclaude is the D irector of Sales, Marketing and Events for Hyatt Regency Lake Washington , a 347-room, 12-story waterfront hotel at Seattle’s Southport. She has more than 20 years’ experience in planning, catering and event management.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

webinar session last week, Padraic Gilligan, chief marketing officer at SITE Global and Marci Armstrong, a professor of customer engagement at Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business, shared key takeaways from one-on-one extensive interviews with 37 C-Suite executives across 16 industries. In an exclusive Smart Chat Live!

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AUGUST 18, 2017

At Choice Hotels , Patrick Pacious was promoted to CEO four months ahead of schedule. Johnson assumes the role with 16 years of experience under her belt in such roles as national sales manager for Bellagio Resort and associate director of sales for Luxor Hotel and Casino, both in Las Vegas. Patrick Pacious. Nancy White.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. and those that travel to international markets. I am finding it difficult to find venues that meet our needs and stay within budget. I feel that I am being pushed out into less desirable locations/hotels.”.

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Event Industry News

JULY 27, 2021

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), a leader in luxury hotel sales for meeting incentives, conventions, and exhibition (MICE), welcomes the addition of Silvia Zamora to the ALHI executive team. Zamora is looking forward to elevating ALHI’s global profile, expanding the company’s market strategy in the U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Hotels, destination management companies, tourism-dependent restaurants and New Orleans & Company issued press releases, contributed articles and leveraged every conceivable marketing channels to tell the story of a reborn city. It didn’t matter who got the business, as long as we got business to New Orleans.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Jean Spaulding Villas of Grand Cypress named Jean Spaulding director of sales and marketing for the Orlando, Florida, property. Most recently, Spaulding, who was named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Travel” by Travel Agent Magazine, served as director of sales and marketing for Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

They provide in-house AV and production at convention centers, venues, and hotels such as Kimpton, Hyatt, and Marriott, across the country. By acquiring arguably their biggest competitor in the United States there is no question they stand to dominate the market. This has caused quite a stir in the industry. Kelso & Co.

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JULY 1, 2022

Mainly, that was because as the business grew, I was forced to do more of the work I didn’t enjoy to keep it successful (licenses, insurance, tax reviews…all the necessary evils) and less of the work that keeps me fulfilled and happy (connecting, speaking, branding, planning, events and marketing).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Louis Union Station,” Todd Hotaling, vice president of revenue and marketing at Lodging Hospitality Management, says. It reopened as a venue and hotel in 1985, and has remained a mainstay of downtown St. The number of hotel rooms at the station has grown from 75—when the building debuted—to 567, with St. There is a magic to St.

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The Castle Group

AUGUST 23, 2022

While many industries were able to shift to a remote workforce, hotels, restaurants and airlines faced major layoffs and demand fluctuations and are now playing catch up, hiring and training staff in a tight market. Work with hotel partners and other vendors to understand their weak spots. offer grab-and-go meal functions).

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

His experience spans more than 30 years of growing sales in competitive hotel markets. His most recent position was the director of sales and marketing at Hilton Arlington in Virginia. Angie Clifton Palace Hotel San Francisco appointed Angie Clifton hotel manager. Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. Tiffany Cook.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

Let’s face it: This year will be tough for meeting planners. Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. So, what happens when an unstoppable force (supplier price increases) meets an immovable object (meeting planning budgets)? .

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JULY 28, 2023

For example, does everyone sign up with enough advance notice to meet the hotel’s deadline? What about the people who want to book a different hotel and just show up for the conference itself. Or, offer a joint conference/hotel fee that provides an overall discount versus booking separately. Our quick save?

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

Study the Market: Guest and Site Knowledge. The first thing to consider is leisure demand at your host hotel over your program dates. That creates regular checkpoints between the hotel and you to provide accurate updates with real numbers as registrations are finalized. Plan for the Unplanned: Labor and Food.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Wischermann Partners appointed Dana Orlando as general manager of Hotel Ivy, a Luxury Collection Hotel. Orlando will lead the operation of the historic downtown hotel located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe named Chris Skelding as director of sales, marketing and events. Susan Gladstone.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Two-thirds of the funding for the project came from a partnership with the hotel community, and representatives were onsite Thursday to see the final project. “I A survey of event professionals prior to finalizing plans found that open space and flexibility topped most lists for potential tenants. A Community Effort.

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