Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2018

If you haven’t already, it’s time to get to the drawing board to book off-site activities and venues for next August 10 to 13. Smart Meetings recently went on a FAM trip hosted by Experience Columbus to scope out the area and make your site selection job that much easier. The hotel has 135 guest rooms, 5,464 sq.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A meeting professional’s expertise can go in any number of directions: marketing, adult education, event design, site selection, contracting, event technology … It’s a dynamic role. If your hotel operates a regular maintenance procedure, then you will be much safer.”.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 28, 2023

After all, a hotel that’s connected to a regional utility whose power is, say, 80 percent derived from fossil fuels produces significantly more carbon than a hotel whose regional utility uses 40 percent fossil fuels and 60 percent renewable sources such as solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear. Some are already doing this.”

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 24, 2022

We know that site selection isn’t just a quick and easy endeavor. But beware a deal that may be too good to be true – if it’s an island destination during Hurricane season, that sweet hotel rate can’t make up for a canceled event. Are there enough hotels and restaurants to accommodate the number of guests attending?

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Venues Food and Beverage Transportation Site Selections 121

PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2017

The 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey collected information about the number, size, revenue, and budgets for meetings industry during 2015, as well as information about site visits, booking windows, housing, and other topics: . Seventy-two percent say Twitter is their No. 2 choice, while LinkedIn is first or second by 51 percent.

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2015 Meetings Site Selections Wireless 74

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. Brett Sterenson, Hotel Lobbyists. “In-house We are in the know on market trends.

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Eventsforce

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Turn to the local convention and visitors bureau (CVB) and destination marketing organisation (DMO) to hit an event planning jackpot. A: If a planner is just starting a search, the CVB and DMO can provide support when looking for a venue or hotel by consolidating and bridging communication with these properties.

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Meetings Transportation Site Selections Attendance Marketing 98

Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 6, 2019

As vice president of sales, he helped customize solutions for different market segments. Most recently, he was a third-party operator for a housing and site selection company. Back in my hotel days, I lived out west in the Rocky Mountains and I missed that. What did you know about the area before taking the job?

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Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 7, 2019

With experience inside the industry, mixed with a newbie’s fresh eyes, may make Bezdjian the ideal candidate to take the MICE market mainstream. Marketing in today’s digital age is the overarching theme of one program following popular influencers. He was a member of Connect Corporate’s 40 Under 40 in 2018.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

It wasn’t COVID-19 that kept Sandra Geiger, a global account executive with ConferenceDirect, from visiting Hotel Effie, a 250-room hotel in Sandestin, Florida, before she signed a contract for an association group meeting in July — it was because the hotel was still under construction. Virtual Site Visits.

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Venues Meetings Hotels Contracts 97

SmartMeetings

MARCH 7, 2025

Read More : The Diversity Among Us Standard force majeure clauses generally include all events beyond the reasonable control of the hotel or event host, such as acts of God, war, strikes/labor disputes, disease and curtailment of transportation services that materially affect attendance. She sees her job as more than sourcing hotels.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 9, 2021

With that in mind, Smith co-founded Tourism Declares Climate Emergency to unite tour operators, DMCs, hotels, and every type of business in the travel industry to do its part to cut carbon emissions. We may go and stay in a massive hotel, but we go and have dinner at the tiny, neighborhood restaurant. … On the Program.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 16, 2023

Alessandro Cortese Five years ago, the European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) developed a site-selection strategy for its annual congress — which this year attracted more than 6,700 delegates in Vienna, Austria — that favored those destinations that recognized, in Clark’s words, that they had a challenge with cancer.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A veteran planner discusses how she nudges hotels to act on her requests for proposal: She gives to get. Some organizations require more concessions, others want to be in a specific destination regardless of the cost, and still others are in a short-term booking situation that requires casting a wide net for offers in a compressed market.

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Site Selections Hotels Negotiating Contracts 52

MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

Gallery Slide description: Provides marketing, logistics, and management for events held at hotels. Gallery Slide description: Provides meeting logistics, event marketing and promotion, sales training meetings, user conferences, and more. Gating level. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. Gating level. Gating level.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Convention Hotel Services. Nominated by Maureen Sojka, Events Manager, Creative Marketing Alliance — “Lisa took over as the third CSM for this meeting and was able to help me pull off a perfect event for this client. Hotel Sales. She is always there to help with anything, big or small. She is the best.”. Annie Burns. Lisa Chang.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Development Counsellors International (DCI) has published an insights report — “ A View From Meeting Planners: Winning Strategies in Destination Marketing ” — whose planner responses mesh with those of Convene’ s survey takers. But don’t just take our — or our survey respondents’ — word for it.

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Site Selections Trade Shows Tourism Global Events 52

Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 15, 2019

It affects everything from the site selection process right through to delivery. Both Talley and Goedegebuure agree that it takes the entire event community—from venues, hotels, DMCs and more—to help ensure guest safety. Mitch Cooper is the Content Marketing Manager for Experient. Keeping Event Security Top of Mind.

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International Institute of Event Management

MAY 26, 2014

Figuring out the perfect event site that will best suite your needs. Hotel ballroom? Event Management Companies: Explore destination meeting spaces, hotel space, venue options, and other event ideas on Cvent's website, here: [link]. They will post information offering venues, hotels, attractions and more.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We’re extremely proud of our editorial, design, marketing and sales departments, and I’m thrilled that Smart Meetings 360 is getting the recognition it deserves. “These victories reinforce our position as the No. 1 resource for meeting planners,” says Marin Bright, CEO and founder of Smart Meetings. About Smart Meetings 360, Inc.:

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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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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

With outdoor dining and entertainment space Avenida Houston, major convention center renovations and hotel openings, Houston did its best to prepare to handle the influx of travelers. Marketing materials and CVB websites can never show the whole picture—you need to see it for yourself.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

Among them are stats on such things as crime rates, entertainment offerings, cultural offerings, and economic vitality — factors which directly or indirectly impact site selection decisions for events. has hired the DMO Travel Portland to do their marketing. cities, focusing on 27 criteria.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

From a site-selection point of view, it’s a no-brainer: Stage a pageant of American democracy in its star-spangled birthplace. During a short cab ride to The Logan Hotel, I saw smaller banners garnishing light poles along the route. The next morning, we continued where we’d begun: at our host hotel. AND WE’RE WALKING….

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2016 Hotels Site Selections Marketing 40

Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

The blog from popular enterprise event software Cvent is divided into categories so you can peruse based on your interests: social media, site selection and budgeting, association tips, meeting and event intelligence, planning how-tos, and strategic meetings management. It also includes rankings of top meeting hotels and destinations.

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Trade Shows Consulting 2007 Social Media 40

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

After hearing advice from the hotel reps and other planners at her table, a CVB salesperson asked her what kind of help she needed. “I I need help getting recommendations for hotels and local vendors,” the executive assistant added. “I I need help doing destination research,” she said. “I I could help with that,” the CVB rep said. “I

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Looking for an event or experiential marketing agency? According to the Event Marketing 2019 Report , events are the single-most effective marketing channel. While numerous brands have adapted their own in-house event marketing teams and others haven't—sometimes a specialized agency is needed. ACTIVENT MARKETING.

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Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2017

Gone are the days when people were content with staying in a hotel that could be in Anywhere, USA, and traveling for work without truly getting out and experiencing the destination. Help marketing your event. They can help provide: Marketing materials ranging from brochures, photography and videos to tote bags and maps.

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Airlines Hospitality Travel Advertising 38

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In the Convene survey, 24 percent of respondents said they take open-carry legislation into account when making site selections. They’re even making some planners think twice about meeting in a state that permits open carry of firearms. Andre Lico. For Family Reunion 2016, held at the New Orleans Ernest N.

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Risk Management Trade Shows Site Selections 2001 40

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In the Convene survey, 24 percent of respondents said they take open-carry legislation into account when making site selections. They’re even making some planners think twice about meeting in a state that permits open carry of firearms. Andre Lico. For Family Reunion 2016, held at the New Orleans Ernest N.

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Risk Management Trade Shows Site Selections 2001 40

PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

Here’s why: Effectively, Marriott has announced a 30-percent reduction in revenue to those firms that have been booking Marriott-owned or Marriott franchise hotel properties for their clients. For many, their only choice when booking a hotel in the Marriott family will be to reduce the amount or level of services that they currently offer.

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Site Selections Food and Beverage Contracts Negotiating 67

Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

Eventbrite has compiled some of the most relevant event statistics across various fronts, from event marketing and promotion to social media and technology. B2B events also have their section, and the guide gives a few tips on how to stay afloat now that the market is getting more and more crowded. Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

It starts with site selections—being aware of city and state policies, including laws that could be discriminatory,” Clapes says. Give LGBT a voice : Whether it’s through your program, host committee, marketing collateral, registration mailer or keynote speaker, LGBT needs to have a platform.

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Meetings Site Selections Speakers Negotiating 92

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

I: Site management. J: Marketing. Meetings and events are one of the most effective marketing channels businesses have to fulfill business objectives. Some have very personal goals or objectives for participating that you can play off of to create your marketing and sales strategies. Select crowd management techniques.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

Meanwhile, similar bathroom bills are being considered in other states — 16 as of last month, according to CNN — which can certainly affect a planner’s site-selection process. I have been pretty impressed that many hotels have been willing to accept it. “Getting the other party to agree to it is the hard part.

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Contracts Government Site Selections 2015 53

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Do you start earlier than usual in the hope of finding better availability given the compression of the 2022 market? Or, do you hold off so that you can secure a location within a shorter window of time to program dates, potentially giving a more realistic look at any Covid-related impacts to the selected destination?

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Contracts Site Selections 2022 Risk Management 116

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

It’s not just Covid-19 (C19) and it’s much more than F&B , room blocks and hotel contracts. The Economy : As we continue to look at in-person conferences and suppliers start to see revenue go up, the market for meeting planners to find venues and suppliers will become more competitive. Here are some things to consider.

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