SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

About Smart Meetings 360, Inc.: With a best-in-class meetings and events experience, Smart Meetings 360 is the ultimate service for the modern planner. The post Smart Meetings Celebrates 4 Folio Eddie/Ozzie Wins appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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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. At the same time, gone are the days of companies and organizations having enough staff and budget to plan every detail for travelers.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

Let’s face it, there’s a lot of paperwork involved in the meeting planning process. Transportation plans help planners identify how they’ll manage the movement of participants from the airport to hotel to meetings and offsite venues and if additional requirements, such as visas, might be required for attendee travel.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Meeting Expectations. Founded in 1992, Meeting Expectations is a full-service meeting planning and association management company that drives client success through effective and engaging event and membership experiences. Notable clients: American Express OPEN, AMSA, ARIAS•U.S.,aci, aci, Cartier. Atlanta, GA.

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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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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

It starts with site selections—being aware of city and state policies, including laws that could be discriminatory,” Clapes says. It provides the proof to me that the missing piece in the LGBT travel industry has been the groups, meetings and events for LGBT meeting professionals.”.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 18, 2017

If you want to keep your event under budget and book rooms at the best hotels, be sure to book early. In December, just 15 percent of hotels in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area had vacancies for inauguration weekend—and prices had risen by more than three times the usual rate, to around $500 a night. More than 100 blocks, or 2.7

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