Smart Meetings

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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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. PSAV acquires Southern Audio Visual , with the acquisition came valuable partnerships with luxury hotels and strengthened their hold on key markets. Will this merger change that? Kelso & Co.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 13, 2022

In addition to the executives at the convention center or hotel with whom you negotiate and execute the event—national sales reps, convention services managers, and chefs—you need to build trust with the audiovisual, destination management, and transportation companies that can make or break the experience. Here’s the alternative.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

An additional $700 million would go towards constructing a new 40-story hotel tower with 850 rooms at JW Marriott. A 51,000-square-foot ballroom, which AEG claims would be the largest in the city, is part of the hotel’s floorplan. The adjoining 350-guestroom hotel would offer additional function space and a rooftop pool.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

If they have a live meeting planned in 2020, Colangelo said, they see that they must take it down — like a house, brick by brick. In fact, the biggest hindrance to association meeting planning right now is that “time is ticking away,” Colangelo said. What is the plan: Hit pause? Punt to fall?

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Martin managing director of Delta Hotels-Marriott Dallas Allen & Watters Creek Convention Center scheduled to open in Allen, Texas, in January of 2019. Martin was previously Benchmark’s general manager for The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Club at Kukui’ula.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2019

Availability of big-box hotels. Budget — hotel and F&B costs. Increasing prices from hotels is killing me!!! Contract negotiation when dealing with India hotels. Finding adequate hotel available to accommodate large groups. Finding affordable properties that have the meeting space I require. 6 mentions).

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 2, 2017

city for meetings , conventions and trade shows for many years now, Atlanta has no intention of resting on its reputation for its excellent variety and quality of hospitality offerings for groups. Some of the larger citywide conventions and trade shows could use the stadium in tandem with GWCC.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. I also stay on top of industry trends and attend event-industry trade shows all over the world. Tracy Blair. Job title: Director of sales and marketing.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2017

– Workshops, trade-show expos. If your attendees come from farther out, are there nearby hotels? – What hotels are near the venue? In other words, if you think a presentation is going to take 60 minutes, make it 70 on the timeline. Consider the following activities: – Introduction/icebreaker.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

each month, along with the numerous trade shows Experience Columbus attends throughout the year. This gives me the opportunity to grow professionally and personally through attending the various workshops and meeting so many different types of people. Company or organization: Experience Columbus in Ohio.

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Corbin Ball

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

18 LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN. Or helpful business or meeting planning links? 6 Meeting Industry-Related Sites: ebook from Julius Solaris: The Future of Event Marketing. Kapow: very interesting new "meeting experience" booking engine. Microsoft adds live event tool - Glisser - to PowerPoint.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Donna Hunt, CEO and managing director for HMS Meeting Services (left), and Yashema Mack. Hotels do it all the time. Between medical meetings and mega-computer trade shows, their collective experiences help a variety of businesses stage critical, and fun, events around the globe.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. I also stay on top of industry trends and attend event-industry trade shows all over the world. Tracy Blair. Job title: Director of sales and marketing.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) drew crowds to its trade show booth with a citywide interactive screen, which allowed users to access to hotel, convention and event spaces through the power of touch-screen technology. LVCVA developed the trade show booth over the past year in partnership with Inhance Digital.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

But there is one common trend that has continued popping up all over the trade show floor and even the afterparties, and that’s virtual reality. Raddisson Red–the newest brand within the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group umbrella– launched in Brussles in April and is opening its first hotel in the U.S.

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Stova

MAY 4, 2023

As a result, you enjoy flexible meeting planning technology that streamlines operations and reduces costs. Stova’s Lead Retrieval tool also tracks critical performance metrics, such as meetings scheduled, booths visited, dwell times, questions, comments, and downloads. No need to invest in lots of different tools.

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Book their hotel room. Add a trade show. One of the easiest ways to kill your upsell opportunities is to make participants go to multiple locations. In one fell swoop allow them to: Register for your event. Identify any special food requirements. Purchase other items (VIP tour, networking event, clothing, books).

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 22, 2024

And, I think, meeting planning and hospitality is so intertwined when it comes to that human touch. You’re not in your home, you’re in your hotel room. You’re going from the meeting room, the booth. And we continue to talk about how meeting planning is a demanding career. Maybe, maybe not?

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Cvent: Event Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In the event space, it’s a way of coalescing all the various components of a meeting plan to serve a set of business objectives. In other words, events are literally “designed” to meet specific customer-focused goals. The post The Rise of ‘Design Thinking’ in Event Planning appeared first on Cvent Blog.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

They are known for planning epic events, creating amazing exhibits and organize engaging trade shows. From live event production to trade show exhibits, they transform and elevate their clients’ brands. Meeting Expectations. Nth Degree is known for trade shows and event marketing worldwide.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 15, 2019

While their main focuses are the event and trade show industry, they also report on mobile marketing, mall marketing, street events, buzz marketing, and b. Plan Your Meetings. If you're a first-time planner, or need some assistance along the way, turn to Plan Your Meetings for ideas and helpful hints!

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Las Vegas Will Always be a Meetings Mecca and Will Always Be Reinventing. Countless trade shows, association events, corporate events, and even retreats and incentive trips happen every year in Las Vegas, and so many of those groups are returning customers, because you can never visit the same Las Vegas twice. Las Vegas No.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2022

Inspired by lessons learned from the successful American show at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, look for a nature-inspired decor with education areas embedded in the trade show floor, a More than Experience theatre by DRPG and Maritz and a new look for the Hosted Buyer Lounge, Media Zone and food court.

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