MeetingsNet

APRIL 29, 2024

While the pace of construction for new hotel rooms nationwide is at an all-time high, business-event planners won’t get relief from high demand and rates in the hotel segment they use the most. However, a closer look at which hotels are adding the most rooms shows that the growth isn’t going to help business-event planners much.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Skift Take: The demand for in-person meetings has never been higher, but attendees now expect to get more from these experiences. Find out how boutique hotels can help planners deliver on the promise of more meaningful connection, inviting attendees to enjoy a shared experience of enhanced wellness, immersion, and cultural authenticity.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Skift Take: Don’t be fooled by generic concessions and terms offered by hotels. Refugio Garcia Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Having the right negotiating strategy will save time and money.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Google Hotel Finder is a new service from Google that allows meeting planners and individuals to search for and book hotels in various cities. One thing that sets Google Hotel Finder apart from other hotel search engines is that you’re able to compare prices from the various resale vendors and the hotel reservation site itself.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Skift Take: Hotel rates will rise globally in most locations next year, something to keep in mind when negotiating meeting contracts. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Paul Cook Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings. Skift Take: Higher lodging costs are complicating the already tricky task of planning an event.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 25, 2023

markets for hotel group business compared to 2019. Miguel Neves and Refugio Garcia Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: A new report points to the recovery of 13 of the top 25 U.S.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S.

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MAY 8, 2024

Get more character, history and experience this summer in boutique hotels Try something a little different for your summer incentives, small meetings or executive retreats in major destinations. Boutique hotels come in all different varieties—historic, niche, off the beaten path and everything in between.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One of the long-tail effects of the pandemic could be a downsizing of average meeting attendee lists as some big events go hybrid and bring parts of their audience together in person while larger audiences access content online. Peace Space, Hotel Zeppelin. Hotel Zetta (3,010 sq. Hotel Zetta (3,010 sq.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 15, 2024

Acquisition accelerates growth of lifestyle market Thursday, Hilton announced it had agreed to purchase the Graduate Hotel brand for $210 million. In addition to operating the hotels under franchise agreements, Hilton will lead the brand’s future growth. The deal gives Hilton rights to 35 properties in college towns across the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 5, 2023

Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Embraces CSR and Afghan Refugees The staffing crisis decimating hotel services due to the slow return of employees to front desks and housekeeping carts added to the already brutal disruption in occupancy levels from the global pandemic. All four of those positions are filled with Afghan refugees.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2024

The result: Less negotiability for meetings. From the wide view, the hotel industry should expect only a modest rise in demand (1.8 But from a narrower perspective—namely, looking at the hotels that accommodate the most business events—both demand growth and room-rate growth might well surpass those estimates.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 29, 2024

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups. Those expenditures must be recovered by hotels over the next couple of years, he noted. What’s In It for Event Groups?

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

If ever there was a force-majeure situation that meeting planners had not thought about, this is it. According to this article from CBS News , “it was a tsunami that engulfed the hotel and neighboring restaurants,” said Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey, noting that it was sheer luck that the aquarium failure occurred at 5:45 a.m.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Group gatherings in conference meetings spaces are great. Group gatherings in meeting spaces with a haunted, scary story behind them are better—or, at least, more adventurous. The Elms Hotel & Spa. The Elms Hotel & Spa (@ elmshotelandspa ) • Instagram photos and videos. Congress Plaza Hotel.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

December 2023 saw the highest average hourly rate ever for front-line employees at hotels across the country: $23.91, according to the U.S. Even so, 67 percent of more than 400 hotel managers who responded to the latest survey conducted by the American Hotel and Lodging Association say they still face a staffing shortage.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2024

Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2024

Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 15, 2024

Bring your meetings to destinations that go above and beyond Looking for a meeting space that is versatile, unique and nails top-notch hospitality? You may find it in an innovative, high-tech NYC venue; or, perhaps a characteristic boutique hotel in beautiful Boise. of meeting and event space.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

For more than 7,000 front-desk, housekeeping, and culinary employees of 87 hotels in the suburbs between Philadelphia and New York City, south of Albany, N.Y., The employees, members of the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, learned of the completed deal on April 10 from Richard Maroko, president of the union. and on Long Island, N.Y.,

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2023

Knowland and Amadeus combined their data to provide a better understanding of meeting demand by market segment plus average meeting attendance, total event space used, and other elements. hotels over those 12 months. Government meetings are just two percent of the total. percent Healthcare: 10.3 percent Technology: 10.3

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

hotel portfolio. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Wyndham has teamed with Groups360 to enable instant group bookings across its U.S.

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JULY 28, 2021

The number of meetings being scheduled now is quickly picking up steam as mask mandates are lifted and people start gathering again, but meeting formats have evolved. With Salamander Hotels & Resorts , a luxury resort management company founded by Sheila Johnson , a Smart Women in Meetings Hall of Fame winner.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

Major brands are set to debut highly-anticipated hotels in the coming year 2024 brings a wave of highly anticipated hotel openings in some of hospitality’s biggest brands. Discover the most anticipated openings throughout 2024 at Marriott , Hilton and IHG Hotels & Resorts. flexible meeting space between two meeting rooms.

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MARCH 22, 2024

How planners can safeguard their attendees against hotel room breaches In 2022, at a private event in Las Vegas during “hacker summer camp,” as the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences have come to be known, a group of researchers found a flaw that could put millions of hotel rooms around the world at risk of being breached.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 15, 2024

The latest hotel data finds that rate increases are more than making up for today's meetings market not yet being back to its pre-pandemic volume. The result: In 2024, big-city hotels are seeing more than six percent growth in event-related revenue compared to before the Covid pandemic. Across all U.S. Across all U.S.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Meet to make a positive impact this October October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year, a number of hotels around the United States host events and initiatives to raise money for charities that work to increase awareness of breast cancer and to fund research and patient care.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The annual Platinum Choice Awards serves as the perfect opportunity to show appreciation for your favorite hotels and CVBs. Winners will be announced in the December Smart Meetings Magazine. The post Platinum Choice 2023: Nominate Your Favorite Hotel Partner! appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

A major expansion and renovation project, in excess of £80 million, has begun at the multi-award-winning Belfry Hotel & Resort in the West Midlands. The Masters Suite and adjoining bedrooms will transform our offering by providing a dedicated space for the meetings, incentives, conferences and events market.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 18, 2024

The Belfry Hotel & Resort is one of the UK’s most recognised meeting, conference and event venues. Located in the Midlands, close to Birmingham city centre, The Belfry offers meeting event spaces of all sizes accommodating upto 920 guests.

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MARCH 21, 2023

The Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel has everything you need to get together and reconnect with clients, colleagues, friends and loved ones.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 12, 2021

One hotel exec’s advice for keeping an eye on the health of a conference venue. With travel at a virtual standstill over the past year, hotel properties are going through tough times. Judy Wilbur, director of sales at Dunes Manor Hotel, Court & Suites in Ocean City, Md., Consider the hotel's core business.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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Event Industry News

MARCH 4, 2024

As a partner, moment maker, and solution-finder, we understand that flexibility and functionality are key to ensuring we can seamlessly deliver exactly what our meeting and event partners need in order to create impactful meetings.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Skift Take: In this video from the Skift Meetings Forum 2023, we hear from Colleen Birch, chief operating officer of the new Fontainebleau Las Vegas, about the changing definition of luxury in the hotel meeting experience. Fontainebleau Las Vegas Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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SevenEvents

OCTOBER 10, 2023

if you’re planning a trip to manchester and looking for a stylish and comfortable place to stay, hotel indigo might be the perfect option for you. located in the heart of the city’s vibrant northern quarter, this boutique hotel offers a unique and immersive experience that reflects the neighbourhood’s creative and cultural vibe.

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