This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
In normal times, your siteselection process would include factoring in airlift, weather, meeting space, number of guestrooms, etc. Now when selecting locations, we also must ensure alignment with risk tolerance so that meeting stakeholders have a shared expectation of what could unfold. Timing is everything.
Connect will now also publish two of BizBash’s popular magazines and oversee all of its digital properties. The acquisition of BizBash adds four premier events — including the BizBash Live in New York and L.A.
In fact, it was due to an earlier edition of the survey that I began contemplating the intersection of guns and meetings as the research exposed the extent to which siteselection in the U.S. The post Now live: Last Plan Your Meetings magazine of 2016 appeared first on Plan Your Meetings @ Meeting Professionals International.
The awards were divided into two areas of focus: The Eddie’s recognize the best in print and digital editorial, and the Ozzie’s honor the best in magazine and website design. For more than 20 years, the Eddie & Ozzie Awards have recognized excellence in magazine editorial and design across all sectors of the industry.
Safety needs to be considered before, during and after siteselection. While finding a venue that fits the needs of the client is top a priority, Kleinfeld suggests that planners perform site visits and consider security while evaluating the meeting spaces and other amenities using a checklist or a security consultant.
Here’s an alphabetical list of our go-to resources for event management professionals, including blogs, magazines, and podcasts. BizBash publishes its magazine seasonally, in addition to BizBash Daily, a daily (or weekly, if you prefer) email newsletter with event planning news, ideas, and resources. But who do you turn to?
When we help with siteselection or “the art of matchmaking,” I find joy in learning about my client’s program, understanding their needs and finding that absolutely perfect property that is going to become the backdrop of their story and their experience. You can subscribe to the magazine here.
From start to finish, the responsibilities involved with a meeting planner career are endless, from siteselection to venues, from set-up to speakers, from contracting service companies to tear down and on and on the list goes. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.
In 2018, about 83% of brides wore white dresses on their big day, according to Brides Magazine’s survey. About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing siteselection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County.
Nominated by Robyn Jones, CMP, Conference Manager, Association for Asian Studies — “Ricky Hopkins is our account manager, and assists us with the site-selection process. He is my right hand on site when working with the hotel, including convention services, catering, AV, housekeeping, and front and back of the house.
Among them are stats on such things as crime rates, entertainment offerings, cultural offerings, and economic vitality — factors which directly or indirectly impact siteselection decisions for events. cities, focusing on 27 criteria. Chris Fair ‘It’s more about what’s around and outside the box.’.
In the Convene survey, 24 percent of respondents said they take open-carry legislation into account when making siteselections. They’re even making some planners think twice about meeting in a state that permits open carry of firearms. Andre Lico.
ACA had booked Nashville for 2017 five years in advance, after an exhaustive site-selection process. The ACA Conference & Expo has a big footprint — 3,500 to 4,000 attendees, up to 500 education sessions, and 100,000 square feet of meeting space. Now it had nine months to find a new home.
A 30-percent drop in revenue will be devastating to the thousands of independent planners who serve association and corporate clients in the site-selection and event-planning process. On one side, site-selection companies allow hotels to run leaner. A Closer Look at the Hotel Commission Model.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 42,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content