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Smart Moves in Mexico, Atlanta and More

Smart Meetings

She brings over 25 years of experience in hotel sourcing, meeting planning and onsite meeting assistance. Englander takes on the role of account manager as well, and will assist with all aspects of site selection and contract negotiation processes.

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Is paid influencer marketing ethical in the event industry?

Conferences that Work

Paid influencer marketing is spreading to the event industry, and I doubt that it’s an ethical practice. Brand X’s Property in Somewhere, USA is a client of ours, and I am working on an influencer campaign to help promote Property Z’s event spaces as ideal venues for conferences and corporate meetings.

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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

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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Top Challenges Facing the Meeting Planning Industry Right Now

The Castle Group

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. With a few tools in your toolkit, seamless event planning is possible—and worth it. So how can you prepare?

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The Women (and Men) Tell All: Third-Party Planners Edition

Connect Your Meetings

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. We are in the know on market trends. Their concerns are my concerns.

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The Inc. 5000 List Gives Insight into Meeting and Event Trends

MeetingsNet

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.

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

Post authored by Rachel Stephan, Event Marketing Strategist, sensov/ event marketing. With so many things to consider, site selection will challenge more and more and event planners. Rachel helps meeting planners grow their event attendance with results-driven event marketing strategies.