SmartMeetings

AUGUST 24, 2017

A site visit can often be an undervalued part of the site selection process. To manage your budget effectively, discuss items such as cancellations face-to-face when you visit the venue. This is often when you will secure the most favorable terms. Just Do It.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 27, 2017

health-care events this year: It’s also affecting site-selection decisions for meetings scheduled over the next few years. 5 Things Venues Need for Seamless Med/Pharma Meetings with Presenter Pat Schaumann. For instance, the enhanced restrictions on foreign visitors instituted by the U.S.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 15, 2019

It affects everything from the site selection process right through to delivery. “Our budgets are going up in that line item [event security], but it affects everything,” said Gregg Talley, FASAE, CAE, President & CEO of Talley Management Group. “It Keeping Event Security Top of Mind.

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

With so many things to consider, site selection will challenge more and more and event planners. These things may work wonders toward a more eco-conscious practice, but, sustainable event management comes with a whole new set of hoops to jump through, and a lot more checklists to check off.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

Breaking into the meeting planning business takes a mishmash of education, experience and passion. It seems almost everyone I meet lately appears to have an interest in meeting planning and a meeting planner career. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

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Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

The conference and meeting planning world has become one of the more important commerce producing sectors. One of the keys to the success in this industry are the conference and meeting planners that organize, plan and deliver the ultimate in meetings, tradeshows, conferences, seminars and product launches.

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

I of course am biased (extremely biased) when it comes to the event and meeting planning industry. I am one of the lucky ones that have been able to plan events, meetings and conferences for many years and make a living at it too. Handling Event Planning Online Reviews – New Year New Trend!

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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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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

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 site selection in the U.S. can be impacted by local gun laws.

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Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2017

In second-tier cities, convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) will help you increase attendance at your convention and make your meeting planning easier. Help marketing your event. They can help provide: Marketing materials ranging from brochures, photography and videos to tote bags and maps. bucolic horse country estates.

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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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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

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. adopted the same plan with Conferon.

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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. Have a conversation with your contact at a potential venue about their prior experience with LGBT-friendly events and any diversity training the staff has completed.

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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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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 18, 2017

When planning a big event , don’t forget to consider transportation during the site selection process. However, this is nothing compared to the impact that road closures will have on local travel. More than 100 blocks, or 2.7 square miles, will be closed due to security concerns.

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