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Top Challenges Facing the Meeting Planning Industry Right Now

The Castle Group

This doesn’t mean you cannot deliver a quality experience to your audience, but labor challenges should be addressed realistically and factored into your planning process. Seek venues that have embraced mobile check in, online ordering and other technologies, and where the staff-to-guest ratio remains high.

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Health-Care Event Planners Adapt to a Shifting Landscape

SmartMeetings

As she presented a session at the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) most recent World Education Congress, titled “The Future of Healthcare Meetings,” Pat Schaumann made a telling comment. health-care events this year: It’s also affecting site-selection decisions for meetings scheduled over the next few years.

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

MeetingsNet

Gallery Slide description: Creates live experiences through hands-on project management, creative design, and technology. Gallery Slide description: Offers destination management, site selection, meeting planning, and brand marketing services, with a focus on corporate planning services to clients in the US, Mexico, and Caribbean.

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

With so many things to consider, site selection will challenge more and more and event planners. With the rapid-fire changes in internet technology and social media, there is also this idea that no one can focus anymore. What is the travel carbon footprint of a big scientific conference like #EGU19 ? .”

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Top Event Agencies: The Ultimate Directory (2019)

Bizzabo

We provide cutting edge technology for field & event marketing teams while deploying dedicated event reps to drive targeted registrations and attendees for regional field marketing events. BCD Meetings & Events. Meeting Expectations. Seattle, WA. New York, NY. Notable clients: Airbnb, Ford Motor Company, HBO, Snap Inc.,

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

Let’s face it, there’s a lot of paperwork involved in the meeting planning process. Once the blueprint for your meeting or event is set, you color in the details with design elements. Select program content and delivery formats. Select crowd management techniques. I: Site management.

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5 Things Planners Can Learn from the Presidential Inauguration

SmartMeetings

Are there staff available on-site who can perform first aid if necessary? Embrace the latest technology. Technology is often touted as a tool to make events instantly better. When planning a big event , don’t forget to consider transportation during the site selection process.