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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum.

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Top 3 DMC Trends as Tracked by an AI Proposal Platform

Smart Meetings

New PURE Local Services tool builds RFPs for activities, decor and transportation What if sourcing activities, decor and transportation were as easy as checking boxes to produce an RFP for a venue? That is the vision of Fiona Volmrich, CEO of PURE Local Services, based in Park City, Utah.

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Secrets of Green Miami

Smart Meetings

This will be achieved through seven approaches: benchmark, retune and retrofit existing buildings; expand on-site and off-site renewable energy; build ultra-low energy buildings; reduce transportation-related fuel consumption; expand and protect green and blue spaces; convert waste to energy; and reduce waste and water use.

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AMEX M&E Meetings Marketplace Expands

Smart Meetings

Event professionals engaging AMEX M&E will have access to venue sourcing from Cvent and Lanyon, online registration from Cvent and Splash, and mobile app software from DoubleDutch, Attendify, GoEngage and EventsMobileApp—plus experts who can help choose the right solutions and integrate the flow of information.

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The Raw Story Behind Kate Patay’s Move to Join Terramar

Smart Meetings

Planners have more on their plate than ever before and venues are challenged with staffing and bandwidth to execute events to the expectations and standards we’ve always held for our industry, which is where your DMC comes in. I, personally, looked long and hard at many options.

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Corporate Meeting Planning – Site Inspections

Master the Event

Although you may have worked in that city or at that venue just a few years ago, things may have changed and gone from fabulous to funky (and not in a good way). Site inspections are an important part of the corporate meeting planning industry. Corporate Meeting Planning – A Big Round of Applause for Site Inspections!

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Honey, I Shrunk the Budget – The New Norm in Meeting Planning

Master the Event

Having been on the destination management side of meeting planning, I’ve seen a definite shift in the budgets that planners and their clients are allocating for events. A Budget Can Be a Challenge With meeting planning, planners are constantly being challenged to make the next event bigger and better than the last.