MeetingsNet

MAY 5, 2023

A new report from the Global Business Travel Association looks at the frontiers of climate-conscious travel, from carbon fees to sustainable aviation fuel. Alternatively, or in addition, some travel departments are charging travelers a carbon fee—a certain dollar amount per metric ton of CO2 emissions generated by the travel.

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Meetings Sustainability Travel Site Selections 114

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. Shane Hannam Reed Travel Exhibitions’ IBTM appointed Hannam portfolio director. Brandy Hudgins Hudgins has been named sales manager of small meetings for Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB).

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Hotels Site Selections Airlines 2015 180

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 5, 2024

More Trailblazing SoCal Female Hospitality Executive Stories Smart Meetings reached out to some other storied Southern California hospitality executives to learn lessons from their journeys about how we can welcome the next generation of leaders. The seemingly heady, endless flurry of events, travel, entertainment, always at their finest.

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Hospitality Hotels Tourism Site Selections 264

PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2019

International Inbound Travel” report, as global travel expanded 6 percent in 2018, the U.S. continued to lose market share, with overseas travel to the U.S. Sacks emphasized that the report did not make a direct correlation between the decline in international tourists and international conference attendees traveling to the U.S.,

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Marketing 2007 Meetings 2017 102

SmartMeetings

MARCH 7, 2025

Expert negotiator tips for managing policy changes in uncertain times Other than expensive, unreliable Wi-Fi, there are few things meeting professionals hate more than uncertainty. Control What You Can Brittney Cobb, director of global events with INNOV8 Meetings + Events, tried to take an optimistic approach.

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Management Negotiating Contracts Site Selections 52

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Rising hotel and airline costs , along with increasing demand for more and longer meetings is pressuring planners to make critical choices to stay in strict budgets, according to a new study by American Express Meetings & Events. Internal meetings land on the lower end of the spectrum and incentives are the most costly.

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Hotels Negotiating Meetings Airlines 100

PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

After a year spent moving in-person events to digital platforms and monitoring the shifts in the feasibility of meeting in person, the timelines for holding safe in-person meetings in the future are slowly coming into focus. Virtual Site Visits. I’ve done a lot of Skype site tours. Leslie Zeck.

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Venues Meetings Hotels Contracts 97

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 8, 2025

Embrace Risk Assessment This includes: Site Selection We need to understand the vulnerability of locations and their propensities to weather events and factor in these considerations when sourcing locations and planning activities, especially those outdoors.

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Sustainability Site Selections Transportation Events 52

MeetingsNet

JUNE 24, 2022

A new MeetingsNet survey finds nearly 70 percent of planners expect fewer attendees on site due to high airfares, while nearly 60 percent have narrowed their destination options due to potential air delays and cancellations. The other complicating factor for meetings is the potential for schedule changes along with delays and cancellations.

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Site Selections Trade Shows Travel Contracts 111

SmartMeetings

APRIL 30, 2019

For meeting professionals, these nerve-pulsating newscasts could be creating extra stressors, as those items might also influence our conferences, such as weather that grounds planes or sicknesses that prevent travel. Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer.

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Hotels Site Selections Hospitality Venues 99

Event Industry News

AUGUST 24, 2022

We know that site selection isn’t just a quick and easy endeavor. Digging into your attendee list and seeing where the majority are traveling from will be time well spent. Digging into your attendee list and seeing where the majority are traveling from will be time well spent. So where do you start?

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Venues Food and Beverage Transportation Site Selections 121

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It can also be effectively used by meeting and event teams of all sized to deliver better end products. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. Step 6: Meeting Logistics Plan and On-site Execution Blueprint Flawless execution is every meeting planner’s dream.

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Conference Site Selections Negotiating Contracts 98

EventMB

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: The founders of New Hotel Guide say they're in the detective business, researching new luxury hotels before they even make it onto the map.

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Hotels Site Selections Meetings Travel 202

Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

The Event Leadership Institute’s Business, Design & Strategy Summit , held virtually on June 3, invites meeting and event professionals to chart their course for the future. So where does that leave you? Juliette Kayyem, former assistant secretary of Homeland Security and CNN national security analyst will share tips for moving ahead.

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Site Selections Trade Shows Sponsorships Tech 97

MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

A healthy number of meetings-industry companies made the list, and the rise of unique experience providers shows what your attendees are excited about. There are a healthy number of meeting and event planning companies on the list, check out the slideshow for a sampling of privately held companies with impressive growth rates.

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Meetings Site Selections Social Media Corporate Meetings 68

Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, 33, works in Silver Spring, Maryland, as senior manager of meetings and events at The Solid Waste Association of North America. I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation. My interest in meetings and expo grew very quickly.

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2019 Site Selections 2016 Contracts 76

Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2017

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. I set up all the site visits for them and make sure they are treated like gold.

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Site Selections Contracts Meeting Planning Hotels 81

Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Key Takeaways: Milestones like the return of leisure and business travel and full-capacity restaurant dining rooms will precede in-person events. Leisure Travel. Leisure travel will return first, and when air and hotel numbers start going up in decent numbers, that’s a strong indicator. Business Travel. Reverse Hybrids.’

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2021 Site Selections Contracts Venues 109

Endless Events

JUNE 2, 2020

For those who can’t travel due to disability, for those who are all the way across the world and, in this case, for introverts. In fact, she’s meeting planners’ go-to expert in Canadian hotel site selection, helping hotel sales connect better with planners. And arguably, it becomes even more important.

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Site Selections Hotels Events Travel 91

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Travel Association estimates that visa processing delays have cost the U.S. Travel Association estimates that these delays, primarily affecting visitors from countries including Mexico, Brazil, and India, have cost the U.S. When it comes to site selection for future events, Gal-Yam is adding visa processing times to his checklist. “We

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2023 Travel Site Selections Conference 97

The Castle Group

AUGUST 23, 2022

As a result, meeting planners are experiencing short-staffed partners and/or less experienced personnel servicing their meetings. With the inflation rate currently reaching 8.5%, food, travel, shipping, hotel and labor costs are all escalating. Travel Disruption. So how can you prepare? First, adjust your expectations.

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Meeting Planning Meetings Food and Beverage Travel 52

PCMA Convene

JULY 9, 2021

Ke wrote: “It has now become clear that meeting the needs of our society without breaching the earth’s ecological boundaries will demand a paradigm shift.”. For most associations, hosting meetings and conferences fall into their regular operations. It can change the suppliers it works with and how attendees travel to it.

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Tourism Government Sustainability 2030 105

SmartMeetings

JUNE 27, 2017

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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Healthcare 2013 Site Selections 2017 69

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 24, 2017

Try to make your site visit at the same time of day that a delegate would be travelling to the site. The ability to see and hear what is being presented is critical to a successful meeting. Conference Care New Business Manager Gary Hutton, suggests asking to talk to the audio/visual team during a site visit. “A

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Site Selections Negotiating Conference Venues 80

Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

These issues could cause business confidence to wane and group-business travel is most sensitive to this. Event registration platforms and management software hold a goldmine of information: names, business titles, personal/business email addresses, phone numbers, travel itineraries and reservations and more. Data Protection.

Social Media 90

Social Media Sustainability Site Selections Travel 90

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 19, 2024

Taking proactive measures, including making water stations available to encourage regular hydration, is essential for meetings planners dealing with a heat wave. Destination selection — A common cost-cutting strategy for many organizations is to book event venues during off-peak seasons to secure better rates.

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Site Selections 2024 Sustainability Hotels 59

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

November 11, 2016 – Smart Meetings, the leading media company and most trusted resource for meeting professionals, was awarded two Eddie Awards and two Ozzie Awards at the 2016 Eddie & Ozzie Awards by Folio in New York City. 1 resource for meeting planners,” says Marin Bright, CEO and founder of Smart Meetings.

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Meetings Site Selections 2016 2015 40

Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 7, 2019

His goal, which he has been working on for months—and taking meetings about, naturally—is to place the spotlight on the industry through reality television. The two shows he visualizes focuses on different facets of travel and events. Not surprising to anyone who knows Bezdjian is that he has more than one idea.

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Site Selections 2016 Advertising Financial 65

SmartMeetings

MARCH 7, 2025

Expert negotiator tips for managing policy changes in uncertain times Other than expensive, unreliable Wi-Fi, there are few things meeting professionals hate more than uncertainty. Control What You Can Brittney Cobb, director of global events with INNOV8 Meetings + Events, tried to take an optimistic approach.

Management 52

Management Negotiating Contracts Site Selections 52

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2019

Brexit popped up as both a threat and opportunity for the events industry in the new “Europe as a Destination for Meetings and Conferences” study. meeting buyers and sellers in different industries. Photo courtesy of London & Partners). Event Tech. In addition, respondents are placing greater emphasis on the ROI of events.

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Tourism Site Selections Sustainability Tech 76

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master. J: Marketing.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

All Seated

MARCH 12, 2019

. To get to the heart of how the needs of planners and organizers are changing, we dug into PCMA Convene’s recently released 28 th Annual Meetings Market Survey. So how can meeting venues best connect with those who prefer online searches and other digital marketing tools to guide site selection choices? The answer?

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Venues Marketing Meetings Site Selections 40

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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Meetings Site Selections Meeting Planning Contracts 40

PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2024

The head of Mastercard’s events “gave us their high-profile internal staff meeting to test this because their leadership wants Mastercard to be the most sustainable company in the world,” Riggs said. “We Going deeper into assessing the meeting space includes such considerations as, “Did they bring stuff in? Are they shipping stuff out?

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Site Selections Sustainability 2026 Transportation 52

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

When Joe Bocherer took on the role of chief commercial officer of GWCC in 2016, he wanted to create a more structured customer advisory board (CAB) — one that could meet on a regular basis and take a bigger-picture view, exploring, for example, the expectations of the next generation of attendees. Experiential Education.

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Site Selections 2015 Fashion Retail 71

Planner WIre

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Travel adds up in many ways. It can be measured in Dollars, Euros, or Rupees and in other ways like miles, meals, or meetings. All have a cost and all have ramifications that meeting and event planners need to consider for the attendee or budget.

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Site Selections Airlines Travel Hotels 42

Event Industry News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The SiteSelect team brings first-hand knowledge of optimal event cities, hotels and special lodging, live presentations and production, entertainment and designed experiences, food and catering, access and travel, and optimal seasons. Once target dates and cities are identified, Trademark manages the entire RFP process.

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Contracts Site Selections Entertainment Hotels 59