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Is the RFP Dead? Long Live Next Evolution of Booking

Smart Meetings

There has also been a shortening of booking windows almost throughout 2021. While booking windows are typically about 180 days, he was seeing RFP booking windows of more than 200 days in March and as few as 150 days in late September. Cvent has partnered with Amadeus to roll out Cvent Instant Book for direct reservations.

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How To Prepare For A Career In Event Planning

Endless Events

Today, there are many ways to prepare for a career in event planning: Work on your soft skills, Get a degree, Get a certificate, Look for free content (webinars, podcasts, e-books, blogs), Work at events (as a volunteer), Build a strong network of event profs (join communities). Online Courses, Blogs, & Other Free Content.

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3 Steps to Encourage Customer Advocacy of your Tourism Experience Online

Tourism eSchool

3 Steps to Encourage Customer Advocacy of your Tourism Experience Online. When your customers and visitors share photos and videos of your tourism experience on social media, they are offering a highly-trusted, personal recommendation of your tourism brand to their online community of family and friends. By Rebecca White.

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Language Interpretation Is the Next Wave in Virtual Meetings

Smart Meetings

Read More : 4 Tips to Make Your Online Event a Success. Interprefy has essentially been a hybrid events service since the company’s genesis in 2014, long before the pandemic turned the industry upside down. KUDO, for instance, has 12,000 certified interpreters available through KUDO Marketplace , the company’s automated booking site.

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Ticket booking opens for World Travel Market London as the show announces exciting changes

Travel Daily Media

The post Ticket booking opens for World Travel Market London as the show announces exciting changes appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. WTM Connect Me – the show’s meeting booking platform – will return in 2023 and is available for Buyers, VIPs and Media.

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Groups360 Built its Brand on Trust, Transparency — and Simplicity

Convene by PCMA

Groups360 is poised to continue reimagining the way event specialists and meeting planners search, shop and book group rooms and meeting space online. With a nod to its foundation of “simplicity,” Groups360 assembled a team of hoteliers, meeting planners and data scientists to create GroupSync, its proprietary online marketplace.

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As Economy Reopens, Groups360 Focuses on Renewed Messaging

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With event planners eager to get back to servicing and attending events — while prioritizing new safety precautions and protocols — Groups360, the Tennessee-based online marketplace for event planners, has championed a new primary message: “The switch is on.”. It’s far more than marketing-speak or a catchy slogan. and Canada in 2021.”.