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Why Organizations Are Choosing to Meet in Controversial Destinations

Convene by PCMA

Organizations have been shifting away from boycotting, banning, or canceling their events in controversial destinations, and shining a spotlight on the issues. These organizations are entering the fray in part because of a collective realization that travel boycotts, historically, have done little move to the needle politically.

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6 Tips for Keeping Attendees Tuned In During Your Online Events

Smart Meetings

While event organizers are getting good at planning in-person, hybrid and online events, booking the right speakers and keeping attendees engaged are still some of the biggest challenges. Event organizers will then be able to deliver an event agenda that easily responds to their audience’s expectations.

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3 Steps To Finding, Pitching, & Keeping Event Sponsors

Endless Events

Use sponsorship platforms, such as Sponseasy , SponsorMyEvent , or SponsorPitch. Before pitching potential event sponsors, event planners and organizers need to know them well. Event platforms are a great source of data insights, which you can then include in your sponsor pitch. It might take more time, but it will pay off.

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Should Planners Track Their Group’s Carbon Footprint?

Smart Meetings

B2B travel management platform CWT recently launched a point-of-sale carbon footprint indicator for its myCWT mobile and web app, as part of the company’s $100 million investment in its myCWT platform. “We This service by CWT is in collaboration with carbon intelligence platform Thrust Carbon.

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The Rise of LinkedIn

Convene by PCMA

Long considered the duller, nerdier counterpart to platforms like Facebook and Twitter, the 20-year-old business-oriented social-media channel was ranked as one of the top 10 fastest-growing brands in the world in 2022. The platform, which has reported that it adds a new user every three seconds, now has 950 million users in 200 countries.

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Be a Mentor – It Can Give YOU a Boost Too!

Motivation Excellence

One Up One Down is a professional mentor matching organization for “kick-ass entrepreneurial women” in business and technology. Our VP of Sales, Rhonda Brewer, helped start a two-way mentoring program in 2016 for the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence Women in Leadership committee and their Young Leaders program.

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The Continued Rise of the Extended-Stay Hotel

Smart Meetings

According to Hotel Tech Report , which uses statistics from organizations such as American Hotel & Lodging Association and Statista, 833 hotels opened in the United States, 29% of which were extended-stay properties. A resilient market, the segments U.S. Wyndham has been working on Echo since summer 2021.