Smart Meetings
AUGUST 17, 2018
Proposals have been approved and dreams have been shattered on the convention center circuit. In March, the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism pumped the brakes on a new convention center that was proposed to be built in Australia’s capital city. Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) proposed a $1.2 California.
AltexSoft Travel
AUGUST 18, 2021
A passenger-side predictor proposed by an OTA suggests the best time to buy a ticket so that passengers can make informed decisions. It also suggested the best time for the booking. So, we decided to try a fresh prediction framework called LightGBM which was introduced by Microsoft in 2017. Factors impacting flight prices.
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Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Lesson 1—Don’t make assumptions The third agreement of Don Miguel Ruiz’s classic book “ The Four Agreements ” is Don’t make assumptions. I wrote this post about what happened when Hurricane Irma hit Anguilla in 2017.) So, what lessons from Anguilla did I learn on this trip? The beach came back!
MeetingsNet
JANUARY 26, 2018
Shop the Clearance Aisle If you want the best deals and can be flexible, wait to book until 90 days before your meeting dates. After aggregating 1,000-plus hotel sales promotions in 2017, we found that hotels send out promo offers 89-193 days from the arrival/departure dates. And 2019 and 2020 don’t look much better. .
Conferences that Work
APRIL 9, 2018
I’ve lost count of the conference session proposals I’ve made to meeting industry associations that have wound through multiple months-long steps only to be rejected at the last possible moment with no explanation and a boilerplate request to submit more next year. But their inclusion looks good on the promotional materials.
Crowdriff
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
increase in hotel accommodations and flight bookings. It was also awarded the US Travel Association’s 2017 Mercury Award for outstanding travel website. — CrowdRiff (@CrowdRiff) August 30, 2017. While many ideas were proposed throughout the process Jobe says it was those original data points that guided most decisions. .
Unique World Global Destinations
JULY 19, 2021
Want to get in your employee’s good books after cracking the whip too hard? Click ‘Request for a Proposal’. You will now have your account set-up to be able to send your event proposal directly to DMC offices and receive proposals faster than ever! Then complete the RFP and press submit.
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