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Location, Location, Location: Maximizing Your Outcome by Selecting the Optimal Venue for Your Corporate Event

Traveler's Q

When selecting a venue, it is important to consider several factors: size, location, layout options, amenities, services offered, and cost. Consider the Accessibility of the Venue It is important to consider the accessibility of the location when selecting an event venue. What type of atmosphere should be created for the attendees?

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Attention Meeting Planners: Instant Booking Is Finally Here

Skift Meetings

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings.

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Kayak Launches Free Corporate Travel Solution

Smart Meetings

With business travel slowly making its way to pre-pandemic levels, Kayak is aiming to make the return to travel booking easier. Now available in 60 locations and supporting 28 languages, Kayak for Business , a free service, has officially launched.

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How Hospitality Hiring Trends Can Improve Your Hotel Experience

Smart Meetings

Thanks to the increase in digital booking platforms and hotel apps, many business and leisure guests prefer to check in online rather than with a receptionist. Some locations have gone as far as to install check in kiosks in their lobbies. Planners can expect a more automated lobby in the future, hopefully reducing delays.

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Risk360: Choosing a Location or Venue

MeetingsNet

Consider these useful tips from MeetingsNet’s Risk360 conference when deciding on the setting for your next meeting, even if you’ve used the location or venue before. Look at State Department travel advisories , not just at the time you book the event but historical warnings for the time of year your event will be held.

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Top 3 DMC Trends as Tracked by an AI Proposal Platform

Smart Meetings

Fiona Volmrich Since then she has expanded the number of cities to 12 with help from associates in each location who keep offerings current and are always searching for fresh, seasonal ideas. Automation is littered with the bodies of technology companies that don’t understand our unique industry,” she said.

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EEMA signs MOU MyBiz 

Travel Daily Media

As per the understanding, all member entities of EEMA, located across 100+ Indian cities, will be able to avail of differentiated services offered by the MyBiz platform. The partnership aims to simplify and automate the entire travel booking process for all member entities of EEMA through MakeMyTrip’s self-booking platform.