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Are Family-friendly Conferences in Your Future?

Smart Meetings

Many professionals attend two or more conventions, or trade shows, a year in various locations throughout the United States and the world. These events usually last three to four days, and when you add on travel time, attendees may be gone from their families for a week or longer. This will help narrow down the venue.

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Sky-High Airfares Plus Delays Mean Fewer Attendees, Say Planners

MeetingsNet

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. percent of respondents said they expect to see fewer attendees at their upcoming events.

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Benefits of Hiring a Professional Event Planner

Blue Spark Event Design

Meetings, conferences, trade shows and events are essential for a company’s improvement. Utilizing these tools to enhance the corporate brand, entice customers, re-energize employees and educate attendees are all great reasons to gather. Why should you hire a professional planner?

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

The site offers daily articles, industry reports, webinars, and more. Over the last three years, Skift Meetings has hosted more than 80,000 attendees at 26 webinars and events, published 27 reports, written more than 500 articles, and more. If you’re not subscribed to this blog’s updates, now is the time!

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

The site offers daily articles, industry reports, webinars, and more. Over the last three years, Skift Meetings has hosted more than 80,000 attendees at 26 webinars and events, published 27 reports, written more than 500 articles, and more. If you’re not subscribed to this blog’s updates, now is the time!

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The Top US and Canadian Event Management Agencies for 2024

Bizzaboo

Capitol Heights, MD 21st Century Expo Group is a nationally renowned general contractor, specializes in trade shows, events, and exhibits. We specialize in corporate meetings and trade shows, consumer brand activations, and custom fabrication. 21st Century Expo Group, Inc.

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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

And they assume that when attendees are not in sessions, we should ply them with food and drink and entertainment. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job. Yes, all these logistical considerations are important and need to be done well! They assume that meetings will consist of sessions with speakers on a stage.

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