Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2024

Planning a memorable event involves meticulous attention to detail, and selecting the right venue is the most important first step. With this program, planners earn 2 Points for every $1 USD spent on guest rooms, meeting rooms and more on qualifying events at hotels within the Hilton portfolio. Plan with confidence! Reason No.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

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. “A

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Smart Meetings

MAY 1, 2024

Planning a memorable event involves meticulous attention to detail, and selecting the right venue is the most important first step. With this program, planners earn 2 Points for every $1 USD spent on guest rooms, meeting rooms and more on qualifying events at hotels within the Hilton portfolio. Plan with confidence!

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Non-Traditional Venues Muir, Autograph Collection Our teams have received increasing requests for nontraditional venues, outdoor setups and reimagined creative spaces. After being apart for a few years, customers are showing significant energy surrounding meetings, and that’s evident in our group bookings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She will manage a team that promotes sales and services for planners booking meetings and events in Warren County and work to prospect and generate new business relationships to achieve booked business and overnight room goals. She earlier served as membership manager for the Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

You might want to take a second look at big city venues, where the access is convenient, amenities are abundant and hotel partners are eager to welcome you back. We are booking small corporate meetings and associations for 2022. Planning your return to in-person? guest rooms; 11,628 sq. of meeting space.

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Social Tables

JUNE 12, 2024

Planners work with venues, specialized staff, and vendors to ensure everything runs smoothly. We explore what vendors are, distinct types of event vendors, and where event planners like you can find them. Moreover, we examine the value of the planner-vendor relationship and its impact on event success. Stage designers.

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ADMEI

MARCH 13, 2024

This is a valuable skill, and it’s well worth developing for event planners. By imagining what it would be like to attend an event as a guest, event planners can design events that connect well with the intended audience. But how do event planners select the right personal touches that will speak to their guests?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

However, with the chaotic state of staffing in the hospitality industry, the 140th year of celebrating labor unions merits a second look. Unionized hotels provide the stability and training that hospitality workers are seeking—they could be part of the solution to the shortage that meeting planners are waiting for.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 10, 2023

Booking Insights Destinations International presented its 2023 Showcase and also made an announcement that it would be forming a “strategic alliance” with Groups360 , the technology company that offers online booking strategies for meeting planners and connects group travel organizations and hoteliers.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Being an event planner, event manager, or event marketer is a difficult job that demands a lot of energy and knowledge, but many of us are drawn to it because it is – above all else – rewarding. As the technology sector within the industry grows, many planners are leaving traditional event planning for event technology jobs.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2023

However, a strong counterpoint to the respondents’ confidence is data on ongoing staffing issues and, for planners, the challenges of the seller’s market. The Bad with the Good The strong return to live events is reviving meeting departments and the venues they work with, but along with that comes challenges.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Accor Survey: “Meeting Expectations: The Future of Meetings & Events” World-leading hospitality group Accor operates a diverse hospitality group of over 40 hotel brands, from luxury to economy. They offers experiences in over 110 countries with 5,500 properties, 10,000 food and beverage venues, wellness facilities and workspaces.

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Blue Spark Event Design

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This article reviews the seven reasons to book now for your 2024 event. As the economy began recovering from COVID, the hospitality industry was more accommodating, trying to survive the fallout from the pandemic. Venue and Hotel Availability. Hotels and venues experienced several difficult years surviving the pandemic.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2024

Fast forward to the present day, and you’ll find her working as event venue manager at Hines@Airbnb. “I Unbeknownst to the younger me, my mother’s passion for the smallest of details, and my father’s hospitality background inevitably influenced who I am today.” The first piece of advice Gee offers is, “Get the books and read the books.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 3, 2024

Don’t see your 2024 conference for event planners on this page? January 2024 Conferences for Event Planners Event Name Event Date Event Location More Information PCMA Convening Leaders 2024 Jan. Independent Planner Education Conference (IPEC) Jan. Apply to have your event featured ! ADMEI In The Zone Feb. Connect NYC 2024 Feb.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2019

As a part of Airbnb’s mission to create an end-to-end travel platform, this move will allow meeting planners and attendees to book hotels last-minute with less hassle—whether it be weeks or days ahead. When Airbnb homes aren’t open to guests, people can now book last-minute stays on the quick at boutique and independent hotels.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2023

While there are books, movies and endless lectures on the potential dystopian outcomes of wholesale adoption of artificial intelligence, I like to take the optimistic viewpoint. Time and Resources I see the tools of AI giving the meeting planner something they’ve never had in any real abundance before, time and resources.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. Techsytalk Techsytalk is a digital platform with more than 550 members that bridges the gap between event technology and the event planner. Ready to dive straight in?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

New PURE Local Services tool builds RFPs for activities, decor and transportation What if sourcing activities, decor and transportation were as easy as checking boxes to produce an RFP for a venue? Read More: Year of the Sustainable RFP Sounds like a third-party planner’s secret weapon, right?

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ADMEI

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected 13 December 2023 You’re probably already familiar with this popular phrase in the hospitality industry: expect the unexpected. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? Do your vendors and venues have emergency plans?

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2023

At Connect 2023, Cvent showcased new features planners will love Opening the first day of Cvent Connect 2023 with a Broadway performance by experience company Broadway Plus was fitting. With Cvent Webinar, event organizers can now host webinars directly on Cvent’s platform, allowing planners to manage their events and webinars in one place.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Hold your event in the daylight hours or outside venues (and get an extra point for COVID compliance). Book venues with renewable energy sources like solar panels. Hospitality and event industry workers were among the most affected by the pandemic. Labor Shortages and the Great Resignation. How can they do that? .

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2022

The hotel is set to host live music across all its public spaces and will also feature a dedicated entertainment venue for live concerts and celeb/media interviews. Other food fare includes the upscale dining venue NYY Steak and seasonal cuisine with a music theme at Sessions. The 234-guest-room property features 11,422 sq.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2023

From Palm Springs to Albuquerque, venues celebrate First Nation people When the tides of history recede, the cultural energy in some regions remains palpable. Thanks to some exciting new spaces opening across the country, meeting planners can host events at cultural centers that provide educational experiences that will have a lasting impact.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 14, 2022

The team at Hilton has come up with a realistic approach to help event planners navigate an uncertain future. Hilton’s team has taken a grounded and realistic approach to help planners of all types face the future head on. Venue and Room Rates. Despite the difficulties, business travel and in-person events are rebounding.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Global DMC Partners (GDP), the network of independent destination management companies and event service providers, has recently unveiled its 2022 Global Destination Index , which highlights the most popular meeting and incentive destinations around the world, according to booked and pending business across its worldwide partners.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 23, 2018

What you can learn from other planners’ entertainment mistakes. At MeetingsNet's Las Vegas Corporate Invitational Destination Showcase, held April 11-13, Matthew Gucu, a 25-year-veteran of the entertainment industry, spoke to meeting planners on entertainment for events. Hint: Don’t make the broom closet your green room.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau (SCIB) is the first point of contact for all event planners who have any question about Switzerland or need any assistance with planning their events, from the smaller to a more complex enquiry. Not only with the meeting rooms but also the guest room bookings. Schilthorn Cableway AG.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Eventgoers and event planners alike are running full steam ahead in this new day-to-day norm we are all living in with the Covid-19 virus. Over 60 events already committed to the book for 2023 and with dozens of holds in place, the ACC is on its way to not having a weekend free until August. Electric bill aside, that’s a good thing.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. Techsytalk Techsytalk is a digital platform with more than 550 members that bridges the gap between event technology and the event planner. Ready to dive straight in?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 31, 2023

Besides being only a few miles from the beach, one of the greatest advantages of booking a meeting at an airport hotel is the proximity to Hollywood Park. Venues like the all-new SoFi Stadium, YouTube Theater, and Kia Forum are within proximity to the LAX Corridor. Seeing is believing.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 1, 2023

Say hello to the world of Steel City and its vibrant collection of event venues. As you explore the event venues in this dynamic metropolis, be prepared to uncover an array of extraordinary spaces that mirror Pittsburgh’s spirit of innovation and hospitality, leaving an indelible mark on any occasion. Let’s do this!

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 22, 2022

Read More : What Do NFTs and the Metaverse Offer Planners? The properties partnered with BitPay, allowing guests to use Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and Stablecoin for stays and event bookings, as well as any of the various entertainment opportunities at the properties, much to the joy of groups who’ve stayed and used crypto for payment.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 28, 2022

Tampa Bay has more than Florida sunshine to offer planners and their groups, and that’s why a growing number of organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, and Connect Marketplace, recently moved their meetings to Tampa Bay from other cities. Outdoor Venues and Waterfront Views. This development offers a whopping 1.8

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

In events and hospitality, knowledge is power. Thankfully these thought leaders are quick to share their tips and tricks on how to get ahead in the world of events and hospitality. If you’re active on the event and hospitality conference circuit, you might bump into her. Hospitality. Click To Tweet. ItsWillCurran.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2022

Not surprisingly, travel is up and hotel bookings are strong, with a 36 million total visitor figure, a 39.6% What It Means for Meeting Planners. As Florida continues to bask in the sunshine of boosted tourism numbers, flights will get harder to book and hotel rooms may get harder to source. Bottom Line for Meeting Planners.

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