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Are Family-friendly Conferences in Your Future?

Smart Meetings

This could mean places with fun attractions such as theme parks, zoos or historic sites. Select a hotel or conference center with family suites. When completing site visits or going on a FAM trip, determine if the hotel provides a childcare service onsite or can offer a listing of sitters who can come to attendees’ rooms.

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11 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a DMC

ADMEI

CVBs assist planners by providing information on local resources and services, site selection, and other pre-conference and post-convention services. For example, if the primary purpose of your event is entertainment, you should choose a DMC that’s well-versed in sourcing entertainment venues and partnering with AV companies.

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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. Far more space is devoted to entertainment and food and beverage. And good event design is about how a conference works. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job. No related posts.

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Where’s the Meeting Planner?

Convene by PCMA

convention centers used criteria generally understood as key to site selection: exhibition space, meeting rooms, total space, distance from the airport, hotel availability, meal price, arts/entertainment, food availability, and walkability. The Wall Street Journal ’s recent ranking of the top 30 U.S.

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Top Hotels in Nashville and Why We Like Them

Blue Spark Event Design

Meeting organizers are constantly on the lookout for the best hotels in every city (if you need help with site selection and negotiation , let us know!). From SoundWaves, the city’s premier aquatic attraction, to an exciting lineup of activities and entertainment, there’s something for the entire family to enjoy. Let us help!

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Success Story: Fall Product Launch with Celebrity Endorsement, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Blue Spark Event Design

Services we provided: Site Selection and Negotiation. Entertainment. High Points: Organized virtual and in-person site visits to measure and photograph the event space and discuss the vision with the client. Coordinated branding of all elements with the conference logo. Audio-Visual Production.

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Inside the Incentive. A Focus on Costa Rica

Blue Spark Event Design

Click to Fill Out an RFP Selecting a Hotel (overwhelmed with Site Selection and Negotiation ? To avoid crowds and higher prices for accommodation and airfare, plan your trip during the “green season” from May to June when you can expect mostly sunny days with a few, short rain showers. We can help.)