Smart Meetings
JULY 8, 2022
Many event planners look for destinations with good food, local culture and plenty of leisure activities for attendees. However, accessibility for wheelchair users isn’t always factored into the equation. To encourage the inclusion of disabled travelers in the event agenda, Marquette County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has put together an accessibility guide.
Skift Meetings
JULY 8, 2022
Skift Take: There are more certificates for event planners than ever before. The question is, are they a real measure of competence? And is the more rigorous certification process worth the time, effort, and money? — Julie Moline Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.
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Smart Meetings
JULY 8, 2022
Jennifer Erney, CMP, CMM. International hospitality group Accor appointed Erney executive director of global sales for meetings, incentives and industry relations. Erney was most recently regional vice president of sales at Associated Luxury Hotels International. She brings over 25 years of sales and events experience, recognized in 2019 as Supplier of the Year (Doer category) by Smart Meetings.
Convene by PCMA
JULY 8, 2022
Cross-team collaboration can help an organization fit all the pieces together to create a must-attend event. Your next annual meeting, conference, or trade show has the potential to be the most successful event in the history of your organization. Pandemic-induced health and safety restrictions are gradually easing, consumer confidence in travel is increasing, and the world is coming to terms with the “living with COVID” era.
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
Eventbrite
JULY 8, 2022
For women entrepreneurs, who may face challenges such as gender discrimination and harassment on top of everyday business demands, a service like Eventbrite offers a handy combination of control and automation. This puts greater autonomy and power in your hands — and a full range of easy-to-use tools at your fingertips — to make building […].
MeetingsNet
JULY 8, 2022
Planners of academic and scientific conferences detail all the factors they must consider when planning a hybrid meeting, and it’s not pretty. When it comes to coordinating hybrid events, there is a daunting number of big decisions that a host organization must make that will impact event quality, cost, and attendance—and will also impact how challenging the planning process will be.
MICE Travel Today brings together the best content for MICE professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Eventtia
JULY 8, 2022
Event marketing is part of most corporate growth playbooks. In 2021, companies spent almost 9% of their marketing budget on events. If a corporation allocates $5,000,000 annually to fuel its marketing strategy, $450,000 will be dedicated to running events. Considering such a significant investment, the company leaders will obviously expect a positive ROI.
Special Events
JULY 8, 2022
Follow this advice for your best shot at a Gala Award
Brightspot Incentive Events
JULY 8, 2022
When negotiating hotel contracts, it is fair to say things have changed. There are new rules, clauses, and regulations to be mindful of. If the pandemic taught us anything, it was that nothing is predictable, and everything needs to be flexible. . Both hotels and those sourcing hotels have strong interests in protecting their bottom line, but they can’t forget they must also provide their clients a first-class experience.
Convene by PCMA
JULY 8, 2022
Sparrow, on the 25th floor of The Dalmar Hotel, has a 1960s flair with Midcentury Modern-inspired furnishings. It is one of many rooftop event spaces in Greater Fort Lauderdale. When the new Omni Fort Lauderdale headquarters hotel being built adjacent to the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center opens in 2025, the property’s rooftop bar and terrace — an event space 29 stories up — will offer guests dramatic views overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway all the way to Fort Lauder
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
Business Traveler USA
JULY 8, 2022
Soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause claims that nature everywhere is becoming troublingly silent. After recording ambient “biophony” for over 50 years, he says that sounds he used to experience routinely—the trilling of cicadas in the African bush, the call of sandpipers in the Yukon Delta—have all but disappeared. Such signs of nature’s decline are found everywhere.
Smart Meetings
JULY 8, 2022
At the end of last year, National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) was facing a tough decision. As one of the largest associations in the world with 10,000 member companies from over 100 countries, including manufacturers, distributors and retail music and sound products, the group had canceled their pair of 2021 events and were looking forward to getting back to the bi-annual schedule their members expected with a summer show at Nashville Music City Center and a winter show at Anaheim Conv
Redfin
JULY 8, 2022
Investing in residential real estate and renting it to tenants can be a great way to own assets that create passive income and may gain value over time. But becoming a landlord takes plenty of planning, investment, and patience. How does someone actually become a landlord? There are a lot of expenses to account for and variables to consider. Follow these steps and you’ll be well on your way to landlord life. 1.
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