Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 14, 2018
In Kentucky, where 95 percent of the world’s bourbon is produced, there’s almost as much interest in the process as there is in the finished product. Almost. According to Kentucky Distiller’s Association, a nonprofit trade group founded in 1880, this spirit production has increased more than 300 percent since 2000, reaching its highest level in more than 50 years.
Endless Events
OCTOBER 16, 2018
PCMA truly cares about the personal success of all their members and their organizations. They are committed to making their members they best they can be. They have been around for decades and are constantly pushing the events industry forward. Today on our iconic panel we are joined by Sherrif Karamat of PCMA and Claire Smith of Vancouver Convention Centre.
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Motivation Excellence
OCTOBER 18, 2018
There are many things to consider when selecting rewards that will engage your employees. Since a lengthy analysis means time and money, we’ve designed this handy checklist to help you choose the rewards that will truly motivate them to work hard and help your business grow. The post A Checklist for Choosing Rewards appeared first on VIKTOR.
Conferences that Work
OCTOBER 15, 2018
The other day, Celia and I were walking in Boston’s beautiful Arnold Arboretum when she asked me who’d responded to an email I’d sent. When I pulled out my phone to answer her question, she said she felt she was walking with a third person, a stranger. Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: A birthday present for you on the 21st anniversary of Conferences That Work What a long strange trip it’s been The first Conferences That Work event was held J
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Smart Meetings’ Director of Marketing Jennifer Harrington (left) and founder and CEO Marin Bright (right), with Cheryl Rogers (middle), corporate events manager at Solara Medical Supplies, are on the ground at IMEX America. IMEX America, the mega annual event for the meetings industry, always generates plenty of excitement as professionals from throughout the world gather to do business, learn, socialize —and have a blast doing all of it.
Social Tables
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Acquisition delivers unique diagramming, seating, and venue sales solutions that help event planners and venues create exceptional events. Tysons Corner, VA – October 16, 2018 – Cvent , a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, today announced that it has acquired Social Tables , the leading event diagramming, seating, and collaboration platform.
MICE Travel Today brings together the best content for MICE professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Travel Daily Media
OCTOBER 18, 2018
The post “Sustainability is core to our business”: Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd. appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Earlier this month, one of India’s vacation ownership companies, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd. (MHRIL), committed to join RE100, a global campaign led by The Climate Group bringing together the world’s most influential businesses committed to 100% renewable power.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Columbus Skyline photo by Andy Spessard. It’s not even Halloween yet, but it’s never too early to plan ahead for next year’s ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Columbus, Ohio. The organization announced this first-time host city all the way back in July 2016, for cryin’ out loud! They estimate that 20 percent of the nearly 6,000 attendees will book their own group’s convention there within five years.
Crowdriff
OCTOBER 17, 2018
As a destination marketer, your visual content is a vital part of your brand. It’s what tells your story. It’s what helps you stand out. It’s what turns potential visitors into repeat visitors. Your content library holds an incredible amount of power, like a giant turbine creating energy for your destination. But to get the most out of it, you can’t just share all your content with every journalist, meeting planner and local organizer – the surge of visuals would be overwhelming.
MeetingsNet
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Webinar live date: November 27, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review. For more info on how to get CE credits, click here ! Webinar live date: November 17, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. The legal issues for meetings and events evolve along with the world around us. Some of the big issues of 2018—the #metoo movement, terrorism and weather disasters, and new data protection standards—have brought new legal considerati
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
Travel Daily Media
OCTOBER 14, 2018
The post Newly launched: Hilton Taipei Sinban appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Hilton Hotels & Resorts announced the opening of Hilton Taipei Sinban marking its return to the Taiwan market after 15 years. New Taipei City’s “first international upscale hotel” this 31-story, 400-room hotel offers itself as an optimal choice for business travel and gatherings with extensive meeting facilities and convenient connections to traffic hubs.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Our publisher Eric Haase (left) and content chief JT Long (right) holding down the Smart Monday fort. The meetings industry converged on Las Vegas Monday for the start of #IMEX18 at Sands Expo. On the agenda was registration, set-up and lots of discovery during Smart Monday powered by MPI. The Smart Meetings team was on the scene, gathering inspiring ideas to share with those who couldn’t be there—and those who were there, but couldn’t be in all places at once. 1.
BizBash
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Canadians don’t “pop over,” they “pop down.” That local idiom helped inspire Toronto-based Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts’ latest event.
MeetingsNet
OCTOBER 15, 2018
An overflowing educational session at this week's IMEX America event offered lessons to planners on conflict management, accountability, and leadership. The first morning of the IMEX America show in Las Vegas got right into some of the more difficult issues that meeting and event planners deal with in their jobs. For instance, Michelle Johnson, president of event-planning firm The Events Group and a former human resources executive, led a one-hour session attended by 125 people that focused on h
Memory Makers
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Do you provide services for special events, such as DJ services, hair and nail services, photography, catering, limo service or something else? If so, you probably receive tips from satisfied clients. Uncle Sam would like you to share a portion of those tips with him. Tip income must be reported to the IRS and the State Tax Commission as part of your annual income.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 18, 2018
If the way to your group member’s hearts is through their stomachs, they’ll fall in love with these nine cities. These delicious places offer tours to taste the town. Las Vegas Cut into a thick, juicy steak on The Strip. Lip Smacking Foodie Tours’ newest offering, Ultimate Steakhouse Tour, has already been a hit with incentive groups. Guests will enjoy sinfully sumptuous meals at three of the top restaurants in Sin City—Bazaar Meat in SLS Las Vegas, Jean Georges Steakhouse in Aria Resort & C
BizBash
OCTOBER 16, 2018
The Los Angeles Philharmonic kicked off its 100th anniversary season on September 30 in a big way. The orchestra started.
Endless Events
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Do you audit your AV budget? If not you might be overpaying, or not really getting the equipment best suited for your event. While auditing your AV budget sounds overwhelming, you need to do it! This will allow you to make sure you are getting exactly what you need and the most bang for your budget. In this episode of Whiteboard Wednesday, Will Curran will walk you through how to audit your AV budget.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 15, 2018
More : 6 Smart Moves: Wellness Edition. Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. Most recently, she held the same title at The Westin Dallas Downtown. Previously, she was director of sales and revenue at The Joule in Dallas as well as reservations and revenue manager at The Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura, Florida, and The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes.
BizBash
OCTOBER 18, 2018
The cryptic event invitation reads, “Uncover a dreamlike world that exists just behind the familiar facade of Manhattan.” Other than.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Swimming in the ocean, sunbathing, and enjoying cocktails and meals have traditionally been part of many meeting groups’ downtime activities in Barbados, and thanks to a new program they now can also be a part of their departure experience. More : Day in the Life of a Beach Resort Activity Vendor. Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays, Richard Branson’s tour company, recently unveiled the Departure Beach option, which enables passengers to forego waiting for departing flights in the airport, and i
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 16, 2018
During a wide-ranging discourse at a private dinner at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for meetings journalists in Las Vegas—in conjunction with IMEX America 2018 —Steve Heitzner, Americas chief sales and marketing officer for Marriott International , made several key points. Marriott remains deeply committed to the meetings industry, which accounts for 43 percent of company revenues.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 19, 2018
The post Can You Ace this #IMEX18 Quiz? appeared first on Smart Meetings.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 19, 2018
A record number of business cards changed hands at the eighth annual IMEX America in Las Vegas as some 70,000 formal appointments took place at Sands Expo in a complexly refreshed Venetian Palazzo experience. That number included 64,000 individual appointments, an increase of 7 percent. A total of 70 percent of those appointments had RFPs attached, according to reports from the closing press conference of the three-day event this week.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 18, 2018
IMEX America’s biggest gathering ever propelled full-speed ahead on Day Three in Las Vegas, fueled by meeting planner and supplier energy and the usual steady supply of news and demos by properties and destinations. Smart Meetings kept pace with the biggest happenings. Upcoming WEC Locations. Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI, announced locations for upcoming World Education Congress events: Toronto, Ontario, in Canada in 2019; Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine,
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 18, 2018
San Diego State University photo by Paul Lang. Starting in August 2019, a new graduate-level program offering a degree in meetings and event management will be added to the courses at San Diego State University. A low-residency program meant for working professionals, it will be the first meetings management master’s degree program offered in North America.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Great Salt Lake City has emerged as a lively, diverse destination that offers plenty of attractive options to meeting groups. One of the best ways to experience its ethnic traditions is by attending one of the colorful, exciting annual festivals. Here are some of the best festivals for groups seeking an immersive adventure. Living Traditions Festival This event features three days of multiethnic fun, food and festivities every May.
BizBash
OCTOBER 17, 2018
The 11th annual Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One delivered.
BizBash
OCTOBER 18, 2018
The largest gathering of event planners in western Canada is set to take place in one of Cvent's Top 10.
BizBash
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Personalization has swept through our lives: entertainment, news, dating, food options—it's all endlessly customizable. And your event is no different. Attendees.
BizBash
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Here's a look at new New York eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces available for.
BizBash
OCTOBER 16, 2018
To kick off the L.A. Philharmonic’s 100th anniversary season, XiteLabs created dynamic projection mapping that could be improvised based on performances from Katy Perry, Herbie Hancock, and John Williams.
Endless Events
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Quick question: What’s one of the best ways to stay on top of industry trends and ideas? That’s right – by reading insights shared by industry experts on their blogs, of course! After all, event industry blogs are accessible, provide information about events from around the globe and cover every aspect of event planning. You can find bigger and better ways to deploy events, the latest in event tech, and follow where other event profs’ careers are taking them.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Meeting coordinators and convention and visitors bureau representatives often enlist the services of limo companies to assist in transporting visitors to and from the airport and between activities on the itinerary. The fatal crash that tragically killed 20 people (driver, 17 passengers and two pedestrians) earlier this month in Upstate New York presents an opportune time to discuss questions that need to be asked when sourcing a livery service.
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