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Top 5 Event Planners: Orlando

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Just Events! Group. This team has been planning and implementing award winning events for over 20 years. With separate teams for weddings, corporate meetings and special events, Just Events will make sure you have the expert for your specialized needs. Florida Coast to Coast. Florida Coast to Coast is a Global Events Partner with decades of experience in travel, incentive planning and full service events.

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Facebook Just Launched an Events Discovery App – Here’s How to Use it for Events

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Facebook bills its Events feature as a tool to “connect to your audience and empower them to spend time together in the real world.” The feature draws over 650 million every month, that’s 100 million people use Facebook events every day. Now, Facebook has built a standalone app specifically for discovering and joining events, with integrations to […].

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Stress Free Gift Giving: How to Choose Gifts that Work for Everyone

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Content provided in collaboration with Bulova Corporate Sales. Gift-giving is a strategic component of corporate meetings and incentive programs because it gives attendees a tangible remembrance of their experience. Yet choosing the right gift for all your attendees can be challenging. read more.

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Use pair share to quickly improve your conference sessions

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In less than three minutes, you can improve almost any conference session with pair share. The technique is simple: after pairing up participants and providing a short period for individual thinking about an appropriate topic, each pair member takes a minute in turn to share their thoughts with their partner. (More details can be found in Chapter 38 of The Power of Participation.).

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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Event Planning Apps: Top 30 Apps for Event Planners

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Today’s post is by our newest contributor, Brittany Ryan who is the founder and editor for Beaux & Belles: An Event Planning Blog that discusses all things pertaining to events, meetings, and home entertaining. Brittany serves on the Event Committee for the Dallas Autumn Ball and the Membership Committee for the Dallas chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES).

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News Roundup

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Quick shifts are happening this month and only those who are nimble will come out on top. Just a week into October, we’ve seen not one, but two large events companies raise funding for future endeavors. And in the realm of tech, Google, Snapchat, and Facebook have all made some interesting changes. Event Farm and […].

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What I Learned from My Kids About Delay Claims

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This past week, I came home to a complete mess in our backyard—it was littered with debris, trash, plates and utensils, and overturn patio furniture. My instruction to the kids yesterday morning was stern: “Clean up this mess by the time I get home…or else!” One kid fixed the furniture in 15 minutes. One kid picked up the plates, bowls and utensils in 30 minutes.

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3 Ways to Engage Your Audience at Your Event

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Imagine this: you’re busy planning your next big event. You have all your ducks in a row: awesome venue booked, killer catering secured and tickets to your event are sold out. But you’ve forgotten one important piece of the puzzle: how do you plan on engaging your attendees? Attendee engagement is an oft-overlooked component that is just as important as the venue or food and beverage.

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Media Alert: IMEX America 2016

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Who: The Meeting Pool What: TECHknowledge Area at IMEX America Where: Booth 265 When: October 18 – October 20 Questions: Tara Thomas, +650-455-7658 The Meeting Pool, the global authority for event technology marketing, news, information and directory listings for event marketers and professionals, will host the TECHknowledge Area at IMEX America. The Meeting Pool’s TECHknowledge […].

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9 Ways Your Negotiation Personality Can Undermine Your Success

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Most people's negotiating style falls into one of these nine categories. Find out what you—and your counterpart—may be doing that could help, and hinder, your ability to come to a successful conclusion. read more.

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Evolution of the DMC:Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency & Understanding

The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

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Etihad Airways appoints new UK MICE manager

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The post Etihad Airways appoints new UK MICE manager appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Etihad Airways has appointed Maris Kuklis as its Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Event (MICE) Account Manager for the UK. . Maris Kuklis. He will oversee the development of the airline’s B2B MICE strategy and the growth of this sector. His focus will be building strategic relations with key Abu Dhabi stakeholders such as the convention bureaus, convention centres, hotels, destinatio

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How to Increase Revenue at Your University with Events

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This post was written exclusively for Social Tables by Rebecca Rutherford, Digital Content Strategist for Ungerboeck Software International. No time? No problem. Fill out the form and we’ll email you a PDF version of this blog post to read anytime you want. State funding of public universities has fallen. New technology investments are costly but necessary to remain competitive.

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Simple Expense Reporting with Integrations

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If you’re an events professional, you no doubt have a mountain of receipts and expenses to track. From large accounts like space rental and travel to smaller miscellany for details like décor and linen, organizing everything quickly rises into an overwhelming mountain of numbers. Fortunately, there are several SaaS companies that have recognized the need […].

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Ritz-Carlton Upping its Ante on Custom-Crafted Meeting Options

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Sixty of the luxury chain’s hotels are participating in a personalized approach to décor, wellness, and F&B called, “A Meeting of the Senses.”. read more.

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Corinthia Hotel Prague unveils new facilities

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The post Corinthia Hotel Prague unveils new facilities appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The five-star Corinthia Hotel Prague will unveil a stylish new eating and drinking area in the lobby, Lounge 62, and two new boardrooms this month. . Corinthia Hotel Prague. Extensive facilities inside the hotel’s Conference and Events Centre have been joined by two brand new sophisticated boardrooms on the Lobby floor.

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Top 5 Event Planners: Boston

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AE Events . Partners Christine Altieri and Jana Gimenez have decades of experience producing special occasion events, covering all aspects from communications, branding, and marketing to technical direction, video production, and scriptwriting. Corinthian Events . Corinthian Events is a total event planning company focusing on Special Events and Destination Management.

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4 Ways Event Planners Can Use Snapchat Successfully

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Ritz-Carlton Upping the Ante on Custom-Crafted Meeting Options

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Sixty of the luxury chain’s hotels are participating in a personalized approach to décor, wellness, and F&B called, “A Meeting of the Senses.”. read more.

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Top 5 Caterers: New Orleans

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Pigeon Catering. Starting out as a small deli, Pigeon Catering has quickly grown and developed a large reputation including being the official food provider of the New Orleans Saints. They use only the freshest ingredients to serve the most high-profile events of the city. Saveur Catering. Saveur has a unique “boutique-style” approach on planning and catering events with a main emphasis on making your event one-of-a-kind.

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Floor Plan Templates, Theatre Seating & Meal Management

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No time? No problem. Fill out the form and we’ll email you a PDF version of this blog post to read anytime you want. Layout your meeting or event with the click of button. Our template generator can automatically fill your floor plan with classroom, ballroom, staggered ballroom or theatre seating (more about theatre seating below!). Using templates is the perfect way to make your venue or floor plan come to life in seconds.

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[Free Report] Having the Event Planning Budget Talk

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10 Tips to Make the Case for a Bigger Event Planning Budget. . Demand for meetings and events is on the rise. Event professionals are being tasked to manage more events, and to execute them with a shorter turnaround time. Corporations are increasingly relying on planners to prove ROI. Social Tables conducted an extensive survey with 1,200 meeting and professionals to find out what’s happening to event planning budgets, and how planners that are struggling to scrape together resources can make t

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5 Unique Event Venues in Las Vegas

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An adrenaline junkie’s dream, Las Vegas offers round-the-clock thrills in every possible dimension. And for event planners , it’s always a question of, “What’s new and different?”. Unlike some other convention cities, where beaches or mountains are an ever-present natural draw, Las Vegas makes its own appeal by constantly reinventing itself. If you haven’t been in a few years you’re in for a treat, with new hotels, clubs, restaurants and amusements vying for your attention.

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10 Festive Food and Drink Ideas for Halloween Parties

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Why Your Event Hashtag Is Not Enough

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David Monn On His New Book, Design Rules, and the Ultimate Event Job

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5 International Meetings Event Planners Need to Know About

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10 Best Ideas of the Week: an Ice Sculpture Jewelry Display, Rotating 'Westworld' Sculptures, a Drum-Powered Paint Showcase

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How a New Music Festival Stood Out in a Crowded New York City Market

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How This Benefit Made Going to School Cool

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Why Coffee Shops Across North America Received a 'Gilmore Girls' Makeover

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Inside HBO's Futuristic Western 'Westworld' Premiere

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New York Film Fest Offers High-Tech Programming—for Free

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17 Ways Brands Engaged Music Fans at Austin City Limits

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Charity Luncheon Spells Out Event Message (Literally) on Tabletops

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Three Reasons Why Hard Rock Stadium is the Premier Location for Events

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