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How Meeting Profs Can Improve Event Engagement

Smart Meetings

The success of an event includes many factors. One major aspect is the engagement among attendees. Where event profs hope to give event attendees a vibrant, appealing and informative session, it may come off more as an information dump for some. Smart Meetings spoke with several event experts whose main goal is to craft a personalized, engaging and educational experience.

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Team Spotlight: Becca

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Next up on our team spotlight series: Account Executive Becca Meyers. Becca has been with us since 2021 covering the Virginia and West Virginia regions. Becca is more than familiar with the travel industry as her family owns and operates Luray Caverns in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Becca grew up attending tourism conferences and events with her mom where she got the bug to continue to craft her career in the industry.

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The Simple Antidote to Inflation: Customer Experience

Endless Events

It’s no secret that inflation is out of control. As of November 30, 2022, inflation in the U.S. clocked in at 7.11% — and consumers are feeling the pinch at the grocery store, gas pump, and even eCommerce stores. Customers are trimming their budgets, and that’s bad for business. If you sell a non-essential product or service, you could find more customers churning out thanks to inflation and recession rumors.

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Failure is a Never-Ending Opportunity 

Motivation Excellence

Well, folks, it’s a new year. For many, that means resolutions. And for many of those people, it means failing those resolutions within the first month. And there we have it…using the word “fail” right off the top of a new year. There are reasons people often fail at New Year’s resolutions and ways to fix them, as we wrote about in a past blog , but this post is about why failure is not an ending or the opposite of success.

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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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Mike Dominguez: Hotel, F&B Prices Aren’t Going Down, and Other Predictions for 2023

Smart Meetings

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! predictions conversation about the trends meeting profs need to prepare for in 2023. You can relive the insights on-demand here , but we grabbed some of the action items below in case you are in a hurry to send that next RFP.

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To Build High-Performing Teams, Focus on Workplace Relationships and Employee Well-Being

Best Corporate Events

Every enterprise today has access to technology, information, capital, and even talent (though they may have trouble retaining it). So what is it that separates high-performing organizations—those able to retain and engage the best people, and operate at a consistently high level—from their struggling peers? Recent research studies from Harvard and the U.S.

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8 Ways to Plan Face-to-Face Events for 2023

Convene by PCMA

Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes. Fortunately, trade shows and conferences are largely back after the devastating pandemic that forced countless cancellations over the past couple of years. Unfortunately, “back” has been the underlying theme of the recovery. While getting attendance and revenue to pre-COVID numbers is understandable, doing so by defaulting to the legacy versions of our face-to-face events — with few if any changes to content, layout, and marketing — isn’t a wise strategy.

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Palm Springs Shows Red Carpet Style

Smart Meetings

What attendee doesn’t love the red-carpet celebrity treatment? Last week, Visit Greater Palm Springs restarted a tradition interrupted by Covid of providing meeting professionals with VIP treatment at the International Film Festival at Palm Springs Convention Center. The celebration of storytelling started 33 years ago when then-resident Sony Bono thought it would be a good idea to attract attention to the area.

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Managing Client Expectations in the Current Market

MeetingsNet

If you can’t get the hotel concessions your stakeholders are expecting, it’s in your best interest to educate them about the current landscape. Here’s how one meeting professional does it. Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. For planners, most clients haven’t changed their expectations from pre-pandemic days.

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The Riot Increases Visibility (and Packs Rooms) With Eventbrite Ads 

Eventbrite

Comedy, Margaret Cho famously said, “propels you right into the heart of the universe.” And at The Riot Comedy Club, with its standup shows every Thursday through Sunday, the universe is Houston, Texas. “There was really only one big comedy club in a city with a population over six million,” says Brian Gendron, founder and […].

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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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What’s Next for the Business Events Industry?

Convene by PCMA

Carly Fiorina, Chairman of Carly Fiorina Enterprises, leads the discussion during Tuesday’s Main Stage panel presentation examine what the business events and hospitality industries can expect in 2023. (Whatever Media Group). What trends do we need to pay attention to — what should all of us be thinking about strategically that impact our businesses, our clients, and our partners?

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Smart Women in Meetings Awards Nominations 2023

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings is proud to announce the eighth annual Smart Women in Meetings Awards. This annual awards program recognizes uplifting industry forces in a special issue of Smart Meetings magazine and at a bespoke event, custom designed to advance careers, create powerful networks and pave the way for the next generation of women in meetings. From visionaries and industry leaders, to entrepreneurs, stellar performers, innovators and rising stars, join us in recognizing the top women in the meetin

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Risk Management Gets a Boost: Customizable Event Insurance Debuts

MeetingsNet

A new insurance product allows organizations to choose which costs and revenue streams are covered, and under which disruptive circumstances. The choices are wider than ever, but some circumstances remain uninsurable. With significant guidance from industry association Destinations International, the insurance and risk-management firm Anderson Benson has rolled out coverage for event disruption and cancellation that allows host organizations to put together a policy specific to their needs.

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What’s a Tracking Pixel, and Why Should You Care?

Eventbrite

Pixels are snippets of code that allow you to gather valuable information about website visitors and the actions they take. They're vital for measuring campaign performance, tracking conversions, and building audiences based on behavior.

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PCMA Unveils New Strategic Acquisitions and Initiatives

Convene by PCMA

PCMA CEO and President Sherrif Karamat, Randy Fiser of AGU, Jason Dunn of NCBMP, Don Welsh of DI, and Howard Givner of ELI. (Whatever Media Group). On Monday at Convening Leaders 2023, PCMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat announced elements of a new strategic plan — one that he described as “blazing a new trail forward, with and for the global business events community.”.

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Sustainable Meetings Through Renewable Concepts

Smart Meetings

Tips and methods for producing greener events. Sustainability is now required at meetings as attendees are demanding an environmentally conscious event. Curbing pollutants has become part of the meeting professional job description, but how does one to do so at in-person and virtual events in a meaningful and cost-effective way? Partnering with event technology and destination experts can help cut through the green myths by taking an action-oriented, big-picture approach.

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Major developments underway in Hungary for 2023

Travel Daily News

The Hungarian Tourism Board spotlights new hotel openings, cultural attractions, global sporting events, MICHELIN-star restaurants and 150th Anniversary celebrations, inviting visitors to discover what’s new and reimagined

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How to Write an Event Business Plan: A Complete Guide

Eventbrite

An event business plan is essential for getting stakeholder buy-in, raising funds, and measuring the success of an event. Here's what you need to know before you write yours.

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Daniel Pink’s Three Simple Words to Avoid Regret

Convene by PCMA

In his CL 23 closing keynote, Daniel Pink will share science-based tips to replenish your drive, motivate your team, take back your time, and sharpen your decisions. There’s a reason Convening Leaders is always held in early January — it’s the best way to kick off the new year, personally and professionally. You’ve had many opportunities during CL23 to equip yourself with the skills and knowledge to meet whatever 2023 brings, and to seal the deal, you won’t want to miss five-time New York Times

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Incentive Trips Expand to Address Burnout Beyond Sales Team

Smart Meetings

Historically, incentive trips are typically reserved for a company’s sales team. These trips serve to motivate the team to exceed sales goals, with those achieving the highest-level revenues receiving company-wide recognition and access to an amazing getaway. While these programs are still extremely valuable, a new type of “incentive” trip trend is on the rise.

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3 Ways for Tourism Brands to Optimise YouTube

Tourism eSchool

Does your Tourism brand have a YouTube channel but you haven’t looked at it in awhile? Well, now is the time to give it some love with some simple updates! Why add YouTube into your marketing mix? Because YouTube has your potential customers attention. People are using YouTube to search and plan for their next trips. A recent article from Think with Google stated that YouTube reached more than 17 million Australian adults in May 2022 — more than 85% of the country’s population.

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DET launches the annual Dubai Tourism Summit

Travel Daily News

Dubai welcomes 11.4 million international visitors during first ten months of 2022, up 134% YoY, taking a step closer to its target of becoming world’s most visited destination. Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism shares industry update and outlook at bi-annual ‘City Briefing’ for Dubai’s stakeholders and partners.

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Thinking Again With Adam Grant

Convene by PCMA

Adam Grant offered Convening Leaders participants ways to bring more original thinking and rethinking to their work. (Whatever Media Company). In his work as an organizational psychologist and consultant, Adam Grant has seen a lot of companies go out of business, he told a packed audience on Monday afternoon. It wasn’t because their leaders weren’t good at thinking, said Grant, a best-selling author, top-rated Wharton professor, and CL23 Main Stage keynoter.

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PCMA CL Ignited Ideas in Columbus

Smart Meetings

To chart a path forward, it helps to have some guiding lights. PCMA’s Convening Leaders gathered 3,300 meeting professionals in Columbus, Ohio, for three days of education, networking and some transformative ideas. PCMA CEO Sherrif Karamat explained the need to focus on the future this way: “Covid happened for us, not to us. Our industry has shown remarkable resilience.

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How to Write an Event Recap Blog Article

Eventbrite

Your event doesn’t end at clean-up. A great post-event blog post will put the event to work for you all year long. Here’s how to write it.

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The Hague’s partners share sustainable success stories

Travel Daily News

The Hague, known global as the city of Impact, Peace and Justice is a global leader in association events, which is why the municipality was an early adopter of sustainable practices – targeting a 95% reduction of greenhouse gasses by 2050.

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What’s Stopping You From Creating Immersive Events?

Convene by PCMA

Anthony Vade, Anthony Vade, event experience strategy director of Encore, presents “Immersive Reality: The Intersection of Design and Technology” for both digital and in-person audiences. (Whatever Media Group). How can event organizers navigate the challenges that come with building immersive experiences that will take their events to the next level?

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Meeting Profs Travel Report: FAA Falls Down, U.S. Air System Goes Boom

Smart Meetings

The shutting down of flights across the United States this week due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system malfunction raised more questions than there were provided answers. The FAA said that a “corrupted file” created the shutdown which sent airlines all across the nation into a tailspin of cancellations and rebookings and a lot of waiting in airline terminals with no answers.

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10 Best Winter Outdoor Content Creators for 2023

DCI

Snowbirds may be flying south, but many travelers are seeking the snow this winter. Connecting with top winter outdoor content creators is a key way to help spread the message that your destination is the place to hit the slopes and enjoy the gentle crunch of snow on a snowshoeing adventure. Bundling up and getting outside is their speciality. Whether you want to attract adventure seekers to experience your black diamonds or family travelers to enjoy some ice skating before enjoying hot cocoa in

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Global Revenue Forum launches for industry shaping debate and transformational leadership

Travel Daily News

Founders of Opportunity, Hotel Revenue Forum and Revenue Forum unite to bring hotel leaders together to address commercial challenges and opportunities.

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Moving Events Forward in the Face of Social and Economic Challenges

Convene by PCMA

As social and political challenges come to the fore, associations, DMOs, and convention centers are faced with decisions concerning the locations of their events. Unlike the PCMA roundtable among association planners and execs and DMOs that was convened in AGU’s offices four months earlier, the December roundtable, moderated by Peter O’Neil, FASAE, CAE, CEO of ASIS International, didn’t focus exclusively on how to navigate the events landscape in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of th

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How Hotels Scrambled to Staff the Return of Events

Smart Meetings

All too often we attempt to glean some semblance of an explanation or understanding when confronted with an understaffed hotel or event venue and you have probably strategized about all the ways you would “fix” the situation if you were in charge. Smart Meetings dropped in on several industry professionals to see what methods and strategies they’ve implemented to adjust to the sudden return of travelers and deliver the service levels expected by attendees.

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Destinations International Announces Bespoke Event Cancelation Program

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: Destinations International is joining forces with insurance and risk management firm Anderson Benson to create a bespoke event cancellation program. — Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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MeetingPackage named Best Online Venue Booking Platform in the 2023 HotelTechAwards

Travel Daily News

Reviews from verified users of MeetingPackage highlight features like the ability to sell meetings and events online, excellent customer experience, and an increase in revenue through high conversion.

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Status and power at meetings

Conferences that Work

Meeting professionals rarely talk about status and power issues. This is unfortunate because the ways that status and power manifest at meetings matter. Why? Because a majority of those who attend most meetings have little say over what happens at them. Typical meeting formats are rigid, and attendees play largely circumscribed roles. So, let’s explore the roles of status and power at meetings.

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