Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

The Hospitality Show offered a mix of great insights and lessons to take home More than 3,500 attendees came together at the first-ever Hospitality Show at The Venetian Conference Center & Expo in Las Vegas June 27-29. F&B operates very differently than it did pre-pandemic, we’ve clustered a lot of positions.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

More importantly, a lot of them work in hospitality and events. Labor shortages in hospitality are at their peak. Labor Shortages In Hospitality: 47% Are On Their Way Out. Referencing McKinsey’s report , Nick reads some shocking stats about labor shortages in hospitality. Enter the Great Resignation of 2021!

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2024

They only packed personal treasures to take back to the office. Read More : How to Create a Positive and Mindful Workplace Culture Identify what is really holding you back and connect with the abundant resources in the generous hospitality community that will allow you to overcome those hurdles. Similarly, Deborah G.,

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

Billboards advertising job fairs have started popping up on the Las Vegas Beltway. Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism Management , says top executives from major brands are calling him to personally interview college students because they are desperate for employees to clean rooms and check people in.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Event professionals can start their career paths in almost any job or industry. This is something the Brew Crew knows well, as today’s hosts share a combined 82 years of industry experience with a wide range of event jobs that led them to where they are today. Similar to Arianna, Nick also started in hospitality.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2023

How AI and new demographics are changing incentive travel AI can help find relevant data and perhaps even write the first draft of an incentive program outline, but the level of personalization required to really motivate employees by rewarding them with experiences requires a human touch. Let’s normalize celebrating our jobs.”

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

The destination brought together 340 members of the local hospitality community at Hyatt Regency New Orleans to talk about why meetings matter and how to better tell our story to decision makers at all levels. He is focused on telling young people that careers in hospitality are fulfilling. “ We need to sex up our industry.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Travel Association and The Downtown DC Business Improvement District, has seen that associations are getting 30% or more attrition and it is more difficult to have in-person, one-on-one meetings when many are working from their kitchen in the suburbs and some from second homes in the Caribbean.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Being an event planner, event manager, or event marketer is a difficult job that demands a lot of energy and knowledge, but many of us are drawn to it because it is – above all else – rewarding. As the technology sector within the industry grows, many planners are leaving traditional event planning for event technology jobs.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

In fact, Covid isn’t the be-all reason for the lack of responses to hospitality help-wanted ads. “It Read More: The Great Hospitality Restart The pandemic also sped up technology development. Some hospitality companies looking for full-time employees are offering signing bonuses and benefits. The workforce has indeed shrunk.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

That is a big “if” and the reason she is working with Temple University School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management along with professors from Purdue University, Penn State and San Diego State University to survey this growing resource as part of a study called “ Exploring the Motivations and Values of Gig Workers.”

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2022

decrease from 2019—and supported 57,933 local jobs. Travel is crucial to driving an economic and jobs recovery here in DC and in communities around the country, but such a recovery is only possible if all sectors of travel come back quickly and evenly,” said U.S. Department of Commerce found that in 2021, D.C.’s million visitors, 1.8

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Career aptitude tests pointed her towards hospitality. “I With a hospitality management background, I was aware of the certification but wasn’t sure where my career would lead me and if I would actually need it,” she says. “It Growing up, she wanted to be a teacher; then, an architect. By high school, she wasn’t sure.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Far too often have they seen one person do a job of multiple people at events. Sometimes, they were that person themselves! Now that we’re planning in-person and hybrid events again, it’s the perfect time to revisit this popular topic. But today, Will and Brandt want to talk about understaffing in particular.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I think the majority of the event people are hospitality people. First and foremost, I think that the industry came out of hospitality. Due to these roots in hospitality, Nick doesn’t believe that “we have virtual event professionals who are on average the people who are going to be the innovators in the virtual space.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Staffing shortages and ensuing issues have become commonplace in the hospitality and tourism industries and a stark reality meeting professionals must now grapple with at nearly every turn. Building Employment Pipelines through Education.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Now that Covid transmission rates are under 1 in many places, indicating that the surge of the epidemic is over, Dominguez is optimistic that even where there are pockets of spread, we have the tools to ensure they don’t result in increased hospitalization and death.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 9, 2023

Read More : Mike Dominguez’s Vision for Hospitality Restaffing. The goal of these trips is to provide recognition and gratitude for a job well done, mission accomplished, goals met or exceeded. Aim for an appropriate balance between personal time and group activities. Creating a Successful “Thank You” Trip.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

“I have been in events since 2007 and in hospitality since 2000. “What does that entrepreneurial spirit mean to you and how is that different from the way event planners do their jobs right now?” Certain industries are back to in-person events and others are going to be slower to come back to a full in-person meeting.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The future of events in Las Vegas looks bright Industry professionals from all sectors of the hospitality industry got together Jan. Read More : Ultraluxury Checks into Las Vegas In addition to bringing so many visitors to the event in person, F1 Las Vegas also brought one of the highest numbers of TV viewers across the entire season—1.3

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2024

We’re very good at rallying our community and bringing the hospitality community together. The NFL does an incredible job of touching so many areas of our community and this diversity program I’m very excited about.” Kevin Ferguson, our vice president of external affairs, is working with our member community and NFL on that….You

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 5, 2019

The hospitality industry is brimming with hard-working, courageous women who give their all to make sure every guest has an exceptional experience. My first job at a hotel was just a job to pay the bills, but I loved it. I am a “lead by example” type of person. Read on and you may just find your inspiration.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In fact, the multifaceted endeavor is being embraced throughout the hospitality industry at every level. In addition, Bronstein suggests that planners take a proactive approach to identify hospitality partners that are onboard with the effort of food rescue. “I The George R.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He attended Texas Tech University to earn a degree in Hospitality in RHIM (Restaurant, Hotel & Institutional Management). Earning His CMP He began his career in hospitality sales and learned of EIC’s CMP program after joining his local Meeting Professionals International (MPI) chapter, Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

In her new position as director of hotel sales at Visit Houston after 15 years in the hotel industry, Melinda Mintz spoke with Smart Meetings about her personal and professional journey. When I first started in hospitality, I knew I wanted to work with people and I wanted to be able to help accommodate people in their requests.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2023

Smart Woman Summit kicks off the next year for Smart Women in Meetings with empowerment and thoughtful conversations When leaders come together to tackle the biggest challenges in the hospitality meetings industry. something magic happens. One take-away for supervisors was the importance of “meeting employees where they’re at.”

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2021

“As we came into this pandemic, the hospitality industry was hit the hardest. A lot of our colleagues either lost their jobs, got furloughed, or they were being overworked,” he begins. They just lost a job after working at an organization for 20 years. Is that person vaccinated sitting next to me or not?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Elements covered each month in the magazine and online at smartmeetings.com came to life at a personalized gifting experience, an exclusive dinner at Monterey Bay Aquarium and on stage before kicking off the business of one-on-one custom-matched appointments. Hospitality sales consultant Steven J. Don’t take our word for it.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2022

Here is what you need to get the most out of your time whether you experience it in-person or by dipping into some of the keynotes online. Personal development? The initiative started almost 20 years ago by IMEX and MPI has partnered to further workforce development by engaging hospitality students. “We An Intentional Journey.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2021

Tisch Center of Hospitality at New York University and executive managing director of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI)’s new Strategic Consulting Services. Change is Personal. “We Whenever you have change, it is personal. Sometimes a leader’s job is not to find solutions, but to show empathy and listen.

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Motivation Excellence

APRIL 24, 2023

Mark Bondy has worked in the hospitality/travel/incentive industry since 1980. I started working in the travel/hospitality industry in 1980, learning more about incentive travel starting in 1984. Understand that every job requires hard work, and there aren’t any positions in our industry that would be considered an exception.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2023

He attended Texas Tech University to earn a degree in Hospitality in RHIM (Restaurant, Hotel & Institutional Management). Earning his CMP He began his career in hospitality sales and learned of EIC’s CMP program after joining his local Meeting Professionals International (MPI) chapter, Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2023

Personalization and the Future of Tech The future of event technology is both exciting and a bit uncertain. Will recommendations around sessions and speakers and people that you should meet get smarter and more personalized? We don’t do a great job of this today,” he said.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The reality should be: ‘Oh, nobody got hospitalized because they went to Lollapalooza’ That should be it.” Tokyo 2020 banned in-person spectators. They’ve been forced to go find a new job or a new career elsewhere,” he says. ” “We need to get them excited about entering this type of job.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2021

She was new in role at Capital Group, starting to put a strategy in place for doing in-person events. Human interaction may not have been possible in person, but the need for connection had skyrocketed. If what we did was illegal, what did that mean for my job?”. Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism Management.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

By sharing personal experiences and opinions about what is needed to improve the sector, meeting professionals can help point the way to meaningful change, the task force says. million direct jobs and over 1.5 The post Help Frame DEI Advances: Your Feedback About Hospitality Equity Sought appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2022

Now, industry leaders are opening doors to encourage, engage with and invest in new faces in meetings and hospitality. However, “there’s a sort of personal responsibility for individuals to reach out and find a mentor” when they need one, he said. We’ve got to do a better job of messaging,” Peckinpaugh said. “I

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