Smart Meetings

MAY 1, 2024

With unparalleled locations and amenities, outstanding perks for event planners and a focus on sustainability through Meet with Purpose, Hilton’s All-Inclusive resorts offer comprehensive packages catering to every event planner’s needs. Plan with confidence!

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2022

Meeting planners will note that AHLA reports 58% of meetings and events are expected to return. Another strong trend reported is hotels adding new technology for hybrid meetings and other incentives for both business and leisure travelers. However, the outlook for F&B and other ancillary revenue is not as optimistic.

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 28, 2022

This makes it all that much more crucial to get the most ROI possible out of each event, and there is one key factor that can help planners hit the mark: data. With a carefully designed plan for data collection before, during, and after each event, planners have the ability to optimize both their content and their marketing strategy.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Brightspot is honored to be recognized as a top meeting & incentive travel company on the MeetingsNet 2022 CMI 25 list. This top meeting planner list from MeetingsNet is a leading resource for businesses to find experienced event-planning services. It’s a momentous occasion for Brightspot. – Mike May, President. .’

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The post The peak of incentive travel: What you need to win JAPAN Best Incentive Travel Awards 2020 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. One national body recognising all the hard work of planners, from around the world, is the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO). TD) Who are the awards open to?

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Brightspot Incentive Events

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

How much for a fantastic incentive trip to Hawaii, the Caribbean, or Europe? Incentive Trip Budget Advice. Based on industry research, a wise budget for an incentive travel program is $5,500 per person. If the incentive group travels farther to Hawaii or Europe, add $1,000 per person for higher airfares.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2022

Perks for individual guests and meeting planners have been enhanced to celebrate the milestone. With locations in more than 100 countries, there is a strong incentive for meeting planners to take advantage of all the benefits available to Rewards members.

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Endless Events

APRIL 28, 2020

Even though virtual events are set to become the new normal, not many planners have experience with this paradigm. Because planners and companies aren’t sure which way is North right now, it’s easy to disregard the things that could make or break the virtual experience for everyone involved. 6 Wrong Sponsors.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It can uplift individual attendees, sponsors and exhibitors, and even your CEOs and board members. Their meetings incentive, “ It Pays To Meet in Kissimmee ,” offers up to $10,000 cash-back based on the number of rooms planners book at a Kissimmee hotel. To educate, look to post-event reporting.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

So, you are in the market to start a channel partner incentive program to boost your ROI, but you have no clue where to begin with your budget. What is the Cost of a Channel Partner Incentive Program. A $1,000,000 channel incentive might be 85% awards and 15% support. Cost of Channel Incentive Software & Options.

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

This can sometimes hurt a planner. ” But Will wonders how event planners can justify the ROI on drones, an investment that can cost thousands of dollars. Try and keep those people moving, give them an incentive.” Event planners can see who saw what, when, for how long. It takes pre-planning.

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inVOYAGE

MAY 10, 2023

pre-function area, it’s easy to imagine a first-class event taking place here – whether you’re planning an upscale product launch, conference or hosting an incentive. A hotel with more character than words allow, it’s an inviting prospect for event planners and a venue that’s sure to evoke a special sentiment in all its guests.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2022

Meeting planners will note that AHLA reports 58% of meetings and events are expected to return. Another strong trend reported is hotels adding new technology for hybrid meetings and other incentives for both business and leisure travelers. However, the outlook for F&B and other ancillary revenue is not as optimistic.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

Our team will walk you through the customizable incentives and rewards that your group qualifies for. Learn how Reno Tahoe can help make corporate event planning easier at VisitRenoTahoe.com/meeting-planners The post Bring your ideas to life with no limits in Reno Tahoe. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 17, 2023

With Chinese factories producing less and freight trips across the Pacific being cancelled more often, meeting hosts, sponsors, and exhibitors might want to rethink their approach to attendee gifts and giveaways this year. MeetingsNet: What else would you say to planners as they procure products for events in 2023 and early 2024?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Innovative organizers also continue to leverage push notifications post-registration to upsell add-on activities or additional sessions, promote sponsors, or generate buzz in the lead-up to the event by offering sneak peeks of the content or encouraging social media posts from attendees. . Website Traffic by Promo Codes.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

The final step in the event management process is a follow-up meeting after the event to discuss the event’s overall ROI, attendee and sponsor feedback, and make the necessary readjustments to the overarching event strategy. Don’t forget to also praise those who did work behind the scenes like planners, producers, and assistants.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2021

With key sponsors IMEX , Abu Dhabi, Delta, Slovenia and Naples/Marco Island/Everglades and support from strategic partners we were able to offer this at no cost to everyone. corporate meeting planners surveyed 2 weeks prior to this event. This meant we needed to keep our expenses down and find some revenue.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

Read More: 3 Rewarding Trends in Incentive Travel The upside of holding WEC in Mexico for the first time was that it accommodated the association’s fastest-growing audience, Latin American meeting professionals, which has had 60% growth over the last four years. Thanks to all the vendors, sponsors, student volunteers & speakers.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2022

All-inclusive Hyatt Zilara and Ziva luxury resorts line the most spectacular shores in Mexico and the Caribbean and have each been designed to deliver extraordinary events and guest experiences for savvy planners and their participants. Locations include: Jamaica: Hyatt Zilara and Ziva Rose Hall . All-new All-inclusive Experiences.

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

An event proposal can have various different purposes: securing sponsorships, getting a client as an event planner, getting buy-ins from stakeholders and higher-ups, and so on. For an event planner business, having the ability to write a good proposal alone can help create a significant competitive advantage over your competition.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

Some properties, she says, are offering incentives or higher pay to get the right candidates. She suggests that, as an industry, planners need to—metaphorically, it’s still a pandemic—put their arms around their team members, making sure they get the protocol and diversity training they need to come back stronger.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 31, 2023

Whether it’s helping to find unique venues or connecting you with trusted local resources, our staff will work closely with you every step of the way to create the event you’ve imagined Reno Tahoe offers several benefits that make life simpler for planners. Or maybe all of the above. The diverse settings (and landscapes!)

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Accor Pacific, Australia and New Zealand’s largest hotel operator, has announced it will deliver a range of limitless experiences and the best in hospitality to the hosted buyers attending the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) 2023 in the Accor sponsored Hosted Buyer Lounge.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We planners know that what keeps individuals coming back to live meetings is the experience, and the experience is more often about how attendees feel rather than what they think. Provide a special thank-you gift to sponsors. Reprinted with permission from the Meetings & Incentives Worldwide blog.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 14, 2023

An international “club” specifically for internal corporate planners is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024 with the debut of a U.S. On the other hand, Howard knows that for all the effort she’s put in to heighten the profile and influence of event planners among corporate executives, there’s still much work to be done.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional event planners and marketers know that there is no one-size-fits all strategy for successful event marketing. We review event marketing ideas designed to help planners and marketers craft better content, reach a wider audience, and increase event attendance.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 5, 2023

But more often than not, it’s just a thinly disguised tool to get attendees to do what organizers and sponsors want them to do. It’s flat or lightly disguised as a ploy to get you to do what the organizers and sponsors want you to do. You’re not driving us to do something that furthers your agenda or to a sponsor booth.”

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2022

“They’d already taken money from their sponsors and their attendees. You had to convince a lot of people in India to do that by paying them extra or giving them more incentives.” As with all #EventIcons guests, Karmen asks her guest for one final piece of advice for event planners. Vaibhar says research.

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Travel Daily News

MARCH 27, 2023

Havas brings nearly three decades of world-class experience, including time as Executive Director of the logistic for Sponsor Programs during the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and Country Special Houses operations for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. While leading Havas Creative Tours, Havas was the recipient of multiple Top Producer Awards.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 10, 2020

Planners are faced with a number of variables to consider: • The expected number of attendees and their willingness to pay. How revenues raised from sponsors and exhibitors will transition to a virtual environment. • Don’t be surprised if your online attendee numbers are up, but the registration fee needs to come down. •

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

While a thriving, walkable downtown is certainly a huge draw—and one that makes things oh-so-easy on attendees, Reno Tahoe offers a number of benefits that make life much simpler for planners too. You see, we’ve worked hard to put together customizable incentives and rewards that meet the needs of your group.

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Endless Events

MARCH 25, 2020

This will help you make the right decisions, especially in a field that is relatively new to event planners. Give them some sort of incentive to fill them out! Finally, send thank you notes to sponsors, speakers, donors, media, and partners. Start with ideation, and let your mind run free. After The Event. The Staff & Team.

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ITA Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Many meeting organizer debates are currently taking place on whether a virtual conference can bring as much ROI to sponsors as an in-person conference. As a meeting organizer, it is in the best interest of your sponsors to help them reach their event marketing goals whether an event is virtual, hybrid or in person. Mark Fisher.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

” And so yeah there was a lot discussion going on and we’ve seen a lot of discussion going on in the planner community about how this is going to affect. There will be less pushback on this being a true monopoly and being really scary but more so what does this mean for planners? Oh my, God, did you see?

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Brought to you by: In cooperation with: Ground Transportation Sponsor: Las Vegas Means Business This special program is offered to corporate meeting and incentive planners who plan events. Independent meeting planners bringing a corporate guest are welcome to qualify.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 20, 2019

With every type of learner showing up at our events and having different objectives—it could be for specific CE credits or long-term professional growth—it becomes important for planners to create delivery models for all types of learners. Head of Events, Society for Incentive Travel Excellence. Speaker: Tahira Endean, CMP, CED, DES.

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