Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Experts offer tips and ideas for meeting professionals As the year slowly comes to a close, many financial and insurance meeting planners may be thinking about what they should be keeping on their radar. Squeglia, CMP, Independent Contractor at RLC Events, to get the inside scoop. Off-Site To host your event on or off-site?

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BizBash

MAY 2, 2017

Contracts are an essential part of a successful independent consulting project, creating a sense of professionalism, encouraging communication, and ensuring a streamlined process.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Becoming an Event Professional While her formal education background is centered around history, education and administration, which she originally studied with the goal of entering a career in academia and research, Legrand quickly found it was not her most authentic space. The CMP designation adds validity to her professional prowess.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

MARCH 29, 2023

The art collection features the work of more than 200 South Carolina master artisans selected in a two-stage juried process that includes an evaluation by independent professional jurors. It is a Gullah feature that dates back to early cultural superstitions about protection against spirits.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2019

The founder of Meeting Planners Unite (MPU) marked the one-year anniversary of the announcement by Marriott International that it would be cutting commissions on meeting business by announcing the lobbying group for independent planners will officially be known as Alliance of Independent Meeting Professionals (AIMP).

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

Our team of experienced planning professionals is ready to make your job easier. This includes a $5,000 Signing Bonus when you book new business between now and December 31, 2024, with 1,000 or more room nights and, because most of our convention hotels remain independent, full 10% group room commissions.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Resnick has also been chef at Highball Lounge at Kimpton Nine Zero Hotel in Boston and at several independent restaurants across Massachusetts. She is also a founding member of Northern California Spa Professionals Association. He has served on task forces for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, from Florida to California. Rachel Kaiama.

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Endless Events

APRIL 19, 2021

As we slowly transition into the new normal, event professionals must keep in mind the lessons 2020 taught us. Additionally, the Star model would see the inclusion of one onsite indoor/outdoor networking space, a small independent caterer, minimal travel arrangements, and a virtual platform for networking. Model C: The Planet.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The group that started in the wake of Marriott International’s decision to pay 7 percent instead of 10 percent commission brought 70 event professionals to Walter E. Washington Convention Center for Connect Independent Planners , a gathering to focus on the needs of third-party planners in a new world. “We Affordable Resources.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Smart Meetings asked two veteran independent meeting professionals : ConferenceDirect Vice President Carolyn Poole and Bravo! What questions should you ask during sourcing to avoid surprises post-event? How can you word the hotel contract to protect your company? How can you manage costs when attendance might be uncertain?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 8, 2022

A Northern California destination is helping meeting professionals harness this fast-budding trend. And that step is one full of much opportunity for event professionals. The Madrones also offers wine tastings from independently owned and operated winemakers Drew Family Cellars and Long Meadow Ranch. The Bohemian Chemist.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 8, 2022

A Northern California destination is helping meeting professionals harness this fast-budding trend. And that step is one full of much opportunity for event professionals. The Madrones also offers wine tastings from independently owned and operated winemakers Drew Family Cellars and Long Meadow Ranch. The Bohemian Chemist.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 3, 2019

ALHI is a Global Sales Organization with a team of nearly 80 professionals located among 26 offices across North America and Europe, ALHI’s serves a membership group of hotels that are Independent Hotels & Independent Brands that are an exclusive luxury collection.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 15, 2023

We’ve also partnered with the Frisco Independent School District so the kids can learn to play golf on our PGA courses. It is home to the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters and home to the Dallas Stars (hockey team) and to FC Dallas (professional soccer team). For every room night, we’re donating a meal to the North Texas Foodbank.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

Lawn Love , a platform for independent lawn and yard maintenance professionals, published the results of its study, “ 2022’s Best Cities for Local Flowers ,” which compared 200 U.S. In every era, flowers remain a timeless feature of event decor that refuses to fall out of style. It’s hard to deny the draw of freshly cut flowers.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 23, 2024

The festival will bring together experts and senior decision makers from agencies, brands, and the creative marketing community from the region and globally to learn, network, and celebrate the very best in Saudi creativity.

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Traveler's Q

MAY 8, 2023

Independence Day Independence Day is a significant holiday in the United States, celebrated on July 4th every year to commemorate the country’s independence from Great Britain. One idea for Independence Day event decoration is to incorporate a red, white, and blue color scheme, the official colors of the American flag.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

She has also held high-level sales positions at numerous hotels, including Woodside Hotel Group in California and Mirabel Hotel and Restaurant Group, and has worked as an independent sales representative for Relais & Chateaux. Waltz most recently served as area director, group sales for Fairmont Hotels, Hawaii, Big Island and Maui.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. Squeglia , CMP, independent contractor with RLC Events, will serve as immediate past chair.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Professional Convention Management Association is now supporting ECA’s work speaking out on the importance of business events for economic growth and job creation. Founded in 2021 in the midst of the pandemic, ECA is aiming to secure the full return of international attendees at U.S.

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The Abbi Agency

MAY 19, 2021

The Silver Spike Awards are sponsored by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), recognizing the most creative and successful integrated marketing communications campaigns by the best and brightest professionals in Northern Nevada. Independent. Want to learn more about what we’ve done? You can find out more on our work page.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 3, 2024

In this post, you’ll find a comprehensive list of the most important event industry conferences that every event professional should attend this year. Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals. Independent Planner Education Conference (IPEC) Jan.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

While the average annual salary is $97,130 for the nearly 850 business-event planners who responded to a fall 2023 survey by Convene, the publication of the Professional Convention Management Association, the salary range is fairly wide for planners based on a number of factors. Three percent identify their organization as “other.”

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Endless Events

APRIL 30, 2021

But now that our mindset is shifting and we’re beginning to fully embrace hybrid, it’s time to let smaller, more independent venues shine. Plus, independent venues are usually some of the most unique and creative out there, and they allow you to save up on those huge Internet and AV fees that always drove planners up the wall!

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

IAEE is a member of ECA, a coalition formed during the Covid pandemic to advance the interests of the face-to-face events industry and which has advocated strongly for the new rule.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 26, 2023

Independent Belonging — Cats Just like our feline frenemies, these people are independent and autonomous although they do enjoy the occasional social interactions — on their own terms. People with this persona are similar — they have a high need to belong but also have high attachment anxiety.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 31, 2023

Starting with our team of experienced planning professionals. These include a $5,000 Signing Bonus when you book new business between now and December 31, 2023, with 1,000 or more room nights and, because most of our convention hotels remain independent full 10% group room commissions. A lot more. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The responses event professionals wrote to open-ended questions in our 30th Meetings Market Survey, conducted in late summer, illuminate what they have on their minds in a different way than their answers to multiple-choice questions. Feelings Event professionals shared what is affecting the way they feel about their jobs.

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Global DMC partners

JUNE 23, 2023

The world’s largest DMC network gathered key industry leaders, top meeting professionals and elite suppliers for its highly anticipated annual conference Global DMC Partners (GDP), the largest global network of independent destination management companies (DMCs) and specialized event service.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Even as companies and organizations continue to debate whether to green light the return to in-person business travel, growing evidence suggests that professionally planned events “can and are being safely held.” Recent independent studies from Harvard T.H. Representatives of the Let’s Meet There Coalition , the U.S. to the U.S.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 26, 2023

The monthly virtual Community Conversations with the Independent Event Organizers (IEO) and Medical Meetings Organizers (MMO) have been quite helpful to me. Each group has exposed me to real-time case studies, issues, solutions and trends in our respective professional areas. Keeping me in the know! Stay and get connected!

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 6, 2021

The July class of 40 industry professionals can now add three initials after their name: CMP. They join more than 11,000 meeting professionals in 40 nations who have earned the “badge of excellence” — the Events Industry Council’s (EIC) Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) program.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 30, 2022

While we celebrate Independence Day, it’s important to remember the cost of settling in a not-so-new land. There’s a historical precedent behind this timing that doesn’t always involve celebrating the country’s independence. It is also the owner and operator of Connecticut Sun, a professional basketball team in the WNBA.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

As guest demand for an authentic, engaging experience in the surrounding community and culture increases, technology plug-ins are making it easier for meeting professionals to meet the needs of attendees without additional research and contracts. An Unprecedented Partnership.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Starting with our team of experienced planning professionals. Even though we’re about as far from expected as it gets, when it comes to planning and hosting events of any size, we have everything you could ask for. Then there’s our Come See, Fly Free program. It’s an opportunity for you to come and experience Reno Tahoe for yourself.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

IAEE is a member of ECA, a coalition formed during the Covid pandemic to advance the interests of the face-to-face events industry and which has advocated strongly for the new rule.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s an independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25—Designing and Developing Content for Collaborative Business Events—of the book The Routledge Handbook of Business Events. Tip: The hardback version is expensive, the ebook is a quarter of the hardback cost.)

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