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Site Selection: Where to Throw a Multisensory Event

Smart Meetings

Site selection often focuses on the things we can see—ballroom size, architecture, even how well the carpets match the theme. Vibenomics CEO Brent Oakley boasted that the new software platform gives voice to the city’s personality, helping it speak to residents and visitors in a way no other platform can.

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State of In-Person Events: Who’s Booking What, Where & When?

Smart Meetings

Who’s Booking : Hyatt is seeing a huge increase in leads from third-party RFP platforms like Cvent, and site selection companies like HelmsBriscoe. People are “cautiously optimistic” about the small meetings market for Q4 of this year. As of May 25, their Q2 lead volume has already surpassed Q1 numbers.

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When Lower Room Rates Affect Your Attendees

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PCMA’s Catalyst community offers members a platform to ask each other questions, share ideas, or, as the website says, “communicate and collaborate.” Have an open conversation with the hotel’s director of sales and marketing, or if you work with the general staff officer, [ask] the person who has your account.

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

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Techsytalk Techsytalk is a digital platform with more than 550 members that bridges the gap between event technology and the event planner. BizBash Founded in 2000, BizBash creates print and digital publications, hosts events, and provides resources for corporate event and meeting professionals, event marketers, and executives.

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Adjusting Strategies to Changing Business Models

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based global urbanist Greg Clark, who spoke at the IMEX Policy Forum in Frankfurt in May, told Joint Meetings Industry Council’s The Iceberg platform. Destinations talk about marketing and competitive edge through impact; associations talk about their missions. As a result, “there’s a new era of choice emerging,” Clark said.

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

Techsytalk Techsytalk is a digital platform with more than 550 members that bridges the gap between event technology and the event planner. BizBash Founded in 2000, BizBash creates print and digital publications, hosts events, and provides resources for corporate event and meeting professionals, event marketers, and executives.

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The Top US and Canadian Event Management Agencies for 2024

Bizzaboo

Looking for an event or experiential marketing agency in 2024? of event organizers believe that events are the most critical marketing channel for achieving business goals, and 75.9% Although many brands have already started building in-house event marketing teams, many more haven’t. Submit it here.