Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

The American Airlines team has stepped up to meet the surge in demand for air travel while running a reliable operation in very challenging conditions. Bottom line for meeting and travel planners: Profits are not the same as performance. Read More : What Happens When Fear Majeure Is Used to Postpone or Cancel an Event?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Recent enhancements make managing travel and redeeming rewards for meetings and events quicker and more streamlined. Similarly, Southwest Business Meetings product offers discounted fares, incentives and even name changes for groups of 25 or fewer. The DIY dashboard puts the power in the hands of the meeting planner.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2024

She learned of the CMP early on in her career in the meetings and events industry. The energy of an event day is my secret fuel,” says Carvalho. Read More: CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Teri Jakob, CMP The post CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Alexandra Carvalho, CMP appeared first on Smart Meetings. Where is She Now?

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 28, 2023

To achieve true sustainability, planners should understand where the energy comes from that's powering their meetings. An event venue’s power source has a notable effect on a meeting’s total carbon emissions. Therefore, any measurement of carbon emissions from a meeting would have to take this into account.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 28, 2023

The company’s subsidies that serve the meeting, convention, and exhibition industry include YRC Freight, New Penn, Holland, and Reddaway. One exhibition-industry veteran notes that the loss of a large freight shipper comes at a time when rising fuel prices are already causing headaches for show organizers and their exhibitors.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

The founder of Joie de Vivre (now JdV by Hyatt), former Airbnb strategic adviser and now founder of Modern Elder Academy advocated for a sustained curiosity to fuel the hard work of regenerating the meetings industry. The post Destinations Skill-up to Support Meetings Industry Advances appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Gavel International

MARCH 22, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Gavel International, a leading incentive travel and meeting planning company, will participate in the worldwide observance of Global Meetings Industry Day (#GMID2024) on April 11, 2024. ” The scale of the meetings industry is truly impressive. .

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 6, 2023

From Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center and Tulsa’s Cox Business Convention Center to our most recent dynamic partnership with UAE powerhouse Ethara, OVG360 fuels the live sports, entertainment and hospitality experiences worldwide. OVG360 is ready to host your next meeting or event! Manchester, U.K.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Whether it’s a big show or a small one, having an accurate understanding of your attendees needs, and not just meeting them but going above and beyond, will help facilitate a more positive event experience.”. You want to constantly fuel an engaging atmosphere. Plan plan plan,” Cole says.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In fact, according to a trio of meeting professional experts, taking care of yourself is even more important when you are the one charged with caring for your attendees. The group pointed to the Covid pandemic as a major factor for the shift in the discussion of wellness within the meetings industry. “A Riggs offered.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 14, 2024

The Intelak Programmes include the Intelak Idea Lab, Intelak Incubator and Intelak Accelerator, which support startups and foster the development of new ideas to meet the challenges across the travel, aviation and tourism sectors. In addition, private jet companies MayFair Jets Group and Air Charter Service will have a presence.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2024

At that point, she pursued the Certified Meeting Manager (CMM) accreditation after talking to people in her Middle Pennsylvania MPI chapter. In addition to being a meeting planner, Jakob is also a nurse. “It had been a long time since I was in school, and the cost was enough to scare me off. Sitting for the exam is a long process.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Webinar session, Joanna Pineda, CEO and chief troublemaker of Matrix Group International , and Jennifer O’Grady, senior director of Design Studio of Maritz Global Events , tackled the Secrets for Engaging Platform-agnostic Association Meetings. Time management and wellness is also a major factor for meeting guests today. Joanna Pineda.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It’s easy to understand why Sunriver Resort has been a treasured destination for meetings for more than 50 years. When you’re ready to fuel up or get social between adventures and meetings, The resort Sunriver resort has ten restaurants and cafes that cater to every taste and occasion. Bachelor’s peak.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Sustainable Transportation in Anaheim Reducing carbon emissions in transportation has been at the forefront of conversations in the meeting industry, and Anaheim has been taking it seriously. Meeting professionals have options for group and event attendee transportation that can reduce the carbon footprint.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 27, 2022

Starting Friday, traveling by car to business meetings and conferences will get a bit more affordable. in recent weeks, the cost of sending drive-in attendees to regional meetings and conferences is way up. With average retail gas prices in the U.S. soaring from an average of $3.24 per gallon in January to $5.10

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2022

When it comes to managing waste, IHG has three goals to meet by 2030: Eliminate single-use items entirely, or substitute them for reusable or recyclable alternatives. Meeting planners searching for their next venue can look to these same commitments if they want to reduce the carbon footprint of their business trips.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Pattie Kempka, director of national meetings and conferences with Ducks Unlimited , produces big, complicated events over multiple days with thousands of people year-round, but in a world where everything from computer chips and paper to chicken and culinary staff are in short supply, a small holiday lunch is forcing her to get creative.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

NYC & Company Rebrands, Adds ‘Conventions’ to Name NYC & Company, the CVB for Gotham has rebranded as New York City Tourism + Conventions, adding the “conventions” to hit home the value the city has for meeting planners. Meeting Planners Takeaway New York City Tourism + Conventions morphing out of NYC&Co.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Those plans include a top-to-bottom renovation and the addition of a guitar-shaped tower for guest suites as well as a major expansion of meetings and events space. This will include a shared position on how to account for sustainable aviation fuel.”. The post TWT: Mirage Isn’t Closing…Yet appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 10, 2022

In the report, rising fuel prices, the continued labor shortage and the current inflated pricing of raw material costs were named as key drivers of the predicted price increases. Demand for business travel and meetings is back with a vengeance, of that there is absolutely no doubt,” said Patrick Andersen, CEO of CWT. decrease in 2020.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2021

The post MGM Resorts International Hits Sustainability Milestone appeared first on Smart Meetings. MGM’s target is to reduce its overall greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030, and source 100 percent renewable energy in the United States and 80 percent globally by 2030.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 19, 2023

Once the brown gelatinous algae reach coastlines, locals, tourists, hoteliers and meeting professionals will have to contend with the nuisance of it canvassing beaches and release a foul stench as it decays. The most important thing is the level of meeting expectations,” Farr says.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Cynthia MacDonald, CMP After executing a great event, you can find Cynthia MacDonald, CMP, recharging on the beach before setting out to plan her next meeting and event experience. Read More: Get to Know Robert Sanchez, CMP The post CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Cynthia MacDonald, CMP appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2022

So, we must continue to be laser-focused on creating RFPs that will truly meet our needs and set us up for success. Does your event app need to accommodate branding and logos specific to the meeting? Determining the branding needs is important to ensure the app will meet marketing specifications. Content Development.

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Business Traveler USA

JULY 29, 2021

Supply chain disruptions and demand from both commercial airlines and firefighting aircraft have combined to create a shortage of jet fuel for some airports around the western US. Adding to the problems, some airports are also reporting a shortage of truck drivers and fuel trucks.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

If 2022 was the year of scrambling to accommodate revenge meetings, travel industry leaders are hoping that in 2023, the industry will build on the mandate earned during the pandemic downtime and remind everyone that #MeetingsMatter. That is the theme for this year’s Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) planned for March 30 by U.S.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 21, 2023

Oak View Group Town Hall Meeting at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. During its mercurial growth, the company keeps an emphasis on retaining its entrepreneurial spirit while continuing to use collaboration to fuel its success. What makes one venue management company stand out from the rest?

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Business Traveler USA

JULY 19, 2022

The order will modernize Delta’s narrow-body fleet with aircraft that are 20 to 30 percent more fuel-efficient than the jetliners they will replace. Otherwise, the airliner must meet new cockpit alerting requirements put in place under a 2020 law, which would require the aircraft to be certified as a new type rather than a variant.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 25, 2022

Event professionals: it’s time to talk about COVID, duty of care, and the meeting industry. 5 Omicron variant is fueling the latest surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Yet the meeting industry seems to be abrogating its traditional responsibilities to keep attendees and staff safe. As I write this, the BA.5

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Planners in the United States expect all types of meetings to grow in attendance in 2019, noting an anticipated 1.24 percent increase in internal meetings. percent) is expected for conferences, trade shows, senior leadership meetings and board meetings. The smallest growth (more than 0.7 Experience.

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MPI

MARCH 18, 2024

“Since food is the fuel for our body, we need to be very mindful of the quality of fuel we are putting into our body,” Dasa says. “Healthy relationships are the most important component to having positive mental and emotional health, which are key factors in how well we are able to do anything in life,” he says.

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Skift Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

From an increase in food prices and transportation costs to the shortage of microchips affecting hybrid and virtual meetings, event planners are finding open lines of communication and advance deadlines are helping. Initially fueled by the Covid pandemic, today’s “Great Supply Chain Disruption” […].

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 3, 2023

Following the COVID-19 pandemic and a gradual return to normal, ERA’s 2023 spring event shows the strong desire for aviation stakeholders to meet face to face, reconnect with industry colleagues and form new business connections.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 28, 2023

What can meeting planners do: Strongly encourage meeting goers to subscribe to push notifications in case of cancellations and delays. Add in “chaos” wait time before major aspects of the meeting starts. However, forewarned is forearmed. Have someone on a hotline to help navigate rebookings to other airlines. supply increase.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

For travel managers (and meeting professionals), the job requires agility, delicate planning, awareness, intention over expenses and duty of care. GBT’s paper outlines several ways travel can reinforce this movement to revitalize connection and culture in meetings and business, further exemplifying the dynamics of business travel.

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Endless Events

APRIL 24, 2018

Questions are the fuel of conversations. Follow our iconic guests on Twitter: Sam Smith of Interactive Meeting Technology, LLC ( @samueljsmith ). Interactive Meeting Technology, LLC. 7 Ways to Make Your Team Meetings More Productive with Slido. This is all for you! samueljsmith Click To Tweet. Juraj_Holub Click To Tweet.

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