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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. What the Pick-Up Is : Convention customers are saying that both exhibit sales and domestic attendee registration is pacing better than anticipated. San Francisco and Chicago.

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Elevate Your Group Travel Experience: Incentive Travel Company vs. Travel Agency

Brightspot Incentive Events

Rather than focusing solely on transactions or logistics, their mission revolves around curating incentive-quality travel programs that reward top performers within organizations. These partners provide boots-on-the-ground knowledge and management to help advise and assist on-site.

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Elevate Your Group Travel Experience: Incentive Travel Company vs. Travel Agency

Brightspot Incentive Events

Rather than focusing solely on transactions or logistics, their mission revolves around curating incentive-quality travel programs that reward top performers within organizations. These partners provide boots-on-the-ground knowledge and management to help advise and assist on-site.

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Success Story: Fall Product Launch with Celebrity Endorsement, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Blue Spark Event Design

Services we provided: Site Selection and Negotiation. High Points: Organized virtual and in-person site visits to measure and photograph the event space and discuss the vision with the client. Sourced and managed event staff for registration needs and event logistics. Audio-Visual Production. Entertainment.

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How to Create Inclusive In-Person Events

Convene by PCMA

Accessibility also impacts the bottom line: When organizations make an effort to reach often marginalized attendees, it can result in an attendance boost of 20 percent and 30 percent higher profit margins, according to Diamond Accessibility. Closer to the event, organizers also should consider if their registration page is accessible.

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

Event registration platforms and management software hold a goldmine of information: names, business titles, personal/business email addresses, phone numbers, travel itineraries and reservations and more. Compliance laws such as the GDPR will be one of the toughest challenges for organizations to oversee and ensure. Data Protection.

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2021: Moving Forward and Meeting Safely

Blue Spark Event Design

Blue Spark is facing 2021 with a positive mindset and looking forward to once again planning and organizing successful meetings! Which got us thinking, “Where do we start?” Offer health and safety measures during your conference. There are a number of elements we can add to your event that will increase the safety of your attendees.

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