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

Smart Meetings

Positivity sentiment rose from 30 percent in February to 45 percent in April, and by all accounts those numbers have continued their upward trend in May. Who’s Booking : Hyatt is seeing a huge increase in leads from third-party RFP platforms like Cvent, and site selection companies like HelmsBriscoe. 75 in February to.81

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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. The topics covered include meetings industry trends, destination spotlights, food and beverage trends, contract negotiation tips, and site selection best practices.

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When Lower Room Rates Affect Your Attendees

Convene by PCMA

PCMA’s Catalyst community offers members a platform to ask each other questions, share ideas, or, as the website says, “communicate and collaborate.” Julia Levene , CEO, Hotel Site Selection Specialist, Association Planner Partners Here’s a sampling from a recent Catalyst discussion. “I

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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. The topics covered include meetings industry trends, destination spotlights, food and beverage trends, contract negotiation tips, and site selection best practices.

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Adjusting Strategies to Changing Business Models

Convene by PCMA

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. (ESTRO social media) The pandemic has upended destinations’ view of business events as some kind of “subsidiary of tourism,” U.K.-based

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

We’re always looking at new trends, tech innovations and the social climate to see what will shake up the industry. 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.

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The Top US and Canadian Event Management Agencies for 2024

Bizzaboo

All Terrain Chicago, IL All Terrain pioneered experiential marketing well before it became a trend. Billups New York, NY Billups supports advertisers, agencies and media owners through services and platform technology that make out-of-home as automated and attributable as the most effective digital ads. Cadence, Inc.