ADMEI

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

You want a company that knows its city well and has built excellent relationships with venues and vendors in the area. How do you approach vendor relationships? One of the advantages of working with a DMC is gaining secondhand access to their vendor network. Can you tell me about your largest group or event?

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Destination Management Vendor Site Selection Entertainment 220

Bizzaboo

MARCH 13, 2023

How To Promote a Virtual Event: 12 Creative Virtual Event Marketing Strategies Want to rock your next virtual webcast or other event ? Keep these virtual event marketing basics in mind as you develop your promotional strategy. One of the easiest ways to accomplish this is to co-host the event with a partner, customer, or vendor.

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Virtual Events Registration Promotion Social Media 52

Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Select your venue, virtual platform, and major vendors. Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers. Begin event promotion and create marketing strategies. Promotion and marketing are a crucial part of having a successful event.

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Vendor Events Speakers Registration 334

Convene by PCMA

APRIL 11, 2024

No Sales Tax Planners will realize significant savings on venue and vendor expenses—up to 10% compared to other west coast cities. It offers the value and ease of a small, walkable city while offering some of the best culinary offerings and gorgeous nature in the country. Here’s a peek: 1.

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Meeting Vendor Panel Planner 98

Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2023

The industry, further, has a duty to promote diversity in the earliest planning of events to reflect the essence of stakeholder touch points. Diverse vendors such as chefs, decorators, audio-visual technicians, professional photographers and a wealth of other industry talents bring rare culture to event destinations.

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Hospitality Education Vendor Culture 231

Traveler's Q

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Social media for events can be leveraged to create buzz, promote the event, and increase exposure. For instance, event registration software can help collect data on attendees’ demographics, helping organizers to create targeted messaging and event promotions.

Event Technology 130

Event Technology Technology Technology Social Media 130

Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2023

Choosing not to offer discounts or promotions While offering one ticket price for all event tickets may sound like the simplest option for event planners, choosing to do so could end up costing you profits. Do not let a popular keynote speaker or social media contest prevent you from promoting the core values of the event or brand.

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Event Planning Rehearsal Vendor Social Media 141

ADMEI

JANUARY 17, 2024

Destination Organizations, or DOs, are not-for-profit organizations that represent a specific location, promoting the community as an attractive travel destination and enhancing its public image as a dynamic place to live and work. Resources Looking for the perfect vendor for an upcoming event? Need advice for a transportation hiccup?

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Organization Destination Management Transportation Logistics 223

Dana Communications

DECEMBER 5, 2023

These are the tourism authorities that partner with and promote happenings in the region. Being named a preferred vendor for overnight accommodations can really boost your bottom line. For smaller festivals, the DMO or CVB is typically also the resource event organizers point attendees to for arranging their own accommodations.

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Travel Travel Events Advertising 211

Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Organizations use event marketing to: Promote the brand to a larger audience. Create a comprehensive event timeline for all planning aspects: operations, marketing, designers, and vendors. Decide your marketing channels to promote your event: social media, email marketing, podcasts, blogs, ads, etc. Promote Your Event.

Event Marketing 347

Event Marketing Marketing Marketing Events 347

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Prismm event design platform Rich media can be inserted into any experience, including branding elements like a logo or promotional video. Collaborators can create their vision in the cloud, provide design notes and feedback, and save details in a shareable canvas.

Technology 230

Technology Technology Event Planning Platform 230

Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

If you want to truly discover ways to improve your event, you need to collect new data straight from your team, attendees, and vendors while it’s fresh in their minds. Don’t forget to include your vendors in this exercise as well, especially if they are also present during the event. Net promoter score.

Meeting 348

Meeting Sponsors Audience Events 348

Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

According to a checklist from Swapcard , featuring a “Download the App Now” banner on the registration page or event microsite is another simple way to promote the app early on. App information should be included in email signatures, event newsletters, and registration confirmations to spread the word well in advance of the event.

Event Apps 111

Event Apps Marketing Marketing Registration 111

Social Tables

JUNE 29, 2023

Operations Manager: An event operations manager oversees vendor communication. Operations managers negotiate prices, book vendors, place supply orders, and communicate vendor details between the planning team, venue, and benefiting organization. They research services, collect event quotes, and execute event contracts.

Event Planning 78

Event Planning Social Media Vendor Advertising 78

Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

Expanding vendor deals to utilize spa facilities, wellness-based accommodation and better team training are good places to start. “On Financial compensation and job promotions alone aren’t enough to keep employees emotionally and psychologically satisfied with their work environment. Moreover, travel can instigate personal development.

Culture 257

Culture Travel Travel Remote 257

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

He will manage the hotel’s Pyramid restaurant and bar, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and serving up dishes with local ingredients sourced from Texas growers and regional vendors. In this role, Phillips looks forward to offering locally inspired menus to show off Dallas’ great palette. Bosman P.J. Bosman as culinary director.

Vendor 220

Vendor Management Preparation Promotion 220

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This year may see fewer people wandering the venue halls Las Vegas Convention Center , but promoters are confident that the show will go on, with some pandemic tweaks. Vendors will host virtual experiences to familiarize participants with their products, and some companies still plan to be on site.

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Meeting Sponsors Travel Safety Retail 264

Social Tables

JUNE 22, 2022

Community events are perfect for promoting positive change, and there’s opportunity for improvement in every community. Encourage local restaurants, bakeries, and other eateries to participate, promote their business, and discuss how culture influences their food. Ideas for community events that promote positive change .

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Events Promotion Seminar Sponsors 147

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2023

After two years of hard work, she was promoted to Director of Programs and Events and led the events team. As she prepared for the exam herself, she turned to vendors for many of her questions. “I was hooked,” she says. After working at two startups, she joined Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) as an event coordinator.

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Preparation Certification Sports Speakers 246

Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2023

We had to shut down the hotel and close for business, but my father’s true concern was for the farmers and a lot of the vendors on the big island,” said Jaydene Kanekoa, senior marketing manager at Marriott Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa—and Chef Jayson’s daughter. “He

Vendor 130

Vendor Education Sustainability Social Media 130

Endless Events

OCTOBER 25, 2019

You’re dealing with vendors, speakers, performers, caterers, marketers, the media, you name it. Event planners can “hack” Asana by listing speakers, performers, vendors, etc as “tasks” and attaching their contracts, promo photos, and so on to the task. As an event planner, you’re juggling a dozen or more balls. Good news: There is.

Event Planning 222

Event Planning Vendor Sponsors Events 222

Eventtia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

By identifying these potential pitfalls in advance, organizers can take preventive measures by reallocating funds, renegotiating with vendors, or adjusting event components to fit within the budget. Similarly, a previously available service or product might become scarce, requiring a vendor change or strategy.

Vendor 117

Vendor Events Venue Entertainment 117

Bizzaboo

AUGUST 3, 2023

of organizers say they have changed or plan to change their event management software vendor within the next year ( Bizzabo , 2023) 72.5% Be sure to ask the vendor to walk you through an in-person conference registration setup to see what it looks like from start to finish. Are there options to promote sponsors and exhibitors?

Management 98

Management Registration Vendor Event Apps 98

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 16, 2023

The group promotes idea-sharing, with members recommending vendors, brainstorming conference theme ideas, sharing attendance-building tips and more. Last year, the CVB created “Spartan Meetings in the 517,” featuring a private Facebook group that includes more than 440 MSU meeting planners.

Meeting 98

Meeting Vendor Planner Conference 98

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 7, 2019

Marketing and promotion. A year filled with data breaches has also increased awareness of data privacy, though only seven percent of respondents took attendees’ said privacy was a major consideration in choosing vendors. And more spending money means more events: forty-nine percent of respondents plan to host more events in 2019.

Social Media 249

Social Media SEO Planner Sustainability 249

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Charleston Area Convention Center Campus is an ideal spot for promoters looking for flexibility in hosting a TedTalk-esque event. Guests will enjoy panoramic views from meeting areas that can be flexibly converted to the vendor’s needs during setup. Its 76,960 sq. New Zealand International Convention Centre contains 350,000 sq.

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Venue Culture Vendor Location 264

Bizzaboo

JUNE 26, 2023

Promote your brand. ☐ Budget: Assess Costs and Source Vendors Figure out how big your event budget should be and identify vendors that can provide the services you need at price points you can afford. Start promoting your event early so you can send follow-ups and last-chance communications. Not sure where to start?

Event Planning 52

Event Planning Vendor Seminar Speakers 52

Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

Run social media campaigns to promote meetings and compile hashtags for attendees to use. Be sure to partner with sophisticated virtual meeting technology vendors that feature AI-based tools. Instagram and Facebook, depending on the age of your audiences, are well-established favorites; take advantage!

Meeting 306

Meeting Social Media Trade Show Technology 306

Social Tables

APRIL 22, 2019

Here are some other ways this master planning guide can help: You can get on the same page with vendors and caterers well in advance. Add vendor timelines. When gathering vendor timelines, here are a few things you can ask: How long it takes for the caterer to prepare and serve a seated dinner for 500 people.

Event Planning 138

Event Planning Vendor Events Sponsors 138

Redfin

MAY 21, 2023

Indy Pride Festival Taking place in June, Indy Pride is an annual festival that celebrates and promotes the LGBTQ+ community. It features a parade, live music performances, food vendors, and various activities. The festival usually takes place in November and features a variety of cultural exhibits, performances, and food vendors.

Vendor 48

Vendor Culture Promotion Entertainment 48

Social Tables

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Promote the event in neighboring communities, on social media, with participating partners, your local tourism office, and with landmark Visitor Centers nearby. Charge a small per person entry fee, and request that vendors agree to donate a small percentage of their earnings to the cause.

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Organization Social Media Sponsors Events 78

Redfin

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Visitors can browse a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, artisanal foods, and handmade goods from vendors in the area. Attendees can dress up and have fun taking part in activities that promote getting to know your locals and create relationships, encouraging the community to unite more.

Vendor 53

Vendor Automotive Entertainment Culture 53

Redfin

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In addition to the rodeo and parade, the event also includes a western heritage festival, with live music, food vendors, and activities for the whole family. The event includes activities for children, such as storytelling and reading sessions, as well as live music, food vendors, and other exhibitors.

Vendor 56

Vendor Culture Promotion Booking 56

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 28, 2023

Here are the key components she shared in her session: Benchmarking of current demographics and spend — Moore said that she has worked with clients who have never known the demographics of their suppliers and vendors. And of course, the pushback is, ‘Why is that even important if we’re meeting the clients’ needs?’”

Vendor 98

Vendor Consulting Organization Contracts 98

Motivation Excellence

JUNE 21, 2019

Even your vendors can be great advocates, so make sure you’re following the rules of vendor management. Use smaller promotions and incentives to keep referrals HOT. Word of mouth is the primary factor behind 20-50% of all purchasing decisions, according to the experts at McKinsey & Company. You can learn more here.

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Vendor Incentives Communications Communications 130

Endless Events

MAY 28, 2021

Start with smaller-scale experiences that promote social distancing so you can easily control the flow of people coming in and out. Vendors and partners are on your side. As we mentioned above, an event that used to take place at an enormous convention center with thousands of attendees will probably look a bit different in 2021.

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Management Venue Events Attendee 334

Gavel International

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Venturing into Part 2 is a focus toward the vital components of collaboration, crafting personalized experiences and promoting inclusivity. Swag bags created with an intent to eliminate excess materials or trash promote environmental sustainability and minimize excess bulk for participants when traveling.

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Planner Meeting Vendor Culture 52