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Are Family-friendly Conferences in Your Future?

Smart Meetings

Many professionals attend two or more conventions, or trade shows, a year in various locations throughout the United States and the world. If that is the case for your attendees, here is a checklist of things to look for from a venue and the benefits of traveling this way. This will help narrow down the venue.

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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. The meeting industry has redefined novelty as creativity.

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7 Smart Moves at Hotel Crescent Court and More

Smart Meetings

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. His background is in venue operations, large-scale event management, emergency response, guest services and budget management. Maytas Jiwalai Jiwalai joined ConferenceDirect as director of global accounts.

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Sky-High Airfares Plus Delays Mean Fewer Attendees, Say Planners

MeetingsNet

A new MeetingsNet survey finds nearly 70 percent of planners expect fewer attendees on site due to high airfares, while nearly 60 percent have narrowed their destination options due to potential air delays and cancellations. In fact, one planner said that “canceled flights are currently our biggest concern above all else, even Covid.”.

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Benefits of Hiring a Professional Event Planner

Blue Spark Event Design

Meetings, conferences, trade shows and events are essential for a company’s improvement. Sure, you still need to make decisions, but by hiring an event planner you alleviate the time and money needed to endlessly research, procure, and confirm event elements such as venues, caterers, decorations, and entertainers, etc.

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

Published by the parent company to Trade Show News Network ( TSNN.com ), Corporate Event News offers venue news, event marketing insights, tips on vendor sourcing, content creation, upskilling, and more. Event Marketer Event Marketer magazine was founded in 2002 and publishes content for the event and trade show industry.

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

Published by the parent company to Trade Show News Network ( TSNN.com ), Corporate Event News offers venue news, event marketing insights, tips on vendor sourcing, content creation, upskilling, and more. Event Marketer Event Marketer magazine was founded in 2002 and publishes content for the event and trade show industry.

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