Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A recent survey found that the problem is only getting worse, with no end in sight. A November survey released in early December of 500 hotel operators by American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), found that 86 percent said supply chain disruptions are impacting operations. Big Impacts.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

So why have 64 percent of surveyed event marketers said they’re only “moderately” or “not effective at all” at creating virtual events that provide value? Read More : Survey Shows Increased Plans for Face-to-Face Meetings in Australia. The last two years served as a chance to learn the ins and outs of virtual events. Hybrid is Hard.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2022

A new survey from JD Power, US Travel and Tourism Economics (an Oxford Economics company), shows good news for meetings, albeit in tandem with a lag on behalf of corporate to allocate funds for meeting and business travel. These results are on par with our Q1 survey.)”. trips per month over the next 6 months.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

APRIL 2, 2024

Even with sophisticated data and consumer profiling, success relies on the basics — that is, the right time, right place, right message directed at the right audience. When you’re thinking about how you can best reach travelers and potential travelers as they move across their digital journey, these four considerations are the key to success.

Travel 245

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Every season, Tripadvisor conducts a survey of its users to learn about the latest travel trends domestically and internationally. The post Tripadvisor Survey Reveals America’s Favorite Fall Destinations appeared first on Smart Meetings. Labor Day weekend will be the most popular period for American travelers, Tripadvisor predicts.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Take the Survey. The post Pathways to Clarity Survey appeared first on Smart Meetings. Please take a moment to share your unique perspective so we can all learn together and look for the results in October. To thank you for your time, all who respond will be entered into a drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card. BROUGHT TO YOU BY.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But it’s easy to get mired in survey design: What kinds of questions do you want to ask? The phrasing of survey questions is important to get valid information, so even multiple-choice questions must be created in a way that allows all possible answers. (Yes Open ended) • What could we have done to improve the experience?

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 15, 2024

Event organizers are worrying about increasing costs and attendance numbers at their events this year, according to responses to a recent survey conducted by AAE Speakers, a speakers bureau and talent agency. Here are some other takeaways from the survey results: Who Chooses Speakers? Only 4 percent said they would refuse.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The results of this short survey will inform an article in the December Smart Meetings Magazine. Take the survey here. The post Take the Corporate Social Responsibility Survey appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Respondents to this year’s Salary Survey shared what they loved most about their jobs — recurring responses included no two days are ever the same, the work is challenging, the perks of travel, and the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The last time we conducted the Meetings Market Survey — the results of which had been published every year, without fail, in Convene for 29 years — it was November 2019 , and in the public mind, the pandemic referred to early-20th-century influenza, not the global health crisis we were on the brink of experiencing.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

While the average annual salary is $97,130 for the nearly 850 business-event planners who responded to a fall 2023 survey by Convene, the publication of the Professional Convention Management Association, the salary range is fairly wide for planners based on a number of factors. The full survey and analysis from Convene can be found here.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The impact and importance of meetings for medical and pharmaceutical industry attendees is not only increasing, but the complexity of the events and what is expected of planners is more demanding as well, according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events and a survey conducted by Smart Meetings.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

APRIL 2, 2024

Even with sophisticated data and consumer profiling, success relies on the basics — that is, the right time, right place, right message directed at the right audience. When you’re thinking about how you can best reach travelers and potential travelers as they move across their digital journey, these four considerations are the key to success.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 22, 2024

Some examples of other common preferences among different generations of attendees, according to the survey results: • With keynote and other general-session presentations, content comes first. That, in essence, is the definition of inclusion, and the leveraging of data can help events get there."

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The top priority for the PCMA EMEA Engagement Survey respondents is collaboration and developing strategic partnerships. The 2024 PCMA EMEA Engagement Survey results could serve as Exhibit A for the HBR article — collaboration is a goal that pops up repeatedly in the responses of 223 business events industry professionals.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

APRIL 10, 2024

Our 2024 Travel Outlook highlights DMOs’ Marketing Priorities, with professionals from destination marketing organizations (DMOs) emphasizing brand awareness as their top goal for 2024, even surpassing the importance of increasing visitor numbers.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

The post WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth appeared first on Smart Meetings. In 2018, 49% of all commutes to work and school were done by bike, reducing the cost for residents and visitors, while also making the city much more eco-friendly.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

This, according to Collinson’s global research report, The Return Journey , which surveyed more than 30,000 leisure and business travelers in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. A post-pandemic survey found 70 percent of U.S. Prepandemic, 66 percent U.S.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2019

Well-designed surveys are crucial to improving your product. So, consider incorporating surveys throughout the event timeline. For returning attendees, send out a survey with questions regarding their thoughts about the previous event. So, make the post-event survey your most thorough questionnaire. In the Beginning.

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Stova

APRIL 4, 2024

Post-event survey questions and feedback serve as indispensable tools for gaining crucial insights, offering a comprehensive understanding of attendee satisfaction levels, and improving future events. Fourteen sample post-event evaluation questions to get your survey started: 1. How satisfied were you with the event?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 23, 2019

The results of the survey informed meeting professionals what makes events successful and how to please their attendees. GCB created an online survey, running from September 2017 to June 2018, based on the question “What kind of attendee am I?” and pulled the results from the data collected from participants that attend conferences.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2021

Despite buzz about a tilt toward small gatherings , about one-third of associations expect at least 1,000 attendees at their events in the coming year, according to a survey by South American MICE Alliance. The post South America MICE Alliance Survey: Half of Associations Going In-person in 2022 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

APRIL 16, 2024

“Local gastronomy, nature, wellness and rural tourism experiences will take centre stage in travel in 2024.” SANDRA CARVAO Chief of Market Intelligence & Competitiveness, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) “Jack be nimble, Jack be quick…” Since 2020, destination marketers have had plenty of practice with skills like pivoting and flexibility.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 27, 2023

How are your teams increasing post-session survey response rates?” We use Survey Monkey and have been sending it out immediately after the session ends. Our session scripts already mention that they will receive the survey and to please fill it out. Here’s a sampling from two recent Catalyst discussions.

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Travel Daily News

MARCH 30, 2023

The ICCA 2023 Association Survey was conducted in collaboration with the European Society of Association Executive s (ESAE), the African Society of Association Executives (AfSAE) and the Asia-Pacific Federation of Association Organizations (APFAO).

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 7, 2023

A survey of 135 professional congress organizers around the world found an average wellbeing score of 69 out of 100 when they considered their work life, with a score of 50 being neutral. These results are from a late 2022 member survey conducted by the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We’ve had a few questions about Convene ’s recently published Salary Survey results. In addition, it’s a chance for us to point out that there are two instances in the survey results where average salaries were incorrectly specified as being for U.S.-based

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MeetingsNet

MAY 6, 2022

In a recent survey of 989 full-time and ad-hoc event coordinators by AV and production firm Encore, 52 percent say that their meetings in the second half of 2022 will be exclusively in person, while 25 percent say they will be hybrid and 23 percent say they will be fully virtual. The full survey results can be found here.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 3, 2023

You don’t need us to tell you that the business events industry is in a very different place than when we last conducted Convene’s Annual Meetings Market Survey, right before the pandemic shut down in-person events around the world. We’re bringing the survey back with new questions that reflect that reality. Survey brought to you by

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Last year, the results of Convene ’s Annual Salary Survey indicated that while planners were commanding higher salaries on average than before COVID, they felt a greater sense of unrest. Please take 10 minutes out of your day to participate in an anonymous survey that will help us create some industry benchmarks.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A September/October survey of 591 European and U.S. Information on how artificial intelligence can help build, market, and analyze business events has been a popular offering at industry events and in the trade media this year. But while A.I. adoption has been somewhat brisk, there’s still a lot of room for growth.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 5, 2024

Latest Updates & Engagement Survey Findings During this digital gathering, we shared latest news and updates from the EMEA region as well as findings of the annual EMEA Engagement Survey and dove into AI best practices with small group conversations.

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Stova

APRIL 15, 2024

The post From Surveys to Sentiment Data: Maximizing Event Technology for Enhanced Business Intelligence appeared first on Stova. Explore innovative approaches to gathering feedback, analyzing sentiment, and integrating event insights with martech stacks to optimize ROI and gain a competitive edge.

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Event Technology Technology Technology Sustainability 52

Business Traveler USA

JULY 20, 2021

The survey found satisfaction with hotels generally held up well during the pandemic. The post Survey Finds Travelers Hungry for Breakfast appeared first on Business Traveler USA. This according to the J.D. Power 2021 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study. jdpower.com.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 15, 2022

On Tuesday, May 3, look for our full story in MeetingsNet’s digital magazine edition, featuring more survey results along with planners’ personal stories of workplace stress and how they’ve created effective coping strategies for themselves and their staffs. Working in such an environment has burdened planners enough that 56.6

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Most respondents to Meeting Professionals International’s quarterly survey are now more optimistic about live attendance in 2022, and more decisive on whether to require vaccination for attendees, event staff, and service providers. Of course, the Delta variant stopped that positive trajectory over the remainder of 2021.

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