Master the Event

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Corporate meeting planners are always looking for creative ways that they can trim their meetings budget without losing too much of the overall program. Today, corporate meeting planners have a tough job. Of course for many corporations and associations meetings are a vital part of their operation.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As many predicted, the post-Brexit decline in the pound’s value relative to the dollar has resulted in a jump in London hotel inquiries from the U.S. read more.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As many predicted, the post-Brexit decline in the pound’s value relative to the dollar has resulted in a jump in London hotel inquiries from the U.S. read more.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

In a nutshell, I think that our industry associations have become too focused on justifying their continued existence financially, and are neglecting their core mission of supporting and representing their members and association meeting attendees. In the first quarter of 2018, I’ve booked more business than all of 2017.)

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StraussCA

APRIL 21, 2022

Not only can you videoconference for meetings, which has been utilized to see each other “face-to-face” for years, I have learned to use it for so much more. The AGM is the gathering of members of an association to carry out such transactions as presenting financial statements and appointing new directors to the board.

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StraussCA

AUGUST 4, 2022

Ever find yourself over-booked because you promised to help more than one person forcing you to be in multiple places at once? Ever find yourself in the same situation working on association tasks where you have multiple projects to complete with very tight deadlines? I know I have, and it can be a very stressful situation.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 15, 2020

The visit turned into weekly life lessons about living and the experience turned into a best-selling book, Tuesdays with Morrie. When we resume meeting, people will want to go where they can give and be given to,” he said. When we resume meeting, people will want to go where they can give and be given to,” he said. The lesson?

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Eventmobi

DECEMBER 9, 2020

With their first hybrid event MEET THE CHANGE, the German meetings industry association MEET GERMANY needed to deliver an innovative event format. But one thing MEET THE CHANGE made clear: With good teamwork and a lot of courage, anything is possible! Book a personal demo today!

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Launched an expanded partnership with Amadeus, a leading hospitality technology platform, to increase bookings for small meetings and events. Extended its long-standing strategic partnership with the largest global meetings and event industry association, Meeting Professionals International (MPI).

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 30, 2019

“We recently had our regular business—conventions, meetings and overall leisure—analyzed, and surprisingly even to us, business is basically at the same percentage for each of the four quarters,” says Bloemendaal. For Milwaukee, annual repeat business and state association meetings provide the warm thoughts.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 22, 2019

A total of $221.34 purchased: 144 assorted coloring books. 96 passport books w/stickers. The only difference really was that only the girls got the princesses-themed coloring books. Not only did we plant seeds for future generations of members in our association, but the parents thought they were very cute and clever.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

” Earlier this year, the book Reinventing Live: The Always-on Future of Events was published, after being rushed into production last year during COVID-19 by coauthors Denzil Rankine and Marco Giberti. Rankine said they wondered how different things may be by the time people were able to hold the book in their hands.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Inside, a tipped-in page included a message from the organizer, telling the story about the thought that went into purchasing those books — and the thought that went into the event. The environmental impact of an event is often hiding in plain sight,” according to a recent Association Meetings International (AMI) post.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Ironing out the details early on in the process, booking during the week and being open to unorthodox solutions will help you stay ahead of change. As the report states: “The days of an association being able to provide a year’s worth of value to members through one annual meeting are over. Meeting planners do, too.

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Connect Your Meetings

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Boasting three separate adventure areas, the campus will include a high element called the Leap of Faith, a high ropes course and a low team’s ropes course that can prove to be a great activity for your association meetings. At the Hyatt Lodge , their team challenge is built on the premises of an experiential learning cycle.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Thinking ahead — The average booking window for large meetings is 2.2 years, slightly less than in the 2016 survey; for small meetings, it’s 9 months, compared to 11 months in the 2016 survey. 2017 Meetings vs. 2016 Meetings. The overall average is 10 months, compared to 11 months in the 2016 survey.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 17, 2017

According to the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) 2016 rankings, the number- one city for international association meetings is Paris. Meeting professionals can book dinners, cocktail parties, performances and more for groups of up to 2,500. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

Read More: California, Meet What is Possible Recognizing the significance of flexibility and value, we’re also offering group promotions and online sales offers to attract meeting professionals and their groups to choose our city as their preferred destination. We have what it takes to be attractive to a wide variety of audiences.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 3, 2019

The region has since become synonymous with world-class vintages, and an entire lifestyle—and associated meeting spaces—have grown to support the $57.6 Often referred to as the wine country, Napa and Sonoma counties were made famous by besting the French in a 1976 blind tasting. billion statewide industry.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Spacebase, a website for finding and booking unconventional, non-hotel venues for small meetings, has expanded out of Europe, with a just-launched presence in New York. read more.

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The MICE

JANUARY 11, 2021

That way, we can cater for and meet the needs and demands of our clientele.’. Not only with the meeting rooms but also the guest room bookings. Bern is the Swiss capital; hence, government business, association meetings, banking and consulting are the core business. Another trend is shorter leading times.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2017

I’m using my strongest skills in meeting and event planning, so I kind of took a winding route, but it’s a really, really great fit for me. Claire Abrams My whole career’s been in association meeting planning for dental, medical, or commercial associations. You’re always on your toes.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 3, 2023

As the workplace recovery continues in 2023, corporate and association meeting departments are likely to pick up the pace of recruiting—especially if the economic outlook is strong. MeetingsNet talked to industry executives who have observed the changes and the challenges of rebuilding meeting teams over the past year.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

28 percent expect to plan more meetings in 2017; only 3 percent expect to plan fewer meetings. Cutbacks — Despite the continued improving economy, most meeting organizers are still being asked to cut back on meeting expenses, and the majority (63 percent) have been asked to focus on reducing F&B expenses. percent. ›

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Its rankings by International Congress and Convention Association (ICAA) have risen steadily over the decades: In 2016, Mexico City hosted more association meetings than Toronto, New York City or Washington, D.C. of meeting and convention space. It also hosts the world’s second-largest international book fair.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

The resulting bid book wove together images of beekeeping and information about “honeybee science” with pictures of U.S. It would seem to follow that once Anja Loetscher joined the Geneva Convention Bureau as director nearly nine years ago, she would make room bookings her top priority. and Orlando. My colleagues in St.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

John Graham, FASAE, CAE, president and CEO of ASAE, introduced a packed afternoon of sessions focusing on different aspects of leadership, designed to help association CEOs and senior executives to empower and motivate their boards, volunteers and staff to achieve growth and to achieve their strategic mission.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

So many of our communities are like that now — from Burning Man to biker meet-ups to book groups. At more and more conferences, especially those produced by associations and other nonprofit organizations, community-service projects are as expected as exhibit halls and award ceremonies. But by Sunday night, you’re back home.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As Tower of Babble’.

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