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Four Ways That Corporate Meeting Planners Can Trim Budgets

Master the Event

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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Sign of the Times? GE Sells its Famed Training Facility

MeetingsNet

Changes in the work environment and in the next generation’s mindset mean that in-person corporate meetings must be different—but still must happen. But it is one of those things that each of the three GE businesses will carry on in their own way,” Larry Culp, CEO of GE Aerospace, told the Wall Street Journal.

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Does Size Matter for a Convention Center?

Master the Event

As they have ample catering facilities on site, their food and beverage costs are quite competitive compared to other meeting facility venues. But competition has changed over the last several years.

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How Walmart and Sam’s Club ‘Connected Together’ at 2022 Associates Week

Smart Meetings

Home of the University of Arkansas’ men’s and women’s basketball teams, Bud Walton Arena hosted the Sam’s Club Associates Meeting, Walmart U.S. Associates Meeting, and the legendary Associates Celebration to wrap up the week. Sam’s Club Associates Meeting. Associates Meeting.

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Whittlebury Park reports surge in demand for corporate events

Prestige Events Magazine

Whittlebury Park luxury hotel, conference centre and golf course in Northamptonshire, experienced a robust growth in enquiries and bookings for corporate meetings and events in August and September this year, 95 per cent more than in May and June.

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GMID 2023: Looking Towards the Future

Smart Meetings

This year’s focus is #MeetingsMatter, a reference to reminding the business world that meetings are important and a call to action for building a foundation that breeds success for the future. Progress continues to be a theme with the next session of the day—“association meetings: drivers of change and innovation.”

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Focus on Collaboration Helps Event Company Through Pandemic Times

PCMA Convene

We organize association meetings, corporate meetings, incentives, incentive travel, business travel, education and training, communication, marketing,” Buongiorno said. “We These award-winning events wouldn’t have been possible without the company’s focus on collaboration, a business model that grew out of the pandemic.

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