Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

MPI Minneapolis will be meeting in person at Delta Hotels Minneapolis from 1-5p.m. to cover the state of the meetings industry and post-Covid experiences, featuring experts from Meet Minneapolis, Experience Rochester, and local and regional meetings industry associations. MPI chapters across the U.S.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2024

A private group of investors has purchased Crotonville, General Electric’s management-training facility for nearly 70 years, for $22 million and will operate the suburban New York venue as a conference center—which means that business groups can meet in the same spaces that legendary GE CEO Jack Welch educated his management teams.

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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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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

of contiguous space and sits within walking distance to more than 19,000 hotel rooms. The Fairmont San Francisco dates to 1903, when two sisters—Theresa Fair Oelrichs and Virginia Fair Vanderbilt—decided to build a spectacular boutique hotel in the heart of San Francisco’s Nob Hill.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 21, 2019

There are unfamiliar challenges when negotiating and contracting with foreign hotels, convention centers, and other vendors; different cultures to understand; and potential risks to be explored. Identify important terms in international hotel contracts and explain how they should be written. This webinar is for U.S. Speaker: John S.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. Thirty percent expect another rate hike for accommodations that’s greater than 10 percent, while 31 percent expect a rate hike of six to ten percent.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Brad Mayne, president and CEO, International Association of Venue Managers. Lynette Montoya, president and CEO, Latino Hotel Association. Telesa Via, vice president, sales, Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. Carrie Freeman Parsons, chair, Freeman. Leah Smiley, president, Society for Diversity Inc.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 22, 2024

This is true of hotels, convention centers, event organizers, technology companies, etc. “If someone wants to use other technologies to identify individuals and combine the data [emphasis added], they need to obtain explicit consent first. Otherwise, they are exposing themselves to liabilities.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 7, 2019

Companies have more money for meetings, but planners have less funds to host the events. Meanwhile, hotels are charging higher rates while supply struggles to keep up with demand. Meeting budgets are expected to increase by.8 8 percent in 2019, American Express Meetings and Events says. But don’t be alarmed.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 15, 2020

One of the massive financial challenges facing destination marketers all over the country is the sudden loss of funding from transient occupancy taxes when hotel properties were forced to at least temporarily close to slow the spread of novel coronavirus , a budget-killing reality that is still happening in many parts of the country.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2024

Read More: Power Of Purpose 2023 Highlights In the process of evolving the offerings, what was Destination Showcase became Showcase, a place modeled after the energy of South by Southwest for technology companies, agencies, hotels, airlines, any supplier that works to make events successful can get connected to meeting producers who need their help.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 7, 2022

Travel Association meets on March 8 with the U.S. Many H2-B visa holders are employed by leisure-oriented properties, but also by hotels’ food-and-beverage departments and restaurants in cities popular for business travel. With no more worker visas available until October, the U.S.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2020

Two bodies of research highlight planners’ challenges and potential attendees’ preferences when it comes to meetings. In a late June webinar that drew more than 700 corporate and association meeting planners, 64 percent of attendees responded that they expect their organizations to return to holding in-person events by January 2021.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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. www.whittlebury.com.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The holiday spirit took over Sacramento’s renovated SAFE Credit Union Convention Center last week as 400 association meeting professionals came together during the return of CalSAE ’s Seasonal Spectacular event Dec. Associations pivoted faster than they ever have before,” said Jim Anderson, CalSAE president and CEO.

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Many meeting planners are also telling me that a lot of their delegates are supporting green meetings. Many are actually inquiring with planners on how they can help make any meetings they are attending become as green as possible. Serve your water the good old-fashioned way.

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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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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Featuring a dramatic location on sparkling San Francisco Bay, Berkeley is an inspiring destination for meetings, events, and celebrations. Meetings and conferences gain focus and status from Berkeley’s university-town climate of thought leadership. There’s also the Berkeley bonus.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2019

The aim of the competition is to host more international conferences at UK venues and is open to all venues with conference facilities, including hotels and event centres, that will bid for events that attract international delegates. It is open for six weeks and will end at 23:59 on Friday 27 th September 2019.

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The MICE

JANUARY 11, 2021

We worked closely with destination Bern – the Bern Convention Bureau , Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau and local hotel partners where the sessions were filmed: Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA, Hotel Bellevue Palace Bern and Kongress + Kursaal Bern AG. Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

With dozens of beautiful ships mirroring the best hotels in the world, readily accessing bucket list destinations in favorable cost structures and enhancing opportunities for strong relationship-building, more groups are turning to cruises to create memorable events. A Ship for Everybody. “We’ve

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PCMA Convene

MAY 14, 2018

The alliance is a powerful collective of KLCC, leading hotels, professional event planners, shopping, dining, entertainment and transportation partners, each customising their value-adds to the nature of any client request.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Wednesday 1st – Online 1345-1400 ABPCO Chairs – Michael Smith & Barbara Calderwood Welcome 1400-1445 Adam Baggs, Soaring Worldwide Positive thought, Positive interaction and Positive action – how the 3Ps can support your mental health 1600-1645 Martin Boyle & IAPCO Representatives International Collaboration: working together (..)

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Cvent: Event Marketing

APRIL 16, 2019

With past attendees, find out what they liked most and least about previous destinations, hotels and convention centers. Chances are your organization is not paying for the attendee – especially with an association meeting or user conference. Hotel Room. Types of Hotels and Meeting Space. Attendee Costs.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

From recently renovated hotels, to our newly built Huntington Convention Center; Cleveland is a hot spot to host your event! of meeting and event space, 30 breakout rooms and a 32,000 sq. Built specifically to host and educate the country’s medical community, the Global Center offers far more than just meeting space.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 14, 2018

Look for hotels with family suites. Check with the CVB or hotel for suggestions (daycare, in-hotel babysitting, local day camp programs, etc.). military and association meetings around the globe. Beach and mountain locations with lakes and nature centers often also offer programs for children.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Are you one of the more than 1,000 association meeting professionals attending the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) Holiday Spectacular at Sacramento Convention Center this week? On J Street, Grange Restaurant & Bar in Citizen Hotel is an award-winning, locally sourced dining experience.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 14, 2017

In addition to skiing enthusiasts, the hotel and travel industry—as well as event planners that specialize in selecting venues for intimate corporate and association meetings—is taking notice of the deal. The acquisition of four prized ski resorts, accessible to Southern Californians, is big news across a spectrum of industries.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

In fact, the biggest hindrance to association meeting planning right now is that “time is ticking away,” Colangelo said. You have these rock-star meeting planning employees. Then, they need to rebuild it, but it won’t look like the same house, and they don’t know what it will look like. What is the plan: Hit pause? Punt to fall?

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Event Industry News

MAY 9, 2018

In the latest International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA) ranking, Germany is once again ranked as the number one association meetings country in Europe for the 14 th time in a row. Based on the just-released 2017 ICCA statistics, 682 international association meetings took place in Germany in 2017.

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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. 38,479 hotels rooms (four-star and above) at 600 hotels. of meeting and convention space.

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Connect Your Meetings

DECEMBER 5, 2016

With more than 2 million square feet of combined meeting space, and nearly 16,000 guest rooms in more than 100 hotels, the professional staff will help you find the perfect fit for your next meeting or event. > Collecting proposals from hotels and meeting facilities matching your criteria. >

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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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Event Industry News

MAY 20, 2020

The mia represents more than 800 members within the business events industry from hotels, venues and industry suppliers. The association also runs the AIM accreditation scheme, the UK’s only recognised accreditation scheme for the meetings and events industry.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

I am finding it difficult to find venues that meet our needs and stay within budget. I feel that I am being pushed out into less desirable locations/hotels.”. ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONALS. Of course, technology continues to reshape events. Average change: +3.2 percent compared to +4.9 percent in the 2016 survey.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Benchmark Hospitality International and Gemstone Hotels & Resorts have merged to become BENCHMARK, a global hospitality company with a new corporate identity and three distinct hotel collections. read more.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 17, 2016

And what do planners want from the hotel? A veteran planner and a hotel exec tell it like it is. By Wendy Laugesen, CMP. What can planners do better in the RFP process? read more.

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