Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2023

Read More: Hospitality Strike Votes Could Increase with Arrival of High-tech Hotels The Union has been in negotiations since April with wages and benefits as the primary sticking point with workers at 40 hotels on strike , one of the largest strikes in recent history. It went on to explain the adjustments meeting planners had made. “In

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Skift Take: Don’t be fooled by generic concessions and terms offered by hotels. Refugio Garcia Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Having the right negotiating strategy will save time and money.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Skift Take: The demand for in-person meetings has never been higher, but attendees now expect to get more from these experiences. Find out how boutique hotels can help planners deliver on the promise of more meaningful connection, inviting attendees to enjoy a shared experience of enhanced wellness, immersion, and cultural authenticity.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Skift Take: Hotel rates will rise globally in most locations next year, something to keep in mind when negotiating meeting contracts. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Google Hotel Finder is a new service from Google that allows meeting planners and individuals to search for and book hotels in various cities. One thing that sets Google Hotel Finder apart from other hotel search engines is that you’re able to compare prices from the various resale vendors and the hotel reservation site itself.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Paul Cook Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings. Skift Take: Higher lodging costs are complicating the already tricky task of planning an event.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

markets for hotel group business compared to 2019. Miguel Neves and Refugio Garcia Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: A new report points to the recovery of 13 of the top 25 U.S.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 15, 2024

Acquisition accelerates growth of lifestyle market Thursday, Hilton announced it had agreed to purchase the Graduate Hotel brand for $210 million. In addition to operating the hotels under franchise agreements, Hilton will lead the brand’s future growth. The deal gives Hilton rights to 35 properties in college towns across the U.S.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 24, 2023

Representing thousands of hotel workers in Southern California, Unite Here Local 11 calls for a boycott of the entire city by meetings and events. A few groups had already moved upcoming meetings out of hotels without a new union contract. Moving to an entirely online format in such a short time was not possible.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 29, 2024

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups. Those expenditures must be recovered by hotels over the next couple of years, he noted. What’s In It for Event Groups?

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One of the long-tail effects of the pandemic could be a downsizing of average meeting attendee lists as some big events go hybrid and bring parts of their audience together in person while larger audiences access content online. Peace Space, Hotel Zeppelin. Hotel Zetta (3,010 sq. Hotel Zetta (3,010 sq.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2024

Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2024

Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 5, 2023

Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Embraces CSR and Afghan Refugees The staffing crisis decimating hotel services due to the slow return of employees to front desks and housekeeping carts added to the already brutal disruption in occupancy levels from the global pandemic. All four of those positions are filled with Afghan refugees.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2024

The result: Less negotiability for meetings. From the wide view, the hotel industry should expect only a modest rise in demand (1.8 But from a narrower perspective—namely, looking at the hotels that accommodate the most business events—both demand growth and room-rate growth might well surpass those estimates.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Group gatherings in conference meetings spaces are great. Group gatherings in meeting spaces with a haunted, scary story behind them are better—or, at least, more adventurous. The Elms Hotel & Spa. The Elms Hotel & Spa (@ elmshotelandspa ) • Instagram photos and videos. Congress Plaza Hotel.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

December 2023 saw the highest average hourly rate ever for front-line employees at hotels across the country: $23.91, according to the U.S. Even so, 67 percent of more than 400 hotel managers who responded to the latest survey conducted by the American Hotel and Lodging Association say they still face a staffing shortage.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

If ever there was a force-majeure situation that meeting planners had not thought about, this is it. According to this article from CBS News , “it was a tsunami that engulfed the hotel and neighboring restaurants,” said Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey, noting that it was sheer luck that the aquarium failure occurred at 5:45 a.m.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Major brands are set to debut highly-anticipated hotels in the coming year 2024 brings a wave of highly anticipated hotel openings in some of hospitality’s biggest brands. Discover the most anticipated openings throughout 2024 at Marriott , Hilton and IHG Hotels & Resorts. flexible meeting space between two meeting rooms.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

hotel portfolio. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Wyndham has teamed with Groups360 to enable instant group bookings across its U.S.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

For more than 7,000 front-desk, housekeeping, and culinary employees of 87 hotels in the suburbs between Philadelphia and New York City, south of Albany, N.Y., The employees, members of the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, learned of the completed deal on April 10 from Richard Maroko, president of the union. and on Long Island, N.Y.,

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Event Industry News

APRIL 18, 2024

The Belfry Hotel & Resort is one of the UK’s most recognised meeting, conference and event venues. Located in the Midlands, close to Birmingham city centre, The Belfry offers meeting event spaces of all sizes accommodating upto 920 guests.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

How planners can safeguard their attendees against hotel room breaches In 2022, at a private event in Las Vegas during “hacker summer camp,” as the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences have come to be known, a group of researchers found a flaw that could put millions of hotel rooms around the world at risk of being breached.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2023

Knowland and Amadeus combined their data to provide a better understanding of meeting demand by market segment plus average meeting attendance, total event space used, and other elements. hotels over those 12 months. Government meetings are just two percent of the total. percent Healthcare: 10.3 percent Technology: 10.3

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

Mercure Manchester Piccadilly is driving ahead with an ambitious recruitment programme to hire 53 conference, events, and hotel staff as part of a major new vision, strategy, and investment for the business in 2024. ” Complementing Cox’s appointment is the addition of Dhiraj Kumar as Head Chef.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2021

The number of meetings being scheduled now is quickly picking up steam as mask mandates are lifted and people start gathering again, but meeting formats have evolved. With Salamander Hotels & Resorts , a luxury resort management company founded by Sheila Johnson , a Smart Women in Meetings Hall of Fame winner.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 15, 2024

The latest hotel data finds that rate increases are more than making up for today's meetings market not yet being back to its pre-pandemic volume. The result: In 2024, big-city hotels are seeing more than six percent growth in event-related revenue compared to before the Covid pandemic. Across all U.S. Across all U.S.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Meet to make a positive impact this October October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year, a number of hotels around the United States host events and initiatives to raise money for charities that work to increase awareness of breast cancer and to fund research and patient care.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 13, 2024

These hotels all master one thing in particular: character. If you’re looking for a meeting venue that you’ll never want to leave, read on. Read More: The True Nature of Georgia Scholars and Philosophers Guest room at The Study at Johns Hopkins Study Hotels expands its portfolio with the opening of The Study at Johns Hopkins.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The annual Platinum Choice Awards serves as the perfect opportunity to show appreciation for your favorite hotels and CVBs. Winners will be announced in the December Smart Meetings Magazine. The post Platinum Choice 2023: Nominate Your Favorite Hotel Partner! appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 4, 2024

As a partner, moment maker, and solution-finder, we understand that flexibility and functionality are key to ensuring we can seamlessly deliver exactly what our meeting and event partners need in order to create impactful meetings.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 21, 2023

The Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel has everything you need to get together and reconnect with clients, colleagues, friends and loved ones.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Skift Take: In this video from the Skift Meetings Forum 2023, we hear from Colleen Birch, chief operating officer of the new Fontainebleau Las Vegas, about the changing definition of luxury in the hotel meeting experience. Fontainebleau Las Vegas Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 12, 2021

One hotel exec’s advice for keeping an eye on the health of a conference venue. With travel at a virtual standstill over the past year, hotel properties are going through tough times. Judy Wilbur, director of sales at Dunes Manor Hotel, Court & Suites in Ocean City, Md., Consider the hotel's core business.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Palmer was soon apron-deep in projects in the area, applying his local-done-well aesthetic to hotels, opening Hotel Healdsburg (paired with his award-winning Dry Creek Kitchen), then sustainable h2hotel, and most recently Harmon Guest House. of meeting space, and a signature restaurant on 5.5 It needs to be simple.

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