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Take 5: Event Storytelling and Matchmaking

SmartMeetings

When we help with site selection or “the art of matchmaking,” I find joy in learning about my client’s program, understanding their needs and finding that absolutely perfect property that is going to become the backdrop of their story and their experience. You can subscribe to the magazine here.

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Now live: Last Plan Your Meetings magazine of 2016

Plan Your Meetings

In fact, it was due to an earlier edition of the survey that I began contemplating the intersection of guns and meetings as the research exposed the extent to which site selection in the U.S. The post Now live: Last Plan Your Meetings magazine of 2016 appeared first on Plan Your Meetings @ Meeting Professionals International.

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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

In normal times, your site selection process would include factoring in airlift, weather, meeting space, number of guestrooms, etc. Now when selecting locations, we also must ensure alignment with risk tolerance so that meeting stakeholders have a shared expectation of what could unfold. Timing is everything.

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Are you interested in a Meeting Planner Career?

Master the Event

From start to finish, the responsibilities involved with a meeting planner career are endless, from site selection to venues, from set-up to speakers, from contracting service companies to tear down and on and on the list goes. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

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Smart Meetings Celebrates 4 Folio Eddie/Ozzie Wins

SmartMeetings

The awards were divided into two areas of focus: The Eddie’s recognize the best in print and digital editorial, and the Ozzie’s honor the best in magazine and website design. For more than 20 years, the Eddie & Ozzie Awards have recognized excellence in magazine editorial and design across all sectors of the industry.

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Tarsus Connect announces acquisition of BizBash

Event Industry News

Connect will now also publish two of BizBash’s popular magazines and oversee all of its digital properties. The acquisition of BizBash adds four premier events — including the BizBash Live in New York and L.A.

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Point of View

PCMA Convene

A 30-percent drop in revenue will be devastating to the thousands of independent planners who serve association and corporate clients in the site-selection and event-planning process. On one side, site-selection companies allow hotels to run leaner. A Closer Look at the Hotel Commission Model.