Marketing Meetings Negotiating Site Selections 
MeetingsNet
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
With meeting season back in full swing, hotels are busy servicing corporate and association programs while their sales teams are sifting through the requests for proposals for business events set to happen in late 2023 and throughout 2024 and beyond. It’s a sellers’ market these days; hotels have multiple pieces of business to choose from.
SmartMeetings
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
The beginning of a new year brings the promise of new events, incentives and meetings. Do you start earlier than usual in the hope of finding better availability given the compression of the 2022 market? In normal times, your site selection process would include factoring in airlift, weather, meeting space, number of guestrooms, etc.
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Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Rising hotel and airline costs , along with increasing demand for more and longer meetings is pressuring planners to make critical choices to stay in strict budgets, according to a new study by American Express Meetings & Events. Internal meetings land on the lower end of the spectrum and incentives are the most costly.
SmartMeetings
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
November 11, 2016 – Smart Meetings, the leading media company and most trusted resource for meeting professionals, was awarded two Eddie Awards and two Ozzie Awards at the 2016 Eddie & Ozzie Awards by Folio in New York City. 1 resource for meeting planners,” says Marin Bright, CEO and founder of Smart Meetings.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. More : 6 Smart Moves: Wellness Edition.
SmartMeetings
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts about why certification has become so essential, the commitment required and specific areas where event professionals are focusing to achieve their A-game. Certified Meetings Experts. Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States. Jessie States.
Event Leadership Institute
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Mind your money with battles over escrow deposits to suppliers and more room to negotiate venue commissions. Planners need to look at what the attendee experience will be with COVID-safe protocols in place and determine if the event still meets their objectives. Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should. Reverse Hybrids.’
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