Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Three weeks after Hyatt Corporation confirmed that it would cut planner commissions, thereby following the lead of three other large hospitality companies, Meeting Planners Unite held its first conference in Washington, D.C. The post Meeting Planners Unite Sets 2019 Agenda appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. How safe are your meetings and events? Here are some action items and ideas that you can implement at whatever stage of your meeting you are in, from Choosing a Location or Venue, to negotiating The Contract , or creating a Communications Policy. Then one more.” .

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Smart Meetings Florida Experience elevated the gathering at every turn. Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright The precise mixture of authentic connections, elevated experiences and innovative ideas is Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright’s recipe for making everyone feel at home when they come together to get business done.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The newly expanded company will handle placements for full-time jobs in addition to contract work. Meetingjobs, a meetings-industry job board and placement service, has announced a merger with Cadre, an online marketplace where organizations can contract event-industry freelancers.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 23, 2019

Webinar live date: February 26, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Webinar live date: February 26, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Whether you’re a novice or an old pro, this webinar will help you keep up with changes in hotel contracts. Recognize why a “Purpose of the Meeting” clause is necessary and what strategic wording should be used.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 27, 2024

Another recent research report, Knowland’s “ 2024 State of the Meetings Industry ,” which the events industry sales intelligence company produced in partnership with global meetings solution company ConferenceDirect, sheds more light on how sustainability is viewed — and practiced — by event professionals.

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Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

And to the Event Brew hosts, they often look identical to 2019. She notes that, indeed, some events look a lot like 2019 in 2022. The Powerful Return To 2019 Might Leave Some Behind. In his view, events look the same as they did in 2019. . But is that a good thing? According to this episode, not so much.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Central Hall Westminster, part of Central Hall Venues group, has announced it has awarded a new £8m contract to in-house AV production services partner White Light. The company also supported James Corden’s Late Late London shows held at the venue for two years running in 2018 and 2019.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

American Express Meetings & Events used the IMEX America show to present its latest forecast for the meetings and events landscape based on survey results from 500 planners. The full version of the 2022 Global Meetings and Events Forecast can be found here.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? It’s not just Covid-19 (C19) and it’s much more than F&B , room blocks and hotel contracts. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Appointed to Christmas at Kew on a multi-year deal, Midas is also providing Stage 3A machines and HVO fuel to the contract – all of which it monitors remotely via DSE Gateway and Livelink to ensure optimum performance. We look forward to getting more of these machines into our hire fleet over the next few months.”. Areas of interest.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Even as in-person meetings continue to reemerge with a vengeance, virtual meetings have taken a primary position in the event professional toolbox. Yes, hybrid meetings are more complicated and costly, but virtual is here to stay without a doubt,” he said. Now all variations of meeting delivery are on the table.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Neptunus has secured a new contract to continue to supply temporary structures to the Affordable Art Fair held each May on London’s Hampstead Heath. Following next year’s fair, organisers have agreed a new contract with Neptunus through to 2023. Neptunus has been providing the temporary infrastructure for the popular event since 2013.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Natasha Stamper Pedigo, CMP, 38, works in Lexington, Kentucky, as a meeting planner and event manager at The Asphalt Institute. A s a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Pedigo discusses her passion for the events industry. What I do: I plan and execute three large member meetings a year across the U.S.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 16, 2019

An online reseller of contracted meeting elements launches a week ahead of its industry rollout at the IMEX show in Frankfurt. When meetings are canceled, the group that signed the contract is typically responsible to pay either a flat fee or a percentage of the revenue they were to bring to the contracted supplier.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 23, 2023

Flight disruptions have become the norm rather than the exception, and when things go wrong–as they so often do now–we are at the mercy of the airlines’ own Contracts of Carriage, rules written by and most assuredly for the airlines. consumer complaints were already 603% higher than in November 2019. Meeting Planners Takeaway U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Once a legally binding contract is in place, it sets the stage for easier conversations,” said Dustin Arnhem, senior vice president of sales with Visit Baltimore. Caesars and Meet AC announced sustainability highlights from its newly released 2021 CSR Report —in a Leed-certified Augustus Tower villa suite—and the news (and views) are great.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 27, 2018

But in terms of development of hotels, meeting industry infrastructure, and new or improved attractions, the Big Apple appears more active than ever. With an abundance of blockbuster openings across New York City, 2019 will truly be a monumental year,” says Fred Dixon, NYC & Company president and CEO. Javits Center’s $1.5

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 28, 2019

The Chicago meetings scene continues to flourish with few signs of slowing down. Here’s what Chicago meeting planners are saying about events in the Windy City, and what’s trending in 2019. Russell says there is a strong interest in green meetings, a trend that continues to be prevalent nationwide. Creative Collaboration.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

As nationwide demand flattens, hotels target the meetings segment with rising rates and fees to maintain their revenue. economy is losing steam—and some proof coming from the most recent hotel performance statistics—one might think that meeting and event planners are poised to gain the upper hand as they negotiate for upcoming programs.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Even for planners at the top of their game, the current meeting climate has created new levels of stress—the result of severe hotel booking compression, high turnover in supplier staff, and short meeting lead times. Post pandemic, a lot of faces have changed; a lot of meetings have changed. We have new internal stakeholders.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Evolution Dome, the international leader in temporary inflatable event structures and solutions, is on target for a 60% growth in business in 2019. So far this year Evolution Dome has delivered a number of new activations spanning across consumer and B2B events. Now operating in four countries, Evolution Dome offers a global reach to clients.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 10, 2019

Here are our top five trends that we think will be hot for event and exhibition organisers in 2019. For many organisers it can be a challenge to provide seminar content, networking facilities and meetings space live on the show floor. UFI & Explori Global Visitor Insights 2018/2019 Edition.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, 33, works in Silver Spring, Maryland, as senior manager of meetings and events at The Solid Waste Association of North America. As a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Boyd discusses her passion for the events industry. . I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

As a 2019 15 Over 50 honoree, Ferreris discusses her passion for the events industry. What I do: I am responsible for contracting more than 75 hotel agreements per year. The post 2019 15 Over 50: Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM appeared first on Connect Association.

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Event Industry News

MAY 29, 2019

John commented: “We hope that Interforce, which is trained to a higher level than SIA, with a police-style approach, will respond to our audience and ensure we continue to meet the high standards that Henley Festival is renowned for.”.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

He brings experience in religious, fraternal and ethnic meetings segments to drive new conventions and meetings to Cincinnati and establish it as a top national meetings destination. She served as Vice President for MPI’s Aloha Chapter in 2019 and is passionate about creating extraordinary guest experiences.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

After powerful Hurricane Ida swept through New Orleans on August 29, several meeting groups had decisions to make—and quickly—about whether to proceed with their events in the city in the days and weeks that followed. Cancellation, switching locations, and a 36-hour pivot to virtual were among the actions taken by various event hosts.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

-Third best trading year since opening in 1986- World-renowned conference, events, meetings and exhibition centre, The QEII Centre , has announced a remarkable year of business stabilisation and recovery, resulting in the Centre’s third best trading performance since opening in 1986.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

As a 2019 15 Over 50 honoree, Longo discusses his passion for the events industry. Specific improvement I’ve made: Prior to my involvement, there was no formal process for the collection and execution of organizational conference contracts. Today, all conference contracts are sourced through Experient.

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Event Industry News

MAY 16, 2018

British Marine, which organises and owns the London Boat Show, has announced that the 2019 Show, due to run at ExCeL London from 9-13 January 2019, will not take place. Lack of signed contracts from this sector also affected confidence from other potential exhibitors, further reducing confirmed sign ups within the deadline.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

increase (forecast: 18.5%), ground transportation increased by 9.8% (forecast: 7.3%), and meetings and events, measured by the average cost per attendee per day, increased by 58.1% (forecast: 25%). billion passengers in 2023, nearly reaching 2019 numbers, a year that saw 4.54 In 2022, air travel saw a 72.2% Consolidate and compromise.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Everyone has a dog now,” Jenn Glynn, managing partner with Meeting Encore, stated this week in a conversation with Philip Eidsvold, vice president of strategic alliances at One10, about the changing demands of attracting attendees to in-person incentive trips. What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

Here’s how one meeting professional does it. Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. There are times when planners can get tons of concessions, low room rates, and all the meeting space they need with no rental fees. Right now is not that time. Professionalism is key.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Editor’s Note : Created in 2019, San Diego State University’s Meeting & Event Management Master’s Program was created in partnership between Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and San Diego State University’s L. COVID Didn’t End Meetings and Events, It Evolved Them. Deanna Roberts.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As if the job of meeting professional weren’t difficult enough, many have had to take on the role of Chief Difficult Conversation Starter. In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Swapcard first entered the United Arab Emirates as the event app provider for Step Conference, the largest experiential tech festival in the Middle East, for its 2019 edition. The show proved a success and confirmed the company’s decision to take Swapcard to the UAE. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences.

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