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Meeting Profs Travel Report: Can ‘Broken’ U.S. Airlines Be Fixed? Senate Hearing Spotlights Consumer Frustrations, Airline Accountability

Smart Meetings

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, “Enhancing Consumer Protections and Connectivity in Air Transportation,” William J. In 2020, the Department of Transportation received nearly 30,000 airline refund complaints, more than a 4,600% increase from 2019. In a March 23 testimony before the U.S.

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Event Planning Checklist for Small, Medium, and Large Events [2019 Update]

EventBank Insights

Gather Your Speaker Bios, Headshots, social media accounts, etc This will be used on marketing materials to help give credibility to the content providers of your event. ? Arrange for transportation and housing Arrange these for your speakers, these are guests bringing value to your event, so always make sure they are taken care of. ?

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How GDPR is Changing Events and 6 Other Tech Stories Planners Should Read

Eventsforce

Usually when events or meetings are cancelled, the party that signed the contract is responsible to pay either a flat fee or a percentage of the revenue they were to bring to the contracted supplier. Then, potential buyers can contact the reseller and negotiate for the contract. MeetingsNet: A Craigslist for Cancelled Meetings?

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Swiss Sustainability Forum to lead a sustainability agenda in Bern

The MICE

Prior to establishing the three day Swiss Sustainability Forum, NZZ Connect started with a precursor event called Circular Economy Entrepreneurs in 2019 in Langenthal, a city in Canton Bern. Upon inception in 2019, the event was first called Circular Economy Entrepreneurs because circular economy is a model with a future focused approach.

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Back to LIVE and the road ahead

The MICE

But what we are feeling is that many people are not feeling comfortable being in a closed space like they used to in 2019. Even though we have extreme focus on sustainability, we’ve just observed that many people take private transportation coming to an event, even for distances they would have usually taken a public transportation or plane.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

According to the Fall 2019 Pulse Survey, conducted by Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), only one-third (33 percent) of planners planned to grow the size of their meetings in 2020, and just 14 percent planned to expand their incentive programs. Work with Partners—and Haggle. Content Matters.

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The ultimate guide to B2B events

Socio Events

From designing event content to choosing the right speakers, B2B marketers have a lot of important decisions to make. The differences between B2B marketing and B2C marketing B2B event marketing concentrates on generating B2B sales and finalizing contracts, but it also includes fostering connections with fellow industry professionals.

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