MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

How to stretch your event budget for food and beverage, event tech, ground transportation, and venues. The costs of holding a meeting or convention have skyrocketed, but most planners find their budgets just aren’t budging—at least, not enough. Need to Cut the Meeting Budget? Choice Cuts for Food and Beverage Savings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

He will oversee hotel strategy to maximize guest and colleague satisfaction, service standards and financial performance. Lacassagne began his career as an assistant food & beverage manager at Hotel Concorde Montparnasse in France and continued to work in various F&B roles through Egypt, Morocco and the Caribbean.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Accor Survey: “Meeting Expectations: The Future of Meetings & Events” World-leading hospitality group Accor operates a diverse hospitality group of over 40 hotel brands, from luxury to economy. In fact, the industry’s audience is expected to surpass even 2019 levels in the coming years. billion by 2030.”

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2024

At 14 square miles and 32,000 residents, the four hotel properties totaling 2,200 guest rooms located in Dana Point on the Pacific Ocean encompass more chocolate-on-pillow turn-down service per capita than cities ten times as large and pets are welcomed with open arms. Let’s take a closer look. More than 53,000 sq. The 30,000 sq.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 13, 2019

Thankfully, with a few savvy budget-saving tips, you can run a successful, professional event with minimum event budget costs in 2019. Ask businesses to sponsor the entire event – providing the venue, food, and A/V equipment, or just one element. There’s no way you can afford the speaker fee, let alone their flight and hotel.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Timely responses from hotels? Free meeting space? This is according to nearly 300 planners who responded to the 2023 State of the Meetings Industry survey from events-industry research firm Knowland in conjunction with third-party planning agency Conference Direct. Steeper F&B and AV costs? Absolutely. Fat chance.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

All too often we attempt to glean some semblance of an explanation or understanding when confronted with an understaffed hotel or event venue and you have probably strategized about all the ways you would “fix” the situation if you were in charge. Read More : The Great Hospitality Restart. “

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In the eight months since GroupSync Engage debuted, the real-time event-booking tool from technology firm Groups360 has been implemented by more than 500 of IHG’s 5,000 hotels, all 50 properties from Omni Hotels & Resorts, and 5,000 of the 6,500 properties in Hilton’s portfolio.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

His areas of expertise include area and property leadership, complete operations management, financial, sales, food & beverage, revenue management and guest relations. 13 years of her career have included sales leadership for both hotels and destinations. Livingston has been part of the team since 2019.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

In 2018, hotel bar patrons swallowed everything from cocktails infused with veggie juices (or breakfast cereals ) to ferments of every stripe (think shrubs to kimchee) and honey from rooftop hives. It was a hot button in last year’s strikes against hotel companies in several major U.S. The Lakehouse at W Bellevue. Say Hi to Hal.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Dina Belon Dina Belon, Staypineapple Hotels, Inc. Belon takes on the role of president of Staypineapple Hotels, Inc. Husbands brings three decades of experience in a diverse set of positions, from international director of finance at the Golden Tulip Hotel group to many other general manager positions.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 16, 2022

Sims has spent over 20 years in the events industry, most recently the owner and event designer for Carrie Sims Events Design, a company she started in 2019. Hotel Haya in Tampa, Florida, appointed Carlson director of food and beverage. Jeff Carlson. Peter Andersen. Edward Searle and George Sous, MBA. Moira Masshardt.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2019

Smart Meetings founder and CEO Marin Bright. After a decade of bringing event professionals together to share strategies and learn about new ways to wow attendees, Smart Meetings pushed the format to pack in even more meaningful networking and sharing. The first Smart Meeting of 2019 was on Jan. That's the top.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

International hospitality group Accor appointed Erney executive director of global sales for meetings, incentives and industry relations. Erney was most recently regional vice president of sales at Associated Luxury Hotels International. He brings 22 years of events and hotel operations and management experience to his new role.

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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. I doubt it."

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 14, 2023

How much will your meetings cost next year? As organizations build their budgets for next year’s meetings, they shouldn’t expect any relief from the increasing cost of airfares, hotels, and other services, according to the recently released 2024 Global Business Travel Forecast from CWT and the Global Business Travel Association.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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Event Farm

JUNE 9, 2021

Marcella Farman-Dietz, executive event consultant for Medialink, joined Ryan Costello, co-founder of Event Farm, to discuss a sample event budget for a one-day business summit and reception for 400 attendees at a hotel conference center in NYC. When it comes to venues, you are likely to see a 25% increase in meeting space expenses.

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Brown Paper Tickets

DECEMBER 26, 2018

2019 will be the year of the pig, the year of living coral , the year of amazing events and big moments. According to the CWT Meetings and Events report , “treehouses, rooftops, and even islands will become increasingly popular.” Attendee experience is everything and we’re seeing that reflected in 2019 event trends.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2019

In honor of National Nap Day , Smart Meetings rounded up the best hotels around the world where you can close your eyes and unplug. A post shared by The Dolder Grand (@thedoldergrand) on Feb 27, 2019 at 8:09am PST. A post shared by Montage Beverly Hills (@montagebh) on Mar 10, 2019 at 12:35pm PDT. MGM Park, Las Vegas.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Palli has joined Omni Hotels & Resorts in Dallas as chief commercial officer. With 25 years of experience in hospitality management, Palli has held multiple leadership positions with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, including night manager, duty manager, front of house manager, revenue manager and more. Peter Palli. Jennifer Walker.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2019

RCVB specializes in hospitality and customized assistance throughout the entire process, offering additional incentives to third meeting planner partners. Rejuvenate with citrus-themed signature beverages and farm to table menus from our creative culinary staff. Celebrate with your choice of our “Pick a Perk” incentives.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2019

TJ Pierri Hotel Zoe in San Francisco has named Pierri as general manager. Before Hotel Zoe, Pierri served in the role of resort manager at Lansdowne Resort and Spa in Leesburg, Virginia. Before this position, he was global director of memberships east for Club Quarters Hotels. Dallas Smith & Company in Atlanta.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Tracking event industry trends is a favorite activity here at Meeting Tomorrow. In 2019, you should expect to see more event pros trying to find a way to bring this out of the novelty phase and into their events through content delivery, virtual site tours and gamification. Rising: AR/VR at events.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 17, 2019

The Venetian is one of seven hotels within Sands Resorts. “We We have held our events in various hotels throughout Japan, so the benchmark we hold for Macao is high,” Shiga says. “We The hotel was very supportive in handling last-minute requests such as securing a photo shoot and other unexpected surprises.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Martin managing director of Delta Hotels-Marriott Dallas Allen & Watters Creek Convention Center scheduled to open in Allen, Texas, in January of 2019. Martin was previously Benchmark’s general manager for The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Club at Kukui’ula.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Previously, Armenta served as regional director of Florida and the Caribbean Islands for Preferred Hotel Group and regional director of sales at The Delano and The Shore Club in Miami. She was previously sales manager at Pasea Hotel & Spa in Huntington Beach and Hyatt Regency in Orange County.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Reiplinger has worked in the hospitality industry for almost 20 years, most recently as managing director at the AAA Four Diamond Bodega Bay Lodge of the Woodside Hotel Group, also in Sonoma. Vialpando also formerly worked for Woodside Hotel Group as executive chef at Bodega Bay Lodge. Brent DeRaad. Lessing (left) and White (right).

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Editor’s Note: This article is the second part of Smart Meetings December 2021 issue Dash of Smart column. . Frustration with the current state of sourcing meetings predates the global pandemic. Hotel sales teams are barraged with automated forms, lean staffs and limited information to determine what the customer really needs.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

“Covid surges will be short-lived,” predicted Michael Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) during this week’s webinar on what the hospitality industry can expect from the new year. There’s been a lot of bumping of meetings and events, Dominguez reported. Force or Fear Majeure? Labor Department.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

A lot has changed since Conrad Hilton’s parents turned their general store into a hotel for traveling salespeople in San Antonio, New Mexico, in 1919. Related : Dishing 2019’s Hot F&B Trends for Groups. This replenishment may come from a free waffle or an extra measure to help guests feel safe in their hotel room.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The Napa Valley now offers three new ways to meet vineside. Gourmet Meetings. of meeting space includes a refined boardroom just steps from the restaurant, vaulted Acacia Barn for up to 120 people and outdoor event space that opens the gathering up to the vineyard views. Hotel Villagio. View this post on Instagram.

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Connect Your Meetings

MARCH 4, 2019

Marriott International represents about half of the world’s hotel options. So when it crowns rising food and beverage professionals, the winners are among the best in the hospitality industry. Sherene Hutchinson : The organization and this job allowed me to translate my innate nature into a career caring for guests every day.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In 2019, FAMP drew 1,500 attendees and 140 booths. During the spring and early summer, Saunders and her team communicated regularly with the hotel, which was closed during lockdown and set to re-open on July 1. The hotel waived attrition fees and lowered F&B minimums to the amount of our deposit. Held Sept. Lesson Learned.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2019

As a meeting professional, you have many choices of destinations to choose from in the Southwest. Combine a prime location less than 10 minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, near-perfect weather, a thriving local dining scene, and flexible meeting locations, and you have a perfect place for your next meeting.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

29, is International Coffee Day—an unofficial day of worship for many meeting professionals. Cause the best part of waking up is with three new coffee destinations in your meetings cup. Seriously— Coffee Fest , the B2B trade show for coffee professionals, is coming to Indianapolis in May 2019. This Saturday, Sept.

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