MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Hilton President and CEO Christopher Nassetta maintains an active presence in the meetings market through stage appearances at events such as Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders conference , held last month in Columbus, Ohio. However, “we can get back [to the 2019 rate] tomorrow if we want.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 7, 2023

February and March stats show guest-room rates considerably higher than the same period in 2019. Here’s an interesting conundrum: Hotel-room occupancy rates in the top 25 U.S. percent lower in February and March 2023 than in February and March 2019—but average daily rates were 14 to 20 percent higher in Q1 2023 versus Q1 2019.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 29, 2022

Several major hotel firms have announced new partnerships and substantial financial contributions to combat trafficking on their premises. First, IHG Hotels & Resorts has partnered with two major anti-trafficking organizations, ECPAT-USA and Polaris, to bring better training to IHG employees at its 3,850 U.S. properties.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! predictions conversation about the trends meeting profs need to prepare for in 2023. A lot of it is new meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2019

From West Hollywood to Dominica, hotel and resort properties are cropping up, providing unparalleled luxury, gorgeous views and redesigned guest experiences, not to mention plenty of locations for groups to meet. Here are eight—or nine, if you count a dual-brand as two hotels—that are doing things differently. The Last Hotel—St.

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Skift

JANUARY 22, 2020

20 December 2019: Eighth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Abu Dhabi. UNIS Vienna / Flickr Skift Take: As instant booking grows slowly among hotel chains, more boutique venues and co-working spaces are finding traction on digital sourcing platforms.

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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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Event Industry News

JUNE 24, 2019

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has announced the shortlist for its coveted miaList 2019. The prestigious miaList 2019 will feature 10 names alongside dedicated ‘Leadership’ and ‘Rising Star’ honours. Find out more about each of the shortlisted nominees here: www.mia-uk.org/miaList-2019-Shortlist.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Marriott International said today that it has reached an agreement with Hoteles City Express, S.A.B. Marriott says the “transaction is expected to make Marriott the largest hotel company in the Caribbean and Latin America (“CALA”), increasing its presence in the region by 45%, to 486 properties across 37 countries.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 27, 2020

At the time, we stated, “Hotels and the entire events supply chain need to understand that we won’t fully recover until we help conference and show organizers regain their top-line attendance and revenue.”. In fact, full recovery for U.S. In fact, full recovery for U.S. The Trickle-down Effect. lower-cost hybrid alternatives.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Planners in the United States expect all types of meetings to grow in attendance in 2019, noting an anticipated 1.24 percent increase in internal meetings. percent) is expected for conferences, trade shows, senior leadership meetings and board meetings. The smallest growth (more than 0.7 Experience.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 24, 2023

Increased activity in the Americas sign of shift in hospitality industry trends What if we told you that across Latin America, the number of guest rooms in the hotel construction pipeline topped 90,000, a 2% increase over last year, led by the growing hospitality footprint in Mexico City? The answer is “yes” and “no.”

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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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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

trillion (in 2019 dollars, adjusted for inflation) will be spent on travel in the United States in 2022, but this is still 10% below 2019 levels and 16% below where it should have been in 2022, if not for the pandemic. Have a glass of wine and stay in a hotel, enjoy your night not being stressed while everyone misses their events.”.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 15, 2022

A hot topic during last week’s Hotel Data Conference was booking the right balance between leisure business travelers. Hint: A new meeting pattern could help groups having a difficult time at the negotiating table.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 9, 2022

Late April was a popular time for revisiting the hotel tax in several meetings-heavy cities. First, Nashville got the go-ahead from Tennessee state legislators to raise its hotel-motel tax by one percent, which will bring the total to six percent once Governor Bill Lee signs the bill. Combined with the 9.25-percent

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With major airlines’ daily flight volumes shifting to better accommodate leisure travelers, some meetings might benefit from a change in schedule. This keeps the Sunday-to-Wednesday pattern attractive—but also brings into play a Monday-to-Friday or Wednesday-to-Friday meeting pattern that could make attendees’ travel easier on both ends.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 2, 2019

Conde Nast editors have some suggestions for where to host your next meeting. The travel magazine announced their 2019 top hotels in the world and the United States managed to snag 13 of the 14 best hotels in North America honors with hotels located across the country, from New York to California. Regis New York.

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Consider these 20 new or refurbished hotels to host your meetings. The 45-story property in downtown Seattle is the largest hotel in the Pacific Northwest. This luxury property with 32,000 square feet of elevated meeting space is this Hilton brand’s first location in the nation’s capital. Hotel Bennett, Charleston, S.C.

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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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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2022

IHG Hotels & Resorts announced a new collaboration this week with Unilever to replace travel-sized toiletries with a less wasteful alternative. Rather than replacing amenities after every guest, Dove (Unilever’s biggest brand) will provide hotels with full-size products that can be refilled as needed.

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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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Event Industry News

JULY 20, 2022

Cvent , a market-leading meetings, events, travel and hospitality technology provider, published the latest instalment of the Cvent Travel Managers Report: Europe Edition , which provides in-depth insights into current corporate travel trends and activity. Travel managers also source for meetings and events. ·

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 2, 2022

million fewer employees than it did in 2019, says the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—many hotels, event venues, and restaurants are having significant trouble servicing meeting groups. With the hospitality industry’s workforce at just 84 percent of its prior size—it has 1.3

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022.

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Samantha Brown has been inspiring wanderlust since her television journey first began with Travel Channel’s “Great Hotels.” Other shows followed, including “Girl Meets Hawaii,” “Passport to Europe,” “Passport to China,” “Great Weekends,” and “Samantha Brown’s Asia,” taking Brown to more than 250 cities in 62 countries and 40 states.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 23, 2023

New figures show that the meetings market is hot. In both November and December 2022, the number of business meetings and events in the U.S. was about three percent higher than during those same months in 2019, according to the most recent industry analysis from Knowland.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 31, 2022

Over the last two years, the economy extended-stay hotel market has been outperforming all other segments, said Geoff Ballotti, president and CEO of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. With this outperformance, it’s no wonder why Wyndham is launching Echo—an acronym for Economy Hotel Opportunity—its economy extended-stay brand in 2023.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

Hoppers busiest airport data Travel agency Hopper ’s Memorial Day and Summer Travel research posts say that domestic airfare dropped 26% or $100 per ticket from 2022 and are a further 6% below 2019 levels. Hotel prices in the United States have dropped from 2022 down to $208 per night over Memorial Day Weekend, -6% from this time last year.

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EventMB

JANUARY 11, 2023

Skift Take: Chris Nassetta, CEO of Hilton Hotels, a featured speaker during PCMA Convening Leaders, predicts the business events industry will exceed the high water mark of 2019 this year. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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APRIL 25, 2024

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) held its 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Feb. In March, urologist Ashley Winter took to X (formerly Twitter) to share that she wouldn’t be attending the American Urological Association’s 2024 annual meeting, May 3 – 6, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas. “My 6-11, at Moscone West. Gerard said.

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BizBash

APRIL 16, 2019

These new and renovated convention centers, hotels, restaurants, and other event venues are making a commitment to eco-friendly events.

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Event Industry News

JULY 11, 2022

Agency name : Conference Hotel Group BV Date formed : 2011 No of annual events supported : 700 – 900 events a year Staff : 5 persons incl the two owners Offices : 1 in Amsterdam Web address : www.conferencehotelgroup.com Mantra : Full of energy & passion for hotels! .

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 4, 2023

If other airlines follow suit, one effect on meetings could be that Wednesdays—traditionally the busiest travel day for attendees because of the meeting patterns preferred by host hotels—see fewer flights into and out of various destinations. percent lower than they were in June 2019.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Smart Meetings talked to leaders in the diversity and inclusion movement in 2018 to find out what strategies can help planners create a really big tent. PCMA CEO Sherrif Karamat would like to see the meetings industry act as model for how inclusion can be integrated into the workplace, the expo floor and the conversation.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2022

Is that an opportunity for meetings? By March, meetings business in most of the top 25 meeting markets in the country beat forecasts, while April is also on pace to notably exceed the forecasts made as recently as early February. Team meetings that have been postponed multiple times will finally take place.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 20, 2023

Smart Meetings selected a few of the top mentions to highlight initiatives and event spaces that are working to keep the Earth clean and green. of event space, which includes 62 meeting rooms and a 58,000 sq. In honor of Earth Day, our friends at WalletHub released a survey detailing the greenest States in the United States.

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