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Meeting Planners Unite Sets 2019 Agenda

Smart Meetings

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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Guest blog: Insuring against festival fears

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After the double disappointment of 2019, organisers need to reassure and protect prospective festivalgoers who will avoid paying the high price of tickets if the risk of poor experiences remains. One of these extras should be insurance, which is no longer a necessary evil but a vital experience-enhancer. But how can this be done?

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Breaking Down Silos in Insurance With No-Code Technology

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In recent years, Insurers have sought to digitalize their processes and improve their customer experience , making it more seamless and tailored to the needs of today’s digital consumers. For this reason, digitalizing processes in insurance companies should not be seen as a replacement for the existing agency model.

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State of Virtual Meeting Tools

Smart Meetings

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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Financial Meeting Planners Face Special Challenges During Crises

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When the going gets tough, the tough cut costs—at least in the financial and insurance conference sector, where budgets often are more likely to come under the scrutiny of regulators. More : Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less. We see it as an opportunity to help these clients see their business in a different way.”.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

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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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IBTM World smashes meeting results for 2021

Event Industry News

IBTM World has announced the results of its bespoke appointment matching process, achieving the same average number of appointments per Hosted Buyer and exhibitor as in 2019. We’re very much looking forward to being on the show floor in Barcelona feeling the buzz of business meetings and networking taking place again.”.

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