SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. More than seven percent had produced more than 10 face-to-face meetings during that time.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 26, 2021

Meetings / dinners outdoors, except one rain instance (tripled social distancing space). Meetings situated one person per six-foot table, each six feet apart. Individually packaged food and beverages. Our testing identified two infected participants—one who had contracted Covid-19 in July 2020 and was fully vaccinated.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 26, 2021

Meetings / dinners outdoors, except one rain instance (tripled social distancing space). Meetings situated one person per six-foot table, each six feet apart. Individually packaged food and beverages. Our testing identified two infected participants—one who had contracted Covid-19 in July 2020 and was fully vaccinated.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 28, 2021

If you or your organization require expert assistance, you should contract the services of a professional. Key Takeaways: Be a fully informed planner: read the entire contract, ask questions, and hire a hospitality attorney if you need assistance in reviewing, negotiating, or renegotiating a contract.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

When we emerge from our government-imposed cocoons, we are less likely to find participants content with trends that meet pop culture standards but rather will shift and seek those that tie into the deeper values they have put to the test over this past year. This eloquently sums up what 2021 will need as we return to live events.

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Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

What can event and meeting pros do to keep their skills relevant and up-to-date? Check out these resources to keep your skills sharp for the rest of 2020 and into 2021. Learn what it takes to produce virtual events and meetings – including virtual fundraisers. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals.

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Event Leadership Institute

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Read on for 33 questions to evaluate when planning for the return of in-person events, curated from planners who recently completed our Pandemic Meeting & Event Design certificate course. What is the event need/goal, and must the outcomes be achieved by meeting in-person? And if so, what components should the contract include?

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Event Leadership Institute

AUGUST 28, 2020

August 28, 2020 – As planning for modified in-person events for 2021 begins, planners are left wondering how attendees feel about attending on-site events – including the health protocols and procedures that will make them feel safe. Pandemic Meeting & Event Design Certificate. Start Date: November 10, 2020.

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Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

A generational shift (mostly driven by technology and online interaction) is forcing large hotel chains to create new brands with completely overhauled meeting and event offers. Following the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, for example, attendee safety has become a key focus for event professionals.

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Event Leadership Institute

AUGUST 26, 2020

But separate from the country’s response to the pandemic, the experience provides event and meeting planners with the first glimpse valuable as to what live events might look like before a vaccine is available. Developed in partnership with MPI, the course is eligible for 20 Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) continuing education credits.

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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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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2021

She tells Sarah how Hilton pivoted in March 2020 and shares the resources they created to help their customers. Before Sarah and Kelly talk about hybrid event tips and tricks, they need to go all the way back to March 2020 when Hilton pivoted from in-person events to virtual and hybrid events. Pivoting To The New World Order.

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The MICE

AUGUST 11, 2021

In March 2020, when they had to shut down due to COVID-19, five days later, they developed the virtual experience. Virtual event tech helped to scale the business, ‘The virtual world started for us in March 2020, in a big way.’. ‘We Our concept is Portuguese authentic food, fabulous drag queens and breathtaking performances.’.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

Let’s face it: This year will be tough for meeting planners. Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. So, what happens when an unstoppable force (supplier price increases) meets an immovable object (meeting planning budgets)? .

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Event Marketer

JULY 27, 2021

The sponsorship includes in-person activations like the VIP Game Day Experience, which gives fans the chance to watch their favorite NWSL team at a regular-season match from the best seats in the house and includes a prepaid Mastercard for food, beverages and swag. One way to show at-home fans some love?

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Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2021

Shelley Hodgkinson, senior director-event solutions at Walmart, described the “new budget” her team is preparing to build in EM’s webinar, Mastering Event Contracts in the Post-COVID Era. “As This article was originally published in 2020 and is updated periodically. Because these days we all want to breathe easier.

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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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Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2020

VenueBook is the only end-to-end solution available today for booking non-hotel meeting and event space directly, across multiple brands. The comprehensive solution will enable planners to manage the entire procurement process – from sourcing and negotiating to contracting, paying and reporting – through a single, secure platform.

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Also, during the 2020 pandemic, investment firm Vista Equity Partners merged the Gather event management platform into Tripleseat and appears to be retiring Gather, so we will not be covering Gather in this article. Sales Documents & Tools (Proposals, Contracts, etc.). Food & Beverage Management (Menus, BEOs, etc.).

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

What would you say is the biggest challenge for a traditional association meeting planner? 1 skillset is no longer your food and beverage and your contracting of the venue and so on. We’ll find that we don’t just necessarily have annual meetings. So we will get to that point — the sooner the better.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 10, 2020

For a huge number of people, experiencing this baptism-by-fire of virtual interaction has shown them that while it may not be a true substitute to meeting in-person, it’s a lot closer than people thought. For theater or classroom style meetings it may be easy to lower density without drastically reducing the impact.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 27, 2022

During his tenure there, the property was named one of the 2020 Top 15 Resort Hotels in the West by Travel + Leisure. He has also been director of food and beverage for the complex, as well as director of rooms at La Cabana Beach Resort & Casino. Daniel Padilla. Victor Pynn. Vindow Inc. , Justin Jaret.

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