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For Short-Term Meetings, a Market Squeeze?

MeetingsNet

markets have seen especially strong occupancy rates driven by group demand, while forward bookings through the end of 2023 are well above last year’s pace. For planners who are booking meetings between now and the end of the year, the task is notably more challenging than what was anticipated less than two months ago. The top 25 U.S.

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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Shifting marketing budgets. Planners are charged with making the problem go away but have little to no negotiating power.

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Hoteliers’ Thoughts on Accommodating Meeting Groups into 2023

MeetingsNet

Hint: A new meeting pattern could help groups having a difficult time at the negotiating table. This article in Hotel News Now shows that the leisure market was the primary focus of the hotel executives on those panels.

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Will Meetings Thrive in 2024?

Smart Meetings

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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Meetings Biz Is Strong, but Comes with Planner Pain

MeetingsNet

The latest MPI Meetings Outlook survey reports outstanding prospects for business in 2023, but the trials of a hotel seller’s market and staffing issues aren’t going away. However, a strong counterpoint to the respondents’ confidence is data on ongoing staffing issues and, for planners, the challenges of the seller’s market.

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75% of travel managers in Europe expect 2022 business travel volume to surpass 2019 levels according to new Cvent report

Event Industry News

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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New Quarterly Dashboard Shows Meeting Trends at Hotels

MeetingsNet

Knowland and Amadeus combined their data to provide a better understanding of meeting demand by market segment plus average meeting attendance, total event space used, and other elements. Government meetings are just two percent of the total. hotels over those 12 months. percent Healthcare: 10.3 percent Technology: 10.3

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