Master the Event
DECEMBER 12, 2023
First there were the additional fees charged by airlines for; boarding early, watching tv, having a meal on board, and checking luggage. Now event planning companies are learning that airlines are looking at adding extra fees for their preferred seats. Add in weather and have a whole other can of worms.
Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Airline travel seems reasonably safe these days. Airlines claim “cabin air is refreshed 20-30 times an hour.” “ —Quote from a meeting planner’s January 2022 conference report. I’ve heard reports of this natural but hazardous behavior at many conferences held over the last couple of years.
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MeetingsNet
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
A sampling of how the leading independent planning companies execute every sort of event, from user conferences to exotic incentives. The 2020 CMI 25 list is out, with profiles of the 25 largest independent meeting planning companies serving the corporate market in North America. Gating level. anonymous user. Media Image.
Smart Meetings
APRIL 7, 2023
Christian Savelli Hospitality industry watcher Chris Meyer, who recently returned from SISO CEO Summit Conference in Las Vegas, agreed that conference organizer executives who attended were largely upbeat even though they are looking at the same recession indicators—an inverted Treasury yield curve, shrinking manufacturing and buying power.
Plan Your Meetings
JANUARY 5, 2017
In second-tier cities, convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) will help you increase attendance at your convention and make your meeting planning easier. Memorable conference spaces: move beyond a convention center and choose more unique space such as a historic home or (in the case of our experience in Lexington, Ky.)
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
On the conference front, Waterman immediately went into triage mode. He created videos showing himself in front of the high and dry downtown convention center, and explained the importance of conventions following through on their planned arrivals. He had 11 conventions due to arrive that month. “As
Smart Meetings
APRIL 19, 2022
District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a federal judge in Florida, ruled the directive unlawful, opening up a loophole for airlines (many of whom have publicly voiced support for the end of the federal mandate) to allow customers to make their own decision to mask or not. mask mandate on public transportation, U.S.
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