Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

American Airlines has a waiver for 30 airports in the Midwest and a separate waiver for 30 in the Northeast. The phased project includes a 3,000-person event space along with public open space that meeting planners can look forward to booking in the 500-room hotel/casino.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 4, 2022

Over the past 60 days, the meetings and events industry has been whipsawed by the Covid pandemic. First, early November saw the IMEX America show in Las Vegas become the first event in the U.S. Even with a sudden and strong headwind to contend with, PCMA has no plans to cancel or abbreviate the event. Room Set-Ups Have Changed.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

This eloquently sums up what 2021 will need as we return to live events. To consider attending a live event in 2021, we will need to understand how we will remain safe across the entire journey, whether a 3-hour or a 3-day event. How will we need to respond? Shift: Personal Safety, Pandemic Style. Passing Trend: Hugless.

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Event Farm

APRIL 1, 2021

We want to help bring in-person events back safely – hence why we’ve been initiating conversations with experts, bringing ideas and recommendations to the events community, and exploring technology’s role in helping planners host safer events. They’re also low-hanging fruit for event safety. 1: Airflow/ventilation.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 8, 2024

We were operating a business meeting that was just getting underway when those horrible events occurred. However thanks to a very experienced operations manager, and a preplanned crisis management strategy, we were able to get over 300 delegates back to Chicago (from Toronto) while no airlines were operating.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2021

He has worked in various leadership roles at Four Seasons since 2000, such as assistant food and beverage manager, director of sales in multiple locations and director of marketing, among others. Most recently, Giang was executive assistant manager of food and beverage at Alma Resort.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Fans and brands have made a triumphant return to the 2021 US Open Tennis Championships after spectators were banned from last year’s event due to COVID. On the second floor of the space, Wilson is hosting events and offering tournament viewing from an exclusive Sky Box lounge. This year’s competition, taking place Aug.

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Event Marketer

JULY 12, 2021

Activating outdoors may come with its share of obstacles, but as the industry navigates year two of the pandemic, brands continue to prioritize outdoor events as a safer alternative to engaging their audiences in enclosed spaces. More Insights on Outdoor Events: Five Insights on Producing Outdoor Experiences Amid COVID-19.

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A meeting planner will have much more bargaining power for room rates, food and beverage etc. With the exception of school breaks, airlines are willing to negotiate with groups to fill their seats. Here are a few suggestions of winter activities for groups: Sporting Events. Off-Site venues (museums, galleries etc.)

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SmartMeetings

JULY 19, 2022

In fact, the reported 25% increase in average airline ticket prices has given many attendees pause. Cutting down on essentials for an event is no easy task, but there are ways to shave costs without attendees feeling any change in quality. The experience your attendees have during your event “is the most memorable,” she said.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 29, 2022

She brings more than 18 years of hospitality and destination sales experience with Hyatt Hotels, and has held leadership roles in food and beverage and events, as well. The global event tech and production company Encore welcomed Duffy as director of external communications. Ali Moussa. Jennifer Duffy. Richard Cox.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 26, 2020

Events Industry Council (EIC)’s Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce is navigating the turbulence by collecting accepted practices in one place. The living document will be updated as the situation changes and everyone learns more about how to support a vibrant live-events industry. Amy Calvert.

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Conference Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It seems a bit strange opening a blog about events by talking about Tesla and electric cars but be patient. With all the current discussion about COP26, sustainability and a real focus on Carbon Footprints, both business and personal, do you as an event organiser, want to be a pioneer for the Meeting and Events industry like Tesla?

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Emirates , the Dubai-based airline, is honoring Indian culture by serving passengers special treats. Happy Diwali from all of us at Emirates,” the airline Tweeted. It is a five-day cultural celebration with a candle lighting ritual, firework displays, dancing and, of course, food.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2022

Heu is now area director of food and beverage for Highgate Hotels Hawaii. Smith has also been assistant general manager and director of food and beverage at The Inn at Hastings Park in Lexington, Massachusetts, and director of service at The Hammond Kitchen and Craft Bar in Camas, Washington, her most recent position.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 4, 2020

Smart Meetings asked industry leaders from the front lines of hotels, event venues and creators, transportation, travel, networking, wellness and sustainability to share their commitments and challenges for keeping everyone safe and connected. We may set tables closer to event times and wrap utensils in napkins for additional protection.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Dominguez joined Smart Meetings for a conversation about the future of the industry from PCMA Convening Leaders event at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas. A thoughtful approach to safety at those events is keeping people healthy while they get business done, but the threat of variants present and future is holding some organizers back.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. Events Industry Council to Update CMP Criteria.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Auctions require donations : physical items (airline tickets, hotel rooms, food, beverage, sports memorabilia, jewelry, children’s items, pet products, electronics), experiences (lunch with the Mayor, golf clinics, riding lessons, spa days), or live animals (puppies). Start Date: February 11, 2020. Length: 8 Weeks Online.

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Jujama

JULY 10, 2018

We’ve tracked down some tips to help event organizers keep their venue costs as low as possible. Similar to buying airline tickets, the dates and times you choose for your event can dramatically effect the price. Planning your event early gives you the most bargaining power. Here are our top 5: 1. Happy planning!

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The Castle Group

AUGUST 23, 2022

Recently, our events team sat down to discuss the top challenges facing our industry today and how to address them. While many industries were able to shift to a remote workforce, hotels, restaurants and airlines faced major layoffs and demand fluctuations and are now playing catch up, hiring and training staff in a tight market.

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Master the Event

APRIL 6, 2022

A meeting and event planner is one busy person. When I started to compile an outline of all the items that you would find on an event checklist I started to realize that there’s no way to cover all of it in one article. As the title says, it’s imperative that a planner establishes his or her event objectives. But it’s true.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Airline satisfaction is down, according to a new study by J.D. Minneapolis is home to the largest event space in the Upper Midwest, the 1.6 Another is Create Dining Studio , which adds to the dining experience by allowing diners to interact with chefs and watch their food be cooked and prepared. The 17th-annual study, “ J.D.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 19, 2017

Rewards points earned for meetings and events. Arrival gift of bonus points, a food & drink amenity or air miles. National airline program: JetBlue TrueBlue. Complimentary alcoholic beverages onboard. International airline program: American Airlines AAdvantage. Hotel: Marriott Rewards. No blackout dates.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While the omicron variant dashed some organizations’ event plans at the eleventh hour, the brands that were fortunate enough to activate this season delivered creative work that just might spark inspiration for your 2022 events. CHASE x SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. That’s where the More Perks Café came in. Agency: MAS.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 25, 2017

The annual study polled 63,000 guests between June 2016 and May 2017 to determine overall satisfaction on things like reservation, check-in/ check-out, guest room, food and beverage, hotel services and price. Use points for airline miles or car rental awards. Trade points for American Airlines or United miles.

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zkipster

MAY 5, 2022

“The decisive way the UAE has handled the pandemic, including boasting the world’s highest vaccination rate, provided certainty for brands, giving them the confidence to host special events there. One notable example is Chanel , which hosted its Cruise 2021/22 fashion show in Dubai in November 2021.”. DANIEL DESSAUGES | CEO | ZKIPSTER.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 2, 2018

In other words, hotels and resorts saw what airlines were doing and started figuring out their own ways to increase revenue beyond the basic fare —or, in this case, the room rate. ” Kear also advises that planners bring along their financials from previous years’ events to show their hotel spend and P&L.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. Events Industry Council to Update CMP Criteria.

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All Seated

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In the world of events, technology has helped everyone to become more organized while keeping vendors and clients on the same page. No longer is there a need for on-site meetings and the virtual reality experience makes clients feel as though they are really there in person, assisting greatly with planning destination events.

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Event Leadership Institute

MAY 9, 2015

That simply doesn’t fly anymore, particularly in a world where people are used to being able to check pricing and availability instantly online (think airline tickets, restaurant reservations, and the like). If it’s a fund-raising event, they talk about where the auction checkout could be held, or how they’d light the silent auction display.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Learn about the most popular event types for achieving business goals. All B2B event types are usually centered around a concerted effort to achieve common business goals. These types of events are defined by their target audience. Why B2B events? B2B event marketing is just as important as B2C events.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Likewise, the airport’s restaurant options include a range of locally sourced, organic food and wine — the Bay Area was a pioneer in the farm-to-table-movement. The Hyatt Regency’s renovation closed a sports bar and unveiled a new food-and-beverage concept, 3 Sixty, that combines a bar, lounge, restaurant, and market.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Its growth as a major technology hub—in 2015, Forbes named it the top city for tech growth in the United States—has gone hand-in-hand with its expanded food and beverage options, and several attractive new hotels, including the 1,012-room JW Marriott Austin, which has 112,000 sq. of event space. It features 2.6 million sq.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 12, 2022

Testing must be a component of our events. Southwest’s incoming CEO Robert Jordan told AP in an interview conducted in December but published this week, that the airline is not considering changing its “no bag or change fees” policy. Keeping you and your groups up to speed with weekly travel updates. The Buzz. “If

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

The tent, set up in Arsenal’s big backyard, was surrounded by food trucks, sponsor lounges tucked into shipping containers stacked three stories high, and collaborative sessions, including some held aboard boats on the adjacent canal. It brings a bit of fun and a relaxed approach to the discussions that are programmed into your event.”.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 2, 2017

Atlanta and Palo Alto, California, Smith is serving up Southern American food with a bit of an Italian flare. The door-to-door experience includes luxury coach pick-up and drop-off from participants’ hotels and venues, with food and wine dining tours, as well as sightseeing and shopping excursions. Just go west.

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