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Top Challenges Facing the Meeting Planning Industry Right Now

The Castle Group

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. Second, build efficiencies into your plan. Work with hotel partners and other vendors to understand their weak spots.

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8 Lessons 2016 Taught Us About Meeting Planning

SmartMeetings

In fact, London is more equipped than ever to handle high-tech meetings, marketing itself as the Silicon Valley of Europe. Forty percent of the world’s top companies have headquartered operations in London, including many financial institutions and technology hubs. Further reading: London Travel Exec Responds to Brexit Vote.

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The 2020 CMI 25 in Pictures

MeetingsNet

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. DataTable subpages.

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4 Emergency Preparedness Lessons from ADMEI 2019

Smart Meetings

The DMC now has a formal visitor-emergency evacuation plan that will allow groups to get airline seats out of town before residents who might have more options. Las Vegas is known for having some of most advanced security technology in place in the world. “It Hospitality Strong Won Day.

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Meeting Job Candidates Have Changed. Are You Prepared?

MeetingsNet

For the hiring wave of 2023, it’s taking longer to find the right meeting planning candidate—it’s not always a clear fit in today’s workplace environment. In Penfold’s experience, 90 percent of meeting planning applicants want that flexibility. It’s been an intense few years for U.S. workplaces.

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20 Tips On Increasing Audience Engagement At Events

Certain

Plan the Room Design. Designing and diagramming a room is the cornerstone of meeting planning. We offered attendees the chance to win fantastic prizes such as, an AirBnB Vacation, airline tickets, or lift tickets to your favorite ski resort! Leverage Event Technology. And you can also!

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Top Event Agencies: The Ultimate Directory (2019)

Bizzabo

We provide cutting edge technology for field & event marketing teams while deploying dedicated event reps to drive targeted registrations and attendees for regional field marketing events. BCD Meetings & Events. Notable clients: American Airlines, American Express, BEAM, E&J Gallo, Shell. Seattle, WA. New York, NY.

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