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Planners Get Straight Talk from Hotel Owners

MeetingsNet

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups.

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Michael Dominguez to Be Honored for Career of Service

MeetingsNet

If you drew a Venn diagram of board members over the past decade who have served Meeting Professionals International, U.S.

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ABPCO reveals content for inaugural Festival of Learning

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Wednesday 1st – Online 1345-1400 ABPCO Chairs – Michael Smith & Barbara Calderwood Welcome 1400-1445 Adam Baggs, Soaring Worldwide Positive thought, Positive interaction and Positive action – how the 3Ps can support your mental health 1600-1645 Martin Boyle & IAPCO Representatives International Collaboration: working together (..)

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Derrick Johnson on Continuous Professional Development

PCMA Convene

One year I decided the kid camps were no longer of interest, so I began helping their director of meetings onsite. Checking BEOs and room sets onsite developed into helping prepare for the meeting over my summer vacations, and eventually led to planning some of the smaller association meetings before I graduated high school.

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Solving for Pricing, Sponsorships, and Skills Challenges When Going Digital

PCMA Convene

In fact, the biggest hindrance to association meeting planning right now is that “time is ticking away,” Colangelo said. You are seeing the focus on virtual, and also seeing meeting planners having to create an “insurance policy” for their associations by potentially producing digital and live meetings simultaneously.

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And Then There Were 20

PCMA Convene

Lastly, I’d like to generate more interest in association meetings management and make this industry more attractive to students, who potentially will be the future leaders of our field. Business Events Manager, Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. Associate Meeting Planner, Harborside. Erica Critzer.

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New Brands Emerge from Benchmark/Gemstone Combo

MeetingsNet

Benchmark Hospitality International and Gemstone Hotels & Resorts have merged to become BENCHMARK, a global hospitality company with a new corporate identity and three distinct hotel collections. read more.