Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

He brings experience in religious, fraternal and ethnic meetings segments to drive new conventions and meetings to Cincinnati and establish it as a top national meetings destination. In this role, she will personally oversee high-profile bookings from contract to completion.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 1, 2024

It’s tough to imagine a meeting that might run more smoothly than the Event Services Professionals Association’s annual conference, the most recent edition of which took place in late January in Indianapolis. A hospitality lifer, Fitzpatrick started at a Marriott call center in Omaha, Neb., I’m very honored.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

With the addition of the two new hires, the senior leadership team for the world-renowned meetings and exhibitions centre is now 60 per cent female. Situated in a prime location opposite World Heritage Site, Westminster Abbey, the QEII Centre is one of London and the UK’s foremost conference and events centres.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Meeting and conference planners spend on average 60 hours per conference sourcing, reviewing, negotiating and finalizing venue contracts. We are speaking with Jasmine Eldeen, Director of Global Accounts with HelmsBriscoe, we chat about best practices for meeting planners in working with a hotel sourcing company.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Three weeks after Hyatt Corporation confirmed that it would cut planner commissions, thereby following the lead of three other large hospitality companies, Meeting Planners Unite held its first conference in Washington, D.C. The post Meeting Planners Unite Sets 2019 Agenda appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

The HBAA has spoken to a cross-section of agency and venue members and gathered opinions on how Brexit is impacting the events and hospitality industry. Over the past 12 months, the effects of Brexit on the hospitality and events industry have been mixed. Brexit’s impact on business.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Why is hospitality industry sentiment upbeat even as predictions call for economic downturn? Oxford Economics’ Savelli explained that during past recessions, room demand overreacted, with sometimes twice as much of a contraction as the economy overall. The good news is that travel is well positioned to withstand any downturn,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2024

Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2024

Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

How can you word the hotel contract to protect your company? Smart Meetings asked two veteran independent meeting professionals : ConferenceDirect Vice President Carolyn Poole and Bravo! Whenever you ask for something—extra drinks in the meeting space, AV help, etc., Events CEO Nancy Shaffer for answers.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 6, 2021

The move is dependent on the continued availability of vaccines and continued decreases in Covid-19 hospitalizations. Those who are vaccinated [but contract the virus] generally have seen very mild symptoms,” he added. “If If we continue to see that and see the stabilization in data, then we will move forward with the June 15 date.”.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 27, 2021

Even companies that canceled key conferences altogether in the chaos of 2020 have announced they are bringing back at least the virtual component. Facebook’s F8 developer conference will be a one-day streaming event in June “to celebrate, inspire and help developers grow.” The Day the Meetings Stopped.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“Short lead times and conversions will continue to be a theme for business meetings and events in 2023. Meanwhile, greener meetings and more sustainable ways of operating will continue to be high on the agenda. Kerrin MacPhie, chief executive of the Meetings Industry Association. Booker expectations and prioritising inclusion.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

has acquired London-based coworking and small meetings start-up, ?Bold?. Bold-branded spaces come as a complete turnkey package that includes design and build, hospitality, events and wellbeing, sales and marketing and the Bold tech platform. a leading provider of branded workspace solutions, powered by?

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2020

The hospitality industry is coming to the rescue. Expert groups are addressing each area, starting with a report on health and safety from the Meeting and Event Design group that is scheduled to be on the EIC website by early July. Preparing for Return to Meeting. Here are highlights. Advocating for the Future.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Paje are specialists in the meetings, events, and conference market, who offer bespoke training for venues, hotels, and agencies. Paje Consultancy was set up by Mandy Jennings in 2010, who has a breadth of sales, conference and marketing experience with major hotel and venue operators.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Swapcard first entered the United Arab Emirates as the event app provider for Step Conference, the largest experiential tech festival in the Middle East, for its 2019 edition. He said, “The Middle East has a huge economy that’s focused on live experiences, hospitality and AI. Conferences. Areas of interest. Brand Events.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 27, 2022

In our experience, nearly every meeting service provider is short-staffed and plagued by last-minute no-shows or insufficiently skilled workers. To best prepare you, here are seven kinds of curveballs we’ve seen thrown at event organizers of large conferences in 2022 — and how to deal with them. Jacob Slaton Photography). ON THE WEB.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

With over 25 years of experience in travel, tourism and business events, and in leadership roles with Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Destination Toronto, he brings extensive experience to oversee BestCities operations, focusing on their values of legacy, sustainability and advancement of the global impact of meeting events.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 20, 2018

ILEC Conference Centre , part of the actual Hotel Ibis London Earls Court, firstly opened in 1972. Over the next 30 years, the hotel operated under several brand names (Centre Hotel, Ramada, Park In…) until 2003 when Accor hotels Group took over the management contract under the Ibis brand.

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SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When used to host a mixture of pharma ad board formats throughout the year – in-person, virtual, hybrid, asynchronous – this technology can transform pharma ad boards into fruitful meetings that bring 5x more insights. For example, early on, meetings may focus on clinical trial design, risk management plans, and target patients.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Let’s lobby to change how meeting professionals are categorized to elevate our worth The meetings industry is still relatively new. One signal that “meeting professional” is a new career track is the way government looks at us. One signal that “meeting professional” is a new career track is the way government looks at us.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

When we emerge from our government-imposed cocoons, we are less likely to find participants content with trends that meet pop culture standards but rather will shift and seek those that tie into the deeper values they have put to the test over this past year. This eloquently sums up what 2021 will need as we return to live events.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 31, 2021

Scotland’s only trade show for business events, meetings, incentives and hospitality professionals will return next month. billion business events and meetings industry. EVENTIT offers high calibre buyers the opportunity to connect with industry professionals involved in delivering Scotland’s £3.5

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

About 75 percent of respondents to a recent Meeting Professionals International survey said they were seeing increases in AV costs—and about 25 percent of them said the increases were more than 10 percent. Maggie Kearney, meeting & publications manager, International College of Surgeons–U.S. Tried-and-True AV/Event-Tech Cost Cuts.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 17, 2020

Mutual support and optimism was trending during a joint #MeetingsChat Twitter Chat discussion on Thursday moderated by Smart Meetings and Meetings Mean Business. Some are putting their diverse skills to use, such as those at Conference Care Package, who have been planting tomatoes to give to those in need.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2020

Two bodies of research highlight planners’ challenges and potential attendees’ preferences when it comes to meetings. In a late June webinar that drew more than 700 corporate and association meeting planners, 64 percent of attendees responded that they expect their organizations to return to holding in-person events by January 2021.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2022

However, in a press conference via phone on May 26, CDC’s Deputy Director, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Capt. rates of infection and hospitalization are also an underreported but important trend. Jennifer McQuiston said, “We are in the early days of this response. Likely more cases will occur.”.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Award winning consortium Venues of Excellence has just launched its ‘Confidence in Us’ campaign to underpin their venues commitment to deliver safe events as the UK opens up to ‘business as usual’ for meetings and events. Our venues continue to offer flexibility with their contracts and terms of business. Read more here.

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Social Tables

AUGUST 10, 2023

Event planners are responsible for organizing and coordinating events such as weddings, corporate events, conferences, and fundraisers. Event planners are responsible for creating and executing events that meet the goals and vision of their clients. First, exactly what does an event planner get paid to do? Non-profit event planners.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 3, 2023

discussions to a “Belong-a-palooza” to a filmmaker workshop, fresh topics will complement evergreen sessions such as event contracting and meeting security, for a lively educational agenda. From generative A.I IMEX, Encore, Maritz Global Events, Cvent, DRPG, and PCMA are among the organizations sharing new ways to use technology.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

British caterer and restaurateur, Searcys, announces its partnership with event and conference venue, Church House Westminster , providing catering services across the venue in a seven-year contract.

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Canadian Special Events

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Brampton, ON Apply here Event Manager IG Wealth Management, Toronto, ON Apply here Event Manager SharpLight Technologies, Concord, ON Apply here Event Manager – Toronto Burstyn Inc., Toronto, ON Apply here Events Manager Moxies, Vancouver, BC Apply here Events Manager Syntax Systems Ltd.,

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Paje Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract to provide a full marketing, membership and enquiry service to the prestigious Westminster Venue Collection (WVC) from 1 st November 2021.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

What I do: I am responsible for contracting more than 75 hotel agreements per year. I manage our exhibitor housing and hospitality processes (more than 31,000 peak room nights). I planned the first RIMS on the Hill conference, which continues to this day. In 2000, I joined the events and education department at RIMS.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. More than seven percent had produced more than 10 face-to-face meetings during that time.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 17, 2020

and conference attendees are enjoying breakfast in airy prefunction space outside a ballroom. In North America, the reality is that the inventory of full-service hotels capable of hosting meetings is not growing fast enough, forcing planners to reach out to more cities, and more hotels, in initial searches. It’s 8:30 a.m.,

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