SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2020

The group is addressing health and safety, community, global ecosystems, reskilling the industry , innovation, digital transformation , advocacy and risk mitigation. Destinations International’s “We’re Here to Help” recovery campaign was designed to unify the meetings, events and travel industry. Preparing for Return to Meeting.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

Financial 74

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Service-fee hikes, changing sourcing patterns, the inflation squeeze, and who can forget when an attendee at a medical conference slapped a panelist? Many of year’s most-read stories help meeting pros navigate their biggest challenges, but they also celebrate accomplishments and look ahead at new ideas and technologies. Read the story.)

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Hans Ritten Loews Hotels & Co announces Hans Ritten as the new general manager of Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. He blew over from another Windy City property, Omni Hotel Chicago, where he was general manager.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The definition of “risk” has grown beyond the traditional definitions of financial, operational, reputational and security issues meeting professionals checked off their list as they prepared to bring people together in days of old. Defining Risk. Technology Risks. Or they may work, but pose a cybersecurity threat.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM, works in Woodhaven, New York, as a s enior business events manager at RIMS, Risk Management Society. 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).

2019 71

2019 Risk Management Hospitality Contracts 71

SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 10, 2020

More : What Does a COVID Vaccine Really Mean for Travel and Meetings? Sanitation and health security will be permanently more important risk management strategies,” said FICP Executive Director Steve Bova, CAE. The post IRF Survey: Prospects for Resumption of Incentive Travel Optimistic appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim. The pivot to digital events over the last year revealed that a lot of value delivered at face-to-face meetings can effectively be online. Smart Meetings asked Sharon Bonner, founder of Bright Ideas Events, after she staged a ball for 1,500 employees.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

Meeting and event professionals are very much aware of the security challenges generated by bringing people together. In recent days, we have been confronted once again by televised images of terror being inflicted on participants at events, walking a bridge or attending a meeting.

Risk Management 196

Risk Management Insurance Government Venues 196

PCMA Convene

JUNE 20, 2016

The first-ever ASM Microbe program — the American Society for Microbiology’s grand experiment in combining its General Meeting and Interscience Conference on Antimicrobrial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) into one new annual conference — wraps today. Look for my article about that in our September issue.). ” 2.

Meetings 71

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 20, 2021

Co-Chair, Meetings Mean Business Coalition. When I became co-chair of the Meetings Mean Business Coalition (MMBC) in January 2020, I don’t think any of us could have predicted the full extent of the crisis we were about to face as a world and as an industry. Fred Dixon. Name : Fred Dixon. President and CEO, NYC & Company.

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Hospitality Tourism Travel Risk Management 66

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

Feeling overwhelmed by technology is a common sentiment expressed by meeting-professional respondents to Convene surveys, who say that they struggle with the fast pace of change, the latest tech tools and up-to-the-minute applications, and the shiniest new things. What should they pay attention to? Artificial Intelligence.

Technology 75

Technology Meetings 2015 Hotels 75

SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The study, which delved into top safety concerns women business travelers face, found that almost 69 percent of United States travel buyers believe females face greater risk than males and 61 percent feel it’s imperative to consider female safety when implementing risk-management programs.

2008 84

2008 Travel Transportation Hotels 84

MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

These steps from communication, legal, and risk management professionals will help you lay the groundwork for reaching out to your attendees and preparing information before an event so that you won’t be left scrambling during one. For meetings outside the U.S., embassy in that location knows they are in the country.

Social Media 71

Social Media 2008 Risk Management Contracts 71

Decibel Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

While hotels and conference center spaces are always a solid option, this could be the year to explore venue space that’s a little bit more off the beaten path. Whether you go the traditional hotel/conference center route or opt for something a little more untraditional, act fast. Step Two: To Theme or Not To Theme?

Venues 96

Venues Risk Management Insurance Social Media 96

Eventinterface

MAY 13, 2017

We asked meeting and event planners to share their thoughts on the best new trends, and the worst trends of the year. Sarah Sebastian with Rose Gold Collective loves the trend of using unique venue spaces as meeting spaces. “I am seeing more and more companies and brands seeking unexpected venues to host meetings in.

Risk Management 100

Risk Management Entertainment Venues Technology 100

Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 15, 2019

The meetings and events industry may be unregulated from a legal perspective – meaning you aren’t required by law to be certified in the same way a doctor or lawyer needs to be – but training and education is critical for Event Leaders. Over the past 20 years the meetings and events industry has been evolving at lightning speed.

Hospitality 40

Hospitality Risk Management Social Media Tourism 40

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 26, 2020

APEX COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce leaders share insights on planning meetings during a pandemic. Along with Meetings Mean Business , Exhibitions Mean Business and Go LIVE Together Coalition , EIC is using impact studies to tell the story of the power of the events industry to employ people, including minorities.

Food and Beverage 52

Food and Beverage Airlines Contracts Hotels 52

Plan Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The thought of it is often enough to make even the most experienced meeting planner want to change careers. You are far more likely to have someone at your conference suffer a medical issue, such as a cardiac event, or a minor accident, such as a trip and fall, than you are an active shooter. How does snake charmer sound?

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Site Selections Hotels Venues Hospitality 60

Event Industry News

APRIL 28, 2021

Attendees can network virtually/setup in-person meetings, interact with live sessions through Live Polling/Q&A and more whether they are onsite or offsite using either the Mobile Event App or on the Desktop/Laptop version. Turn in-person, virtual, and hybrid events into empowering experiences with Conference Compass.

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Event Apps Social Media 2021 Events 59

SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Depending on the disaster potential in the area, regular training sessions ensure hotel plans will be well orchestrated if something happens. Conduct regular risk management evaluations. Many hotel and resort owners are often caught off guard by the high costs of repairs following a disaster.

Risk Management 47

Risk Management Insurance Hotels 2017 47

Plan Your Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Every new safety and security incident is a wake-up call for meeting and event professionals. The Hague, The Netherlands: Al Gore at technology conference halted by bomb threat. Conduct a risk assessment. Event and hotel staff needs to be familiar with emergency procedures. Even false alarms can send crowds into a panic.

Trade Shows 76

Trade Shows Hotels Transportation Venues 76

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 22, 2017

In 2016, a poll from American Hotel & Lodging Association showed $3.9 Meeting organizers call them poachers, or pirates. They’re both talking about the same thing: third-party actors who deceptively insert themselves into the room-booking process by posing as either the actual hotel or an official housing provider.

Hotels 79

Hotels Airlines Tourism 2016 79

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

On an ongoing basis, Plan Your Meetings has held industry-challenges-and-solutions roundtables to give planners and suppliers a chance to talk honestly (and anonymously) about their challenges and brainstorm about potential solutions. Let’s face it: Meeting planners and suppliers have the same goal. It’s the No.

Hotels 28

Hotels 2014 Risk Management Tech 28

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 19, 2016

We checked in with Paul Arrigo, CDME, Visit Baton Rouge’s president and CEO, that afternoon to see how everyone is holding up, what this could mean for meetings and events in the destination — and how the industry can help. Downtown was not at all affected, so none of our downtown attractions or downtown hotels were affected.

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2012 Hotels Contracts Meetings 40

PCMA Convene

JULY 30, 2019

Even so, when he sat down to prepare menus for an upcoming meeting held last month, the list of special-meal requests gave him pause. Of the 230 meeting professionals who participated in the survey, 86 percent said that dietary requests are “growing” or “growing significantly,” while 8 percent categorized the growth as “explosive.”.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2016

Even so, when he sat down to prepare menus for an upcoming meeting held last month, the list of special-meal requests gave him pause. Of the 230 meeting professionals who participated in the survey, 86 percent said that dietary requests are “growing” or “growing significantly,” while 8 percent categorized the growth as “explosive.”.

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2008 Meetings 2011 2014 74

GEVME

JANUARY 27, 2020

Events and gatherings happen in all sizes, at all kinds of social and commercial environments — whether it is a Christmas party, a large scale conference or a business event. This component includes everything – right from hotels, motels, hostels or any other setup which can provide sleeping rooms to the attendees. Meeting Venue.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s going to get out there, so it might as well be out there in a good way.” — Darlene Somers, senior meetings manager, Association Management Center. Sometimes we forget when our job is to solve a problem — not to be creative.” — Dave Owens, professor for the practice of management and innovation, Vanderbilt University. .”

2018 94

2018 Risk Management Tourism Education 94

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

For James Schultze, CMP, the realities of security at meetings and events in the post-9/11 era are encapsulated by a client he worked with on two events in the aftermath of the attacks. They’re even making some planners think twice about meeting in a state that permits open carry of firearms. convention center — 1,326 doors.

Risk Management 40

Risk Management Trade Shows Site Selections 2001 40

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

For James Schultze, CMP, the realities of security at meetings and events in the post-9/11 era are encapsulated by a client he worked with on two events in the aftermath of the attacks. They’re even making some planners think twice about meeting in a state that permits open carry of firearms. convention center — 1,326 doors.

Risk Management 40

Risk Management Trade Shows Site Selections 2001 40

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2018

” — Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, vice president of events and education, Risk Management Society. “The hotel room is the enemy of the meeting planner. You don’t want people escaping into the solitude of their hotel room.” It requires a culture shift and leadership buy-in.”

Risk Management 49

Risk Management Consulting Hotels Education 49

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The meeting professional was about to launch his own meeting management company, Arrive, but as the events of Sept. But to Kleinfeld’s dismay, his call for change in the meeting industry has often fallen on deaf ears. Meeting planners lack a foundation. By Tara Swords. They don’t know where to start.”.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

But what recourse do conference organizers have when discriminatory legislation is passed in a future host city that is already on the books? APTA kept the conference in Charlotte, and decided to make a statement by incorporating sessions on diversity and inclusion into its program. We support civil liberties. Hilliard, Ph.D.,

Contracts 53

Contracts Government Site Selections 2015 53

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

One of Scalzi’s co-signers commented: “This ought to apply not just to fandom Cons, but conferences in general, said as [a] female engineering faculty [member] who thinks that, frankly, some engineering technical conferences could step up and make a statement by having a policy.”.

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Plan Your Meetings

JULY 17, 2017

In short, heavy drinking at work or conferences makes employees—especially women—less safe.”. There are no easy or clear-cut solutions or easy answers, but the following steps help reduce risks to employers and ensure employee safety during corporate events and overseas trips. Caution must be exercised by all parties.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2019

Chefs at the 2018 PCMA Annual Conference in Bangkok serve pasta and other dishes to attendees. In the 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey, respondents listed rising food and beverage costs as a major challenge. For more from the survey, visit Convene ’s 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey. Attracting younger attendees.

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Food and Beverage Meetings Negotiating Hotels 91