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Sky-High Airfares Plus Delays Mean Fewer Attendees, Say Planners

MeetingsNet

The long-anticipated return of in-person business meetings, conventions, and trade shows is being blunted by the difficult conditions for air travel, according to planners who responded to a MeetingsNet survey conducted between June 20 and 23. percent of respondents rated it a 4 or 5, while another 27 percent rated it a 3.

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The Next Big Thing in Conference and Corporate Event Technology

Coterie Spark

What if bringing the next big thing in conference and corporate meeting technology to your event wouldn’t add to your budget? No need to find a vendor or even sign a contract. The next change on the horizon for conference and meeting technology, isn’t actually technological at all.

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Planning for the Return of Modified In-Person Events

Event Leadership Institute

But event and meetings pros have been saying this since the pandemic began – longing for the days to be back together, doing what they love. And it isn’t just event and meeting pros who feel this way – eight in ten who are working from home miss in-person events. Plan for Phases.

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How to Create a Long-Term Event Planning Timeline

Social Tables

When you start planning an event, one of the first things you should do is figure out your event planning timeline. This way, you’ll be sure to meet important deadlines, stay within budget, and coordinate multiple parties smoothly. What is a long-term event planning timeline? But first, a quick definition.

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Is the Party Over?

Smart Meetings

Returning to F2F, do alcohol and meetings still mix? It happened in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009,” Juliane Farinazzo, co-founder and events director of Bijou Events, remembers as if it were yesterday. It’s one of those things you never forget, even when years have passed. Yes, they did. One in five admit they are concerned a lot.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Meeting Planners

SmartMeetings

By making a few resolutions and taking these simple steps, meeting planners can be sure 2017 will be a great year for fabulous events and stellar career progression. For meeting and event planners, continuous learning is simply a part of the job. In the meetings and events industry, it’s all about what’s new.

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How to Explain AV Cost to Decision Makers

Meeting Tomorrow

In your early planning meetings, start with your overall end-goal. Does your event need to show your customers that you’re a stable industry leader? Professional lighting, staging, and audio are critical to meeting any of those goals — but there has to be enough room in the budget. Are enough people going to show up?