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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

Manage contracts. Manage implementation of meeting or event. Depending on your meeting location, it may be necessary to travel with or contract security teams. Then communicate expectations, set deadlines for deliverables and secure contracts. Secure contracts and communicate expectations. Identify risks.

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Event Statistics: 17 Current Planning Stats that Could Change Your Business Today

Social Tables

Each week, we email a short survey to a mix of over 23,000 planners, venues, and hotels. Venues such as Wyndham Hotels are hearing the call and putting wellness front and center as they promote their groups and meetings product. Hotels and other venues have to be realistic about the things they can offer well.

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

Senior Meetings Planner National Contract Management Association Ashburn, Virginia, USA. I also would like to create and own my own brand of hotels. Kincaid Hotels has a nice ring to it, if I say so myself! Associate Manager, Meetings and Fellowships American Orthopaedic Association Rosemont, Illinois, USA.

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The New Corona Reality

SmartMeetings

Smart Meetings asked industry leaders from the front lines of hotels, event venues and creators, transportation, travel, networking, wellness and sustainability to share their commitments and challenges for keeping everyone safe and connected. We are installing more hand-sanitizing stations throughout our hotels.