Event Industry News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We’ve spent nearly thirty years building relationships with the most iconic hotels, brilliant spaces, and creative venues around the globe. Our hotel and venue relationships give us access to locations that deliver the right attendee experiences from moment to moment and provide the perfect backdrop for important brand events.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A veteran planner discusses how she nudges hotels to act on her requests for proposal: She gives to get. Reps need to be prepared to show their managers why their hotel should bid on your piece of business over another one.” Further, flexibility is key to getting responses from hotels. Every RFP is unique,” she says.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

Here’s why: Effectively, Marriott has announced a 30-percent reduction in revenue to those firms that have been booking Marriott-owned or Marriott franchise hotel properties for their clients. For many, their only choice when booking a hotel in the Marriott family will be to reduce the amount or level of services that they currently offer.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

It’s not just Covid-19 (C19) and it’s much more than F&B , room blocks and hotel contracts. That prime hotel you want downtown will only work for your group if it’s well-staffed, well-maintained and provides the experience and environment you need to make your meeting a success. Here are some things to consider.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2017

For many organizations, using meetings procurement companies (aka, third-party planners) like HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect for site selection, contracts and other meeting planning functions is crucial to executing a successful event. Brett Sterenson, Hotel Lobbyists. “In-house

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

It wasn’t COVID-19 that kept Sandra Geiger, a global account executive with ConferenceDirect, from visiting Hotel Effie, a 250-room hotel in Sandestin, Florida, before she signed a contract for an association group meeting in July — it was because the hotel was still under construction. Virtual Site Visits.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

So if a convention hotel says they had a great June, that means they had a lot of events occur in June, all of which were likely booked months or years prior. Leisure travel will return first, and when air and hotel numbers start going up in decent numbers, that’s a strong indicator. Hotels will be converted to apartments.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

The cuts on hotel commissions are making site selection an inadequate revenue stream for many third-party planners. This is despite the steady increase in hotel bookings for business groups and events. Van Halen, M&Ms, and the Wisdom in the Contract Details. Click To Tweet. Tips for Growing Your Event Revenue.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Chances are, numerous other planners will be vying for the same space and this issue is compounded by hotels with reduced staffing being forced to host fewer events. Safety needs to be considered before, during and after site selection.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

From the onset of the site-selection process, collaboration among public, private, and civic organizations was the cornerstone of Cleveland’s effort to attract either of the 2016 political conventions. We were responsible for putting together information about the hotel package that we would offer the DNC.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In the restaurant and hotel sector, in particular, this can result in more employees with only a basic level of training working at meetings, receptions and meals, or a lower ratio of staffers to guests. Ask to See Hotels’ Customer-Satisfaction Surveys. Provide the Hotel with Details ASAP.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

This personalized and complimentary site-selection service begins with a consultative approach, focusing on the client’s specific needs to secure the best available group rates at ideal properties. .: With a best-in-class meetings and events experience, Smart Meetings 360 is the ultimate service for the modern planner.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

Meanwhile, similar bathroom bills are being considered in other states — 16 as of last month, according to CNN — which can certainly affect a planner’s site-selection process. “I always tell them that coming up with the contract language is easy,” Hilliard said. It’s admirable.” ”

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 18, 2017

If you want to keep your event under budget and book rooms at the best hotels, be sure to book early. In December, just 15 percent of hotels in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area had vacancies for inauguration weekend—and prices had risen by more than three times the usual rate, to around $500 a night. More than 100 blocks, or 2.7

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

It starts with site selections—being aware of city and state policies, including laws that could be discriminatory,” Clapes says. It allows you back out of a contract without liability or damage costs if that state begins enacting any anti-LGBT legislation between the time of signing the contact and the time of program execution.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2016

The mosquito-borne virus, which causes babies born to women who contracted Zika during pregnancy to be more vulnerable to severe birth defects, has led several prominent athletes to skip the Rio Olympics. Don’t skip site visits! The team had to stay in nearby hotels while emergency fixes were made. Be prepared for Zika virus.

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Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

After hearing advice from the hotel reps and other planners at her table, a CVB salesperson asked her what kind of help she needed. “I I need help getting recommendations for hotels and local vendors,” the executive assistant added. “I I need help doing destination research,” she said. “I I could help with that,” the CVB rep said. “I

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Convention Hotel Services. Hotel Sales. Nominated by Robyn Jones, CMP, Conference Manager, Association for Asian Studies — “Ricky Hopkins is our account manager, and assists us with the site-selection process. But I would like to nominate Ricky for what he does for us outside of contract negotiation. Annie Burns.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

Manage contracts. Depending on your meeting location, it may be necessary to travel with or contract security teams. Create a call for proposal, go over submissions and select candidates. Then communicate expectations, set deadlines for deliverables and secure contracts. Develop selection criteria. Identify risks.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

that February to present to the Republican National Committee’s Site Selection Committee. A month later, representatives from the selection committee visited Cleveland, and the city moved to the next round of the competition. “It You’re dealing with a lot of hotels that are great partners, but they don’t have meeting space.”.

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