Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

If your meetings budget has kept up with price increases over the past few years, you’re among the lucky. The results: Most key meeting expenses are up well over 20 percent even as inflation across the economy has fallen. Conversely, business-group demand, which favors urban markets, is rebounding.”

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The Castle Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

If social media and marketing are a part of your job, chances are you’ve worked with influencers at some point to promote a product or service for your company or client. If working with influencers is new territory, we’ve outlined its importance and highlighted the benefits of influencer marketing below!

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

American Express Meetings & Events used the IMEX America show to present its latest forecast for the meetings and events landscape based on survey results from 500 planners. The full version of the 2022 Global Meetings and Events Forecast can be found here.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

Here’s how one meeting professional does it. Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. There are times when planners can get tons of concessions, low room rates, and all the meeting space they need with no rental fees. Right now is not that time. Professionalism is key.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

6 tips for a smooth European event from an international DMC expert If it seems to you everyone is taking their incentive meeting to Europe this year, you are not alone. Start Early The first tip is to book early and contract early! The post How to Host a Brava Meeting in Italy appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

How can you, as a planner, structure contracts to be flexible? What can you do at the contract level to make sure that last-minute changes don’t have a negative impact on your event or your budget? Study the Market: Guest and Site Knowledge. Look into the history of pre/post stays with your attendees and contract accordingly.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

We all have a contract ‘til July 31st–we will work under that contract,” Local Teamsters 171 Vice President Scott Barry told Wdbj7.com. July 31st at midnight, if we don’t have a contract, we’re not working without another contract.” can be locally printed and delivered. Restock items, order and ship to the venue.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2024

The result: Less negotiability for meetings. Research conducted in Q4 2023 by hotel-industry analyst firm CoStar finds that the upper-upscale segment, which contains the bulk of meetings-focused properties, has done better recently than other segments. percent) and guest-room rate (3.0

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Shifting marketing budgets. Event planners should consider asking key suppliers to add a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to their contract.

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Attendease

MAY 31, 2023

If it has been several years since you last explored the market for event planning tools, or you and your team are feeling overwhelmed with your existing event planning workflow, it’s likely time for an upgrade. You’ll be amazed at what the innovative software available on the market today can do for your events!

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Attendease

APRIL 24, 2023

Many variables can affect the length of the process, depending on how many different stakeholders are in your organization, the size of your organization, how many people will be using the tool, and how long it takes to coordinate all the relevant meetings. As we touched on earlier, in-person meetings are the best way to gather answers.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 27, 2024

Another recent research report, Knowland’s “ 2024 State of the Meetings Industry ,” which the events industry sales intelligence company produced in partnership with global meetings solution company ConferenceDirect, sheds more light on how sustainability is viewed — and practiced — by event professionals.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Predictions of a mass consolidation of the meetings industry have been swirling since the World Health Organization started advising lockdowns in early 2020 to “smooth the curve” of what was then known as novel coronavirus. The post A Unique Meetings Consolidation Model Grows appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The South African turnkey hospitality operator, Barmotion, completed its first UK contract at Cleves School, Weybridge on Saturday 4th September for the ACTS Leadership Conference, organised by the Equippers Church UK, delivering to a tight and demanding brief. Thanks so much and hope to work with you again soon!”

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series reporting on FICP Chats about the future of meetings. See also : Meeting Profs Demonstrate Community and Resiliency on #MeetingsChat. Based on the in-person site inspection, that clause should allow meetings professionals the option to cancel the contract without penalty.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2021

Those stressful last-minute gyrations were just one of the issues addressed in Smart Meetings ’ latest webinar, “ Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings ,” led by Kara Ferguson, meeting planner for American Society of Anesthesiologists , and Katie Bohrer, CEO of event design company Onwardly. Changing Plans on a Dime. “I’m

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Bournemouth’s Christmas Market, owned by Seventa Events, returns for its third year alongside the custom built two-storey ‘Alpine Lodge Bar’, provided and installed by sister company, Innovative Hire. The market started its construction two weeks prior to the official launch, Friday 15 th November, following months of intense preparation.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Even as in-person meetings continue to reemerge with a vengeance, virtual meetings have taken a primary position in the event professional toolbox. We live in a hybrid world where almost every major event has a virtual component, even if we don’t call it that,” said Bizzabo Chief Marketing Officer Alon Alroy. “We

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

To help planners avoid the inevitable headache, Smart Meetings sat down with Huong Nguyen, CEO and founder of Shiloh Events , to find the best path forward for meeting planners looking for the right event tech for their needs. The Market Place The search for the right vendor can be daunting. Listen to the entire webinar here.

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EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings. An End to Tedious Email Requests.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Adam Simpson, Director of Marketing, etc.venues. Contracts worth £1.6m moved forward from enquiry to draft contract: £0.5m Contracts worth £1.6m moved forward from enquiry to draft contract: £0.5m This suggests 2022 will be the year of meeting up.” were signed and in addition, business valued at £0.4m

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. and those that travel to international markets. Here are some highlights of the results: Size of 2017 convention/meeting budget vs. 2016 convention/meeting budget — -1 percent compared to +1.7

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Neptunus has secured a new contract to continue to supply temporary structures to the Affordable Art Fair held each May on London’s Hampstead Heath. Following next year’s fair, organisers have agreed a new contract with Neptunus through to 2023. Neptunus has been providing the temporary infrastructure for the popular event since 2013.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 15, 2024

During the 12-hour educational marathon hosted by Meeting Professionals International on April 11—Global Meetings Industry Day—one session presenter touched on a delicate issue that surely had all the business-event planners in attendance nodding along: Yes, change is essential and inevitable.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 9, 2021

A veteran industry analyst sees positive trends ahead, including lots of recovery capital in the market to shore up ailing properties. But the multi-million-dollar question is this: Can meetings-focused hotels hold on that long?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? It’s not just Covid-19 (C19) and it’s much more than F&B , room blocks and hotel contracts. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 24, 2019

Developing an event budget is a crucial element when planning your meeting or event. Let’s take a look first at how you can determine what financial success means for your meeting or event before talking in more detail about cash flow. Determine What Financial Success Means For Your Meeting or Event. Grants and contracts.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Destinations International Large Market Roundtable outlined initiatives to establish Destination Booking Agreement Guidelines to create certainty for all parties. Once a legally binding contract is in place, it sets the stage for easier conversations,” said Dustin Arnhem, senior vice president of sales with Visit Baltimore.

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Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

MPI’s Meetings Outlook 2018 Summer Edition planner responses indicated that while “66 percent predict favorable business conditions, only 3.1 percent of respondents claim contract negotiations are becoming more complex. What does your contract say about safety and security protocols? In contrast, 54.9 Don’t glaze over them.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Who could have predicted a year ago that Zoom would be a major disruptive influence in the meetings industry? Now, conventional wisdom suggests that hybrid groups, which combine teleconferencing with person-to-person meetings, will be prevalent for the foreseeable future. But how will it affect 2021 budgets? But what will it cost?

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 23, 2018

Here are three ways you can, and should, be addressing cybersecurity in your supplier contracts, according to Joshua Grimes, Esq., a meetings industry attorney with Grimes Law Offices. Require that the venue or other internet supplier take measures to keep the network secure. That’s OK, but only if the guest consents.”.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2023

Delivering jaw-dropping wow on a budget is possible in today’s market—if you have a true partnership with your audiovisual service provider. Food, lodging and programming are critical factors for any meeting. By signing a contract with a venue, meeting planners can quickly lose their freedom to choose their AV provider.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the the American Society of Neuroradiology to recreate its already reimagined 2020 Annual Meeting as a digital event. Despite these realities, we still hoped that #ASNR20 could still be a live meeting. Renegotiating Contracts, Keeping Relationships Intact. FACR, FSIR, FSNIS.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Chilling tales from the front and how meeting profs saved the day. Smart Meetings asked veteran convention center habitues for their real-life, unexpected encounters with such blizzards of doom and put together a handy guide for recovering with grace and charm. Senior Manager, Meetings, Incentive Travel, and Events, Tupperware Brands.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Does your hotel contract make it easy for a hotel to relocate your business? If your hotel contract was written before or during the Covid pandemic, you’d better watch your back. First, these meeting contracts do not prevent cancellation; rather, they allow cancellation subject to a party’s obligation to pay cancellation damages.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This is best done by scheduling a planning meeting with company leadership and other key stakeholders for the event. Schedule regular status update meetings to discuss timelines, blockers, and wins. Make sure you have signed contracts in place at least three months out. Build in buffer time for inevitable delays.

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