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. I set up all the site visits for them and make sure they are treated like gold.

Site Selections 81

Site Selections Contracts Meeting Planning Hotels 81

Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

From start to finish, the responsibilities involved with a meeting planner career are endless, from site selection to venues, from set-up to speakers, from contracting service companies to tear down and on and on the list goes.

Meetings 40

Meetings Site Selections Meeting Planning Contracts 40

Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Key Takeaways: Milestones like the return of leisure and business travel and full-capacity restaurant dining rooms will precede in-person events. Leisure Travel. Leisure travel will return first, and when air and hotel numbers start going up in decent numbers, that’s a strong indicator. Business Travel. Venues will close.

2021 111

2021 Site Selections Contracts Venues 111

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. Shane Hannam Reed Travel Exhibitions’ IBTM appointed Hannam portfolio director. Jiwalai was most recently director of sales at Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort in Thailand.

Hotels 72

Hotels Site Selections Airlines 2015 72

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Site Selector ; Best B-to-B series of articles in the travel sector for the April issue’s Women Rising Up special feature; Best B-to-B media kit; and Best B-to-B annual or one-shot supplement for Smart Meetings’ Culinary Guide to the Midwest supplement. .:

Meetings 40

Meetings Site Selections 2016 2015 40

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. Site selection is a critical step in event planning , and site visits are crucial to the process.

2016 40

2016 Transportation Contracts Site Selections 40

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 24, 2017

Try to make your site visit at the same time of day that a delegate would be travelling to the site. A site visit can often be an undervalued part of the site selection process. Evaluate Access. The true test starts before you arrive at the door of the venue. Consider True Capacity. Just Do It.

Site Selections 60

Site Selections Negotiating Conference Venues 60

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?

Negotiating 40

Negotiating Site Selections 2014 Hotels 40

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.

Meetings 62

Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

But planners still face an immediate challenge: booking meeting venues while travel remains off the table for many organizations and destinations. Convene talked to planners about how they researched, sourced, and booked venues that they couldn’t visit in person, and how destinations are using virtual site visits to sell the destination.

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Venues Meetings Hotels Contracts 97

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.” ”

Contracts 53

Contracts Government Site Selections 2015 53

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Nominated by Dawn Amaskane, CMP, Director of Meetings and Travel, American Osteopathic Association — “Dawn is amazing. 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. Dawn VanHowe. Robin Wallace.

2017 76

2017 Trade Shows Insurance Food and Beverage 76

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.

Meetings 75

Meetings Site Selections Negotiating Speakers 75

SmartMeetings

JANUARY 18, 2017

20, president-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office, and nearly one million Americans are expected to travel to Washington, DC, to either attend the inauguration or protest it. Last month, a one-guest rental during the inauguration cost travelers nearly $700, on average. history is happening in just a few days.

Transportation 40

Transportation Travel Contracts Site Selections 40

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. How did your CVB participate in site visits? Cleveland was one of those cities.

Site Selections 56

Site Selections 2014 2016 Hotels 56

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Representatives from all eight cities traveled to Washington, D.C., 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. The capacity here is large.

2016 40

2016 Social Media Hotels 2014 40