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

MeetingsNet

And when it comes to site selection, 52 percent said that high airfares are affecting their choices in one of two ways: They are only considering cities that offer more carriers and flights (60 percent) or they are opting to hold regional meetings to minimize air travel (40 percent). Specifically, 69.2

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Hosting Your Perfect Meeting in Northern Virginia

Smart Meetings

Visit Fairfax is not only committed to helping you find the perfect meeting venue but also has the expertise within our team to make that happen. and world-class museums , out-of-this-world adventures , and iconic performance venues. The post Hosting Your Perfect Meeting in Northern Virginia appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Is paid influencer marketing ethical in the event industry?

Conferences that Work

Brand X’s Property in Somewhere, USA is a client of ours, and I am working on an influencer campaign to help promote Property Z’s event spaces as ideal venues for conferences and corporate meetings. Brand X would love to have you–a known industry expert on event/meeting planning–involved in this campaign!

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Super Bowl LI Offers Insights on Winning Events

SmartMeetings

Choose a great destination and venue. Sometimes it’s hard to fit a site visit into your schedule, but our site selection experts at Smart Meetings 360 always emphasize that site visits should not be skipped. Take a few ideas from the Super Bowl, and you will have attendees buzzing about your event as well.

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5 Online Event Planning Classes To Jumpstart Your Career

Capterra Event Management

Venue Selection. Corporate Event Planning. I’m happy to have the opportunity to work with amazing and talented people in our industry and the chance to work in completely different and unique wedding locations and venues. Site Selection. Corporate Events Specialty Course. Corporate Event Budgeting.

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Unique Meeting Space by the Hour in NYC—Believe It

MeetingsNet

Spacebase, a website for finding and booking unconventional, non-hotel venues for small meetings, has expanded out of Europe, with a just-launched presence in New York. read more.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master.