MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. Planners are in a hotel-market mess, with limited availability, high food costs, and short-staffed properties, many of which are still trying to pull their bottom line back from the trash after being closed for months in 2020.

Marketing 98

Marketing Management Negotiating 2025 98

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Whether it is new faces across the negotiating table, evolving event technology or looming AI adoption , taking a risk is not something that comes naturally to many meeting professionals. That is why we dedicated our February Extraordinary Experience at The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas to innovation in all its forms.

Negotiating 97

Negotiating Government Events Meetings 97

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. Most recently, she held the same title at The Westin Dallas Downtown. He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market.

Hotels 72

Hotels Site Selections Airlines 2015 72

Eventbase

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

According to an SAP Concur study , Millennials are the most common bleisure travelers taking 38 percent of trips but Baby Boomers and Gen Xers aren't far behind making up 31 percent of the bleisure market each. How can event managers appeal to the bleisure traveler? There are many ways to appeal to the bleisure traveler.

Travel 52

Travel Negotiating Event Apps 2020 52

SmartMeetings

MAY 23, 2018

Tracey Smith, executive director of Senior Planners Industry Network (SPIN), has seen the impact of decades of economic cycles on events and the people who manage them. That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” How Did We Get Here?

2008 42

2008 Financial Hotels Education 42

SmartMeetings

MAY 23, 2018

Tracey Smith, executive director of Senior Planners Industry Network (SPIN), has seen the impact of decades of economic cycles on events and the people who manage them. That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” How Did We Get Here?

2008 40

2008 Financial Hotels Education 40

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Director of sales and marketing. Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. What I love about my job: I love to see the pride my team takes in their work and the creative ideas they come up with to create value for each client’s events. Tracy Blair. Michele DeClerck, CMP.

2017 85

2017 Contracts Negotiating Meetings 85