Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 21, 2017

Grapevine, Texas , has always been a popular spot for meetings. In 1844, he brought leaders from several tribes to the fine city to negotiate a peace treaty that would open up northeast Texas to the world. Here are seven reasons why you should plan your next meeting here. Ask General Sam Houston. Location, Location, Location!

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Eventbase

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Here are four of our favorites: Select attractive destinations Negotiate extended conference hotel rates Offer companion or family passes for your event Use the event app to highlight bleisure information 1. How can event managers appeal to the bleisure traveler? There are many ways to appeal to the bleisure traveler.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 11, 2017

A website in Alabama speculated state-funded California collegiate sports teams might not be able to travel to recruit athletes in banned states or attend major sporting events such as the 2018–2019 NCAA College Football Playoff semifinal game planned for Dallas. Cancelled in Louisville. It just leads to more and more bad announcements.”

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

And there will be growing use of cashless payments and livestreaming at meetings and events. Dallas and, particularly, Nashville seem unstoppable. What is one trend that meeting planners should be keeping an eye on in 2017 and beyond? The United States will continue to outperform the global exhibitions market. percent worldwide.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 23, 2018

That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” Moreover, supply coming online in the next few years reflects that changing market, with more than 70 percent of rooms under construction part of limited service properties with equally limited meeting space.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 23, 2018

That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” Moreover, supply coming online in the next few years reflects that changing market, with more than 70 percent of rooms under construction part of limited service properties with equally limited meeting space.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Tracy Blair. Heather Reid.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Tracy Blair. Heather Reid.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I work on an amazing team that secures and executes meetings, conventions and sporting events for Greater Des Moines. To see the results, whether I’m negotiating, conducting programs or leading a training session, it’s important to always do my best. I use my camera for remote meetings.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I work on an amazing team that secures and executes meetings, conventions and sporting events for Greater Des Moines. To see the results, whether I’m negotiating, conducting programs or leading a training session, it’s important to always do my best. I use my camera for remote meetings.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Over the past year, consolidation has touched nearly every corner of meetings and events: data and exhibitions with the Informa-UBM acquisition, event technology with the Cvent-Social Tables deal, and attendee-housing and event-space options in the Marriott-Starwood merger. Show Business, Meet Business Events? Palm Spring CC photo).

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2021

The answer will always be ‘it depends,’” Ty Sheaks, attorney, author and faculty legal advisor to International Association of Venue Managers, began the latest Smart Meetings webinar, Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses You Need to Know. Sheaks’ advice: “If you’re in Dallas County, better follow Dallas County.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

After all, meeting with colleagues and other industry professionals face-to-face or virtually can be an incredibly valuable and worthwhile experience, no matter your goals. With an expected 14,000 meetings between Exhibitors & Buyers, AIME will deliver real value to anyone that attends in-person or virtually.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 27, 2017

In February, Dallas News reported that a Dallas development company was in negotiations with Trump Hotels to build a $50 million Scion property in downtown Dallas. It’s the next-generation business hotel for cost-conscious travelers,” developer Mike Sarimsakci told Dallas News. A controversy in the making?

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Endless phone calls, meetings and details. Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, is a co-host on Shark Tank. In face-to-face negotiations with potential partners, Cuban never says yes to a deal when there isn’t commitment on the other end. So what are you missing?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

International meetings, conventions, and other business events are melting pots. So many of our communities are like that now — from Burning Man to biker meet-ups to book groups. I believe that any program where people meet “the other” can be incredibly valuable.’. Outrage is in, discourse is out. DEMOCRATIC DIALOGUE.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

There’s continually a lot of give and take and continually a lot of negotiation. The first strategy meeting was with the city and the city leaders,” said Colette Jones, Destination Cleveland’s vice president of marketing. You’re dealing with a lot of hotels that are great partners, but they don’t have meeting space.”.

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