Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Would it surprise you to learn that 84% of attendees come to events for networking? Why? Because even the smallest meeting is the best place to find new leads, clients and prospects. Yet, approaching random strangers can be nerve-wracking, especially for work-from-home or introverted employees. However, there is good news. This blog post offers creative solutions that can be fun, engaging, and, most importantly, allow the shyest attendee to walk away with more connections than before they arrive

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 7, 2023

SocialOffset makes it possible for event attendees to donate to a vetted charity as a way to offset their travel to a state whose policies may be harmful to causes they support. In 2019, Elena Gerstmann, Ph.D., FASAE, CAE, found herself stuck at an airport where there were no options for food other than a Chick-fil-A. Between bites of her sandwich at the fast-food chain, Gerstmann, who now serves as executive director at INFORMS, an international association for professionals in analytics and op

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Scott Cochran and Kitty Chau Scott Cochran (left) and Kitty Chau (right) Cochran is complex general manager and Chau is complex director of sales and marketing for dual-property Le Meridien and Element Salt Lake City Downtown. Cochran comes from W Aspen in Colorado, where he worked as director of operations. He has also worked as director of food and beverage for Two Roads Hospitality’s properties in Stowe, Vermont, and director of food and beverage at a Starwood Hotels & Resorts property i

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 7, 2023

One way to design an event with empathy is to begin right away at registration — by providing snacks and drinks while attendees wait. (Whatever Media Group) ‘We sometimes forget that our audiences are made up of people.’ — Beth Surmont, CMP-Fellow, FASAE, CAE Of all the tools in my event design toolbox, I think that empathy is the most powerful one.

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The greats learn from the greats. Set yourself and your team up for success with tried and tested strategies and insights from event marketing geniuses at Vanta, Partnership Leaders, Quantum Metric, Rocketlane, and Explori.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Why is hospitality industry sentiment upbeat even as predictions call for economic downturn? Economists rarely agree on anything, but reports from Moody’s Analytics, Jeffries and The World Bank are in alignment that a recession is coming, probably by the end of 2023. “This is an e ngineered recession, a recession by design,” said Christian Savelli, director of tourism economics with Oxford Economics, speaking at IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange this week in Durham, North Carolina.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Spring is the season of birds in flight, no less so than two renovated properties in Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg. Chicago sports a brand new, “witty” Hilton property, designed for business as well as pleasure. Pink Flamingo Photo: Jeff Herron, courtesy of The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club St. Petersburg, Florida’s 100-year-plus icon, The Vinoy Resort and Golf Club, Autograph Collection has just completed the initial phase of a comprehensive renovation led by architecture and design firm Rockwell

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 7, 2023

February and March stats show guest-room rates considerably higher than the same period in 2019. Meanwhile, new hires nationwide slowed to the lowest level since December 2020, with hospitality still short more than a million jobs than pre-pandemic. Here’s an interesting conundrum: Hotel-room occupancy rates in the top 25 U.S. urban markets were 1.5 to 3.5 percent lower in February and March 2023 than in February and March 2019—but average daily rates were 14 to 20 percent higher in Q1 2023 vers

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Special Events

APRIL 7, 2023

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Event Smart

APRIL 7, 2023

Surveys have become an essential, if not standard operation procedure, of any event planner. Without conducting a post-event survey, event planners won’t be able to accurately assess the success of their event’s objectives. Furthermore, the data collected from the event survey questions enable data-driven decision-making for event organizers and brands.

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In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret

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VBO Tickets

APRIL 7, 2023

Harvard Business Review author Amy Gallow states that depending on your industry it costs 5 to 25 times more to acquire new customers versus keeping existing customer s. How can you capture more of this hidden value of existing customers? You should be taking advantage of our event ticketing software features that were purposely built to keep you easily connected and communicating meaningfully with your existing clients.

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Caterease

APRIL 7, 2023

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