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Top Challenges Facing the Meeting Planning Industry Right Now

The Castle Group

While many industries were able to shift to a remote workforce, hotels, restaurants and airlines faced major layoffs and demand fluctuations and are now playing catch up, hiring and training staff in a tight market. The value and ROI of making connections and building relationships through in-person events far outweigh the challenges.

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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

Do you start earlier than usual in the hope of finding better availability given the compression of the 2022 market? Or, do you hold off so that you can secure a location within a shorter window of time to program dates, potentially giving a more realistic look at any Covid-related impacts to the selected destination?

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Point of View

PCMA Convene

A 30-percent drop in revenue will be devastating to the thousands of independent planners who serve association and corporate clients in the site-selection and event-planning process. On one side, site-selection companies allow hotels to run leaner. adopted the same plan with Conferon.

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The Inc. 5000 List Gives Insight into Meeting and Event Trends

MeetingsNet

Silver Lining Design (#2,477) creates event environments and The SnapBar , a company that enables attendees to record and publish to social media video and photos at events, broke into the top 500 companies on the list by making it to #473 with almost a 1,000 percent growth rate over the last three years. 01_Anna Marie Events.jpg.

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

Post authored by Rachel Stephan, Event Marketing Strategist, sensov/ event marketing. A lot goes into crafting the ultimate event experience. Putting a successful event together means a lot of moving parts. There are a lot of things event planners need to be ready for. The tides are turning.

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How to Plan an LGBT-Friendly Meeting or Event

SmartMeetings

Much of the meeting and event planning industry only recently began evaluating its impact on the LGBT community. Even though you might assume that your meetings and events are free of LGBT influence, there’s always an effect. The newly created LGBTMPA is a strong LGBT voice in the meeting and event planning world.

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Top Event Agencies: The Ultimate Directory (2019)

Bizzabo

Looking for an event or experiential marketing agency? We've compiled the most comprehensive list of US event agencies on the internet for 2019. According to the Event Marketing 2019 Report , events are the single-most effective marketing channel. Note: Looking for event agencies in a specific state?

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