Event Industry News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Trademark, a full-service, highly-creative agency that provides event strategy and end-to-end production for major brand events, today announced Trademark SiteSelect , a new professional practice with the mission to provide concierge-level event location sourcing services to global brands. We Envision the Final Production.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 24, 2017

The experts at venue sourcing and event management company Conference Care have some suggestions (and a detail checklist) for making the most of these essential tours. Instead, she she suggests visualizing “how the space suits the event and whether there will be any logistical challenges to overcome. Negotiate Terms.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Key Takeaways: Milestones like the return of leisure and business travel and full-capacity restaurant dining rooms will precede in-person events. Get ready for more scrutiny from the C-suite on the ROI of in-person events. Mind your money with battles over escrow deposits to suppliers and more room to negotiate venue commissions.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Today’s intense focus on key performance indicators, event-tech stacks and designing brilliant experiences has made the need for advanced education—from a university, association or DIY commitment—almost a requisite for getting hired…and for thriving. Certified Meetings Experts.

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Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

The conference and meeting planning world has become one of the more important commerce producing sectors. One of the keys to the success in this industry are the conference and meeting planners that organize, plan and deliver the ultimate in meetings, tradeshows, conferences, seminars and product launches.

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 23, 2017

HelmsBriscoe COO Greg Malark came to the events management company 15 years ago. It’s also the hallmark of a company celebrating its 25th anniversary this year as one of the industry’s leading site-selection agencies. Ten years ago, companies had a meetings calendar and executed those calendars year after year.”.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

Jim Clapes, 37, works in New York City as conference and events manager at the Drug Policy Alliance. As a 2018 40 Under 40 honoree, Clapes discusses his passion for the events industry. and marry my interest in event coordination with the non-profit sector. Connect with Clapes on Instagram. After nearly 8 years at the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. He took a brief hiatus from Reed, spending one year at Gartner Worldwide Events as account manager. The post 7 Smart Moves at Hotel Crescent Court and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 18, 2019

With today’s headlines, risk management is on every event professional’s radar. The best way to take steps toward protecting your attendees in the case of emergency is to have a clear emergency management plan for each event you host. The knowledge and training a law enforcement officer can provide on-site during an event is unmatched.

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Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

On an ongoing basis, Plan Your Meetings holds industry-challenges-and-solutions roundtables to give planners and suppliers a chance to talk honestly (and anonymously) about their challenges and brainstorm about potential solutions. And 50 percent of them had been planning meetings for more than 15 years. asked the executive assistant.

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Capterra Event Management

APRIL 25, 2017

Nearly two years ago, I worked in political journalism, writing about current events and lending my views to editorial columns. So after a period of searching, I discovered Capterra, and subsequently, an enjoyment in writing about event management software. Not unlike starting an event planning business. Obtain certifications.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

It was March 31, 2016, and ACA’s Governing Council was meeting in Montreal as part of ACA’s 2016 Conference & Expo. I did not put the name of the organization on there, just really the specs,” Hayes said, “and explained that there was a possibility that we would be relocating our meeting.”. Earlier that year, on Feb.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

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. In no time, Conferon was Hyatt’s largest meetings client.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

As June wraps up, we can look back at Pride Month and admire all of the incredible events , demonstrations and strides that helped support the LGBT community. Much of the meeting and event planning industry only recently began evaluating its impact on the LGBT community. And this topic needs to be a year-round focus.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

In participating in the nominating process for our Best in Show awards program this year, DeBolt, director of meetings and events for PLM World, singled out Roberta Tisdul, CMP, senior convention services manager for Visit Indy, in our Convention Services/CVB category. She was on call and available to assist the day of the event.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 18, 2023

Here’s what happened and what meeting pros can learn from it. The Philadelphia Marriott Downtown’s decision to host the Moms for Liberty national convention has lawmakers asking questions, and raises important risk management issues for meeting professionals to consider. Industry lawyer Joshua L.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

GILBERT National political conventions are the Super Bowl of meetings and conventions; it doesn’t get any bigger and better than this for a meetings and conventions destination. And then of course, the convention center — the convention center is going to be used for caucus meetings; it will also be used for staff and office space.

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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. that February to present to the Republican National Committee’s Site Selection Committee.

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