Events, Negotiating, Site Selections and Travel

10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It can also be effectively used by meeting and event teams of all sized to deliver better end products. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. The choices made here ripple through to create a more responsible and sustainable event industry.

Conference

Conference Site Selections Negotiating Contracts

10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It can also be effectively used by meeting and event teams of all sized to deliver better end products. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. The choices made here ripple through to create a more responsible and sustainable event industry.

Conference

Conference Site Selections Negotiating Contracts

Hitting the Mark with Your Event RFPs

MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

With meeting season back in full swing, hotels are busy servicing corporate and association programs while their sales teams are sifting through the requests for proposals for business events set to happen in late 2023 and throughout 2024 and beyond. Further, flexibility is key to getting responses from hotels.

Site Selections

Site Selections Hotels 2024 Negotiating

Trademark introduces SiteSelect

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.

Contracts

Contracts Site Selections Hotels Entertainment

The Road Ahead: What’s In Store for the Event Industry In 2021 & Beyond – Part Two In-Person Events

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. The Return of In-Person Events: Leading Indicators to Watch for. Leisure Travel. Not so fast.

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2021 Site Selections Contracts Venues

7 Smart Moves at Hotel Crescent Court and More

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. Shane Hannam Reed Travel Exhibitions’ IBTM appointed Hannam portfolio director. He took a brief hiatus from Reed, spending one year at Gartner Worldwide Events as account manager.

Hotels

Hotels Site Selections Airlines 2015

The Event-Changing Magic of Site Visits

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. Try to make your site visit at the same time of day that a delegate would be travelling to the site. Negotiate Terms. Evaluate Access. Just Do It.

Site Selections

Site Selections Negotiating Conference Venues

AMEX Study: Increasing Hotel Costs and Lower Commissions Could Cut into Meeting Agendas

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Rising hotel and airline costs , along with increasing demand for more and longer meetings is pressuring planners to make critical choices to stay in strict budgets, according to a new study by American Express Meetings & Events. Negotiating Room. Negotiating Room. Only 38 percent said they’d be willing to negotiate that.

Hotels

Hotels Negotiating Meetings Airlines

Smart Meetings Celebrates 4 Folio Eddie/Ozzie Wins

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Site Selector ; Best B-to-B series of articles in the travel sector for the April issue’s Women Rising Up special feature; Best B-to-B media kit; and Best B-to-B annual or one-shot supplement for Smart Meetings’ Culinary Guide to the Midwest supplement. About Smart Meetings 360, Inc.:

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Meetings Site Selections 2016 2015

Will San Diego Keep Comic-Con?

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?

Negotiating

Negotiating Site Selections 2014 Hotels

How to Plan an LGBT-Friendly Meeting or Event

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.

Meetings

Meetings Site Selections Negotiating Speakers

Best in Show: Class of 2017

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. Senior Event Manager, Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), Philadelphia.

2017

2017 Trade Shows Insurance Food and Beverage

The Political Circus Is Coming to Town(s)

PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

From the onset of the site-selection process, collaboration among public, private, and civic organizations was the cornerstone of Cleveland’s effort to attract either of the 2016 political conventions. Does the bid commit your destination to adding anything to its event infrastructure specifically to accommodate the convention?

Site Selections

Site Selections 2014 2016 Hotels

All Politics Is Local

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

There’s continually a lot of give and take and continually a lot of negotiation. Representatives from all eight cities traveled to Washington, D.C., that February to present to the Republican National Committee’s Site Selection Committee. Ultimately, you want to get there to have a great convention.”.

2016

2016 Social Media Hotels 2014

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