Endless Events

JUNE 2, 2020

Even though most events are now going virtual , designing events for introverts still remains a relevant topic. It’s a matter of fact that virtual events make the experience more accessible to a larger number of people. Plus, another thing to keep in mind is the fact that in-person events will come back eventually.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

The Event Leadership Institute’s Business, Design & Strategy Summit , held virtually on June 3, invites meeting and event professionals to chart their course for the future. The summit will target three key areas: Business: For senior leaders, how do you build institutional resilience in your events, teams and organizations?

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Travel Association estimates that visa processing delays have cost the U.S. events industry many would-be international attendees, buyers, and exhibitors. Travel Association estimates that these delays, primarily affecting visitors from countries including Mexico, Brazil, and India, have cost the U.S. Over the summer, U.S.

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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. If you had a sense of urgency from the beginning, your RFP stayed active.” “But

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

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

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. Event Planner Challenges.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 30, 2019

For meeting professionals, these nerve-pulsating newscasts could be creating extra stressors, as those items might also influence our conferences, such as weather that grounds planes or sicknesses that prevent travel. Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies is out and some of the entries provide insights for meeting planners into what trends in travel and entertainment they should be paying attention to. The list indicates that experiential events are on the rise. Provides assistance with a specific task or manages the entire event.

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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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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, 33, works in Silver Spring, Maryland, as senior manager of meetings and events at The Solid Waste Association of North America. As a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Boyd discusses her passion for the events industry. . I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Fairfax County, Virginia is the ideal place to hold your next meeting, conference, convention, or special event. our unique attractions , and our affordable pricing make us the best event value in the National Capital region. Here are 3 ½ reasons why Northern Virginia is the perfect location for your next event.

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Milestone Events Group

JANUARY 6, 2021

Not to mention if you’re coming in from out of town to be there for your friend’s special day, you can factor in travel costs on top of all that. . Otherwise, it is the bridesmaid’s responsibility to get dolled up for the big event. . Travel: YES . appeared first on Milestone Events Group.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2019

There were no strong signals from event professionals who responded to this year’s survey that they anticipated an economic downturn, and only a few mentioned concerns about the economy going south. International Inbound Travel” report, as global travel expanded 6 percent in 2018, the U.S. 30 — is that the U.S.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 9, 2021

Several years ago, Jeremy Smith, a sustainable tourism writer, speaker, and consultant, saw an opportunity to help the travel industry recognize the role it could play in addressing the issue. “We An Eco-Friendly Events Ecosystem. We also prioritize virtual events over in person when it’s practical,” Bender said. “We

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Those who are responsible for coordinating educational events, seminars, and training retreats have added challenges as event planners. But at the same time planners also want a venue in a location that their attendees actually want to travel to – that offers some fun options after the day’s serious work takes place.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

From start to finish, the responsibilities involved with a meeting planner career are endless, from site selection to venues, from set-up to speakers, from contracting service companies to tear down and on and on the list goes. And while it wasn’t on the same playing field I learned so much.

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Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 7, 2019

Rob Bezdjian, president of Zaven Global, is a corporate events and incentive trips specialist. That experience remains fresh enough in his mind—he left Goldman Sachs in 2016—that Bezdjian still considers himself a bit of an outsider in the events industry. The two shows he visualizes focuses on different facets of travel and events.

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

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2019

Brexit popped up as both a threat and opportunity for the events industry in the new “Europe as a Destination for Meetings and Conferences” study. That’s not all bad news for the business events industry in Europe as the growing strength of the U.S. If it becomes more difficult to host events in the U.K., Event Tech.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 27, 2017

health-care events this year: It’s also affecting site-selection decisions for meetings scheduled over the next few years. Lastly, Schumann notes that compliance by health-care event planners is so difficult because many other countries—and even seven U.S. states—have regulations that differ in some ways from 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. 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.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2017

For many organizations, using meetings procurement companies (aka, third-party planners) like HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect for site selection, contracts and other meeting planning functions is crucial to executing a successful event. That’s why face-to-face industry events like Connect, MPI, PCMA, etc.

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Milestone Events Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Many couples these days are self-described “foodies” and have often traveled the world. About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County.

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All Seated

MARCH 12, 2019

Of no surprise, most event planners and organizers face the continued challenge of belt-tightening across expenses. What is unstated, but still likely in the crosshairs of belt-tightening, is the pressure for organizers and planners to reduce both the cost of time and travel associated with conducting in-person venue site visits.

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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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Planner WIre

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Travel adds up in many ways. All have a cost and all have ramifications that meeting and event planners need to consider for the attendee or budget. Using Travelmath you can measure things like travel distance, travel time, and basic costs related to a destination.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2016

Many people around the world are watching closely to see if Rio is up to the task of hosting the world’s biggest event, and visitors are advised to take precautions. Meeting and event professionals, particularly those planning group trips abroad, can learn from these suggested measures. Be prepared for Zika virus.

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International Institute of Event Management

MAY 26, 2014

You've just decided on location for your upcoming event, a huge hurdle in the event planning process no matter what size event. Figuring out the perfect event site that will best suite your needs. They can even assist with transportation & travel, marketing & promotions, entertainment, and much more. .

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Planner WIre

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Travel adds up in many ways. All have a cost and all have ramifications that meeting and event planners need to consider for the attendee or budget. Using Travelmath you can measure things like travel distance, travel time, and basic costs related to a destination.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The customer is always right — that guiding principle for the retail industry is also key to the way the business events industry operates. Event destinations and venues, for example, rely on customer feedback to shape their future development plans. They don’t want to go on site visits unless they’re necessary.”.

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Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

You’re an event planner. Your clients, your staff, your friends looking for favors – they all turn to you for help pulling off a fantastic event that everyone will be talking about for years to come. Here’s an alphabetical list of our go-to resources for event management professionals, including blogs, magazines, and podcasts.

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Milestone Events Group

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s a proper destination wedding without the expensive to travel abroad. . About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

Among them are stats on such things as crime rates, entertainment offerings, cultural offerings, and economic vitality — factors which directly or indirectly impact site selection decisions for events. has hired the DMO Travel Portland to do their marketing. Chris Fair ‘It’s more about what’s around and outside the box.’.

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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. Site selection often requires some give and take on both sides of the negotiating table.

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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? Despite the presence of the 2.6

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 24, 2022

Many pieces have to fit together perfectly when planning a flawless event. Arguably the biggest and most important piece is selecting the right location. We’ve done hundreds of events in hundreds of cities and locations. We’ve done hundreds of events in hundreds of cities and locations. So where do you start?

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Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2017

Event attendees are drawn to unique local experiences—whether it’s the signature hometown cuisine, craft beer and liquor made by the neighborhood brewer and distiller or accommodations that offer guests a greater sense of place. Help marketing your event. Genuine hospitality and walkable experiences.

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