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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

Meeting or event design elements cover a wide array of details ranging from thematic tie-ins, signage, audiovisual production, speaker selection, technology use, seating, room set-ups, food and beverage menus and program content. Select program content and delivery formats. Engage speakers and performers.

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Top Challenges Facing the Meeting Planning Industry Right Now

The Castle Group

From a labor perspective, the hospitality industry was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic. With the inflation rate currently reaching 8.5%, food, travel, shipping, hotel and labor costs are all escalating. Can the agenda be adjusted to fewer days or sessions, thus reducing hotel and food and beverage costs?

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Best in Show: Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

I’ve been in this industry for longer than I’d care to admit, and lots of fantastic people are creative and considerate, but for some reason Eddie’s thoughtfulness in finding me a second option and leaving a note taped to it really struck me as the type of hospitality we all should be striving for every day.

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