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5 tips for evaluating safety during site selection

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Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer. Here are a few simple things to do during your next hotel or venue selection. Knowing these tips, you just might organically begin to ask other safety questions to help make sure you’ve chosen a site that’s both safe and secure.

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Site Selection: Where to Throw a Multisensory Event

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Site selection often focuses on the things we can see—ballroom size, architecture, even how well the carpets match the theme. The post Site Selection: Where to Throw a Multisensory Event appeared first on Smart Meetings. But some cities are going the extra mile to engage all the senses. Sights, Sounds and Smells of Indy.

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Poll Results: Will NAACP Florida Travel Advisory Affect Meetings?

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A significant percentage of meeting professionals say the NAACP’s advisory will be a factor in site selection. Another 46 percent believe that the advisories will not affect their site-selection decisions, while 14 percent of respondents are unsure. The advisories in Florida are likely to affect our choices : 24.3%

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Take 5: Event Storytelling and Matchmaking

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Meetings and events expert opens up about innovative event execution Angele du Passage Angele du Passage has been a dedicated leader in the hospitality industry for over 30 years. I took one of those little personality tests and it basically told me I should be in the hospitality industry. So, I changed my major and changed my college.

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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

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In normal times, your site selection process would include factoring in airlift, weather, meeting space, number of guestrooms, etc. Now when selecting locations, we also must ensure alignment with risk tolerance so that meeting stakeholders have a shared expectation of what could unfold. Timing is everything.

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Attendee Accessibility and Inclusion from the Venue Side

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A new toolkit for employees at hotels, convention centers, and special-event venues can provide planners with deeper perspective on what to ask during site selection. The association views the latest toolkit as an evolving document that will use real-world observations from its members to fine-tune its advice for future editions.

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4 Top Tips for Picking a Safe, Secure Hotel Site

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Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer. As you’re checking out the meeting space and the guest rooms, ask which hospital is nearest, what police agency has jurisdiction and where the hotel’s access points are for fire trucks, ambulances and other first responders.

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