Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

If you are an event or meeting planner you’ve heard of PSAV. They provide in-house AV and production at convention centers, venues, and hotels such as Kimpton, Hyatt, and Marriott, across the country. The news makes for shaky ground and uncertainty for meeting and event planners nationwide. Will this merger change that?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The days of boxed-in, windowless meetings are officially a thing of the past. More : Tech Companies Flee Cubicles, Meet Outdoors. More : Tech Companies Flee Cubicles, Meet Outdoors. Meet in earshot of nature. And when stress is low, focus is possible, which fosters more productive meetings.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 8, 2022

How to creatively overcome post-pandemic staffing and supply shortages at medical meetings. Hotels are now less likely to negotiate rental fees and other typically negotiable line items. Read More : Smart Tech: The Great Resignation. Top Tips for Navigating the Healthcare Meeting Landscape. Plan (Much Farther!)

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Editor’s Note : As part of Back Light , a series of articles sharing insider observations, we asked Tracy Judge, founder & CEO of Soundings Connect, for strategies meeting professionals can use to remain employable in the coming years. The shift happened quickly and out of necessity, but a tech disruption in the industry was inevitable.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

29, is International Coffee Day—an unofficial day of worship for many meeting professionals. Cause the best part of waking up is with three new coffee destinations in your meetings cup. As for the industry that most relies on the coffee industry (that’s us, meeting profs!), This Saturday, Sept. But not at The Durham.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 23, 2016

2016 was a great year for innovation and advancement in meetings technology. Here are some of the most interesting and informative event tech stories from 2016, covering topics from essential meeting planning apps to robot concierges. 7 Must-Have Apps for Meeting Planners. 7 Must-Have Apps for Meeting Planners.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. Pharma meeting planners are experts in social media marketing, email campaigns, media partnerships, and more to maximize HCP attendance and participation. It is not for commercial purposes.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Smart Meetings regularly offers free webinars that cover a range of valuable topics, from contract negotiation to sourcing strategies. Site and venue sourcing is one of the most important aspects of planning an event. Meetings & Tradeshow Automation. These are a few of our most popular webinars from 2016.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

IHG Hotels & Resorts has teamed up with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Morehouse College (MC) and Clark Atlanta University (CAU) for a mutually beneficial collaboration through their early career recruitment program. Those students that are in computer science may be going to Google or some of the tech companies.

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Stova

MARCH 16, 2023

The Strategic Meetings Management Guide Successful strategic meetings management requires a wide array of skills and tools to help you meet stakeholders' expectations and reach your goals. Within this guide, you will receive the tools and knowledge to become a meeting strategist for your organization.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

Standups — or short meetings — can be a great tool for teams who are having to shift skills in order to meet the needs of digital event planning. If they have a live meeting planned in 2020, Colangelo said, they see that they must take it down — like a house, brick by brick. What is the plan: Hit pause?

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Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

She has been working for a local meeting planning company and as she said “so far so good”. As a rule, conferences, conventions and meetings are all events that bring individuals together with a like-minded objective. Like us oldies know, when starting out, there is so much to pick up and absorb and the learning curve is crazy.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

of meeting space,” said Rachel Davis, public relations and communications specialist for Team San Jose. The tech giant’s new headquarters is located in Cupertino, just minutes away from San Jose. With the continued support of our key community partners, including the city and its Office of Economic Development, San Jose Hotels Inc.,

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 5, 2017

The Kimpton Alexis Hotel in Seattle recently rolled out Amazon Echo devices in each of its 121 guestrooms. The addition of Alexa-powered devices makes the Kimpton Alexis the first hotel in the country to offer the service in every guest room and suite. What can Alexa do for the meeting planner? Alexa, ask Alexis….

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

After all, attendees spend much of their time indoors as it is, so taking a break from enclosure may be welcomed; technically it’s still work for them, but taking the meeting outside will take the pressure off and remind everyone that it’s supposed to be fun. Many hotels and resorts offer a broad range of activities from which to choose.

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Plan Your Meetings

MARCH 25, 2019

During MPI’s World Education Congress (WEC) in Indianapolis last year, SocialTables Founder Dan Berger explored a variety of current and upcoming trends impacting the meeting and event industry. And on the tech side, Cvent just announced another acquisition of QuickMobile. Commissions.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Best Airport Hotel. Best Ballroom Hotel. Best Beach Hotel. Best Boutique/Lifestyle Hotel. Best City Hotel. Best Coastal Hotel. Best Conference Center Hotel. Best Convention Center Hotel. Best Desert Hotel. Best Eco/Green Hotel. Best Family-Friendly Hotel/Resort.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

And, like more than a few train stations of its kind, it is still finding new ways to delight and welcome modern groups—from casual visitors to meetings-minded professionals. . It reopened as a venue and hotel in 1985, and has remained a mainstay of downtown St. Louis Union Station Hotel now part of the Curio Collection by Hilton.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

After a blow to international travel due to Covid, a wave of tech layoffs and some negative publicity, the city is leaning into its strengths as a diverse, business savvy and beautiful destination to reemerge stronger. We’re thrilled to welcome meeting and event attendees back to the City by the Bay.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. Job title: Tech evangelist and idea igniter. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 3, 2019

Two-thirds of the funding for the project came from a partnership with the hotel community, and representatives were onsite Thursday to see the final project. “I Later, Mayor Ed Lee took up the cause of expanding and modernizing so the city could continue to compete for large conferences and serve the needs of a growing tech community.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

VR has been on the “trends to watch” list for some time now in the meetings space , but the amount of destinations who are actively using it to showcase their venues and cities has seemingly blossomed overnight. At a media breakfast hosted by Meet L.A., At a media breakfast hosted by Meet L.A., Virtual Discovery L.A.

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Planner WIre

APRIL 17, 2020

I am also lucky to be working with my peeps at i3 Events , with “Remote, Reliable, Responsible” a meeting planning consortium, with Tess on The EventTech Pull Up , and also with the team at Dahlia+ …. Meeting departments at companies are getting crushed and it goes on and on and on and on. BUT… It is coming.

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Planner WIre

APRIL 17, 2020

I am also lucky to be working with my peeps at i3 Events , with “ Remote, Reliable, Responsible ” a meeting planning consortium, with Tess on The EventTech Pull Up , and also with the team at Dahlia+ …. Meeting departments at companies are getting crushed and it goes on and on and on and on. BUT… It is coming.

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Planner WIre

APRIL 17, 2020

I am also lucky to be working with my peeps at i3 Events , with “ Remote, Reliable, Responsible ” a meeting planning consortium, with Tess on The EventTech Pull Up , and also with the team at Dahlia+ …. Meeting departments at companies are getting crushed and it goes on and on and on and on. BUT… It is coming.

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Planner WIre

APRIL 17, 2020

I am also lucky to be working with my peeps at i3 Events , with “ Remote, Reliable, Responsible ” a meeting planning consortium, with Tess on The EventTech Pull Up , and also with the team at Dahlia+ …. Meeting departments at companies are getting crushed and it goes on and on and on and on. BUT… It is coming.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 10, 2018

Five days later, The Golden Globe Awards followed in Beverly Hills, California, and the ceremonies will keep on coming, leaving event planners and hotels mighty busy straight out of the gate. Staging an awards gala requires substantial planning, and in many ways it is similar to planning a meeting or an event.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. Job title: Tech evangelist and idea igniter. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 16, 2017

A new year brings a fresh start and much to look forward to, an outlook that extends to the meetings and events industry. How many times have you fumbled around a hotel room trying to figure out how to turn on the lights, adjust the temperature or turn on the television? These days, business is more casual and so are meeting setups.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

These cities are not only popular travel destinations, but also ideal settings for meetings and conventions. Few meeting destinations can rival Las Vegas, with its seemingly endless array of dazzling accommodations, resorts, casinos, entertainment and nightlife. of exhibits.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas. Among the initiatives that IMEX America has introduced to meet this need is the EventTechTours.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Fear not, we at Smart Meetings have hacked the code to providing Wi-Fi to the masses. Thou Shalt Meet the Demands. Plan to supply a Wi-Fi network that can support all of your attendees and all their device —that includes laptops, smartphones and tablets. Here are our seven Wi-Fi commandments to live by. Thou Shalt Embrace Speed.

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Corbin Ball

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

18 LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN. 18 LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN. Or helpful business or meeting planning links? 6 Meeting Industry-Related Sites: ebook from Julius Solaris: The Future of Event Marketing. Kapow: very interesting new "meeting experience" booking engine. QUOTES OF THE MONTH.

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Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

This guide will show you how to put together an event strategic plan, streamline your event marketing process and be a best-in-class meetings and events team. Introduction Planning a meeting or event of any size can be a daunting task for those who aren’t used to that level of orchestration.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

By incorporating a hospitality perspective, Concierge.com provides a line of communication to relevant hotels throughout the planning process. Develop relationships with the staff at specific hotels during each event. Conde Nast has dipped into the meeting and events world in the past.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2017

How do you become an independent meeting planner? Annette Suriani, CMP AMS Meetings Solutions Fairfax, Virginia Time as an independent planner: 5 years. I’m using my strongest skills in meeting and event planning, so I kind of took a winding route, but it’s a really, really great fit for me.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 30, 2017

As budgets continue to grow—one third of planners now have a budget of $3000-$4000 per person—and more luxury hotels and properties with ample meeting space are coming online, it seems this segment of the industry is going gangbusters. The post 2017 Incentive Travel Trends appeared first on Smart Meetings. Annually, U.S.

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