MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For example, do you really need to hold that meeting off-site and in person? For board meetings and other smaller business events, is a virtual meeting an option? This would obviously eliminate costs associated with travel, hotel, and F&B. Also, take a hard look at your entire meeting program. Event-Tech.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Related Stories: Zeiss Shares Five Ways to Make Sales Meetings More Fun Q&A: San Francisco Travel Association Discusses Event Safety and Business 82% of travelers say business travel is ‘very or moderately’ worthwhile in achieving business objectives. percent increase in hotel rates.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

If actual strikes are called, they will join the more than 6,000 workers from several hotel brands on strike in Chicago since Sept. The strike vote came after months of negotiation between Unite Here Local 5 and Marriott. A Marriott International spokesperson said: “We have been in negotiations with Unite Here Local 26 since April.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

According to a recent MPI Meetings Outlook survey, 85 percent of respondents expect to see price increases in ground transportation, and 38 percent expect those increases to be higher than 10 percent. If there’s a mass-transit stop near your hotel, provide attendees with clear information on using the destination’s mass-transit options.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Planners with upcoming meetings in Southern California should watch developments there closely in the next few days or weeks. This year of hotel strikes, with thousands of workers on picket lines across the country, may not yet be over. More : Hospitality Strike Votes Could Increase with Arrival of High-Tech Hotels.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With attention spans waning and gamification a growing element of daily life, the survey sought to understand how learning and development will evolve, the implications of tech advancements on face-to-face interaction, as well as the considerations event organisers need to make due to a growing generational spread amongst delegates.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Hotels are currently in the driver’s seat when it comes to meeting negotiations. And if you miss on your first-choice hotel, you could end up paying higher room rates. Also remember that the hotel industry is awash with new salespeople hired after the pandemic. is to hold the meeting on site at the office.

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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.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 9, 2021

How to build budgets and adapt them on the fly at a time when in-person and virtual meetings don’t yet have a clear path forward. As a result, Schwartz allowed in-person table discussions every 10 minutes while bringing remote attendees into Zoom breakout meetings so people could share their experiences related to the budgeting process.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

From Cvent DoubleDutch to PREVENT event testing, these planning resources improve health and event safety and management—for every meeting format. Harness the Power of Negotiation for Post-Covid Success. Check out our latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Backstage Pass: Producing Compelling Content That Drives Engagement,” for tips.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . Now Global Head of Events, Training and Certification at Amazon Web Services, she has realized that the challenges meeting professionals are facing and the way they are learning has changed since she published her book pre-Covid. Contract and Negotiation Tips.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 29, 2018

A list of tech fundamentals that will help you align event needs and goals. Brought to you by: Being a successful meeting & event planner requires a multifaceted skillset—from people and project management to contract negotiation and technology prowess. Convene makes all your tech needs simple. Load In / Load Out.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

You might want to take a second look at big city venues, where the access is convenient, amenities are abundant and hotel partners are eager to welcome you back. of meeting space. In the past several weeks, we have welcomed tech companies, financial, a crypto-currency group , realtors and association business. of meeting space.

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Stova

MAY 25, 2023

Meet with key stakeholders and decision makers to align on and specify event goals. Strategic venue sourcing and selection software helps meeting planners sort through hundreds of thousands of possible venues (and rooms) at the click of a few buttons with a refined search. Filter out venues that don’t meet your criteria.

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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. In this webinar, Smart Meetings 360’s sourcing experts teach you how to narrow down destination options, get the most out of site visits and make your RFPs more desirable to hotels.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2021

All the major international hotel brands are attending, plus many smaller, boutique hotels, and the number of technology suppliers grows by the day. The tech area has significantly increased with companies we hadn’t even heard of two years ago,” said Bauer. Scout future meeting space at Mandalay Bay and the new CAESARS FORUM.

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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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Event Industry News

JULY 11, 2019

Does the thought of organising a conference or corporate meeting for your company leave you in a cold sweat? We are a free hire space service and collect our charges from the owners of the conference venue or hotel that we book for you. We can help you put together any meeting or corporate event, big or small, to your satisfaction.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 7, 2019

Companies have more money for meetings, but planners have less funds to host the events. Meanwhile, hotels are charging higher rates while supply struggles to keep up with demand. The new normal in events is incremental growth, says American Express Meetings & Events in its 2019 Global Meetings & Events Forecast.

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GEVME

APRIL 9, 2018

From fun incentive trips to spectacular galas, you can align the goals of an organisation with a huge variety of corporate meeting types. While some corporations choose to entrust such meetings to an in-house event planner, others hire external corporate event professionals. How to plan a corporate event. Build connections.

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Endless Events

JULY 26, 2019

Also, following the show in your post-event meeting document everything you can about what went well and what went wrong. There are three categories of questions to ask; essential, quality of life, and tech questions. . This could reduce your engagement and you might be able to negotiate to have it removed from your screen. .

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Pan Gongsheng, vice governor of the People’s Bank of China, told a financial meeting over the weekend that Bitcoin is a bubble waiting to burst, like “tulip mania” in the 1600s and the dot-com crash. Meeting planners can potentially save money by paying in Bitcoin. Many hotels now accept Bitcoin—as do some casino slot machines.

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The Castle Group

MARCH 2, 2021

Invite key groups that make sense to meet physically, such as local/regional participants or teams where in-person collaboration and team building is critical to business success. A smaller in-person group will allow you to ensure that you meet the proper capacity limits for your in-person guests. Think tech.

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Event Industry News

JULY 12, 2019

Does the thought of organising a conference or corporate meeting for your company leave you in a cold sweat? We are a free hire space service and collect our charges from the owners of the conference venue or hotel that we book for you. We can help you put together any meeting or corporate event, big or small, to your satisfaction.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The niche between the proverbial rock and a hard place that event professionals often inhabit could be even cozier in the coming year, according to the results of a new American Express Meetings & Events study. Group hotel rates in North America are predicted to move up at a rate of 3.5 So we have to be smarter.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 3, 2019

Smart Meetings asked experts about their tricks for creating a phenomenal experience while spending a minimal amount of money. Related : 4 Easy Tips for Reducing Meeting Waste. It’s more difficult to negotiate prices with a venue that outsources its food and beverage service, as it doesn’t have much control over food options.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

and Canadian hotel bookings starting in April. He predicted other hotel brands will do the same eventually. Meeting planners provide more value than any commission,” he says. Leveraging Tech Tools. Not everyone reacted with outrage when Marriott International said it will cut third-party commissions recently.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 17, 2022

Could forever-remote tech workers fuel meeting boom? To build trust and relationships and depth in remote-first teams, you’ve got to meet in person. “To To build trust and relationships and depth in remote-first teams, you’ve got to meet in person. We’ll gather for the moments that matter. There’s no way around that.”.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Meeting professionals, on the other hand, may have groaned about yet another bandwidth-hungry device soon to be in the hands of attendees — making for even trickier wireless service at event venues, especially hotels, where pricing and service speeds can be all over the map.

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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. They can often negotiate better deals and availability.

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SpotMe Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

A solid starting point will guide you as you work to meet your goals and objectives. And meet your audience’s needs. That way you’ll have more options, more time to negotiate, and a clear guideline to make sure your event is cost-efficient. Event tech. Select other event tech. Hybrid event platform. Gamification.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

How do you incentivize attendees to stay in your hotel block? Would you like to know how to leverage your locations and negotiate terms? When you negotiate with hotels you have more leverage if your location isn't locked down yet. Top Dog – Impress and Influence Everyone You Meet by Andy Bounds (Book).

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Endless Events

MARCH 13, 2020

Watch our webinar on Negotiating Hotel Wi-Fi. You might remember when Will and Brandt dedicated an entire episode of the Event Tech Podcast to it. As our resident tech-savvy, innovation-loving experts, these two have plenty to say on the subject of 5G and events. . ? The Future of 5G at Events – Event Tech Podcast.

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zkipster

MAY 5, 2022

Our meetings with luxury brands, agencies, airlines, arts organizations and event producers provided fascinating insights into the ways events, hospitality and doing business in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are similar to the rest of the world, and what makes them unique. DANIEL DESSAUGES | CEO | ZKIPSTER. And, as we learnt at the St.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2016

That was the category under which Bill Reed, FASAE, CMP, senior director of meetings and community engagement for the American Society of Hematology (ASH), organized ASH’s Executive Committee Spring Retreat in Havana this past May. based organization to plan a meeting somewhere that had been off-limits to Americans for more than 50 years?

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Hotel prices will increase by 4 percent in North America and decrease by 0.6 And there will be growing use of cashless payments and livestreaming at meetings and events. Continued strength in the markets that were slow to add new hotels: Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Detroit. What’s in store next year? percent in Asia-Pacific.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The two-day-long event takes place at the Business Design Centre, London on 14 th -15 th October and will see approximately 1,800 one-to-one business meetings take place. Exhibitors confirmed to date include Edwardian Hotels, National Gallery, Royal Museums Greenwich, The Brewery and The Hurlingham Club. Event Tech.

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