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4 Top Tips for Picking a Safe, Secure Hotel Site

SmartMeetings

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 inspection. . Next time, request someone from hotel security to go along for the stroll. We, as planners, can prepare for when bad things happen.

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Meeting Safety Trends in 2022

Smart Meetings

It’s not just Covid-19 (C19) and it’s much more than F&B , room blocks and hotel contracts. Ask yourself, does my next meeting venue have plans should the power go out? Include improved ventilation as an essential C19 reducer when considering venues. He’s a sought-after consultant, speaker, writer and trainer.

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The Road Ahead: What’s In Store for the Event Industry In 2021 & Beyond – Part Two In-Person Events

Event Leadership Institute

Mind your money with battles over escrow deposits to suppliers and more room to negotiate venue commissions. Most planners answering them have no idea, while most of the venues and other sell-side suppliers are way too optimistic, with little to base it on. All of this will make managing venue guarantees more challenging.

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CVBs and DMOs: A Hidden Resource for Meeting and Event Professionals

Eventsforce

These organisations can provide you with the following information and more: Suggestions and help facilitating event activities, entertainment, and speakers. A: If a planner is just starting a search, the CVB and DMO can provide support when looking for a venue or hotel by consolidating and bridging communication with these properties.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

PCMA Convene

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 For in-person events, Smith thinks that big venues can be part of the solution. “A ‘We Have a Great Responsibility’. On the Program.

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2019 ASAE Preview: 8 Ways to Enjoy Columbus, Ohio

Smart Meetings

If you haven’t already, it’s time to get to the drawing board to book off-site activities and venues for next August 10 to 13. Smart Meetings recently went on a FAM trip hosted by Experience Columbus to scope out the area and make your site selection job that much easier. The hotel has 135 guest rooms, 5,464 sq.

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The fastest way to save time and money

Plan Your Meetings

After hearing advice from the hotel reps and other planners at her table, a CVB salesperson asked her what kind of help she needed. “I I need help getting recommendations for hotels and local vendors,” the executive assistant added. “I They are able to provide “outside the norm” suggestions for venue space and other ideas.