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Social Media for Wedding Planners: Tips From Shaun Gray On How To Build a Lucrative Social Following

Planning Pod

Don’t go on social just to promote One of the most common mistakes new businesses make when they go on social is to follow old-school marketing tricks. And if you’re in the wedding planning business, investing in event management software is non-negotiable. Shaun with his “garden disco” grooms!

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Big Hotel Boom Forecast for Smaller Cities

SmartMeetings

In fact, 39 markets have average hotel-supply growth forecast for greater than 2 percent. In addition to giving planners fresh choices for backdrops to meetings, the surge in new space can also lead to a decline in occupancy rates and hoteliers hungry to negotiate with planners who are willing to be flexible. markets in 2017. “It

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16th Annual Meetings Industry Forecast

PCMA Convene

The United States will continue to outperform the global exhibitions market. Year-to-date RevPAR has declined in six of the top 25 markets. It would be tempting to attribute that to new supply, but the room nights sold have declined in four markets. What’s in store next year? percent in Asia-Pacific. Airfares will be up 2.5

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. He was the guest speaker for the HT Brand Studio special on “Emergence of Vernacular Marketing” Where to Find him? Nir is an expert on product marketing and development. Robert is the Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at multiple universities.

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. He was the guest speaker for the HT Brand Studio special on “Emergence of Vernacular Marketing” Where to Find him? Nir is an expert on product marketing and development. Robert is the Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at multiple universities.