SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The beginning of a new year brings the promise of new events, incentives and meetings. Do you start earlier than usual in the hope of finding better availability given the compression of the 2022 market? In normal times, your site selection process would include factoring in airlift, weather, meeting space, number of guestrooms, etc.

Contracts 114

Contracts Site Selections 2022 Risk Management 114

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Paid influencer marketing is spreading to the event industry, and I doubt that it’s an ethical practice. Brand X’s Property in Somewhere, USA is a client of ours, and I am working on an influencer campaign to help promote Property Z’s event spaces as ideal venues for conferences and corporate meetings.

Marketing 120

Marketing Social Media Site Selections 2014 120

All Seated

MARCH 12, 2019

. To get to the heart of how the needs of planners and organizers are changing, we dug into PCMA Convene’s recently released 28 th Annual Meetings Market Survey. Takeaway #2: Digital Venue Marketing Tools Play a Role. A robust venue marketing toolkit that appeals to a diverse set of needs. The answer?

Venues 40

Venues Marketing Meetings Site Selections 40

MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A meeting professional’s expertise can go in any number of directions: marketing, adult education, event design, site selection, contracting, event technology … It’s a dynamic role. A discussion with any potential meeting venue should cover air-circulation and air-quality issues.

Site Selections 105

Site Selections Contracts Hotels 2020 105

PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2017

The 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey collected information about the number, size, revenue, and budgets for meetings industry during 2015, as well as information about site visits, booking windows, housing, and other topics: . On average, respondents’ use of virtual meetings and events went up nearly 0.3

2015 74

2015 Meetings Site Selections Wireless 74

MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

A healthy number of meetings-industry companies made the list, and the rise of unique experience providers shows what your attendees are excited about. There are a healthy number of meeting and event planning companies on the list, check out the slideshow for a sampling of privately held companies with impressive growth rates.

Meetings 81

Meetings Site Selections Social Media Corporate Meetings 81

MeetingsNet

MARCH 28, 2023

To achieve true sustainability, planners should understand where the energy comes from that's powering their meetings. An event venue’s power source has a notable effect on a meeting’s total carbon emissions. Therefore, any measurement of carbon emissions from a meeting would have to take this into account.

Site Selections 105

Site Selections Sustainability Consulting Hotels 105

MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

With meeting season back in full swing, hotels are busy servicing corporate and association programs while their sales teams are sifting through the requests for proposals for business events set to happen in late 2023 and throughout 2024 and beyond. It’s a sellers’ market these days; hotels have multiple pieces of business to choose from.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Hotels 2024 Negotiating 52

Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The swimming pool of meeting and event safety has a variety of items floating in it, from physical safety and health concerns to climate change and political upheaval. Meeting planners have very full plates these days. When it comes to handling crisis communication, the meeting planner won’t be doing it alone.

Social Media 119

Social Media Site Selections Healthcare Speakers 119

Smart Meetings

MAY 28, 2021

Smart Meetings got a sneak peek at the Event Leadership Institute’s (ELI) opening general session of their upcoming Business, Design & Strategy Summit on June 3, The State of the Industry: Where We Are With In-Person Events. For the next 3-6 months, many corporations aren’t holding meetings due to company travel restrictions.

Site Selections 119

Site Selections 2019 Travel 2022 119

Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

The Event Leadership Institute’s Business, Design & Strategy Summit , held virtually on June 3, invites meeting and event professionals to chart their course for the future. So where does that leave you? Juliette Kayyem, former assistant secretary of Homeland Security and CNN national security analyst will share tips for moving ahead.

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Site Selections Trade Shows Sponsorships Tech 98

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

November 11, 2016 – Smart Meetings, the leading media company and most trusted resource for meeting professionals, was awarded two Eddie Awards and two Ozzie Awards at the 2016 Eddie & Ozzie Awards by Folio in New York City. 1 resource for meeting planners,” says Marin Bright, CEO and founder of Smart Meetings.

Meetings 40

Meetings Site Selections 2016 2015 40

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Rising hotel and airline costs , along with increasing demand for more and longer meetings is pressuring planners to make critical choices to stay in strict budgets, according to a new study by American Express Meetings & Events. Internal meetings land on the lower end of the spectrum and incentives are the most costly.

Hotels 40

Hotels Negotiating Meetings Airlines 40

Event Industry News

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tarsus Connect has today announced the purchase of BizBash, the iconic trade media company for event and meeting planners, further expanding Connect’s market leading position. In cities where Connect and BizBash events overlap, they will collocate and combine efforts—including some pop-up events in markets new to BizBash.

Site Selections 72

Site Selections Tech Sports Conference 72

Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Natasha Stamper Pedigo, CMP, 38, works in Lexington, Kentucky, as a meeting planner and event manager at The Asphalt Institute. What I do: I plan and execute three large member meetings a year across the U.S. What I do: I plan and execute three large member meetings a year across the U.S. Connect with Pedigo on Instagram. .

2019 81

2019 Site Selections Contracts Trade Shows 81

Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 6, 2019

As vice president of sales, he helped customize solutions for different market segments. Most recently, he was a third-party operator for a housing and site selection company. I want us to be to be thought of as the sports and meetings destination in this region. Where do you see meetings coming from?

Site Selections 72

Site Selections Transportation Tech Sports 72

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts about why certification has become so essential, the commitment required and specific areas where event professionals are focusing to achieve their A-game. Certified Meetings Experts. Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States. Jessie States.

Education 61

Education Meetings 2010 Financial 61

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 16, 2023

based global urbanist Greg Clark, who spoke at the IMEX Policy Forum in Frankfurt in May, told Joint Meetings Industry Council’s The Iceberg platform. Destinations talk about marketing and competitive edge through impact; associations talk about their missions. As a result, “there’s a new era of choice emerging,” Clark said.

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2025 2021 Site Selections 2024 96

All Seated

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This same thinking applies to meeting venues. Anticipating planners and attendees’ future needs is a lot like trying to select the winning numbers in a lottery. However, there are several key indicators trending now that point to what the future of meeting venues might look like. Emphasis on Experiential.

Venues 34

Venues Meetings Food and Beverage Site Selections 34

Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 7, 2019

With experience inside the industry, mixed with a newbie’s fresh eyes, may make Bezdjian the ideal candidate to take the MICE market mainstream. His goal, which he has been working on for months—and taking meetings about, naturally—is to place the spotlight on the industry through reality television.

Site Selections 65

Site Selections 2016 Advertising Financial 65

Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2017

For many organizations, using meetings procurement companies (aka, third-party planners) like HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect for site selection, contracts and other meeting planning functions is crucial to executing a successful event. We are in the know on market trends. Their concerns are my concerns.

Site Selections 81

Site Selections Contracts Meeting Planning Hotels 81

Coterie Spark

MAY 29, 2020

Just like our site selection process for in-person events, we’ve evaluated an obscene number of virtual platforms so that we can advise our clients on the best “venue” (i.e. Consider an in-person meeting or special event. The only thing that has changed is the locale and venue. platform) options for their virtual event.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Entertainment Conference Venues 52

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2019

Brexit popped up as both a threat and opportunity for the events industry in the new “Europe as a Destination for Meetings and Conferences” study. meeting buyers and sellers in different industries. Therefore, the study advises destinations to fine-tune their marketing to particular segments in which they excel. Event Tech.

Tourism 76

Tourism Site Selections Sustainability Tech 76

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. More : 6 Smart Moves: Wellness Edition.

Hotels 61

Hotels Site Selections Airlines 2015 61

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master. J: Marketing.

Meetings 62

Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

Post authored by Rachel Stephan, Event Marketing Strategist, sensov/ event marketing. With so many things to consider, site selection will challenge more and more and event planners. Rachel helps meeting planners grow their event attendance with results-driven event marketing strategies.

Social Media 90

Social Media Sustainability Site Selections Travel 90

Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Planners need to look at what the attendee experience will be with COVID-safe protocols in place and determine if the event still meets their objectives. Traditional hybrid meetings started with an in-person event, with a broadcast element added for a remote audience. Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should. Reverse Hybrids.’

2021 111

2021 Site Selections Contracts Venues 111

MeetingsNet

MAY 25, 2018

Content Summary: The Event Essentials: The Digital Guide to Enhancing Meeting and Event Success from etouches outlines a four-step process, including the essential tips and tools you need to create and run your event, engage attendees, and grow your meeting. workspace://SpacesStore/093441ac-df66-406f-961d-093f67612b90. Download here.

Sponsorships 60

Sponsorships Site Selections Risk Management Event Apps 60

PCMA Convene

JULY 9, 2021

Ke wrote: “It has now become clear that meeting the needs of our society without breaching the earth’s ecological boundaries will demand a paradigm shift.”. For most associations, hosting meetings and conferences fall into their regular operations. Laura Kate Bender. An Eco-Friendly Events Ecosystem. On the Program.

Tourism 105

Tourism Government Sustainability 2030 105

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2018

It’s not even Halloween yet, but it’s never too early to plan ahead for next year’s ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Columbus, Ohio. 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. of meeting space. Columbus Skyline photo by Andy Spessard.

2019 81

2019 Fashion Venues 2016 81

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

On an ongoing basis, Plan Your Meetings holds industry-challenges-and-solutions roundtables to give planners and suppliers a chance to talk honestly (and anonymously) about their challenges and brainstorm about potential solutions. And 50 percent of them had been planning meetings for more than 15 years. What else could you do?”

Site Selections 28

Site Selections Negotiating Hotels Contracts 28

Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 15, 2019

It affects everything from the site selection process right through to delivery. It’s a very important topic for meeting planning companies because we are definitely not alone in something like this,” he said, “and the bigger the event is you need to be sure all the authorities who have the decision-making powers are involved.”.

Global Events 66

Global Events Site Selections Hotels Events 66

Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

The blog from popular enterprise event software Cvent is divided into categories so you can peruse based on your interests: social media, site selection and budgeting, association tips, meeting and event intelligence, planning how-tos, and strategic meetings management. Event Marketer. Smart Meetings.

Trade Shows 40

Trade Shows Consulting Social Media 2007 40

Capterra Event Management

APRIL 25, 2017

Event Marketing. Event Marketing and Social Media. Site Selection. Event Marketing. Now that you know all there is to know about event planning, it’s time to decide whether you want to do general event planning or select a niche market to target. Identify your target market. Aesthetics.

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Event Planning Insurance Contracts Event Management 100

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

Among them are stats on such things as crime rates, entertainment offerings, cultural offerings, and economic vitality — factors which directly or indirectly impact site selection decisions for events. has hired the DMO Travel Portland to do their marketing. cities, focusing on 27 criteria.

Tourism 61

Tourism 2018 Travel Site Selections 61

International Institute of Event Management

MAY 26, 2014

Event Management Companies: Explore destination meeting spaces, hotel space, venue options, and other event ideas on Cvent's website, here: [link]. They can even assist with transportation & travel, marketing & promotions, entertainment, and much more. . For example, Denver, Colorado has a tourism website, VisitDenver.org.

Tourism 40

Tourism Site Selections Hotels Transportation 40

Capterra Event Management

JANUARY 31, 2017

Event Marketing. Event Marketing and Social Media. Event Marketing. Wedding Marketing. Site Selection. Event Marketing. The “Five W’s” of Event Marketing. Web and Print Marketing. Marketing Design. Marketing Funding. Intro to Corporate Meetings, Events, and Conferences.

Event Planning 40

Event Planning Contracts Social Media Event Management 40