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

Event Industry News

MAY 29, 2020

Allseated was one of the first companies to digitize venues to make sourcing and site selection more collaborative and efficient. That visualization will allay a lot of planner and client concerns about how to safely resume meeting, promised Sandy Hammer, chief marketing officer and co-founder of Allseated. Room to Experiment.

Meetings 139

Meetings Site Selections Government Event Tech 139

MeetingsNet

MARCH 28, 2023

For planners who want to include a venue’s power source in their site selection process, Julia Spangler, chief of sustainability consultancy Ecosystem Events, says that “the best source of information is the utility company connected to the venue. Some are already doing this.”

Site Selections 105

Site Selections Sustainability Consulting Hotels 105

MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Tanna Pearman, meeting broker for Las Vegas-based Meetings Made Easy, handles site selection and contracting for both corporate and association clients, which means her approach to building RFPs focuses on different elements of each meeting to match a given destination and its various hotels.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Hotels 2024 Negotiating 52

Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

Strategy: Bob Bejan, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for global events, production studios and marketing community, will share how the tech giant is reorganizing its event portfolio: Which events are virtual, hybrid, or in-person—and why?

Site Selections 98

Site Selections Trade Shows Sponsorships Tech 98

Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

A CCP may include staff from all areas of the organization, such as executives, marketing & communication, legal, HR, and subject matter experts. His safety topics have included site selection, event safety, emergency operations, and crisis communications. Anticipate and Prepare. Contact him at alan@arrivemanagement.com.

Social Media 119

Social Media Site Selections Healthcare Speakers 119

Eventsforce

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Turn to the local convention and visitors bureau (CVB) and destination marketing organisation (DMO) to hit an event planning jackpot. Offering attendance marketing tools on the DMO and CVB website, like toolkits for venue searching and booking, to make sure planners have resources to help their event thrive.

Meetings 98

Meetings Transportation Site Selections Attendance Marketing 98

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 16, 2023

Alessandro Cortese Five years ago, the European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) developed a site-selection strategy for its annual congress — which this year attracted more than 6,700 delegates in Vienna, Austria — that favored those destinations that recognized, in Clark’s words, that they had a challenge with cancer.

2025 96

2025 2021 Site Selections 2024 96

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

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The Economy : As we continue to look at in-person conferences and suppliers start to see revenue go up, the market for meeting planners to find venues and suppliers will become more competitive. His safety topics have included site selection, event safety, emergency operations and crisis communications.

2022 105

2022 Meetings Site Selections Hotels 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: . Seventy-two percent say Twitter is their No. 2 choice, while LinkedIn is first or second by 51 percent.

2015 74

2015 Meetings Site Selections Wireless 74

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. We do a lot with Virginia and North Carolina state associations, as well as the typical specialty markets—religious, some fraternal, a lot of social.

Site Selections 72

Site Selections Transportation Tech Sports 72

ePly

MARCH 18, 2024

From conception to post-event marketing, the planner has to be ready for nearly anything. Site selection: The venue and location must fit the budget and the basic requirements for the event. The venue, food/drink, entertainment, marketing, security, permits, and schedule will all impact the bottom line.

Social Media 62

Social Media Transportation Speakers Negotiating 62

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. Marketing in today’s digital age is the overarching theme of one program following popular influencers. He was a member of Connect Corporate’s 40 Under 40 in 2018.

Site Selections 65

Site Selections 2016 Advertising Financial 65

Smart Meetings

MAY 28, 2021

Who’s Booking : Hyatt is seeing a huge increase in leads from third-party RFP platforms like Cvent, and site selection companies like HelmsBriscoe. People are “cautiously optimistic” about the small meetings market for Q4 of this year. As of May 25, their Q2 lead volume has already surpassed Q1 numbers.

Site Selections 119

Site Selections 2019 Travel 2022 119

Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

From site selection with our meetings task force to contracting, logistics planning, execution and post-event wrap-up—if it has to do with one of our meetings, I am there. I had four months to plan, sell and market the event. What I do: I plan and execute three large member meetings a year across the U.S.

2019 81

2019 Site Selections Contracts Trade Shows 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. The only thing that has changed is the locale and venue. platform) options for their virtual event. Virtual Platform + Coterie Spark = Virtual Experience.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Entertainment Conference Venues 52

Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

Once inside Seattle’s styling neighborhoods you will discover unbelievable and delicious restaurants, fun and scrumptious farmers markets, noteworthy and extraordinary museums and outstanding and distinguished theaters and concert halls. When planning a conference in Seattle there really is so much to choose from.

Conference Planning 40

Conference Planning Conference Hospitality Site Selections 40

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. Brett Sterenson, Hotel Lobbyists. “In-house

Site Selections 81

Site Selections Contracts Meeting Planning Hotels 81

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 72

Hotels Site Selections Airlines 2015 72

MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

Gallery Slide description: Provides marketing, logistics, and management for events held at hotels. Gallery Slide description: Provides meeting logistics, event marketing and promotion, sales training meetings, user conferences, and more. Gating level. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. Gating level. anonymous user.

Meetings 81

Meetings Site Selections Social Media Corporate Meetings 81

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. Related Articles. .

Social Media 90

Social Media Sustainability Site Selections Travel 90

Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Commissions are simply another sales and marketing expense for venues, and the only main one that is a percentage of revenue, meaning there’s no cap to it, so it stands out like a sore thumb on a profit and loss statement. To really make the meeting hosts your clients, say to them, “Our fee to manage the site selection process is X.

2021 111

2021 Site Selections Contracts Venues 111

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We’re extremely proud of our editorial, design, marketing and sales departments, and I’m thrilled that Smart Meetings 360 is getting the recognition it deserves. “These victories reinforce our position as the No. 1 resource for meeting planners,” says Marin Bright, CEO and founder of Smart Meetings. About Smart Meetings 360, Inc.:

Meetings 40

Meetings Site Selections 2016 2015 40

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2019

To focus your marketing on being a ‘lower cost’ destination is unlikely to be as effective,” the white paper reads, since, when it came to decision making, budget was not one of the first three factors considered by planners that were interviewed. “To What is of greater importance to them is specific local strengths and expertise.

Tourism 76

Tourism Site Selections Sustainability Tech 76

MeetingsNet

MAY 25, 2018

It’s all in there, from initial ideation and market research, through budgeting and sponsorship, site selection, and marketing. Content Summary: This checklist from Endless Events provides nuggets of information along with each item planners need to check off as they go through the planning process. Download here.

Sponsorships 60

Sponsorships Site Selections Risk Management Event Apps 60

PCMA Convene

JULY 9, 2021

Climate change is making its way into more than the site-selection process for many associations by becoming part of their curriculum. We may go and stay in a massive hotel, but we go and have dinner at the tiny, neighborhood restaurant. … We have to support the diversity and variety that is so important to our industry.”.

Tourism 105

Tourism Government Sustainability 2030 105

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The market is still shifting, but it’s going to create a new way of doing business for the meetings industry as a whole,” an unnamed North American meeting professional was quoted as saying in the report. Site selection often requires some give and take on both sides of the negotiating table. Negotiating Room.

Hotels 40

Hotels Negotiating Meetings Airlines 40

Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 15, 2019

It affects everything from the site selection process right through to delivery. Mitch Cooper is the Content Marketing Manager for Experient. “Our budgets are going up in that line item [event security], but it affects everything,” said Gregg Talley, FASAE, CAE, President & CEO of Talley Management Group. “It About Mitch.

Global Events 66

Global Events Site Selections Hotels Events 66

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. Trandshows.

Event Planning 100

Event Planning Insurance Contracts Event Management 100

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Event websites, online registration, event marketing assistance, discount coupons for local attractions, writing pads, local media contacts, assistance arranging site visits and speakers gifts were other perks of CVB partnership, she explained. “Yes I could,” replied the CVB rep. And I could provide welcome bags and signage.”.

Site Selections 28

Site Selections Negotiating Hotels Contracts 28

MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 3, 2016

A couple of experts untangled the DMO/CVB/ DMC relationship during a recent webinar sponsored by empowerMINT, the online information tool from Destination Marketing Association International. read more.

Marketing 100

Marketing Site Selections Corporate Meetings Association Meetings 100

All Seated

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

At several events like Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit , attendees are already turning to an AI-powered chatbot to ask questions like, “When do the shuttle buses operate?”. Other AI-powered technologies are already redefining event check-in experiences and likely to trickle into meeting venues soon too.

Venues 34

Venues Meetings Food and Beverage Site Selections 34

International Institute of Event Management

MAY 26, 2014

They can even assist with transportation & travel, marketing & promotions, entertainment, and much more. . Once you get to the state website, you'll be sure to find some ideas for what to do in that state for your event for event venues, site selection, hotel recommendations, attractions, and more. .

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. Course Topics: Event Budgeting. Event Logistics.

Event Planning 40

Event Planning Contracts Social Media Event Management 40

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. Its entries cover technology, social media, marketing, and more.

Trade Shows 40

Trade Shows Consulting Social Media 2007 40

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2018

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. North Market photo by Randall L. Get Touristy.

2019 81

2019 Fashion Venues 2016 81