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Room Block Poaching, Deceptive Practices and Consumer Fraud

Connect Your Meetings

Meetings and exhibitions continue to be impacted by room block poaching. Michael is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and learning institutions, speaking on what’s now and what’s next in meetings and events. venues worldwide, negotiate rates and review contracts at no cost to her client.

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Interviews with Planners - Chivonne Hyppolite

Eventinterface

In your beaker, combine the elements: creativity, passion, experience and negotiation. Actually, add a bit more of negotiation for good measure - I mean who doesn’t love a good negotiator. All of our tools are becoming digital and cloud-based, so we can virtually plan and have meetings from anywhere in the world.

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Pairing memorable event experiences with bleisure travel

Eventbase

Here are four of our favorites: Select attractive destinations Negotiate extended conference hotel rates Offer companion or family passes for your event Use the event app to highlight bleisure information 1. How can event managers appeal to the bleisure traveler? There are many ways to appeal to the bleisure traveler.

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California Travel Ban Provokes Scorn and Cancellations

SmartMeetings

Tennessee’s state Senate passed a resolution mocking California and calling for the state to pass a reciprocal ban. At Omni Louisville Hotel, General Manager Scott Stuckey said the property received calls from both conventions withdrawing from negotiations due to the California ban, but did not identify them. “We

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Hilton Announces 14th Brand, Tapestry Collection

SmartMeetings

Hilton Worldwide launched its Tapestry Collection brand last week, but meeting planners will have to stay tuned to find out about meeting potential at the properties. – Nashville, Tennessee. As these are intended to be original, upscale properties, guests may need to keep their meetings small. – Chicago.

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The Cost of Conscience

PCMA Convene

It was March 31, 2016, and ACA’s Governing Council was meeting in Montreal as part of ACA’s 2016 Conference & Expo. 17, the Tennessee Senate had passed legislation that would allow counselors and therapists to refuse to treat a patient if doing so would “conflict with a sincerely held religious belief.” THE GOOD FIGHT.

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Forever Remote: Event Central

SmartMeetings

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. When it matters enough to gather, the meeting design could be much different that in the BC (before-Covid) times. We’ll gather for the moments that matter.

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