Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
These events usually last three to four days, and when you add on travel time, attendees may be gone from their families for a week or longer. If that is the case for your attendees, here is a checklist of things to look for from a venue and the benefits of traveling this way. Select a hotel or conference center with family suites.
Event Leadership Institute
APRIL 30, 2021
Other sessions will address positioning your company for post-COVID growth and how the work-from-home culture and decrease in business travel will affect in-person meetings. Another common challenge is creating sponsorship models that work in a virtual or hybrid environment.
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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. For the next 3-6 months, many corporations aren’t holding meetings due to company travel restrictions. As of May 25, their Q2 lead volume has already surpassed Q1 numbers.
Event Leadership Institute
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Key Takeaways: Milestones like the return of leisure and business travel and full-capacity restaurant dining rooms will precede in-person events. Leisure Travel. Leisure travel will return first, and when air and hotel numbers start going up in decent numbers, that’s a strong indicator. Business Travel.
Maritz Global Events
MARCH 3, 2020
We’re always looking at new trends, tech innovations and the social climate to see what will shake up the industry. These issues could cause business confidence to wane and group-business travel is most sensitive to this. catering to the wave of meatless/animal-free diets; travel emission considerations (and more).
PCMA Convene
AUGUST 29, 2019
For example, leaders in tech and innovation should target organizers of tech-focused events; those destinations with high marks for environmental sustainability should “communicate accordingly with buyers concerned about the environmental impact of events.”. Event Tech.
All Seated
MARCH 12, 2019
What is unstated, but still likely in the crosshairs of belt-tightening, is the pressure for organizers and planners to reduce both the cost of time and travel associated with conducting in-person venue site visits. Specifically: 63 percent are being asked to reduce F&B expenses. 47 percent are asked to trim AV costs. The answer?
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