article thumbnail

5 tips for evaluating safety during site selection

Plan Your Meetings

A rule of meeting safety is ensuring the space, facility or venue is free from harm and offers components and measures that keep it free from harm. Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer. Here are a few simple things to do during your next hotel or venue selection.

article thumbnail

Crisis Communication: Tips for Event Safety

Event Leadership Institute

If, for example, the controversial speaker might draw unwanted attention or guests, then prepare to work with the venue or hire extra security in advance. Train Your Team. Once each member of the CCP has his, her, or their assignments, make sure everyone has the training to fit the bill.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sky-High Airfares Plus Delays Mean Fewer Attendees, Say Planners

MeetingsNet

And when it comes to site selection, 52 percent said that high airfares are affecting their choices in one of two ways: They are only considering cities that offer more carriers and flights (60 percent) or they are opting to hold regional meetings to minimize air travel (40 percent). Specifically, 69.2

article thumbnail

4 Top Tips for Picking a Safe, Secure Hotel Site

SmartMeetings

Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer. Here are a few simple things to do during your next hotel or venue inspection. . Do they go through background checks and training?) We, as planners, can prepare for when bad things happen. How are they identified?

Hotels 77
article thumbnail

Are you interested in a Meeting Planner Career?

Master the Event

From start to finish, the responsibilities involved with a meeting planner career are endless, from site selection to venues, from set-up to speakers, from contracting service companies to tear down and on and on the list goes. And really be sure to get yourself out the door and network, network, network.

article thumbnail

The Road Ahead: What’s In Store for the Event Industry In 2021 & Beyond – Part Two In-Person Events

Event Leadership Institute

Mind your money with battles over escrow deposits to suppliers and more room to negotiate venue commissions. Most planners answering them have no idea, while most of the venues and other sell-side suppliers are way too optimistic, with little to base it on. All of this will make managing venue guarantees more challenging.

2021 111
article thumbnail

Consider Cal Poly Humboldt for Your Next Event

Unique Venues

Those who are responsible for coordinating educational events, seminars, and training retreats have added challenges as event planners. They need a venue that is serious enough to promote an atmosphere of education and learning and has all the appropriate facilities to do so.