PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Travel Association estimates that visa processing delays have cost the U.S. Travel Association estimates that these delays, primarily affecting visitors from countries including Mexico, Brazil, and India, have cost the U.S. When it comes to site selection for future events, Gal-Yam is adding visa processing times to his checklist. “We

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 11, 2023

Morals and politics aside, site selection in post-Roe America presents groups with new risk-management challenges, argues one industry lawyer. For most women, it’s safe to continue to work and travel during the first two trimesters of a pregnancy. Abortion rights is an emotional and polarizing topic.

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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. Juliette Kayyem, former assistant secretary of Homeland Security and CNN national security analyst will share tips for moving ahead.

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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.

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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.

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Endless Events

JUNE 2, 2020

For those who can’t travel due to disability, for those who are all the way across the world and, in this case, for introverts. In fact, she’s meeting planners’ go-to expert in Canadian hotel site selection, helping hotel sales connect better with planners. And arguably, it becomes even more important.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation. What I do outside of work: My husband and I love to travel and find unique locations to explore. We have over 100 shot glasses branded with our traveled destinations. I’m also into beauty products and blogs lately.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 30, 2019

For meeting professionals, these nerve-pulsating newscasts could be creating extra stressors, as those items might also influence our conferences, such as weather that grounds planes or sicknesses that prevent travel. Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer.

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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.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We will be delighted to assist your group with site selection, hotel options, activities, special events, and more. Reason #2: We can help increase your attendance. Fairfax County offers its enticing mix of must-see attractions , sightseeing opportunities with proximity to D.C. ,

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The SiteSelect team brings first-hand knowledge of optimal event cities, hotels and special lodging, live presentations and production, entertainment and designed experiences, food and catering, access and travel, and optimal seasons.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

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.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2019

International Inbound Travel” report, as global travel expanded 6 percent in 2018, the U.S. continued to lose market share, with overseas travel to the U.S. Sacks emphasized that the report did not make a direct correlation between the decline in international tourists and international conference attendees traveling to the U.S.,

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Milestone Events Group

JANUARY 6, 2021

Not to mention if you’re coming in from out of town to be there for your friend’s special day, you can factor in travel costs on top of all that. . Travel: YES . Like all other guests attending the wedding, all travel costs lie in the hands of the bridesmaid. Bridesmaid attire: YES .

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PCMA Convene

JULY 9, 2021

Several years ago, Jeremy Smith, a sustainable tourism writer, speaker, and consultant, saw an opportunity to help the travel industry recognize the role it could play in addressing the issue. “We It can change the suppliers it works with and how attendees travel to it. A convention center can change the way it’s used,” Smith said. “It

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Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 7, 2019

The two shows he visualizes focuses on different facets of travel and events. The second would concentrate on event operations, including site selection, site visits and day-of drama. Not surprising to anyone who knows Bezdjian is that he has more than one idea.

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

These issues could cause business confidence to wane and group-business travel is most sensitive to this. Event registration platforms and management software hold a goldmine of information: names, business titles, personal/business email addresses, phone numbers, travel itineraries and reservations and more. Data Protection.

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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. I set up all the site visits for them and make sure they are treated like gold.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. Shane Hannam Reed Travel Exhibitions’ IBTM appointed Hannam portfolio director. Jiwalai was most recently director of sales at Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort in Thailand.

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Hotels Site Selections Airlines 2015 72

Milestone Events Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Many couples these days are self-described “foodies” and have often traveled the world. About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies is out and some of the entries provide insights for meeting planners into what trends in travel and entertainment they should be paying attention to. Gallery Slide description: Offers service and logistics to corporate meetings, incentive travel programs, and conventions in New Orleans.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

But at the same time planners also want a venue in a location that their attendees actually want to travel to – that offers some fun options after the day’s serious work takes place. 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.

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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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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Site Selector ; Best B-to-B series of articles in the travel sector for the April issue’s Women Rising Up special feature; Best B-to-B media kit; and Best B-to-B annual or one-shot supplement for Smart Meetings’ Culinary Guide to the Midwest supplement. About Smart Meetings 360, Inc.:

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 27, 2017

health-care events this year: It’s also affecting site-selection decisions for meetings scheduled over the next few years. However, the initial implementation has not only affected attendance numbers at U.S. 5 Things Venues Need for Seamless Med/Pharma Meetings with Presenter Pat Schaumann.

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Planner WIre

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Travel adds up in many ways. When you are first starting the site selection process, most planners will meet with event stakeholders and go over a list of objectives, toss out a few potential destinations, and maybe put together a loose budget.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2019

“This means that planners evaluate if physical meetings are actually necessary and attempt to consolidate them into fewer, larger events while moving others to online formats,” the study says, “in an attempt to cut down on air travel.” In addition, respondents are placing greater emphasis on the ROI of events. “In

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 24, 2017

Try to make your site visit at the same time of day that a delegate would be travelling to the site. A site visit can often be an undervalued part of the site selection process. Evaluate Access. The true test starts before you arrive at the door of the venue. Consider True Capacity. Just Do It.

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Planner WIre

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Travel adds up in many ways. When you are first starting the site selection process, most planners will meet with event stakeholders and go over a list of objectives, toss out a few potential destinations, and maybe put together a loose budget.

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

From there, it was all hands on deck to “roll out the red carpet” for the site-selection team, says Losinski. The site visit was very personalized. We created a national fundraising effort to help defray travel costs for individuals who wouldn’t be able to attend without support. and Seattle. 13-19, 2016.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Greto, who has experience sitting on a number of CABs in the travel and tourism industry, knew that there might be challenges engaging board members. Among those goals is to rise to the top of planners’ site-selection lists. The Price of Abundance’. And that presents some engagement challenges.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2016

Site selection is a critical step in event planning , and site visits are crucial to the process. It is one of the most congested cities in the world, with a very limited subway system—which makes travel an issue for groups. The team had to stay in nearby hotels while emergency fixes were made.

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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.

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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. .

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Site selection often requires some give and take on both sides of the negotiating table. Negotiating Room. Hoteliers who responded to this survey say they’re less likely to negotiate audio/visual and Wi-Fi fees in 2019 than they have been in the past.

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Milestone Events Group

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s a proper destination wedding without the expensive to travel abroad. . About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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