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Has the Grinch Stolen Holiday Parties?

Smart Meetings

This is the lowest number since 2009. If kids are coming, all the more reason to book a fun activity at a unique venue. Still not convinced of the benefits of hosting a holiday party? Last year, almost 73 percent of companies held holiday parties. It may not be because your boss is a Scrooge. Celebrate Without an Official Party.

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St. Gallen: Your Complete Guide to a Top Business Event Destination

The MICE Blog

Carmen Würth Hall offers multiple benefits designed to enhance any event: Natural daylight: An expansive window fronts provide the spaces with natural light to enhance attendee focus. Gallen Convention Bureau, event planners benefit from having a single point of contact for all venue needs, saving time and effort. Services of the St.

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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Write a book? Outwardly, I’ve succeeded. So here’s my story.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE Blog

Between 2009–2011, the property was completely refurbished and reopened in 2011. Not only with the meeting rooms but also the guest room bookings. Hence, it’s possible to book, for example, an excursion and have breakfast or lunch. The bookings are rather short term because we don’t know what will happen in the near future.

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Airline Marketing and Advertising Use Cases from American Airlines, Ryanair, Air France, and Others

AltexSoft Travel

Just a couple of examples: electronic tickets were first developed for fare ticketing, while one of the first online booking systems was built by airline distribution company SABRE. Direct sales bring an airline a lot of benefits, like customer data and the ability to market products using this data.

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How to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom — Part 2

Conferences that Work

It’s described and explained in all three of my books. You can find the most detailed implementation in Chapter 18 of my 2019 book, Event Crowdsourcing. Conferences That Work [2009] (Chapter 25, pages 260-265). I developed The Three Questions in 1995 as a fundamental opening process for peer conferences. Conclusion.

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Focusing on Mission-Driven Work

Convene by PCMA

In her new book, The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth , Salesforce executive Tiffani Bova unveils one way companies can keep employees happy. Salary and benefits are no longer enough to recruit, retain, and engage talent.” Today’s workforce is looking for more than just a paycheck,” Bova writes. “In