2019 Planner Site Selection 
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 16, 2018
If you haven’t already, it’s time to get to the drawing board to book off-site activities and venues for next August 10 to 13. Smart Meetings recently went on a FAM trip hosted by Experience Columbus to scope out the area and make your site selection job that much easier. Yes, planners, a group’s-worth full! Get Touristy.
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. It’s unlikely to meet 2019 numbers, partly because international travel is taking longer to return, and also because 2019 was a record year for many event industry businesses.
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Smart Meetings
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus. However, the FBI reports active shooter events increased 33 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 and 100 percent compared to 2016. Here are some things to consider.
MeetingsNet
AUGUST 19, 2022
The results could give planners clues on what the meeting experience in a city might be right now. According to the research, cities that have regained at least 80 percent of their 2019 downtown activity include Salt Lake City (155 percent); Columbus (112 percent); Omaha, Neb. (92 80 percent). 43 percent).
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Bad news for planners: Venue selection may be getting more competitive. This is consistent with findings from another recently released study, American Express Meetings & Events’ 2019 Global Meetings and Events Forecast , which projects meetings will be on the rise in the new year. Shorter Windows and Smaller Groups.
Maritz Global Events
MARCH 3, 2020
There are a lot of things event planners need to be ready for. Here are challenges and opportunities event planners can expect in the next decade. Event Planner Challenges. Data protection is always on event planners’ minds. Milan Klöwer (@milankloewer) November 5, 2019. Event Planner Opportunities.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Rising hotel and airline costs , along with increasing demand for more and longer meetings is pressuring planners to make critical choices to stay in strict budgets, according to a new study by American Express Meetings & Events. Meeting planners now have to think about how their meetings get funded. To offset the 2.66 percent. .
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