The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It’s ideal for meeting organizers—direct flights from almost everywhere, no need for transfer arrangements, and the ability to host large events, which is unique. If they want to explore downtown Frankfurt, the S9 or S8 train will get them there in just 15 minutes.’ Guests can simply walk to the hotel.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

From the Professional Women in Advocacy Summit to the ASACC National Student Advocacy Conference, hundreds of organizations are looking to get people engaged and motivated. focused on training advocates to meet with congressional offices and advocate for legislation.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In response, Cintas Corporation has created and funded a competition to honor 10 of the most exceptional housekeepers from hotels across the United States: the 2021 Cintas S.H.I.N.E. She will receive a $5,000 cash prize, and her property will get a product, training and consultation package from Cintas and its business partners.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We’ve since developed a real-time brand management tool that can analyze files across an organization wherever they’re stored and locate where people are diminishing the value of your brand by using old logos colors, the wrong catchphrases, et cetera. How Does It Work? ” asks Brandt. This then leads to the second product.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 19, 2021

Our 2021 Endless Event Trends guide predicted that one of the two realities would come true: either the COVID-19 vaccine would become widely available or the virus would remain a part of our everyday lives. Event organizers can use software solutions, such as CrowdPass , to make the registration process as seamless as possible.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2023

Security, training and follow-through crown best efforts of meeting producers The five-star Royal Lancaster London will welcome a number of VIP guests for the Coronation of King Charles III. Other flags might include a company flag, military banners and the flags of universities or organizations involved. Flexibility is key.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2024

He brings over 25 years of culinary experience and trained in Paris at the École Supérieure de Cuisine Française. He will also work with the Hyatt Corporate offices to develop the “Mentoring Our Future” series to help guide developing chefs within the organization.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

However, organizations with the goal of developing future industry professionals are gaining momentum to advance students pursuing careers in hospitality with specialized programs and generous funding. Smart Meetings reported that roughly 44 million vacancies in the industry remain as of July, 2022.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

Employee needs and priorities have changed, organizations are refocusing their missions and business models and, thus, roles are changing too. GBT partnered with CULTIQUE for its strategic cultural advisement as the global travel management organization (TMO) guides the morphing industry into becoming a “transformational tool.”

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Also, don’t forget to help them learn new skills by investing in their training, which will benefit everyone including the business. Javits Convention Center, on the other hand, will add up to a million square feet of space by 2021. Many organizations get the bulk of their client engagement through events.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

She also worked as reservations agent and manager in training for conference services and groups sales. Scalia joined the organization in 2012 as senior director of marketing and was later promoted to vice president of marketing. In 2021, she was awarded the Distinguished Sales and Marketing award from Sales & Marketing Executives.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The foundation also says it will collaborate with organizations to engage those between ages 16-24 who are “out of school, unemployed, and looking for a path forward in an industry that offers more than 200 career pathways.”. million over 2021; but it remains down by 8.2 million people—since February 2020, according to the U.S.

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ITA Group

MAY 4, 2021

How to Implement Skills Development Training Programs for Employees & Partners: Upskilling, Cross-Skilling, Reskilling. It’s the canyon between the skills organizations currently have and the skills they want and/or need for the future. Those skills aren’t always easy to find—that creates the skills gap.

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Meet Green

MARCH 18, 2021

The Global Pandemic has added another layer of due diligence as organizations consider meeting in-person once again. Event organizers will need to evaluate the spread of COVID19. From supplies to disinfecting, to staff training, the preparedness starts early as you monitor conditions. appeared first on MeetGreen.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And of course, on the event organizer side, you’re not paying for catering in the case of a virtual event. “You have to train your virtual speakers , making sure they feel confident and comfortable when it comes to presenting in an event. “Train your staff, your speakers, your attendees.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The most authoritative list of 2021 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Virtual events are nothing new but—as we discuss in our comprehensive guide to coronavirus and events —we're seeing many organizers pivot from in-person to digital. 2) To help event organizers get the word out on their own upcoming virtual events. (

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

When the World Health Organization declared the pandemic to no longer be a global health emergency this month, hardly anyone blinked. At Destinations International in Baltimore in 2021 I thought the pandemic had basically ended. Did it end the way you predicted? Virtual meetings and hybrid events became prevalent during the pandemic.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

A 2021 study by Hartford found that 61% of employees were feeling the effects of burnout, most often expressed as exhaustion, irritability and cynicism. Some may be trained to perform high-skill tasks on certain days. Read More: Virtual and Hybrid Meeting Tech Updates You Need Now. Chances for Career Growth. Remember ESG During Hiring.

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Blue Spark Event Design

AUGUST 16, 2021

They quickly became overwhelmed with the additional planning, execution, and branding involved with a virtual event, and they literally ran out of time to train the lifeblood of the conference – their virtual speakers, and panelists. When they called us in a panic to help them train over eighty virtual speakers, our team was ready.

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Solimar International

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Eighteen diverse interns living in seven countries were selected to join Solimar’s Fall 2021 sustainable tourism internship cohort. . She worked on a joint venture with UNDP and ENPI on a Landscape Character and Risk Assessment project, where she engaged with stakeholders and held training seminars in sustainable land assessment.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2021

PCMA EduCon 2021 , for example, hosted a gamified health challenge and encouraged attendees to move their bodies. “Then, I moved into personal training. “Whether you’re an event organizer or an attendee, it can be easy to think that you don’t have time to get up and move your body. You can see it.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2021

So yeah everything we’re doing in 2021 is going to somehow be online. “We are organizers of events, but as you’re talking to your speakers, you’re looking for speakers who understand this principle that you, as the speaker are not the guru. Content For Virtual Events: The Audience. But it’s all to serve.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2023

In September 2021, ESPA introduced the DEI Task Force, comprised of 15 member-destinations under the leadership and vision of Dominique Bonds, director of engagement with Pennsylvania Convention Center; and Adrienne Terry, event services director with Chattanooga Tourism Co.

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ITA Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

What Will Customer-Centric Organizations Be Focusing On for the Next 3 Years? Below are nine focus areas the best customer-centric organizations will home in on over the next few years to ensure their customers stick around for the long haul. billion in 2020, according to Influencer Marketing Hub’s 2021 Benchmark Report.

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Motivation Excellence

JULY 10, 2024

Expansion At the end of 2021, David purchased VIKTOR Incentives & Meetings. He worked closely with his designer to create a collaborative, open workspace that included eco-friendly and vegan materials from the ceiling tiles to the coasters in the meeting rooms. The newly-merged companies quickly became one team with two locations.

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Carrousel Travel

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I did the trip eastbound – fly to SLC and then bus to Moab; train to Glenwood Springs, then Denver. Great commentary along the way helped the drive go more quickly, and land arrangements were well organized. New property in 2021 – large rooms (dining/sitting area with desk) and bedroom. 2) Tour direction – reasons why below.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Calendar year 2024 is already forecasted to show a healthy increase in group rooms nationwide, largely due to the number of meetings that had been on the books in 2021, 2022 and 2023 that were postponed or re-scheduled into 2024. Taylor continues, “I also wish planners would involve destination marketing organizations more.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Hospitality professionals saw the industry undergo tremendous changes in 2021. 2021 also brought about many exciting developments in hospitality technology, digital marketing, hotel services, and changes in travel trends. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Here are four takeaways from the report that meeting organizers will want to factor into their planning process for 2022 events. • Further, high oil prices and reduced airline inventory—particularly for smaller cities but also in cities as large as New York—will push up airline rates more than three percent higher than in 2021.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 21, 2021

Fan seating at Petco Park in San Diego serves as session seating for attendees of Warrior West 2021, a military resource and training expo. The event, Warrior West 2021 — a military and first responder resource and training expo organized by military gear and tactical equipment company ADS, Inc. —

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The term comes from “green washing,” which is when a business or organization markets and presents itself as sustainable to a higher degree than it actually engages in sustainable practices. These three experts were David T. Her journey with wellness was a long one; she explains that, at the start, she viewed self-care as selfish.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

The result is that availability of employees in the hospitality sector has hovered at less than 10% over the last five years while turnover has accelerated at a staggering pace of 165% from 2019 to 2020 before dipping to 85% in 2021 and lowering again to 70% as of December 2022, according to the report.

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ITA Group

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Year in Review: Top 10 Channel Marketing Blog Posts of 2021. When organizations make working in their channel simple and engaging, partners can focus on what they do best: sell. How to Implement Skills Development Training Programs for Employees & Partners: Upskilling, Cross-Skilling, Reskilling. Thu, 12/30/2021 - 08:54.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It’s not news that many organizations cut their meeting staffs drastically during the pandemic, nor that the “Great Resignation” of 2021 saw millions of people leave their jobs in search of more money, more flexibility, and more happiness. Are you ready? But meetings are on the mend.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 21, 2021

Janet Stovall, senior client strategist at NeuroLeadership Institute, speaks remotely during PCMA EduCon 2021. “No If you guessed that the chief human resources officer (CHRO) is responsible for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts at the majority of organizations, you are mostly right. According to 383 U.S.

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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This makes sense because they organize highly-detailed and complex events for international and diplomatic clients. The company’s website is clean, well-organized, and thoughtfully-designed to make navigation effortless for visitors. Free Planning Tools Diagram events, wow attendees, and win clients with free planning tools.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 4, 2022

Travel Association (USTA), which merged with the Meetings Mean Business coalition in 2021, reflecting USTA’s heightened focus on reviving business travel. Instructions for how organizations can add their events to the database are available on the Meet Safe website.).

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