Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition agenda covered the current disruptions of sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion, and workforce challenges with an eye toward finding new solutions using new association business models. When we leverage our platform to allow groups to meet like that, it creates a richer experience,” she said.

Meeting 246

Meeting Healthcare Training Online 246

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. What They’re Booking : Small meetings and local events are coming back first, followed by regional and then national events. San Francisco and Chicago.

Booking 299

Booking Site Selection Events Panel 299

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2022

The first six months of 2022 were a busy time for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, as Dubai Business Events (DBE), Dubai’s convention bureau, as the two destinations collaborated to procure 99 event bookings over the coming years. Dubai’s ability to book this number of events are credited to the success of the country’s Expo 2020.

Certification 246

Certification Events Airlines Corporate Meeting 246

Hotel Engine

AUGUST 1, 2022

The first half of 2022 was marked by massive growth for Hotel Engine. We’ve seen triple-digit expansion and more than doubled our bookings since 2021, but that’s not all. We’re on a constant quest for improvement, and all those new bookings have helped us better understand our opportunities to drive upgrades to the platform.

Platform 52

Platform Booking Banking Government 52

Hotel Engine

JULY 18, 2022

Fastest-growing hotel booking platform for business sees significant increase in membership; focus on product enhancement and innovations drives new business. The significant growth builds on the company’s Q1 2022 momentum, which also saw triple-digit growth. Triple-digit growth across the board. 274 new associates.

Booking 98

Booking Platform Production Networking 98

Travel Daily Media

MARCH 22, 2024

The post FCM Meetings & Events launches global venue finder platform appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. The new FCM Venue Finder, powered by Hubli, includes over 200,000 spaces around the world with fast and easy online booking, as well as sustainability solutions with contracting and cost controls.

Platform 85

Platform Venue Meeting Booking 85

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Smart Meetings has collected a list of advocacy stories from 2022 and we are all excited to see even more in the new year. Smart Meetings sat down for a chat with Megan Henshall, a 2022 Smart Women in Meetings Visionary Award Winner, to discuss neurodiversity in the events industry and what professionals can do to accommodate the issue.

Education 130

Education Tourism Tourism Hospitality 130

Hotel Engine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

At Hotel Engine, we’re truly customer obsessed — which means that we’re always listening to our members’ feedback and making improvements to the platform to better meet their needs. Let’s take a look back over the feature updates we implemented over the second half of 2022.

Platform 52

Platform Booking Website Production 52

Meeting Package

JANUARY 17, 2023

Helsinki, Finland – 10 January 2023 For the third year in a row, MeetingPackage is honored to announce that we have been named 2023’s #1 Best Online Venue Booking Platform by Hotel Tech Report. This means that MeetingPackage’s users decided the #1 Best Online Venue Booking Platform,” said Hotel Tech Report CEO, Jordan Hollander.

Online 52

Online Platform Booking Venue 52

Travel Daily Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The post Wedding season extended beyond ‘muhurat days’ in 2022 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Muhurat dates spike demand for wedding venues during the specific date and time, with families making bookings nearly one year in advance to ensure that they get the venue of their liking. This is a 1.7X

Booking 94

Booking Venue Platform Trends 94

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition agenda covered the current disruptions of sustainability; diversity, equity and inclusion; and workforce challenges with an eye toward finding new solutions using new association business models. When we leverage our platform to allow groups to meet like that, it creates a richer experience,” she said.

Meeting 130

Meeting Healthcare Training Online 130

Hotel Engine

AUGUST 7, 2022

Booking influencer events can accelerate your promotions and bring in sales. Influencer content creation includes regularly posting helpful, entertaining and interesting posts on social media platforms. If not, your next strategy should be moving to booking influencer events at your hotel, as these businesses are currently doing.

Promotion 88

Promotion Booking Social Media Audience 88

AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The simplicity of the launch attracts even non-travel players: Over the past two years , a number of financial companies, retailers, and loyal clubs have presented their branded booking platforms. Plug-and-play platforms have many hidden limitations, preventing you from standing out in a saturated travel market.

Platform 52

Platform Affiliate Online Website 52

Endless Events

MAY 20, 2022

After all, they need to hire more event staff, pay for a virtual event platform, and engage two audiences in two completely separate ways while ensuring they can also interact with one another. As we’ve explained in our 2022 Event Trends Guide , in-person venues can be smaller and more local. F&B / Catering.

Social Media 348

Social Media Virtual Events Audience Events 348

Travel Daily Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The post Wedding season extended beyond ‘muhurat days’ in 2022 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. Muhurat dates spike demand for wedding venues during the specific date and time, with families making bookings nearly one year in advance to ensure that they get the venue of their liking.

Booking 52

Booking Venue Platform Trends 52

Endless Events

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

2022 is in the books, folks. You just need to hook up sound and audio to your event technology platform and share your content virtually. You only have to book one venue and deal with one set of dates. Just don’t use platforms like Facebook Groups. Make Plans for 2023 Right Now This isn’t 2022.

Trends 320

Trends Events Planner Event Technology 320

Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

According to United booking data, international bookings are already 15% higher than the same period in 2022. Meeting Planners Takeaway: With leisure and bleisure travel leading the way, expect overseas meetings and incentives to get a massive boost for bookings this year as well as in longer lead planning.

Meeting 246

Meeting Travel Travel Airlines 246

Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The post Ticket booking opens for World Travel Market London as the show announces exciting changes appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. WTM Connect Me – the show’s meeting booking platform – will return in 2023 and is available for Buyers, VIPs and Media.

Booking 52

Booking Marketing Marketing Travel 52

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

million tourists who visited the country from January through July of this year, versus 720,000 visitors during all of 2022—so this latest policy is part of an ongoing (and successful) strategy to further bolster Sri Lanka’s status as an international travel destination. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka documented 1.2

Airlines 227

Airlines Tourism Tourism Travel 227

Hotel Engine

JULY 20, 2022

In 2022, construction companies need to employ smart tricks to keep project costs down. Lodging isn’t necessarily cheap either, but you’ll often have a little more control over these costs — especially if you’re using the right tools to book. Research shows that a staggering 85% of all projects go over budget.

Preparation 98

Preparation Contracts Contracts Benefits 98

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

He will supervise and implement marketing strategies and creative content management and will maintain all digital platforms. Pyramid Global Hospitality awarded her with “Biggest Market Share Increase” in 2022. Antonio Morales Antonio Morales, The Steward Morales joins The Steward as general manager.

Hospitality 264

Hospitality Platform Promotion Management 264

Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Tech firm The Booked it Group has launched new festival technology, helping hotels, venues and promoters in the travel industry to collaborate on events. The festival technology links directly with the hotel’s RMS, providing a seamless bolt-on for hotels to take advantage of new festival bookings.

Technology 92

Technology Technology Travel Travel 92

Travel Daily News

JANUARY 12, 2023

TakeTwo and Serko have already successfully migrated multiple clients to the Zeno platform during 2022 with more client launches expected in early 2023.

Booking 65

Booking Travel Travel Platform 65

Travel Daily Media

MAY 21, 2024

Representative Image Aviasales, the metasearch travel platform, presented compelling data at the recent Phocuswright WiT Middle East 2024 conference showing a significant increase in travel activity between Central Asian states and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

Travel 103

Travel Travel Tourism Booking 103

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2021

In-person and online attendees accessing through the Intrado platform learned from author, activist and comedian Baratunde Thurston, “How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time.” Sullivan, a former president of Caterpillar Foundation, is the author of the book “Looking Up: How a Different Perspective Turns Obstacles into Advantages.”.

Consulting 264

Consulting Conference Networking Production 264

Interface Tourism Spain

MAY 9, 2022

The influence of fuel prices on travel in 2022. In the lead up to the 2022 European summer, after two years of pandemic restrictions, it was expected that tourism and travel statistics would be reaching similar numbers to those of 2019. Suddenly, however, new bookings dropped by 77%. All the news Back to newsroom.

Travel 52

Travel Travel Airlines Tourism 52

The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Between 2022 and 2023, over 500 guest rooms in the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport Hotel were renovated. Many guests say, ‘I booked an airport hotel, but the rooms are so nice and modern, we don’t even feel like we’re at the airport.’ ‘The The Frankfurt Airport Marriott Hotel embraces themes inspired by Frankfurt’s renowned book fair.

Conference 278

Conference Venue Booking Location 278

Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2022

Tourism Cares CEO Greg Takehara said about the course, “Having an introductory course on sustainable tourism so widely available on the WeTravel Academy platform will allow people from businesses throughout our industry to get informed, engaged, and push for change.”. Teaching each traveler is important to increase the impact of the course.

Sustainability 243

Sustainability Travel Travel Tourism 243

Endless Events

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“If you’re planning an event for Q3 in 2022, you should plan ahead and say that this event might not happen. We need to be able to react so that we can give our clients the confidence that they need to put business back on the books with confidence and be able to start booking out more long lead business.”

Sponsors 317

Sponsors Events Public Relations Communications 317

DCI

JANUARY 13, 2022

Committing to a few new PR measurement resolutions for 2022 can help get us all there. Published rates fluctuate dramatically from media platform to media platform based on how much you buy, when you buy it and who you’re competing with for the spend. Skip Ad Equivalency. Using ad equivalency is archaic. No news there.

Advertising 52

Advertising Prospect Public Relations Media 52

AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 7, 2022

Since the 70s, when the first booking systems had started sprouting, the industry has been evolving and becoming increasingly complex to understand and operate in. Channel managers , which are used by hotels to control all listings placed on all platforms. Travel distribution is complicated. A pyramid of commissions.

Booking 52

Booking Contracts Contracts Banking 52

Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 23, 2023

The consumers responded to the news with skyrocketing web searches and bookings for international destinations, flights, and visa application appointments. Early-bird exhibitors who book their stands before 15 March will get 10% discount on their stand order. says Zhang Lei, senior vice president of Utour Group Co.,Ltd

B2B 99

B2B Trade Show Trends Regulations 99

Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2022

But today, this perfect blend of face-to-face and digital experiences is considered one of the biggest event trends in 2022. In our e-book, The Road To Hybrid: A Guide To Models, Method & Mindset , we’ve divided them into four groups, also known as hybrid event models , and considered their characteristics.

Audience 316

Audience Production Events Virtual Events 316

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Dale Chihuly, Persian Ceiling and Rondel Doors, 1999, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2022 © Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved Though the studio is usually not open to the public except on the Refract tours, it can also be booked for private events. Planners can even add on glassblowing demonstrations and a tour.

Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Dale Chihuly, Persian Ceiling and Rondel Doors, 1999, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2022 © Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved Though the studio is usually not open to the public except on the Refract tours, it can also be booked for private events. Planners can even add on glassblowing demonstrations and a tour.

Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Dale Chihuly, Persian Ceiling and Rondel Doors, 1999, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2022 © Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved Though the studio is usually not open to the public except on the Refract tours, it can also be booked for private events. Planners can even add on glassblowing demonstrations and a tour.

Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Eventtia

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While hybrid events have been relatively popular in the past half-decade or so, it’s no secret that the COVID-19 global pandemic has further accelerated its popularity throughout 2020 and 2022. In this guide, we will discuss all you need to know about how to plan your first hybrid event in 2022, including: What actually is a hybrid event?

Virtual Events 62

Virtual Events Registration Social Media Logistics 62