Smart Meetings

JULY 19, 2022

Do you sometimes wish you could book the most reasonably priced rental car by clicking a few buttons on your phone? The travel management company CWT just added car rental and train booking to their app and website to give travelers more independence in making their reservations at a time when travel costs are reaching historic highs. .

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

She has been building the platform by using it for her DMC clients and soft launched to others. “As Just as you might make a look book for the top three or 10 destinations with images, square footages and prices, this makes it easy to show what is popular, creative and available when the client needs it.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Meeting Package

JANUARY 12, 2022

We’re excited to announce that MeetingPackage has ranked #1 overall on Hotel Tech Report’s Global Best Online Venue Booking Platform list in the 2022 HotelTechAwards. This was second year in a row that MeetingPackage was voted as the best software to book and manage Meetings & Events services.

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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.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

The event offered infotainment on sustainability and artificial intelligence, a generational dialogue between young and experienced tourism professionals and a discussion platform on the future of flying. Speakers who impressed at the conference saw a rise in bookings on the continuing education platform.

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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.

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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.”.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

There has also been a shortening of booking windows almost throughout 2021. While booking windows are typically about 180 days, he was seeing RFP booking windows of more than 200 days in March and as few as 150 days in late September. Cvent has partnered with Amadeus to roll out Cvent Instant Book for direct reservations.

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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 16, 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.

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Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

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.

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Meeting Healthcare Training Online 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.

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Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

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.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 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.

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Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 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.

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Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

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.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 5, 2023

GroupSync Instant Booking for guest rooms now available chain-wide, while Instant Booking for meeting space is coming in 2024. At Omni Hotels & Resorts, the small-group booking process has just gotten a little easier. and Canada has expanded its use of the GroupSync Instant Booking tool from platform provider Groups360.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 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 16, 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.

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Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

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

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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 15, 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.

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Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

When waiting around in an airport, the temptation is strong to book last-minute activities, additional hotel stays or different flights, but the security around public networks isn’t strong enough to protect any sensitive information you enter. To mitigate this risk, book online plans at home or with a more secure hotel Wi-Fi network.

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Networking Travel Travel Training 244

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 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.

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Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

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.

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