Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2023

How the industry is celebrating and what you can do to support March 30 th marks Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) 2023 and there is more excitement than ever. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is giving a live broadcast from 6 a.m. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is giving a live broadcast from 6 a.m.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Creating experiences, setting the stage for networking opportunities, and fostering connections among colleagues and association members are what the meetings and events world is all about. Meetings MBA: Budgets, Models and Forecasts Budgets are great for estimating and tracking spending. In short, think big.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Winners will be announced in the December Smart Meetings Magazine. The post Platinum Choice 2023: Nominate Your Favorite Hotel Partner! appeared first on Smart Meetings. The deadline to get your votes in is Sept. Take a look at last year’s Platinum Choice winners here.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2023

Vote for the Industry’s Most Engaging Speakers Our Smart Speakers: Best of the Stage 2023 award is based on the actual experiences of Smart Meetings magazine readers at venues and destinations around the world. We’ll calculate the results and feature the top-rated speakers in the July issue of Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Smart Meetings’ event tech contributor Brandt Krueger offers planners some insightful suggestions on how technology can be used to plan more thoughtfully before heading to the airport. Adding AI to Your Next Meeting Smart Meetings chatted with Iain McCowan, director of AI at Dubber, to get a sense of how AI can be a helpful tool for planners.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Looking for a showstopping dining experience to feature at your next meeting? of leisure and meeting spaces. The opening of Hotel Bardo Pittsburgh further elevates our city’s evolving reputation as a place where modern sophistication meets authentic charm.” Considering Saudi Arabia for a future event? The sector generated $1.5

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Smart Meetings Vice President, JT Long, sits down with IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer to get a sneak peak in what is in store for attendees in Las Vegas on Oct. IMEX 2023 Sneak Peek with Carina Bauer appeared first on Smart Meetings. On this special episode of What One Thing? Don’t Miss a Podcast Drop. The post What One Thing?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

How the meetings industry is celebrating #GMID2023 Destinations across the United States are showing just how much #meetingsmatter. This year marks the sixth annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), hosted by U.S. It’s so vital that it’s worth celebrating, read below see ways meeting profs are doing just that.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2023

At Connect 2023, Cvent showcased new features planners will love Opening the first day of Cvent Connect 2023 with a Broadway performance by experience company Broadway Plus was fitting. Will recommendations around sessions and speakers and people that you should meet get smarter and more personalized?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 10, 2023

Booking Insights Destinations International presented its 2023 Showcase and also made an announcement that it would be forming a “strategic alliance” with Groups360 , the technology company that offers online booking strategies for meeting planners and connects group travel organizations and hoteliers.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Industry growth and a positive outlook is the 2024 theme American Express GBT Meetings & Events showcased its 13th annual “ Global Meetings and Events Forecast ” at IMEX America 2023. Tejado said meeting planners are keen on embracing new tech. It has to do with having a dispersed workforce.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! predictions conversation about the trends meeting profs need to prepare for in 2023. A lot of it is new meetings.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

So are the tourism ministers of the G7, who are meeting for the first time ever right now in Italy. Worried about whether Florida is prepared to host a meeting post-hurricane season? increase from the third quarter of 2023 and is the highest visitation for any third quarter in Florida history. The tourist turnout marks a 1.8%

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Learning tracks cover challenges that keep meeting professionals up at night When what is expected to be the largest crowd ever for an events industry trade show arrives at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in October for IMEX America 2023 , the focus will squarely be on connecting people in new, effective ways.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Smart Meetings Florida Experience elevated the gathering at every turn. Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright The precise mixture of authentic connections, elevated experiences and innovative ideas is Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright’s recipe for making everyone feel at home when they come together to get business done.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The hot news today is that Ohio native and award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist John Legend will perform during PCMA Convening Leaders 2023 Networking Reception on Jan. But that is just one of the reasons why meeting professionals will be flocking to Columbus in January. 10 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. 9 and beyond.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

United Adds New Non-Stops to 100+ International Cities This Summer to Meet ‘Soaring Overseas Travel Demand’ United Airlines has announced that it will fly to 114 different international cities this summer and has expanded its flying by 25% versus last year to meet the sharp increase in demand for travel outside of the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022.

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Dana Communications

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Techy Travel in 2023: What Resorts & Hotels Need to Know Have you noticed how much easier it is to travel nowadays? And check out the “10 Best Hospitality Apps for Your Guests in 2023” from Hotel Tech Report here ! The post Techy Travel in 2023: What Resorts & Hotels Need to Know appeared first on Dana Communications.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. AI technology is not going away,” said Tauvaa. How fun is that?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

Following are some of the key findings of the 2023 study: Overall passenger satisfaction declines, driven largely by cost of airfare: Overall passenger satisfaction is 791 (on a 1,000-point scale), down 7 points from a year ago. The study was fielded from March 2022 through March 2023.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Experts offer tips and ideas for meeting professionals As the year slowly comes to a close, many financial and insurance meeting planners may be thinking about what they should be keeping on their radar. Did 2023 reignite the Golden Age of Travel? Squeglia, CMP, Independent Contractor at RLC Events, to get the inside scoop.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

If there is a silver lining to the pandemic for the meetings industry, it’s this: The pandemic accelerated the evolutions of meetings. Like the typewriter, print publications and fax machines, the fully in-person meeting would have eventually become extinct. People know how to use them, and they make great meeting programs.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 3 spot in 2023, after being No. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Orlando, Florida 2.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As we near the end of 2023, planners looking to finish their year with a bang may want to consider some interesting and different team-building activities to bring the year to a close. Check out these experiences available for your next group meeting. of meeting space, five meeting rooms and 122 guest rooms.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Have an upcoming meeting in Ottawa? Chase Travel Group and Travelport Sign Multi-Year Agreement for Travel Bookings In a move that will enhance travel booking capabilities for corporate travelers and meeting profs, Travelport has announced an expanded long-term partnership with Chase Travel Group, the travel business unit of JPMorganChase.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 8, 2023

What the impact of a younger generation means for the future of the meeting industry No two generations are the same. Smart Meeting spoke with Ken Holsinger, senior vice president of strategy at the event management company Freeman, to pinpoint how data can be used to enhance the event experience for all ages.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Read More : New and Renovated: Meetings in International Cities The quarterly report follows EIC’s 2023 Global Economic Significance of Business Events Study and is part of an overall strategy to actively monitor progress. The post Events Industry Council Releases 2024 Q2 Report appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Editor’s Note: As we celebrate the 2023 Meeting Professionals of the Year , we thought it fitting to go back to a 2020 Meeting Professionals of the Year winner, John Cruz, senior corporate meeting planner with BlueCross of North Carolina , for some perspective. Then, provide the extras that show you care.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

This year’s tax deadline is Tuesday, April 18 but for those late filers or for those self-employed meeting planners just waiting to sign and send, a last-minute check is always a good idea. For 2023 it has increased to $.655 Business meals for 2023 revert to the old rules–only 50% deductible. 625 up from $.575 575 in 2021.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Host your next meeting in Brazil, and experience wonders your attendees will never forget. From booming economic and industrial sectors to state-of-the-art connectivity, its a versatile, full-service meetings destination. Here are just some of the reasons to meet in Brazil. And downtime? Your attendees wont want to leave.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The FAQ sheet says that the processing requirement will be completed by the end of 2023. Meeting Planners Takeaway: Consider that the cost may be anywhere from $15-25 (or possibly more) and that as the system rolls out, electronic delays or snafus are possible. The post Meeting Profs Travel Report: U.S.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Pondering whether Dubai would be the perfect fit for an upcoming meeting or event? The megahit service has some meeting profs considering implementing the concept in their incentives and team building planningwhile still risky, the heaping praise Scandinavian Airlines is basking in highlights the potential upside. Or maybe Australia?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Where your group meets matters, but so does the framing for the discussions that will happen in and out of the ballroom. It is the greatest meeting of land and sea.” We are at a pivot point as an industry and a destination and Smart Meetings is a beacon,” he said. Understanding people’s humanity is the first step,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As the Asia Pacific region broadly reopened over the second half of 2022, travel demand from the region to Europe is likely to rebound in 2023 said the study. Experts anticipate a gradual return of Chinese travelers to Europe from the second quarter of 2023, as significant barriers remain. Canada is performing similarly to the U.S.,

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