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Budget, Innovation and Engagement Ideas Were Centerstage at Global DMC Partners Annual

Smart Meetings

MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) market is expected to grow by 7.8 percent between 2024 and 2030, according to Grand View Research, and the European market is on a similar track. If you can contract far enough in advance, you can secure better rates before supply is squeezed.

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Best of 2024: Webinars

Smart Meetings

In 2024, we invited industry experts to offer their insights, tips and trends to help planners create the best event possible. Our webinars, the Knowledge Exchange, brought us essential insights on AI, incentives, wellness and contracts, just to name a few! The post Best of 2024: Webinars appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Marriott’s ‘Meet with Momentum’ Creates Community Like None Other

Smart Meetings

Multiple representatives on the panel advised planners to evaluate contracts more carefully than ever—don’t pre-assume anything as a given if it isn’t explicitly stated in the contract. Read More: Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract During the open Q&A, planners aired frustrations—contracts are time-consuming already.

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Driving Change: How Inclusion and Accessibility Shape the Future of Events

Smart Meetings

28-30, Destinations International (DI) held its 2024 Social Inclusion Summit in Spokane, Washington, where they shared insights and resources around inclusion in the travel and tourism industry. Insights from the Destinations International Social Inclusion Summit From Oct.

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How Planners Can Manage The “Easy Button” in Events

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings chatted with Michelle Crosby, CMP, CITP, an account executive at Bright Spot Incentives and Events, and Yvette Campbell, CMP, a meeting broker at Meetings Made Easy, to explore how planners can seek out third-party agencies and independent planners that fit their needs and how to integrate resources into their organization.

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2024 Outlook and To-Do’s for Meetings, Incentive Travel, and Sales Incentives

Brightspot Incentive Events

Brightspot aligned with the Incentive Research Foundation think tank this year and sponsored The IRF 2024 Trends Report [add link when published]. Not surprisingly, many predictions align, and our list here is split across segments of corporate meetings, incentive travel, channel incentives, and sales contests.

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Event Contracting Challenges & Meeting Professional Tips

ITA Group

Event Contracting Challenges & Meeting Professional Tips. Many hotels have been faced with moving groups from 2020 and 2021 to as far out as 2024 for rebooking creating compression on those years and leaving many groups vying for little space. Pressure on Contracting. They may drag their feet responding to contract addendums.