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New and Renovated: Most Anticipated of Openings of 2025

Smart Meetings

This plan will position AT&T Hotel & Conference Center as the premier destination for conferences and events taking place in Austin and ensures that planners coordinating events in Austin in the coming years will face little to no disruption even as they do not have access to the convention center during its closure.

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Omni PGA Frisco Resort Opens in Texas: Why Meeting Planners are Welcoming Massive New Golf Headquarters

Smart Meetings

of indoor/outdoor meeting and event spaces; a 22,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom, complemented by a 11,500-square-foot Junior Ballroom for grand celebrations) and its groundbreaking affiliation with the newly headquartered PGA of America are two reasons why. Read More : Texas, A World Apart Why is Frisco hot for planners right now?

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5 Proven Strategies to Maximize Your Hotel’s Outdoor Space Bookings This Spring and Summer

Smart Meetings

Corporate clients, wedding planners, and social organizers alike are looking for unique, nature-inspired settings to create unforgettable experiencesand your hotels outdoor spaces could be exactly what theyre searching for. To entice planners, its essential to showcase your outdoor spaces with compelling digital content.

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Maximizing ROI: A Guide for Hotel Sales Directors

Smart Meetings

As an Amazon affiliate, Smart Meetings earns from qualifying purchases. Why Personalization Drives Results Meeting planners and corporate event organizers face tremendous pressure to create memorable experiences. Sustainability as a Value Proposition Meeting planners view sustainability as a primary factor when planning events.

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‘Networking Is a Verb’

Convene by PCMA

Networking Receptions Don’t Cut It And that’s one of the places where planners operate on a premise that does not align with attendees’ interests: Fifty-five percent of event organizers rank after-hours activities, like networking receptions, as their top networking opportunity, but only 34 percent of attendees said that interests them.

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Connect With Your Inner Storyteller When Planning Virtual Events!

Endless Events

And if our purpose in life as event planners is to promote human connection and foster powerful bonds, we can’t forget about the importance of storytelling. Endless has a brand new affiliate program! If you know anyone else who might love Endless, you should join our affiliate program. Join Our Affiliate Program.

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Event Experts Talk Connection at CMP Advance

Smart Meetings

Between enlightening presentations, sessions with expert panels and bustling networking receptions, the 200 CMPs in attendance—about 70% of them planners and 30% on the supplier side—left with a treasure trove of knowledge around today’s highest-stakes industry topics, plus a wealth of new connections. One group loved sushi.

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