Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

When it comes to protocols, fortunately we are in New York, where the Key to New York mandate requires that all meeting attendees are vaccinated. Each person is required to show proof of vaccination before entering the meeting space. We have seen that this instills confidence amongst the attendees and puts them at ease.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

Maybe a hybrid board travels to one member’s city of residence for a meeting and team building; maybe, with increased numbers of remote workers, meeting attendance drops as the option to attend remotely becomes more available—how do meeting planners then incentivize attendees to show up in person?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 29, 2024

Incorporating wellness into meetings and events is not just a trend but a crucial strategy to support employees’ mental and physical health, fostering a more engaged and productive workforce. Mindful Arrival and Welcome Arrival Kits : Provide attendees with welcome kits containing items like stress balls, essential oils or relaxation teas.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

To event planners, the answer should be a no-brainer: event timelines keep your event and the event planning process on track. Big events with a high number of attendees might require up to a year to plan. However, if you’re planning a corporate meeting, six months might be all you need. Open registration.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whether planning private celebrations, non-profit fundraisers, or corporate conferences, the goal of the event planner is to visualize their client’s idea and then bring that vision to life. But how do event planners accomplish this task? What does an event planner do, exactly? So what does an event planner do?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

Finding the perfect meeting space for your team and your mental health Prioritizing your mental health and the emotional health of your attendees can be tough, especially when you’re a meeting planner on the go. We asked him for his secrets for sourcing and designing a program that nurtures the whole attendee.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 3, 2024

Meetings, on the other hand, are often far more over the top, with coordinated entertainment, specific programming, thought-out menus, you name it. As New York City-based planner Jaclyn Bernstein, president and owner of Empire Force Events , says, “We, as event producers, sometimes go out of our way to outdo ourselves.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 10, 2022

It’s all about bringing the event to more of your attendees, to those who are unable or unwilling to travel. “Bringing your events into a community allows for all of your attendees, sponsors, or vendors to play a bigger storyline in your overall event strategy. “Maybe scale your in-person event and make it smaller.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Recent Debuts to Host Destination Meetings with Serious Style The East Coast welcomes spectacular renovations and grand re-openings of unique venues that are certain to invigorate attendees with the charm of their dreamy destination and the distinct character of their storied history. With 250 guest rooms and 40,000 sq.

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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

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The pandemic and the time it took away from air travel and in-person meetings have revealed ways to safeguard—and even improve—the health of meeting professionals and the way we conduct meetings. Understanding the Impact of Travel on Attendees.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Four out of 10 corporate meeting professionals are planning meetings in 2022, according to new survey from Greenwich Hospitality Group’s Delamar Hotels — a group of boutique hotels located in West Hartford, Southport, and Greenwich Harbor, Connecticut, and Traverse City, Michigan, that offer indoor and outdoor event spaces.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Whether forensic techniques or the cars and helicopters agents and police officers use, the museum puts attendees in the shoes of law enforcement throughout history. More importantly for planners, it offers its exhibits and theater as event spaces, totaling 20,000 sq. Events @ No.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Recently, 65% of planners cited cost as the deciding factor. of planners cited cost as their deciding factor. Will thinks a lot of planners are waiting too long to plan for event tech, therefore the budget can suffer. “ How to Choose Event Technology – What Should Planners look for? It seems like a big number right?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 3, 2024

Gallen city and region and that also facilitate innovative events formats and deliver on creating unique experiences for attendees. Its spaces are suitable for exhibitions, parties and ceremonies, congresses and corporate events. There’s a diversity of activities to choose from that can meet different attendee interests.

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inVOYAGE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Discover why Sri Lanka is poised to become the next premier destination for event planners and luxury travel in 2025. Within Colombo, the city’s infrastructure has seen significant improvements, with modern transportation options, excellent road networks, and reliable connectivity that ensure smooth logistics for both planners and attendees.

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Social Tables

JUNE 12, 2024

Planners work with venues, specialized staff, and vendors to ensure everything runs smoothly. We explore what vendors are, distinct types of event vendors, and where event planners like you can find them. Moreover, we examine the value of the planner-vendor relationship and its impact on event success. a musical festival).

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. Skift Meetings (formerly EventMB) Formerly known as EventMB, Skift Meetings was founded in 2007 as one of the first blogs for event professionals. Ready to dive straight in?

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2022

All-inclusive Hyatt Zilara and Ziva luxury resorts line the most spectacular shores in Mexico and the Caribbean and have each been designed to deliver extraordinary events and guest experiences for savvy planners and their participants. Plan with Confidence. Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Rose Hall. Plan with Confidence.

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Endless Events

MARCH 12, 2019

The event has grown to about 2500 attendees and each year MPI is working to raise the bar. They strive to change the way we meet and it’s working! No detail was too small, MPI really kept in mind the needs and desires of attendees during overhauling the event. In 2018 MPI’s World Education Congress had a complete overhaul.

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Social Tables

APRIL 15, 2019

The sun’s shining, the birds are chirping, and event planners have more options at their disposal than arguably any other season. After all, there’s the heightened possibility of holding events outdoors, a heaping helping of rich, colorful palettes to play with, and endless summer event themes that promise to surprise and delight attendees.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2021

This included brand new data from our Corporate inSITEs research with U.S. corporate meeting planners surveyed 2 weeks prior to this event. We gasped in the deep dives with our Women in Leadership covering everything from being a working mother during the pandemic to leading a team through furloughs.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

I’ve had over-served attendees swim in fountains, attendees get a little too romantic on an evening cruise, and one had so much to drink at the welcome reception he became physically ill in the general session and needed to be transported to the hospital via fire rescue.”. An attendee couldn’t find his way back to his guest room.

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Endless Events

APRIL 7, 2020

And while a lot of planners’ attention is focused on virtual events , a part is also concerned with cancellation. But they let planners and groups get out of meeting contracts or frankly, any kind of supplier contracts too if they meet certain criteria. What happens when a client cancels a meeting for force majeure?

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Social Tables

JUNE 17, 2024

Attendee experience Hosting event after event at traditional conference centers can get a little boring. For busy planners or repeat event organizers, booking extraordinary venues is a terrific way to mix things and prevent events from getting stale. Improve the attendee experience.

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Endless Events

JUNE 6, 2018

Adding conference event apps to your next event will create accessibility with content, notifications, feedback, and everything else you will need to communicate with your attendees. Plus, they’re easy to use for both you and your attendees. CrowdCompass has a variety of features to keep your attendees engaged and informed.

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Gavel International

APRIL 1, 2024

1 ) Framing it this way highlights why the C-Suite wants to see ROI, not KPIs, when evaluating the budget for future corporate meetings. When it comes to compiling KPIs to illustrate in-person meeting ROI, some are better suited to achieving this objective than others. ROI is the fulfillment of the promise made by KPIs.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Does your Meeting have a Risk Management Plan? Some may even call planners perfectionists. Unfortunately, very rarely do planners have a ‘perfect event’ with no disruptions. That is a dream that will continue to be chased throughout most planner’s careers. Risk Assessment for Corporate Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Also, more than 10 percent of Fairfax County’s 398 square miles is dedicated to public park space , so you’ll have access to all the big-city amenities that meeting planners need while never being too far from Mother Nature’s quiet retreats. Reason #3: We’ve got meeting space galore.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2021

For groups looking to branch out and meet face-to-face, Loudoun offers a fresh take on meetings. D iscover a mix of unique venues – and unique advantages for planners and attendees – in this scenic and inspiring setting, just 25 miles west of Washington, DC.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2021

For groups looking to branch out and meet face-to-face, Loudoun offers a fresh take on meetings. D iscover a mix of unique venues – and unique advantages for planners and attendees – in this scenic and inspiring setting, just 25 miles west of Washington, DC.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Nearly half of attendees in a recent survey said they fell asleep or felt drowsy during a meeting. Hilton’s Meet with Purpose program gives planners plug-and-play menu and activity ideas designed to wake them right up. read more.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For the March 27-30 conference at the Orlando Orange County Convention Center, Canonica is leading a session titled “The Evolution of Today’s Meeting Planner: Where Logistics & Marketing Are Becoming One.” Martin before coming to the U.S. She had roles with George P.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

“My sweet spot within events is to think about how to disrupt things, how to change things, how to be more creative in spaces, and create the right type of experiences for attendees,” she said. What would you suggest to planners who are facing tighter event budgets than ever before? Learn the language of the C-suite.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

If that wasn’t impressive enough, occasionally they open the tradeshow portion of the conference up to the public which adds roughly an additional 5000 attendees. There are over a quarter million square feet of exhibit space, yes, you read that right.

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Endless Events

MARCH 5, 2019

The influencers who were a mixture of partners, producers and planners took a hard look at issues such as commodity pricing, education within the industry, data security and much more.

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