Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2024

With a meeting, event or incentive retreat at any of the following new and renovated hotels, it’s easy for your and your attendees to do so. The suites bring a residential feel with amenities like full kitchens, and guests can choose to have their kitchens pre-stocked with groceries or opt to have a private chef prepare their meals.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

Planning an event in multiple languages can be a challenge for meeting planners. Innovative virtual language interpretation software is making attendee accessibility a reality for everyone involved in creating inclusive meetings. The program makes its virtual services impartial to any particular meeting platform.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. In an outrageous display of chutzpah , I wrote three of these books. [If Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ).

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Risk management is a dedicated preparedness rather than simply a mental exercise, according to Lisa Sommer Devlin, the most recent Smart Meetings webinar host. The most common risk in the meetings industry is cancellations. The post Preparation is the Key to Risk Management appeared first on Smart Meetings. Legal Risks.

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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. The post Last Minute Tax Checks for Self-employed Meeting Planners appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2023

meeting space. Since being founded in 2007 by Ramunda and Derrick Young, Mahogany Books has offered readers access to an immense list of titles focused on the Black experience. Mahogany Books—named for the Young’s daughter—aims to raise cultural awareness and connect communities through reading and writing.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2022

The summer of 2023 will herald a new era of meetings in South Lake Tahoe with the arrival of the over $100-million Tahoe South Events Center. Once complete, the events center will offer meeting profs access to a 27,000 sq. The new events center will also include eight meeting rooms, consisting of an additional 15,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Businesses today are constantly striving to work out how they can achieve more, improve and work more economically, often through meetings and brainstorming sessions. If you’re struggling to motivate your team to tap into their creative nerve, read on for three creative brainstorming techniques to improve your meetings.

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Endless Events

APRIL 6, 2018

Here Are the Meeting Booking Stats You Need to Know. Online booking platforms have become important tools for helping professionals find ideal meeting rooms for their audience. Also, did you know that more than 9 out of 10 bookings done online are for groups of 20 or less?

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 12, 2024

The recent renovation of InterContinental Berlin perfectly captures the new concept of ‘Luxury of Space’ for meetings and events. Located in Central Berlin, the hotel emphasises its commitment to providing expansive, state-of-the-art facilities for meetings and events.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2024

She learned of the CMP early on in her career in the meetings and events industry. After a few years, she began to prepare. Preparing for the Exam Since the start, Carvalho has been committed to self-education in the events industry. Summarizing chapters in the CMP books helped me a lot,” she says. “I

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 9, 2024

Smart Meetings reached out to Laura Pallotta, regional vice president of sales and distribution of Canada Marriott International, who offered up some insights to the latest relevant travel trends for planners looking to sculpt an international experience. Gen Z is our future traveler’s meeting planner and decision maker.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

To bring this strategy to life,embedding the associations member meeting within a creative and dynamic event format requires thoughtful planning. The member meeting needed to be seamlessly and appealingly integrated into the conference. The event was designed as flexibly as possible, enabling active participation and exchange.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2024

At that point, she pursued the Certified Meeting Manager (CMM) accreditation after talking to people in her Middle Pennsylvania MPI chapter. Preparing for the Exam She started by creating a study plan, broken down week by week. Study the charts and areas that the book emphasizes. Sitting for the exam is a long process.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Hargrove sets an example for planning events that go off without a hitch through their government shutdown contingency plan After the venue booking, event design, attendee lists, emails, emails and more emails, your event is all ready to go—finally! Hargrove, however, was prepared with a swift response. 29 to Oct 1.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2024

Preparing can be a months-long process, but those who have been through it know that the time spent studying was a worthwhile investment of their energy. The first piece of advice Gee offers is, “Get the books and read the books. I forced myself to read a chapter from each book each night before going to bed.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Booking major venues and event entertainment is something that should be done as soon as possible. However, if you’re planning a corporate meeting, six months might be all you need. Include all planning meetings into your event timeline so everyone can add them to their calendar and prepare in advance.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

29, is International Coffee Day—an unofficial day of worship for many meeting professionals. So, put on your comfiest pajamas, set your slippers by your bed and prepare to wake up nice and slow, savoring your favorite brand of beans or cuppa joe. As for the industry that most relies on the coffee industry (that’s us, meeting profs!),

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2023

Smart Meetings chatted with Cheryl M. Payne, CMP, CMM, strategic partner at INNOV8 Meetings + Events , to get her take on the current marketplace and its impact on meeting planners, and some helpful tips and tricks planners should be looking at when drafting up a contract with a hotel or venue.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In the meantime, many destinations have been readying, renovating and innovating to prepare for the return of tourism and group travel. New spots for business meetings and events are also opening up across Canada. of event space and sits directly where the soft sand of beachfront meets a shallow rocky slope. Here’s an update.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

The word “partnership” gets thrown around a lot in the events world, but when there are too few ballrooms for too many functions being planned, meeting planners and hotel and destination counterparts often find themselves on the losing end of negotiations that could be win-wins.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Christy Loy Christy Loy, Meet Minneapolis Loy takes on the role of senior vice president of destination sales at Meet Minneapolis. Throughout his career, he has developed expertise across various sectors of the tourism industry, including convention and meeting sales and destination partner relations.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 19, 2021

Searching for the perfect mix of smart safety measures and attractive amenities to “wow” attendees returning to face-to-face meetings? Look to sunny Tampa Bay, which boasts a proven track record of recent meeting success stories. Travel Spring Meeting and Connect Marketplace. And it’s easy to see why.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

How to master the New Green RFP In Smart Meetings’ latest Smart Chat Live webinar, “ How to Master the New Green RFP ,” attendees learned about how to create a sustainable RFP and prioritize sustainability in every area of their sourcing processes. Spoiler alert: the most overlooked areas are often the most impactful.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

And I’m so grateful that my dad gave me the book How to Get Any Job with Any Major. Great book, I still recommend it to everybody.” Smart event marketers are figuring out how to meet people where they are and delivering the right content to them at the right time.” How do our events meet those?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

Some 30 miles away, meeting professionals at the ubiquitous customer relationship software company Salesforce have taken a net-zero pledge and are brainstorming ways to keep business moving forward while prioritizing sustainability as a core value in everything from partnerships to customer data tracking and at its annual Dreamforce citywide event.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Rankings were assigned by a team of 55 experts who ran data analyses based on nine key travel needs, such as earning points/miles, booking reward tickets, availability of flights and customer service. Set in the magical Land of Oz, a yellow brick road takes parkgoers through several iconic settings in the play-turned-blockbuster-movie.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

One thing I’ve used is a no-book-in-advance, 15-minute session to meet with a subject matter expert at the event.”. I have a 20/80 recommendation; I recommend speakers prepare 20 percent of the content, and leave the other 80 percent for peer-audience engagement— chat, Q&A, [etc.]—because Watch the entire webinar here.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JULY 12, 2022

But these temporary shifts in spending could impact destinations and their marketing in significant ways, and it will pay to prepare for the future now. We all saw travel decrease dramatically in 2020 as flights and bookings were canceled due to COVID-19. Higher fares seem to play a significant part in the booking deficit.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

SITE CEO Annette Gregg analyzes incentive travel for 2023 and predicts trends for 2024 Annette Gregg, CEO of Society of Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) , was the speaker at this December’s Smart Meetings’ Smart Chat Live! Our future bookings over the next three years are people getting experimental—they’re trying new destinations.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

SITE CEO Annette Gregg analyzes incentive travel for 2023 and predicts trends for 2024 Annette Gregg, CEO of Society of Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) , was the speaker at this December’s Smart Meetings’ Smart Chat Live! Our future bookings over the next three years are people getting experimental—they’re trying new destinations.”

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AltexSoft Travel

APRIL 20, 2023

Hotel shopping today To understand how the current hotel room booking experience works, we need to first talk about how hotels control room inventory and pricing via combinations of Room Types and Rate Plans. Room type examples A Rate Plan represents essentially the practical terms and conditions that go with a booking.

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Hotel Engine

AUGUST 9, 2022

I need you to book nine hotel rooms,” probably makes your heart sink. Booking business travel excursions — especially for multiple people at once — is stressful. Booking business travel excursions — especially for multiple people at once — is stressful. Check out our top five tips to keep in mind when you’re booking for a group.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 14, 2023

On one occasion, however, the hotel had booked her on the ground floor of a hotel which was also near the garage, a security no-go because of its easy proximity to possible bad actors. When female travelers embark on a business trip, there are multiple precautions that should take place and it starts when booking travel,” she says.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Just for you, tourism bureaus and hospitality professionals are hanging holly, preparing their spaces to host events and—beginning Black Friday and Cyber Monday—sales for holiday business travelers. Your stay will also include resort credit for stays lasting two nights or longer, and resort fees are waived if you book on the resort’s website.

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Techsytalk

APRIL 11, 2017

From the initial strategizing and planning to the actual day of the event, here’s how to prepare for a successful show. How much will it cost to attend and which shows are most likely to help you meet your goals? One Month Before the Show: Finalize Preparations and Pack. 6 Months to 1 Year: Strategize.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Mario Farfan Mario Farfan Meet Chicago Northwest welcomes Mario Farfan as group sales leader, account executive of group sales. She is an active member of Silicon Valley Business Travel Association (SVBTA) and Meeting Professionals International (MPI). She has a proven track record with high customer satisfaction rates.

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