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Seven Reasons to Book Now for Your 2024 Event

Blue Spark Event Design

This article reviews the seven reasons to book now for your 2024 event. We recommend all of our clients who are looking to book in 2024 and beyond to start immediately, and here’s why: 7 Top Reasons to Book Your Event in 2024 Right Now: Venue and hotel availability (Site selection and negotiation).

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Poll Results: Will NAACP Florida Travel Advisory Affect Meetings?

MeetingsNet

A significant percentage of meeting professionals say the NAACP’s advisory will be a factor in site selection. Another 46 percent believe that the advisories will not affect their site-selection decisions, while 14 percent of respondents are unsure. The advisories in Florida are likely to affect our choices : 24.3%

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When Lower Room Rates Affect Your Attendees

Convene by PCMA

We unfortunately do not have a lowest-rate clause in our contract. Kerry Kerr , Senior Director of Global Accounts, HelmsBriscoe I would double check one thing: Does the hotel have a destination/resort fee that your group is exempt from, but other guests who book outside the block must pay? Do we have any recourse at all?”

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Sky-High Airfares Plus Delays Mean Fewer Attendees, Say Planners

MeetingsNet

And when it comes to site selection, 52 percent said that high airfares are affecting their choices in one of two ways: They are only considering cities that offer more carriers and flights (60 percent) or they are opting to hold regional meetings to minimize air travel (40 percent). Specifically, 69.2

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Make Your Conference Memorable With Spiced-Up Keynotes, Engaging Design and Workshops

Endless Events

The cuts on hotel commissions are making site selection an inadequate revenue stream for many third-party planners. This is despite the steady increase in hotel bookings for business groups and events. Van Halen, M&Ms, and the Wisdom in the Contract Details. Click To Tweet. Tips for Growing Your Event Revenue.

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Hitting the Mark with Your Event RFPs

MeetingsNet

Tanna Pearman, meeting broker for Las Vegas-based Meetings Made Easy, handles site selection and contracting for both corporate and association clients, which means her approach to building RFPs focuses on different elements of each meeting to match a given destination and its various hotels. Every RFP is unique,” she says.

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Measuring an Event’s Carbon Footprint — It’s All in the Details

Convene by PCMA

If you use Google flights or use Google to book your hotel, Google typically will have an emissions factor on there.” The Impact of Site Selection Reduce 2’s Glenn Hansen worked with Maritz on reducing one of its clients’ carbon footprint by focusing on site selection. Then they had signed up for Rome.