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

Smart Meetings

For planners, concepts that can be built into their Business Events Strategy shift them from reactive to proactive and start conversations (and in some cases concessions) around these important attendee experience elements early in the process rather than as an afterthought post-contracting.

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How Drip Email Campaigns Can Revolutionize Your Hotel Sales Strategy

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Effective drip campaigns can help you automate personalized communication to engage potential guests, convert casual inquirers into bookings, and even rekindle relationships with past clients. For example, a tailored series might highlight banquet hall features, price incentives, and testimonials from satisfied event planners.

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Top Reasons to Outsource Your Incentive Travel Program

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Have you ever asked (or answered) the question, “Should we outsource our corporate incentive travel program?” Here, you’ll discover why outsourcing your next incentive program will set you up for success. We know how time-consuming organizing a large incentive travel program can be. Saves You Time. Ready for the Unexpected.

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How to Win a ‘Yes!’ for Renewed Incentive Travel: Meeting Professionals Share Tips

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In April, Discover The Palm Beaches partnered with the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) to host an in-person event to discuss what factors are driving buyer decisions for incentive travel. Companies looking to reinstate incentive travel also considered the industries of prospective participants in the incentive programs.

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Smart Moves in Mexico, Atlanta and More

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Lynn Willison and Rachel Englander Lynn Willison (left) and Rachel Englander (right), The Hutton Group – Inspired Meetings & Events The Hutton Group – Inspired Meetings & Events , a woman-owned and -operated boutique meeting and incentive planning company, brings in two new team members.

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Navigating Comfort Levels: Third-party Planning in an Age in Flux

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May is president and owner of Bright Spot Incentives & Events, and one of the guests on the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Meet the Secret Weapon in the Quest to Return to F2F.”. Many topics were discussed, among them the phasing-out of hybrid and contract negotiation. Whitney emphasized the importance of early communication.

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

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Communicating this data to C-levels and clients can help manage expectations and justify budgets,” said Catherine Chaulet, president and CEO of Global DMC Partners , from the stage. MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) market is expected to grow by 7.8 Like most things in life, timing makes a difference.