Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2025

Conway joined the team in 2010 at vice president, communications and public relations, before moving into the executive leadership team in 2017. Mauricio Patino Mauricio Patino, Velas Resorts Patino joins the team at Velas Resorts as regional sales director for meetings and incentives. region at Visit Denver.

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Travel Travel Hospitality Promotion 246

Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

For suppliers looking to expand their business and stand out in a competitive landscape, one of the most lucrative opportunities involves connecting with meeting and event planners. Understand Your Target Audience: Who Are Meeting & Event Planners? Define Your Unique Value Proposition Event planners are inundated with choices.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality Marketing Marketing Social Media 130

Endless Events

APRIL 13, 2022

When event planners measure how many attendees have attended their events before, they are getting insights into attendee loyalty. Based on analytics reports, event planners can adjust their event strategy in the most optimal way to ensure higher attendee retention in the future. Create great incentives to sign up right there and then.

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Audience Attendee Social Media Registration 315

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2025

Implementing user-friendly online platforms and apps for seamless booking, communication, and check-ins can simplify the customer experience and encourage repeat business. Use targeted advertising on digital platforms to reach small business owners and corporate planners.

Meeting 130

Meeting Advertising Booking Remote 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2025

Scott Graf Graf is the former Global CEO of BCD Meetings & Events, built one of the worlds top event and incentive travel companies, has led massive global expansion and strategic acquisitions and is now on the board of the newly merged 360DG and CSI DMC company. Own the moment and communicate clearly and quickly -do not hide the issue.

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Management Events Logistics Planner 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

How do they navigate timely coordination and clear communication across different time zones? How do planners integrate remote attendees with in-person attendees? Read More: Helpful Budget Tips for Event Planners in a Post-Covid World What Business Travel Trends Mean for Meetings So, what’s the deal? Is incentive travel out?

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Trends Travel Travel Remote 253

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

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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Automation Social Media Prospect Booking 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Motivation Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2020

MICE is an acronym for meetings, incentives, conferencing, and exhibitions. It is a highly lucrative industry revolving around incentive travel , though there is a distinction between incentivized travel and business conferences. Incentive travel isn’t a stand-alone industry. Incentives versus Conference Travel.

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Incentives Conference Travel Travel 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2024

He brings over 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and hospitality to his new role, in which he will oversee an integrated sales, marketing and communications strategy for Highgate’s Hawaii portfolio. Kauffman takes on the role of regional director of communications.

Hospitality 258

Hospitality Public Relations B2B Communications 258

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2023

Mentorships, transparency and white whales For meeting planners new to the industry, experience and connections are the glue that holds the universe together and ultimately provides the tools for current and future success. I work with extremely experienced planners daily. I think it is difficult since the industry is so broad.”

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Meeting Social Media Incentives Hospitality 236

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Incentive travel has always been more about inspiration than dollars given for work done. I think the reason incentive travel has always survived economic downturns and remained a priority for achievement programs is our drive to explore and experience new destinations. Make your family number one.

Conference 246

Conference Incentives Education Certification 246

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

What is Incentive Travel? Incentive travel is an important subset of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. Now, it’s all about non-monetary incentives, and the predictions for 2020 by the Incentive Revenue Foundation (IRF) support that idea.

Incentives 130

Incentives Travel Travel Social Media 130

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Achieving longevity and consistent success is a challenge every event planner faces Events are not merely one-time occurrences; they should be a strategic investment that yields returns over time. Once you have this data, it’s also important to be able to clearly communicate outcomes to your leadership team.

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Sponsors Events Communications Communications 243

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

We worked closely with destination Bern – the Bern Convention Bureau , Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau and local hotel partners where the sessions were filmed: Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA, Hotel Bellevue Palace Bern and Kongress + Kursaal Bern AG. Full destination spotlight video.

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Planner Conference Events Incentives 200

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Our art scene, specifically glass, since we do have so much of it here, really gives people a view of Seattle that is so unforgettable and completely authentic to who we are as a community.” If you’re a planner interested in working some Refract events into your attendees’ experience, get in touch with the Refract team early.

Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Thursday, April 8, Global Meetings Industry Day featured several in-person and virtual events that highlighted the importance of the meeting, incentive, convention, and trade-show industry, while also educating planners on the new landscape they will operate in going forward.

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Planner Contracts Contracts Trade Show 118

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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Events 130

Events Attendee Planner Venue 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

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