Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. It should connect all the phases of conference planning, prevent unforeseen obstacles and set a solid foundation for the conference’s success. Procurement isn’t just about finding the cheapest option.

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Conference Site Selection Logistics Contracts 246

ADMEI

MARCH 20, 2024

Reflections on ADMEI 2024 Annual Conference: “In the Zone” 20 March 2024 The 2024 ADMEI Annual Conference, aptly themed "In the Zone," delivered a powerful punch of education, networking, and industry insights for Destination Management Companies (DMCs) worldwide. Discover potential recruits at association conferences.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

To do this, you need to make your conference memorable. Not planning conferences? Make Your Next Conference Memorable via Venue Design. How do you make sure that your next conference doesn’t melt into the “same old, same old” status in your attendees’ minds? Van Halen, M&Ms, and the Wisdom in the Contract Details.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

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Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 211

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

She brings over two decades of experience managing high-profile conferences across various industries, spending the last decade of her career as president of events at Digiday, where she oversaw a team responsible for producing some of the media industry’s most influential gatherings.

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Endless Events

MARCH 6, 2020

?? The Best of the Best: Saving Money: 6 Best Ways To Save On An Event AV Contract. Need to figure out how much your conference AV might cost? Check out our Conference AV Cost Calculator! There are ways to save money on your AV contract! (15-minute However, there are some opportunities to cut costs in your AV contract!

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Contracts Contracts Remote Communications 156

Traveler's Q

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Spring Business Events and Conferences Spring 2025 packs Wall Street’s calendar with prestigious events. The AI Dev Conference at Shack15 on March 14 brings together the brightest minds in artificial intelligence. Spring Tech Conferences Spring 2025 brings an exciting lineup of tech events to the city.

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Travel Travel Healthcare Trade Show 130

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2024

Whether the playing field is national politics, a Southern California crime scene or a hotel contract negotiation, leading with love, empathy and respect is the fast track to building relationships across what might otherwise feel like unfathomable divides, according to keynote Corporal Ryan Tillman.

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Contracts Contracts Conference Speakers 264

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

After two years of not meeting, companies and audiences may have different goals and expectations so conferences that were previously produced as simple iterations on the previous years’ event must now be reinvented whole cloth. Once the contract has been signed, the tough talk doesn’t stop. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus. Tell a Story.

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Insurance Medical Meetings Contracts Contracts 245

Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

Picture this: as a sales director for a major hotel chain, you spend countless hours attending conferences, crafting personalized offers, and following up with prospects. Customer Onboarding: Once a contract is signed, follow up with details on dining, rooms, and exclusive amenities, ensuring smooth client onboarding.

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Automation Social Media Prospect Booking 130

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2019

Many hotel contracts mandate use of an in-house AV provider and contain clauses prohibiting use of other vendors or charge for the privilege of using the planner’s preferred vendor. Knowing this and other nuances associated with AV services contracting can help contain event costs and access to the optimum AV solution.

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Vendor Contracts Contracts Insurance 206

MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

engine is impressive, but planners need to understand how best to use its contracts section and how human expertise is still required. of Grimes Law Offices, LLC, the legal contracts section of the Spark platform should be approached with care. For example, he asked the system for an overbooking clause for a group hotel contract.

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Contracts Contracts Meeting Transportation 103

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A Renewed Group Focus “Just hold the contracted meetings that are on the books and minimize the cancellations that have occurred in prior years due to the pandemic, economic uncertainty and a general reluctance to hold in-person meetings,” said Dan Piotrowski, senior vice president of operations for Omni Hotels.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As attendee expectations shift, more clients are contracting me to boost connection at large events, where existing tech solutions like brain dates and speed networking often fall short. Here’s how you should proceed: Starting a new conference? Struggling with a small conference? appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Francis San Francisco on Union Square chanting, “No contract? Moscone Center is currently the site of IDWeek, a health care conference. According to San Francisco Chronicle , several dozen picketers marched outside The Westin St. No peace” and carrying signs that read, “One job should be enough.”. 13–17) and Oracle’s OpenWorld (Oct.

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Contracts Contracts Technology Technology 229

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Three weeks after Hyatt Corporation confirmed that it would cut planner commissions, thereby following the lead of three other large hospitality companies, Meeting Planners Unite held its first conference in Washington, D.C. MPU’s leadership is also focused on negotiating for new sources of revenue for planners.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

Transportation 130

Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

How can you word the hotel contract to protect your company? Nobody wants to go into a conference in a bad situation because you’ve had a horrible experience up front,” said Poole. You have been tasked with producing a new event—or breathing new life into one that has been on rinse and repeat too long.

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Planner Contracts Contracts Consulting 264

Endless Events

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But before you get too entrenched in booking speakers or drawing up venue contracts, it’s best to think about how you’ll get results from an in-person event. Data is the best way to improve your future events, so when in doubt, rely on event platforms for in-person meetings, conferences, and events to see what you can improve for next time.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The most common mistake Howe sees planners make is that they don’t read their contracts. Contracts are self-inflicted wounds,” he says. You have no rights or responsibilities unless they are in the contract.” Do Your Homework. And as a result, every planner needs to know exactly what they are signing on for.

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Planner Contracts Contracts Vendor 209

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. FICP 2024 Annual Conference will be Nov. How fun is that?

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Insurance B2B Retail Conference 263

Endless Events

AUGUST 30, 2018

Arranging a hotel block and finalizing the contract is one of the most important parts of planning an event. Without a firm hotel contract, everything else is up in the air. The easier it is for guests, the more likely they will attend your conference or event. In general, don’t ever sign the first version of the contract.

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Contracts Contracts Booking Online 189

Endless Events

APRIL 26, 2021

One gigantic Intel conference, for example.” The expansion of what was event apps over a decade and then the contraction over the last three years is all happening in one year for these platforms. Now, we’re starting to see the contraction where things are consolidating and coming together.

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Platform Event Apps Registration Online 368

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

Transportation 130

Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

Transportation 130

Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

Transportation 130

Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

Transportation 130

Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

Transportation 130

Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 130

Endless Events

MARCH 4, 2020

Because the last thing you want to do is they say, “There are no restrictions,” and it’s not in your contract if there are any restrictions. A lot of times we assume that “Hey, I’m going to sign the contract. I only need it from this date to this date, because that’s when the actual conferences.”

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Venue Contracts Contracts Conference 321

Endless Events

JANUARY 23, 2020

Planners Salary Survey 2019” And then the last one is “Study Finds One in Four Tech-Conference Speakers are Women” Hurricane Dorian Affects the Bahamas Unevenly. Hotel Contract Clauses Planners Should Be Using but Probably Aren’t. “Technically a hurricane is outside the events industry.

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Contracts Contracts Sustainability Speakers 229

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

Transportation 130

Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

Transportation 130

Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 130

Endless Events

OCTOBER 31, 2018

He will cover the basics of contracts, how the staff is AV union staff is hired, shadow labor and more. This is probably my number one asked question whenever I’m at conferences. Unions have contracts with the venue. Number one is that unions, if you didn’t know, always have their contracts with the venue.

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Contracts Contracts Venue Rehearsal 199

Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Christian Savelli Hospitality industry watcher Chris Meyer, who recently returned from SISO CEO Summit Conference in Las Vegas, agreed that conference organizer executives who attended were largely upbeat even though they are looking at the same recession indicators—an inverted Treasury yield curve, shrinking manufacturing and buying power.

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Travel Travel Banking B2B 246

Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

“I planned a conference in 2020 that got canceled. This year, they’re using 75% of the agenda I made for that very same conference. They typically like to get out of the office and use the conference as an excuse to have an expense-paid trip with their boss. . “And 75% of their role overlaps.

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Planner Events Virtual Events Trade Show 320

Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Since the pandemic, the problem of fewer registrants booking within in the contracted room block has become more acute. One participant cited a recent citywide event in which half of the participants registered within three weeks of the conference.

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Registration Booking Contracts Contracts 102

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs. How working with the CVB helps meet attendee needs When planners work with the local CVB of their chosen destination, communication is key.

Transportation 130

Transportation Planner Contracts Contracts 130