Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. The site offers daily articles, industry reports, webinars, and more. BTN Group also hosts more than 35 conferences and events annually and up to three monthly webinars.

Website 98

Website Planner Certification Publishing 98

ADMEI

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

CVBs assist planners by providing information on local resources and services, site selection, and other pre-conference and post-convention services. How long has the DMC been open? Many companies open and close each year.

Destination Management 228

Destination Management Vendor Site Selection Entertainment 228

Blue Spark Event Design

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Why should you hire a professional planner? Meetings, conferences, trade shows and events are essential for a company’s improvement. One way to ensure the event’s success is to hire a professional event planner. Second, you need to choose a planner who works full-time within the industry.

Benefits 98

Benefits Planner Trade Show Insurance 98

Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

There are a lot of things event planners need to be ready for. Here are challenges and opportunities event planners can expect in the next decade. Event Planner Challenges. Data protection is always on event planners’ minds. What is the travel carbon footprint of a big scientific conference like #EGU19 ?

Planner 90

Planner Social Media Events Site Selection 90

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Not just the surprising affordability of holding a meeting in Tucson, but the connection between a planner and the Visit Tucson staff going the extra mile to make your event spectacular. This connection is evident in the fact that eight of ten meeting planners choose Tucson after a site visit.

Preparation 127

Preparation Site Selection Planner Booking 127

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Fairfax County, Virginia is the ideal place to hold your next meeting, conference, convention, or special event. 60 of these properties are meeting hotels that offer a variety of space layouts that can accommodate your convention and conference groups. Our proximity to Washington, D.C. , Reason #3: We’ve got meeting space galore.

Meeting 130

Meeting Retreat Site Selection Banking 130

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Not just the surprising affordability of holding a meeting in Tucson, but the connection between a planner and the Visit Tucson staff going the extra mile to make your event spectacular. This connection is evident in the fact that eight of ten meeting planners choose Tucson after a site visit.

Preparation 100

Preparation Site Selection Planner Booking 100

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 19, 2024

Taking proactive measures, including making water stations available to encourage regular hydration, is essential for meetings planners dealing with a heat wave. In 2023, which was the hottest year on record, the number of deaths in the U.S. related to excessive heat were the highest recorded in 45 years.

Site Selection 59

Site Selection Regulations Events Retreat 59

DCI

AUGUST 8, 2023

As the global meetings industry faces mounting environmental and social pressures, details as seemingly mundane as a venue’s food and beverage offerings are increasingly part of the conversation for planners of tomorrow’s meetings. Business travel can impact attendees, local communities, and the environment in many significant ways.

Meeting 77

Meeting Sustainability Site Selection Planner 77

Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. The site offers daily articles, industry reports, webinars, and more. BTN Group also hosts more than 35 conferences and events annually and up to three monthly webinars.

Website 52

Website Planner Certification Publishing 52

DCI

MARCH 3, 2023

Both destinations and meeting planners alike weighed in on the work that’s been done, and the work that’s left to do by destinations for their partners, their communities, and meeting planners looking to book events. Canvas Meetings & Incentives, and Streamlinevents.

Meeting 81

Meeting Government Site Selection Events 81

MeetingsNet

MAY 13, 2024

Most meeting planners have likely discovered the benefits of ChatGPT and other generative-A.I. produces over time could become increasingly unoriginal—the opposite of what event planners need in their educational and promotional content. One planner who is especially well versed in getting specific and unique results from A.I.

Site Selection 52

Site Selection Sponsors Education Planner 52

MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies is out and some of the entries provide insights for meeting planners into what trends in travel and entertainment they should be paying attention to. With multiple locations in conference cities like Orlando, Fla., Gating level. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image.

Trends 68

Trends Publishing Meeting Logistics 68

Blue Spark Event Design

MAY 1, 2024

Phoenix and Scottsdale present an enticing blend of ideal weather, convenient accessibility, diverse accommodation choices, top-notch conference venues, recreational opportunities, culinary delights, and warm hospitality. This compelling mix renders them highly appealing destinations for conferences and events. Let us help!

Site Selection 52

Site Selection Venue Conference Meeting 52

Convene by PCMA

MAY 23, 2024

I am looking for some guidance on how to work with a conference hotel that is selling rooms over your event dates at a lower rate than your hotel block,” Carrie Renuart , director, conferences and events for ARMA International, wrote to the Catalyst community. “We Here’s a sampling from a recent Catalyst discussion. “I

Attendee 52

Attendee Contracts Contracts Site Selection 52

Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Accessibility — making sure those with physical and cognitive disabilities, as well as those with dietary restrictions can fully enjoy everything a conference has to offer — is a key part planning. Not everyone can easily register online, so planners should also be sure to include a phone number would-be attendees can call as well.

Site Selection 52

Site Selection Events Venue Planner 52

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 4, 2023

CM Event Solutions — formerly known as Conference Managers — aims to create exceptional events by connecting people through meaningful experiences. Partnering with a third-party event management firm can help alleviate that ever-expanding workload, often with perks that planners may not initially realize.

Management 52

Management Logistics Site Selection Vendor 52

Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 29, 2022

To Palma, now CEO of Sacramento-based site-selection and hospitality consulting firm Palma & Co, Oakland and NACIVT seemed like a perfect fit. And for the first time in its history, NACIVT hired a meeting planner — Palma, who left her sales job at Visit Oakland in April. Oakland now made sense as the host destination.

Hospitality 105

Hospitality Site Selection Travel Travel 105

MeetingsNet

MAY 25, 2018

Content Summary: This checklist from Endless Events provides nuggets of information along with each item planners need to check off as they go through the planning process. It’s all in there, from initial ideation and market research, through budgeting and sponsorship, site selection, and marketing. Download here.

Panel 46

Panel Event Apps Site Selection B2B 46

Blue Spark Event Design

AUGUST 10, 2022

The sourcing, organization, and management of guest airport arrivals and departures can be a daunting and time-intensive activity for an inexperienced planner. The tasks of manipulating the guest manifest to make the best use of passenger wait times and keeping costs within the conference budget can often work against each other.

Destination Management 52

Destination Management Management Registration Logistics 52

Blue Spark Event Design

AUGUST 24, 2022

When searching for an event company to partner with, many meeting planners utilize a traditional Destination Management Company (DMC) in the city of their convention. Conferences that travel to different cities each year must research, procure and build trust with each new destination management company. Conference Strategy.

Destination Management 52

Destination Management Management Events Conference 52

Blue Spark Event Design

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It can be overwhelming to planners when the executive team says, “Find the best location for our next event (insert also conference, incentive trip, board retreat, etc.)!”. As a planner, help your company determine the success by crafting event goals. Event Goals. Why is this crucial? How do you know the investment was worth it?

Location 52

Location Retreat Events Incentives 52

Blue Spark Event Design

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Client: An international skincare and makeup company with one internal meeting planner and a small support team who’s daily tasks focused not only on events, but also social media and public relations for the entire company. Design and execution of two offsite plated dinners at wineries. Onsite event management.

Retreat 52

Retreat Incentives Social Media Training 52

Bizzaboo

JANUARY 10, 2024

According to The state of in-person B2B conferences report , 80.4% of organizers believe in-person conferences will become increasingly critical to their organization’s success in the coming years! JPdL Montreal, Quebec Over the last 40 years, JPdL has developed into one of the world’s leading meeting and event planners.

Management 98

Management Advertising Events Consulting 98

Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Cadence is a boutique agency of artists, engineers, planners, and producers with a passion for creating energized events. Event Strategy Group (or ESG) partners with brands to create corporate events, employee events, user conferences, trade shows, road shows, and more. CADENCE, INC. Wheeling, IL. EVENT STRATEGY GROUP. Broomall, PA.

Sports 105

Sports Advertising Events Trade Show 105

MeetingsNet

APRIL 11, 2023

Morals and politics aside, site selection in post-Roe America presents groups with new risk-management challenges, argues one industry lawyer. As states enact new laws affecting those rights, a handful of groups have publicly changed their conference location in protest. Abortion rights is an emotional and polarizing topic.

Meeting 75

Meeting Site Selection Attendee Planner 75

Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 13, 2023

Unlike the PCMA roundtable among association planners and execs and DMOs that was convened in AGU’s offices four months earlier, the December roundtable, moderated by Peter O’Neil, FASAE, CAE, CEO of ASIS International, didn’t focus exclusively on how to navigate the events landscape in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v.

Events 97

Events Government Site Selection Insurance 97

MeetingsNet

MAY 18, 2023

Upset that a Philadelphia property is hosting the far-right Moms for Liberty conference, three Pennsylvania legislators took up their concerns with the hotel’s GM. For meeting professionals, the situation is a good reminder of several site-selection and risk-management best practices. Industry lawyer Joshua L. Grimes, Esq.

Contracts 111

Contracts Contracts Site Selection Venue 111