Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

Meeting profs in Charlotte, North Carolina, are meeting at the newly expanded Charlotte Convention Center for lunch, accompanied by a speech by the state’s House Budget Writer Jason Saine and the North Carolina Travel Industry Association lobbying team. The post How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Traveler's Q

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Companies just need to book the best business travel destinations, as shown by their $269.3 billion spending on corporate travel in 2021. Business travel will reach 483 million trips by 2026, and cities worldwide are adapting to welcome more travelers. The city attracted $28.70

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These events usually last three to four days, and when you add on travel time, attendees may be gone from their families for a week or longer. If that is the case for your attendees, here is a checklist of things to look for from a venue and the benefits of traveling this way. Select a hotel or conference center with family suites.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

The 10th NYC Experience Wellness and Travel Media event presented by Organic Spa Media on June 17, 2022 highlighted five major wellness trends that meeting planners should be aware of in booking spa experiences or resorts with wellness-centered offerings. These trends have relevance for planners in a variety of ways.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Traveling for a conference is no longer an excuse to abandon your mental health and physical well-being goals. The Importance of Self-Care Dave Stevens offered a thoughtful example of why planners should be more aware of their personal wellness. “If If you’re a broken vase, how are you supposed to hold water?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 3, 2025

To celebrate, the hosts behind the Smart Meetings podcast, Smart Start Radio: Fuel for the Purpose Generation of Meeting Planners , reached out to planners who have spoken on past episodes to hear what they had to say. Alexis Dick, CTA Event Planner, HARDI See her speak in Meeting of the Minds: Discover Professional Growth Secrets.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

How planners can safeguard their attendees against hotel room breaches In 2022, at a private event in Las Vegas during “hacker summer camp,” as the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences have come to be known, a group of researchers found a flaw that could put millions of hotel rooms around the world at risk of being breached.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By working with Visit Bellevue, the planners for Lenovo Tech World 2024 show the transformative power of partnership. Lenovo Tech World is the global technology company’s annual event, and as events at this level go, it’s an enormous undertaking for the planners organizing it. Having this kind of advocacy is completely helpful.”

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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. million was invested in 105 projects, touching 16,000 people.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

Speculations circled overhead at the pandemic’s genesis that the business travel industry ought to fear an irreparable nosedive. ” The white paper, released in mid-May, highlighted the pivotal role business travel is poised to play in building business back. Read More : 7 Business Travel Trends Set to Shape 2022.

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Endless Events

MAY 10, 2018

Finding a conference venue is a lengthy and detailed process. The main component of a conference is the venue, it’s where the main show takes place! Finding the perfect conference venue can be challenging. These initial planning stages will help create a picture of what your conference venue will look like.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2023

Smart Meetings spoke with Heather Pilcher, CEO & executive producer of Blue Spark Event Design to get the nitty gritty on the current state of event budgets and what meeting planners should be aware of as they ramp up to their post-Covid events. Ultimately, the dynamic between hotels and event planners has shifted since the pandemic.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Editor’s note: This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. Union members in Orlando, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Sacramento and Detroit held a press conference on Monday, Nov. AAA Predicts Thanksgiving Travel Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

If you are an event or meeting planner you’ve heard of PSAV. The news makes for shaky ground and uncertainty for meeting and event planners nationwide. So why should event and meeting planners care?What It could also mean a lack of choice for event and meeting planners and more. Will this merger change that? October 2017.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2021

Covid-19 continues to disrupt meetings and travel. A NASA scientist hunkered down in his dark garage—the only place he can get cell phone reception—gives his keynote presentation to over 2,000 attendees at the world’s largest space science conference being held virtually from Sydney, Australia. It’s late January in 2021.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

Marriott International President and CEO Tony Capuano kicked off the event by thanking the 314 association planner customers for sticking with the company and helping the hospitality industry recover so quickly. And, of interest to many of the meeting planners present, integrating billing to make it more user-friendly. and Canada.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The property offers six event spaces, between the North and South Gallery conference rooms, The Boardroom, The Study, a private dining room at Le Moyne’s and the divisible Crystal Ballroom. The new suites offer numerous options to cater to the business traveler. Four Business Suites, feature built in work nooks and adaptable desks.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Packing bags simply and efficiently is one of the major challenges for planners, and it is becoming more of a necessity as airlines continue to increase prices for checking bags. When packing a bag, even the most experienced travelers sometimes give into the innate urge to pack until their bag is about to burst. Isn’t that the point?

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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.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

But what does this mean for meeting planners and business travelers? There isn’t much consensus on how countries should respond and whether international travel should be suspended. Holiday travelers are adjusting their trips. More : Demystifying Covid Testing: The Differences, Access and What It All Means for Travelers.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 17, 2025

Why Plan Incentive Travel to Qubec City? If your idea of the perfect incentive travel destination includes cobblestone streets, old-world charm, and a touch of European flair without crossing the Atlantic, then Qubec City is calling your name. Ready to craft your own magical incentive travel experience?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 8, 2023

Gregg discusses trends in incentive travel, the importance of mentorship, being a woman in the industry and what the future holds as we enter the new era of the post-pandemic meetings industry. A: I went to a fairly large association, my first job in our industry, and I was on the conferences and exhibits team for Food Marketing Institute.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 26, 2023

From extreme team building to incentive trips in far-flung destinations with adventure components, risk-taking incentive travelers are not an unknown commodity in the MICE industry. I really doubt that extreme experiences are going to permeate the incentive travel for corporate stakeholders and sales staff.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

Read More: First Business Events Industry Week Celebrated The Power of Meeting A development that surprised many was the buzz The Palm Beaches Florida sparked with a fashion show featuring planner models and vibrant Florida vibes. Destinations International President and CEO Don Welsh stressed the importance of what meeting planners do today.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 3, 2024

In this post, you’ll find a comprehensive list of the most important event industry conferences that every event professional should attend this year. Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals. Don’t see your 2024 conference for event planners on this page?

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Smart Meetings

JULY 24, 2024

That Tuesday afternoon of the conference, DI held a volunteer activity with Feeding Tampa Bay , a local nonprofit that works to tackle food insecurity. Donations given by attendees throughout the conference were directed to Feeding Tampa Bay, as well as two more local nonprofits: Dress for Success Tampa Bay and Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Fifty-nine percent of event planners say environmental responsibility impacts their event plans. For example, instead of shipping freebies to the conference and then back to HQ, simplify the whole affair: ship event goodies to your attendees’ front door. Attendees don’t want to carry a stack of paper during a conference.

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Endless Events

MARCH 12, 2021

For instance, PwC has been using Virtual Reality to host conference calls and meetings in locations like skyscrapers and ski chalets…all the way from home! IEEE Spectrum reports that the company recently helped turn HTC’s V²EC developer conference for its Vive VR headsets into a virtual event attended by 1,000 people.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

Per CDC, fully vaccinated people are no longer required to wear a mask outdoors and can travel within the United States without getting a Covid-19 test or having to quarantine, although the agency still recommends vaccinated travelers continue to wear a mask in crowds, maintain six feet of distancing and wash their hands frequently.

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Endless Events

MARCH 17, 2020

With the threat of COVID-19 planners are facing mandates and calls to cancel events globally. If you are facing the need to turn your events virtual you are in good company, IMB Think conference , TED talks , and many other prominent events have gone virtual and so can you. Enter virtual conference formats! .

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

Event planners, speakers and attendees all saw their calendars cleared out last March, returning slowly with virtual events and only now showing a glimmer of hope for the return of live conferences. That should be the guide for determining the experience as a planner. What is the experience you would prefer as an attendee?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

More precisely, it is discretionary travel that is permissible again for the first time since the pandemic. Travelers need to upload proof of vaccination and travel details at least 72 hours prior to arrival using the Canadian government’s ArriveCAN app , whether coming by air or land.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

For example, perhaps you choose the number of years attendees have attended the conference. What’s your favorite place to travel? As a former meeting planner who has received Ohio MPI’s Planner of the Year award twice, she brings a unique perspective to these blog posts. Have stations for one of the following areas.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But he’s been to many conferences both as an attendee as well as a keynote speaker that he knows all about engagement and networking at events. While he is not in the events industry bubble, he nonetheless knows a lot about events and conferences. ” He says that he’s never been that excited by conferences.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

By working with Visit Bellevue, the planners for Lenovo Tech World 2024 show the transformative power of partnership. Lenovo Tech World is the global technology company’s annual event, and as events at this level go, it’s an enormous undertaking for the planners organizing it. Having this kind of advocacy is completely helpful.”

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