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Why Early Bird Registration Specials Don’t Work and Other Revelations from a New Maritz Study

Smart Meetings

A new study, aptly named “ Registration Insights Report: Optimizing revenue and attendance in the face of new attendee behavior ” by Maritz revealed a changing model for getting people to fill out those increasingly long forms, sooner. Almost half, 45% of conference-goers register within four weeks of the event date.

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Why Attendees Aren’t Committing Early to Conferences

Smart Meetings

In recent years, many event organizers have observed a notable trend: despite offering enticing early bird registration discounts, many attendees are hesitant to commit to conferences well in advance. As a result, many are cautious about allocating funds to nonessential activities like conferences.

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Lessons from a Global Medical Conference

Smart Meetings

Although the conference moves around, he is limited in the number of places that can hold all of the activities, even though he has resorted to tenting parking lots and taking over alternative spaces. Even if it is a three- or six-month wait, attendees can use that time to book their hotel and flight instead of the other way around.

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Creative Methods to Generate More Revenue for Your Next Conference

Smart Meetings

Do you need to find new monetary sources for conferences, conventions and trade shows? Give attendees a discount code on the last day of the conference that is only good for the next 30 days. Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort. Raise your registration fee.

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Speaker Registration Fees and AI Policies at Events

Convene by PCMA

At some events, speakers par a registration fee if they choose to participate in the rest of the conference as an attendee. Do your speakers typically pay a registration fee for the events they are speaking at? but are not reimbursed the registration fee. . but are not reimbursed the registration fee.

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Registration opens for Interferry’s 47th annual conference 

Travel Daily Media

The post Registration opens for Interferry’s 47th annual conference appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Delegate registration has now opened on the conference website, together with a Call for Speakers. This year´s event takes place in Hobart, Tasmania from November 4-8.

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Finding Event Registration Patterns

Convene by PCMA

Registration forecasting for 2023 was the top challenge identified by Louisville Tourism’s Client Advisory Council members. The assessment included analysis of CAC members’ registration data, insights discovered about attendee behavior, and suggestions for how and when this information should be communicated.