Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. But those rates will not work for planners seeking value for their attendees. Register here to hear him in person.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Being an event planner, event manager, or event marketer is a difficult job that demands a lot of energy and knowledge, but many of us are drawn to it because it is – above all else – rewarding. As the technology sector within the industry grows, many planners are leaving traditional event planning for event technology jobs.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At Meet with Momentum, planners learn about Marriott, about the industry and what is changing in the industry. They learn how to become better planners and how they can become better partners with Marriott.” What can they see, and taste and feel?” asks Pfeffer, as he explains what Meet with Momentum helps attendees discover. “We

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Social Tables

AUGUST 3, 2017

In any type of contract work, miscommunication can arise between the contractor and client. You need a written contract to outline the terms and conditions of your service. A contract will be the go-to source in the event of a dispute. So be sure to always include these features in your event planning contract.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Most meeting planners found ways to move ahead, even if there were some tense moments and damages paid. Now, the question is how to build contracts moving forward. Read More : A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses. Read More : Mike Dominguez’s Vision for Hospitality Restaffing. That doesn’t help you.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Vaccines are still believed to be “considerably protective” against the most severe Covid symptoms, such as hospitalization and death; but vaccines are less successful in protecting against Omicron contraction. Citing eight lab studies, epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina wrote Dec. Event Cancellations and Travel.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2024

Smart Meetings Inclusive Experience at JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa this week started with the hospitality basics. Authentic connections made with respect paved the way for business getting done The most important deliverable for a meeting is that everyone feels welcome. Everything else depends on that. His parting tip?

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Three industry veterans share their advice on crafting contract terms and clauses that meet the needs of host groups, not just host venues. Right now, the meetings industry’s landscape features high demand, rising prices, and hotel reps’ relative inexperience with meetings, all of which make planners’ jobs more difficult than ever.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2022

rates of infection and hospitalization are also an underreported but important trend. Bottom line for meeting planners: As Covid-19 rates increase around the country, plan for potentially masking in group settings, especially in the winter months. Jennifer McQuiston said, “We are in the early days of this response.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2024

Such as a requirement for hotels with 100 rooms or more to employ hotel staff for front desk and housekeeping—not contracted workers—and have panic buttons for workers who clean and maintain guest rooms. Nice Planner! Will planners be able to find enough sleeping rooms for their meeting attendees? Read More : No More Ms.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

When negotiating contracts in the future, planners and suppliers alike will have to realize that there may always be something unexpected that we think will never happen. CMP, is department chair of Hospitality, Tourism, & Culinary Arts at College of Coastal Georgia. Tyra Warner, Ph.D.,

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Contract Lessons Lisa Sommer Devlin When the focus of the event is finding new places to bring events, kicking off with a lesson in what to include—and leave out—of contract clauses is always a good idea. Phoenix-based hospitality attorney Lisa Sommer Devlin offered some straight talk.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Experts offer tips and ideas for meeting professionals As the year slowly comes to a close, many financial and insurance meeting planners may be thinking about what they should be keeping on their radar. That is the question planners could be asking themselves. of hospitality partners are expecting that many events.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Don’t forget to pamper the planner. To find out what changing occupancy rates across the country will mean for booking hotels in the future, CoStar Group Director of Hospitality Analytics Daryl Cronk shared insights from the STARreport , the essential measure of the health of the hospitality industry.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic. said that “it is incumbent on us to keep planners informed of all the changes we’ve made to our sales organizations” since last March.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2018

. “Getting just one good introduction or contract accomplishes my goal if I can book something because of it,” says Greg DeSandy, director of sales and event services at Cobo Center Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority. And the hospitality community is amazing. “This is an important show to us.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

He began his 20-year career in hospitality as a front desk agent at the Doubletree Irvine Spectrum, and now brings his extensive experience to manage the 225-room property. With 15 years in hospitality experience, Farstad is an excellent candidate to continue the property’s successful operation and provide outstanding guest experiences.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 16, 2019

Event planners can purchase a variety of different types of insurance to cover different aspects of their event. . It protects you and all other insured parties involved, for essentially anything that is out of your control within the realm of the venue, event planner, caterers, etc. contact information . business name .

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Planners with upcoming meetings in Southern California should watch developments there closely in the next few days or weeks. 6, 7,500 employees at 24 hotels across several hotel companies in Los Angeles and Orange counties voted to strike if a new contract was not ratified by yesterday. The post Action!

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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. The minimum wage, which I’m guessing is probably everybody that works in the hospitality industry, is $42 a day. Everyone’s heard of PSAV.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

As guest demand for an authentic, engaging experience in the surrounding community and culture increases, technology plug-ins are making it easier for meeting professionals to meet the needs of attendees without additional research and contracts. An Unprecedented Partnership. Bring Your Business Travelers into Town.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 1, 2024

The newest award-winning convention services manager dishes on all the things CSMs can do for planners: “We’re like Siri for the destination.” A hospitality lifer, Fitzpatrick started at a Marriott call center in Omaha, Neb., I tell planners that we are like Siri for the destination; you can ask us anything and we will get an answer.”

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ADMEI

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected 13 December 2023 You’re probably already familiar with this popular phrase in the hospitality industry: expect the unexpected. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? Is another expected? Are you protected if things change?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designing accessible events topped almost all meetings industry event agendas in 2024, but few planners understand what is required to make everyone feel welcome even as equal access moves from the desired to the required column in their job descriptions. Let’s learn more. It’s more than just the physical of what they have available.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

On the heels of her re-election as governor of New York, Kathy Hochul signed eight bills into law in mid-November that focus on combatting human trafficking across the hospitality and travel industries. She suggests that planners could “encourage states in which you hold your meetings to do the same” as New York.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

One of them, “Must Have Contract Clauses,” was led by attorney Joshua Grimes, who touched on the latest in contract negotiations, such as force majeure clause changes, F&B cost increases, security issues and new laws ahead. Joshua Grimes, photo by On The Run LLC “Those words are gone from most hotel contracts,” he says.

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2021

Then, March was such a scary moment for everyone in the hospitality industry, so we pivoted to the virtual event realm. “Last year, I assumed a different event planner role, which was a TV producer role. .” “Last year, I assumed a different event planner role, which was a TV producer role. Conclusive Thoughts.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. Ruben Sabater Benchmark, a global hospitality company, promoted Sabater to general manager of Marenas Beach Resort, a Gemstone Collection property.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

the hospitality worker union behind strikes at Marriott properties across the country , is making demands for living wages, safety in the form of panic buttons and job security. This is something planners need to be aware of,” he said. In San Francisco, voters approved a plan to earmark 1.5

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 25, 2020

Understanding things like event-insurance fine print and which areas of operation hotels get group revenue from will help planners become better at contracting and negotiating. This article from Reuters has more details on the postponement-clause fine print in those event-insurance contracts.

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Social Tables

JUNE 12, 2024

Planners work with venues, specialized staff, and vendors to ensure everything runs smoothly. We explore what vendors are, distinct types of event vendors, and where event planners like you can find them. Moreover, we examine the value of the planner-vendor relationship and its impact on event success. a musical festival).

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 10, 2022

Planners and hoteliers weigh in on how to protect meetings from the labor crisis. Some planners say they find hotels taking a more proactive approach to partnering on this issue after their events encountered property-side missteps in 2021. We now proactively look at service-related clauses to include in our contracts.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I would say my illustrious career in hospitality began when I was a bus girl at the Lakewood Italian restaurant where I would invite you to rip, dip, and enjoy your bread,” she says. . Similar to Arianna, Nick also started in hospitality. She begins the story of her career path in California. “I How Nick Got Started in Events.

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Social Tables

MARCH 2, 2021

NEW Client Services Get all the support you want for your events because we know hospitality matters. 7 Factors That Impact Salary How Much Do Wedding Planners Make? So … how much do wedding planners make? How much a wedding planner makes ranges depending on a variety of factors.

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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. Techsytalk Techsytalk is a digital platform with more than 550 members that bridges the gap between event technology and the event planner. Ready to dive straight in?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Spanning multiple hotels, thousands of rooms and millions of square feet of event space, a citywide requires a planner to manage a long list of responsibilities to make it successful. According to recent Smart Meetings webinar hosts Elaine Williams and Sallee Pavlovich, however, the answers are right at planners’ fingertips.

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Eventtia

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

However, that’s impossible without using hospitality platforms for events. Whether managing events logistics, booking accommodation, or arranging transportation, hospitality platforms are necessary for planning and hosting results-driven events. Eventtia has a particular focus on developing solutions for consumer and luxury brands.

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