Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Hence, the pillow menu and the role of pillow concierge, which was born in 2024 at The Hotel Beatrice with support from linen vendors. This device can ease facial tension using controls on an app downloaded to your phone. Another accessory that helps move you into the slumber zone is a pair of heated, massaging SmartGoggles.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If you need help with your event budget, download our free event budget template! Select your venue, virtual platform, and major vendors. Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers. Book caterers, florists, and any remaining vendors.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 25, 2019

You’re dealing with vendors, speakers, performers, caterers, marketers, the media, you name it. Event planners can “hack” Asana by listing speakers, performers, vendors, etc as “tasks” and attaching their contracts, promo photos, and so on to the task. Tracks activity on account, including comments and downloads. Google Drive.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2018

If you hire a streaming vendor, they may send a technician to set up and take care of the box. Be sure to get the details of their server and speed before you finalize your vendor deal. Find a Vendor. Your strategy and remote audience will help determine what kind of live stream vendor you need. Venue internet service.

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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Here are our top 3 best practices for finding local vendors: Instagram. Keep tabs of your finds by following the accounts and, as a back up, add the names to an excel spreadsheet with notes as to why you thought this vendor was a good fit for your next event. Download our 1-pager , and use code VIP for 50% off when you sign-up. .

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2020

Figure out how to do intimate sessions with, for example, the vendors. Maybe a vendor is incredibly great at inbound marketing and they have some great insights that they can share when it comes to it. Or maybe better yet, one of your vendors is really good at social media marketing. Now, think about on-demand product demos.

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Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2019

Your AV company should be one of the first vendors you hire. Knowledge is power when it comes to AV, download our free AV Quote Guide and arm yourself with everything you need to know going into the AV quoting process. The worst thing you can do is assume every vendor and event staff are ready for your event. Planning an event?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 23, 2023

That starts with monitoring how and where data is downloaded. I think sometimes people are wary of the cloud, but with the cloud you’re using reputable vendors. Don’t let staff download prohibited games onto company devices. USB sticks can be compromised if plugged into a suspect computer. Another smart tip.

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Insurance Healthcare Technology Technology 246

Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Most hotels with in-house AV will require you to use them or pay a fee for bringing in an outside vendor. Download our guide for removing in-house AV restrictions if you want to learn more about this particular hotel contract tip. And even more importantly, be clear about the hotel’s policy on third-party AV services.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Grip makes it very easy to show interest in other attendees and participating vendors. It provides an immense array of virtual lobby templates to implement as the home page, vendor booth, VIP lounge, or theater. The platform offers multiple dashboards and four downloadable reports on metrics, chats, calls to action, and the event game.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

Be sure to partner with sophisticated virtual meeting technology vendors that feature AI-based tools. Meeting planners will be able to track which PDFs were downloaded and how many times. One of the selling points for virtual meeting and event technology is the considerable amount of data that can be collected on attendees’ behavior.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2025

Marketing Automation Software: Platforms like Marketo or Pardot can track email engagement, content downloads, and other digital interactions that precede bookings. Highlight Local Connections: Showcase partnerships with local, sustainable vendors and community initiatives that enhance your property’s environmental story.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 24, 2018

So what I want to do is talk to you a little bit how you can save money when it comes to that hotel wifi and for your events and how you can get by making sure you’re getting exactly what you need for the right price and that you’re not forced, again, into any conversations where you have to choose one vendor just to save $30,000, right?

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2019

Overall, how can the process be as smooth as possible for the client and vendor alike? Click here to download the full audio transcription. “There’s definitely a gap between the vendor knowledge and the client knowledge”, says Will. Why is AV priced the way it is? How can you save money on AV? Education Is Key.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. And almost a third were new since 2021.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 22, 2018

If you don’t see that piece of equipment on site, then you are in good standing to negotiate with your vendor. Do this as a way to make a better decision in your vendor choice, instead of going into it purely as a way to drive the price down. Make sure you involve your vendors before you make a decision. Ask them: where it is?

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Contracts Contracts Vendor Transportation 523

ITA Group

MARCH 2, 2021

New Channel Research: Simplify Your Vendor Program to Increase Participation. For decades, vendors have used channel incentives to drive behavior—suppressing old behaviors, establishing new ones or completely repositioning partners for a new opportunity.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 9, 2023

You can also download your agenda in CSV,” continues Rob. I can input costs in terms of time, vendor expenses, and flights. Similar to sending speakers a link to put in their info, vendors can also receive a link. This is especially important for large events managing large budgets or a lot of vendors.

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ITA Group

JUNE 17, 2021

The consequences for local and global economies are easily quantified, but the impact on channel partners that sell business solutions and, more specifically, how they interact with vendor channel programs is more difficult to ascertain. Difficult—but not impossible. We asked how their needs have changed since the pandemic and going forward.

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Endless Events

MAY 19, 2020

For example, let’s say an attendee downloads an e-book and watches a video on the same topic, you can then send them personalized content related to those previously viewed pieces to create a custom experience. . You can virtually hold staff and vendor meetings virtually with tools like Zoom and handle daily communications through Slack.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

According to a checklist from Swapcard , featuring a “Download the App Now” banner on the registration page or event microsite is another simple way to promote the app early on. A reminder to download the app within 48 hours of the event can also be effective. Show off its features. Celebrate launch day.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

And not necessarily little properties but properties all over the place that have one vendor doing it. But there’s obviously still the ability right now at least for you to bring a third party vendor in. And you’ve done some great PDF downloads and things like that, white paper stuff. I own all of L.A.,

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2019

This puts chatbots at an advantage over event apps when it comes to getting attendees information as they don’t need to download another app just to get event info. Most importantly sincerely thank your attendees, your vendors and any partners involved in your event. Be sure to send out surveys asking attendees how you did.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 28, 2019

” So the vendor just was like, “Take the food, come back to me in an hour. Is this now going to create a new line at the box office that’s going to be longer for people who forget, don’t have the app, or don’t want to download the app?” What do we have to do to fix this?”

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Even better, digital scavenger hunts can guide attendees to important sessions or exhibits across the entire event space, increasing engagement while delivering more value to sponsors and vendors. Interactive exhibitor booths Offering interactive vendor booths opens the door to all sorts of gamification possibilities.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

For example, let’s say an attendee downloads an e-book and watches a video on the same topic, you can then send them personalized content related to those previously viewed pieces to create a custom experience. . You can virtually hold staff and vendor meetings virtually with tools like Zoom and handle daily communications through Slack.

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Trends Events Communications Communications 314

Eventtia

JANUARY 15, 2025

Download the Ultimate Event Planning Checklist Download Eventtia’s free Event Planning Checklist to cover every detail effortlessly. Download Your Event Planning Checklist The event checklist helps you manage all planning details, reduce uncertainty, and stick to the event timeline. And the results?

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Event Marketing Marketing Marketing Social Media 62

Endless Events

AUGUST 1, 2018

And since you are planning a festival, make your life a bit easier and download our free. There are three critical steps: Rather than selling water at each food vendor, have dedicated water stations. Likewise, carbon emissions are reduced if food vendors don’t have to travel as far to get to your music festival.

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Event Apps Venue Attendee Sustainability 209

Bizzaboo

AUGUST 3, 2023

of organizers say they have changed or plan to change their event management software vendor within the next year ( Bizzabo , 2023) 72.5% Be sure to ask the vendor to walk you through an in-person conference registration setup to see what it looks like from start to finish. Having an event app doesn’t mean attendees will download it.

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Endless Events

JULY 11, 2018

OneNote is an app you can download that holds documents and is a place to store your creative ideas and collaborate with others. It would be best to have the layout of the event or event walk through the event space so that everyone can get an idea on where each vendor will be and fill up every inch of space. The next one is OneNote.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Does the venue have any partnerships with environmentally responsible organizations or vendors? Are there any opportunities for cost savings through partnerships with the venue’s preferred vendors? Does the venue have any policies on outside vendors or caterers? Want to learn more about building a sustainable event?

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Forrester recently conducted a detailed evaluation of Bizzabo and 11 other vendors. Learn more about the evaluation criteria and the different vendors by downloading a copy of The Forrester Wave: All-In-One Event Management Platforms report. Looking at the Wave, you may notice halos around a vendors marker.

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ITA Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

Smart vendors are moving away from rewarding partner reps solely for finish line results. In addition, top vendors are also rewarding partners for specific achievements at the bottom of the funnel (e.g., Download the Ultimate Guidebook below. . The days of only offering transaction-based incentives are over.

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ITA Group

MAY 6, 2021

Through Channel Marketing Automation is technology that allows vendors to make branded assets and messaging available through readily available on-demand packages sometimes funded by MDF and co-op funds. Downloadable assets. Definition of TCMA. Sometimes also known as distributed marketing or distributed marketing management (DMM).

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Marketing Marketing Automation Vendor 82

Bizzaboo

APRIL 14, 2025

Debrief with internal and external teams Schedule a 30-minute post-mortem within a week of the event with Sales, Marketing, and any key vendors or partners. Debrief quickly and track results over time. Use a simple framework: What worked? Lead quality, booth flow, engagement?) What blocked success? Tech issues, unclear messaging?)

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Motivation Excellence

AUGUST 22, 2019

Offer free e-book downloads. Use routine messages to vendors, customers and other contacts to grow your email list. Use email database software that makes it easy to regularly deliver stellar newsletter content. The page on your site could be targeted at group users and contain a form to capture email addresses.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Check in with vendors and suppliers — but keep your expectations realistic. Maggiore stressed that it’s important to ask vendors and suppliers about their plans in terms of health and safety — including if they plan to require proof of vaccination, testing, masking, etc. We did not allow people who were 13 days past their second shot.

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