Tue.Apr 01, 2025

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5 Proven Strategies to Maximize Your Hotel’s Outdoor Space Bookings This Spring and Summer

Smart Meetings

Spring and summer are prime seasons for outdoor events. As the days grow longer and the weather invites gatherings in the open air, outdoor meeting and event spaces present a golden opportunity for hotels to boost revenue. Corporate clients, wedding planners, and social organizers alike are looking for unique, nature-inspired settings to create unforgettable experiencesand your hotels outdoor spaces could be exactly what theyre searching for.

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Local Tips for Planning an Authentic Incentive Event in Japan

inVOYAGE

Ever wondered what goes into planning the perfect event in Japan? From securing exclusive cultural experiences to navigating the best seasons for travel, theres clearly an art to creating an unforgettable programme here in Japan. So, to help you out, weve caught up with leading DMC Off-Roads for all their local insights on how to create experiences that go beyond the ordinary.

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No More Boring Hybrid Speaker Panels

Smart Meetings

How to pivot gracefully when something happens to an expert on the way to the stage Youve curated the perfect speaker panel, confirmed your thought leaders and prepared for a dynamic discussionthen one of your panelists cancels. Budget cuts, last-minute emergencies or visa issues have become more common. So what now? As event organizers, weve all faced this last-minute scramble.

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Should I Get A Foundation Inspection Before Buying a House?

Redfin

Whether youre in the process of selling a home in Dallas or buying a house to rent out in Philadelphia , youre likely no stranger to the importance of a home inspection. You might even be familiar with other specialty inspections for aspects of the home that affect everyday life, such as the roof or HVAC system. But the foundation is often overlooked until problems occur, which is why its so important to get a foundation inspection.

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Exclusive Travel Opportunities for Doctors to Attend Heart Congress 2025 in Dubai

Join us and connect with experts at the 3rd International Conference on Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases”, scheduled on May 05-06, 2025 in Dubai, UAE with the theme of “Novel Progression Towards the Heart and Cardiovascular Research”.

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No More Boring Hybrid Speaker Panels

Smart Meetings

How to pivot gracefully when something happens to an expert on the way to the stage Youve curated the perfect speaker panel, confirmed your thought leaders and prepared for a dynamic discussionthen one of your panelists cancels. Budget cuts, last-minute emergencies or visa issues have become more common. So what now? As event organizers, weve all faced this last-minute scramble.

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Drawing Red Lines on the Map: Incentive Travel’s New Geography

Pádraic Gilligan

by Pdraic Gilligan, co-founder, SoolNua | Research & Consultancy, SITE As 2025 unfolds, its increasingly difficult to pin down exactly how incentive travel professionals feel about the short- to medium-term outlook for our industry. One thing is clear: sentiment has shifted since 2024. The Incentive Travel Index, released in November 2024, painted a nuanced picturecontinued.

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People on the Move

Convene by PCMA

Recent announcements about career changes include: Mara Craft Mara Craft has been promoted to General Manager of the Raleigh Convention Center and Red Hat Amphitheater. Craft has worked at the Raleigh Convention Center for 27 years, starting as an assistant to most recently serving as Director of Sales and Marketing. She is an active member of the IAVM and serves on various committees for PCMA.

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How CL 2025’s Puppy Park Drove Emotional Engagement

Convene by PCMA

Not only was the Puppy Park a popular destination at Convening Leaders that brought participants joy, it resulted in an extremely high rate of adoption most of the shelter puppies who were brought to the convetion center found forever homes. Photo courtesy Whatever Media Group Going back maybe a dozen years, the idea of bringing dogs to a convention to interact with attendees would have seemed a foreign concept.

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5 Ways to Emotionally Engage Attendees

Convene by PCMA

Encores activation at IMEX America 2024 demonstrated how to use connected content across multiple LED banners for greater impact and participant engagement. In Convene s April 2025 CMP Series, Convene editors explored what exactly Return on Emotion (ROE) means both in definition and in practice. According to two event professionals who have made ROE a mainstay metric in their toolkit Community Factors Liz Lathan and Encores senior vice president of communications and industry relations Amanda

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How to Navigate the ‘Sticky Spot’ of Measuring ROE

Convene by PCMA

Encores senior vice president of communications and industry relations Amanda Armstrong recommends continually taking the temperature of attendees throughout the event journey. According to the CEMA Events Maturity Benchmarking Study, published late last year, a stronger focus on Return on Experience may help events teams drive stronger ROI and event success narratives.

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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Using Emotional AI to Track Attendee Sentiment in Real Time

Convene by PCMA

Facial analysis can provide meeting professionals with a moment-by-moment snapshot of the overall emotional response of groups of meeting participants. (Whatever Media Group) Trying to assess how someone feels from their facial expressions can be tricky, said Panos Moutafis, the cofounder and CEO of tech company Zenus. It is very hard to read people, he said, especially when you talk about complex emotions.

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How to Design for Return on Emotion

Convene by PCMA

Planner Liz Lathan modeled an event held at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas after the results of a study on ROE, which prescribed hands-on adventures and an enthusiastic welcome to keep the positive vibes flowing throughout the four-day event. When it comes to Return on Emotion (ROE), what emotions are we trying to drive, exactly? What youre trying to achieve is a sentiment about your brand, about your event, about your experience, said Amanda Armstrong, Encores senior vice president of