November, 2017

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Don’t Overlook These 5 Things When Planning an Event on a Boat

Social Tables

Regardless of how many events you’ve put together, planning an event on a boat venue is an entirely different ball game. Here are 5 factors to consider when planning your marine occasion: Your guests want privacy and exclusivity. While sifting through potential boat venues, read the fine print as to what sections of the boat are available to you and your guests.

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How to Plan Your Exhibition Marketing Strategy [Guest Post]

Eventtia

The key to any successful exhibition marketing strategy is preparation. After all, there are so many details to address, from the design of your stand, to the exhibition services you require and the products or services you are actually going to showcase. For this reason, advance planning is of critical importance. Here, we take a […]. La entrada How to Plan Your Exhibition Marketing Strategy [Guest Post] aparece primero en Eventtia | Event management software.

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How to Make Your Meeting Marketing Remarkable

MeetingsNet

Content marketing is a key tactic for transforming a one-off event into the year-round, content-rich, relevant, and reliable brand your attendees crave. Think about what brands do—they provide value by offering education that informs buying decisions consistently over time. Now think about your event. Do you think about it as a one-and-done, or as something that can extend its reach by delivering consistent value that keeps it top of mind for your attendees year round?

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Make Your Data Accessible with These Data Visualization Tools

MeetingPool

As an event professional, you know that data can be a powerful tool in your arsenal for its ability to provide you with meaningful insights into your clients and attendees. But data is only useful if you can understand it, and that isn’t always easy. And that’s where data visualization tools come in. Data visualization […].

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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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CrowdRiff’s new AI-powered capabilities set new standard for working with visual content

Crowdriff

In a world of travelers who rely on visuals to decide where to go and what to see, experience and buy, you need a platform that learns and evolves based on audience perception and performance. Our new smart platform is a benchmark in tourism marketing, building on the insights we’ve gathered from processing over 500 million images to create a uniquely intelligent visual marketing platform.

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Q&A with Rachel Grier, Asia-Pacific managing director for IDeaS Revenue Solutions

Travel Daily Media

The post Q&A with Rachel Grier, Asia-Pacific managing director for IDeaS Revenue Solutions appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Travel Daily sat down with Rachel to discuss tech, MICE and how IDeaS Revenue Solutions has released the potential of “free sell”. Why should hotels be looking at non-room revenues to drive hotel profitability today?

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From Zero to One: How to Plan Your First Smart Event

Eventtia

If you want to plan and run a smart event, you must understand how to correctly integrate event technology into the experience of your attendees. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? After all, that’s what you’re already doing, isn’t it? Not so fast … Have you ever seen the movie Her? It’s a skillful construction of romantic […]. La entrada From Zero to One: How to Plan Your First Smart Event aparece primero en Eventtia | Event management software.

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Getting to Yes: The Data-Driven Way to Maximize Attendance

MeetingsNet

A new industry collaboration offers a free, downloadable, research-based toolkit planners can use to help drive more people to attend their events. If you’re looking to up your attendance numbers, you now have a free toolkit that can help. The Experience Institute, working with the Professional Convention Management Association, the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, Meeting Professionals International, the American Society of Association Executives, and Destinations Internatio

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Meeting Rooms by the Hour: How These Services Can Save You Money

MeetingPool

When planning a trade show or conference, most event professionals are focused on booking large spaces for a significant duration. But, these aren’t the only times when having access to a well-appointed room is crucial for business functions. You may need to meet with companies, vendors, or sponsors for quick presentations or to handle negotiations, […].

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How Travel Oregon Reduced Mobile Load Time by Half with a Key Web Redesign

Crowdriff

In 2015, when the U.S. Travel Association’s Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations (ESTO) included a session analyzing the industry’s top travel websites based on site speed, it served as a wake-up call for Travel Oregon , who placed second to last. “We’ve always prided ourselves on being industry leaders, but here we were at the bottom of this list,” said Kate Jorgensen, the Project Manager of Global Integrated Marketing for Travel Oregon.

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Evolution of the DMC:Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency & Understanding

The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

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Events Travel Asia reveal “wonderful news” to capitalise on rapid growth

Travel Daily Media

The post Events Travel Asia reveal “wonderful news” to capitalise on rapid growth appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Ahead of leading international business events tradeshow IBTM World held in Barcelona, young entrepreneur and AFECA Young Professional Award 2017 recipient Max Boontawee Jantasuwan has launched ‘Journey To Asia, a boutique experience by Events Travel Asia Group’, with right-hand man, Jeff Fongmool.

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Want to Be a Hotel Event Planner? Here’s What You Should Know First

Social Tables

Are you looking to get into the events industry? Or are you a planner who’s trying to make moves? Either way, many hotels offer positions for event planners that utilize the many skills you probably already have. Read on to get a sense of what a hotel event planner does in their day-to-day and whether the position is the right fit for you. A hotel event planner manages the space.

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How to Measure Event ROI and Map the Value You Create

Eventtia

There’s no universal formula on how to measure event ROI. The vast majority of articles you’ll find online focus mainly on assessing social media engagement, satisfaction surveys, or app data insights. Although those are all important factors to consider, let’s be honest: you won’t invest a significant amount of money or massive effort into planning […].

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Get Inspired by These 18 Thanksgiving-Theme Food and Decor Ideas

BizBash

Thanksgiving calls for a classic blend of autumnal color palettes, elegant sit-down dinners, and, of course, delicious food and cocktails.

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Beautiful Wedding Video

Memory Makers

Many thanks to Tandem Wedding Films for sharing their beautiful video of a wedding that Memory Makers coordinated in September at a private home overlooking Lake Lowell. We were blessed to be part of their special day. Enjoy! [link].

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How People In Different Roles Use CrowdRiff Day to Day

Crowdriff

Before introducing a major new tool to your marketing stack, you might wonder: “How can different people on my team use this tool?”. CrowdRiff delivers value for every member of your marketing team — from social media managers and content strategists to digital marketing managers and marketing leaders. Let’s take a look at how different people in various digital marketing roles use CrowdRiff in their day-to-day work.

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Q&A with Janet McNab:The Macao based MD who is always up for a good challenge

Travel Daily Media

The post Q&A with Janet McNab:The Macao based MD who is always up for a good challenge appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The managing director of Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel and The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Central talks shop with Travel Daily. How do you best describe your role overseeing both properties? When I joined the 4,000-room – the largest in the world – three years ago, I knew this would be a mammoth task, but I am always up for a good challenge!

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Event Planning Jobs: 10 Resources to Find The Best Ones

Social Tables

Event planning jobs can be tough to find. The classified section of your local newspaper might be the best option if you are looking within a specific region. However, if you are not sticking to a specific area, here are a few of the most popular sources to help you in your search (may it be speedy and successful!). 10 Resources to Find Event Planning Jobs. 1.

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How to Influence Attendee Behavior and Strengthen Your Brand

Eventtia

More and more business leaders and marketing professionals understand the real impact of planning events, and leverage this strategy as a primary driver for brand growth and awareness. According to a survey presented by Meetings Mean Business, “Executives believe in-person meetings are important to their businesses, beneficial to operations and critical to career development.

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How Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Are Transforming Event Venues

BizBash

As the dual trends of people demanding unique and memorable experiences—and the preference for participation over mere attendance—accelerate and continue.

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Dreamforce 2017: Can’t-Miss Tech for Event Pros

MeetingPool

Dreamforce, one of the biggest tech events of the year, is officially underway today in San Francisco. This year’s Salesforce-hosted event is expected to include over 2,700 sessions designed to provide value to professionals in almost every industry, and over 170,000 people are anticipated to be in attendance. The main event, parties, concerts, break-outs and more […].

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How Chile Created their Award-Winning Video Campaign: Find Your Chile

Crowdriff

Before Chile’s national tourism service, SERNATUR , set out on its most ambitious video campaign ever, the destination marketing organization was struggling to establish itself as a key South American destination for international travelers. The marketing material was outdated, failing to showcase the diversity of landscapes and people that truly differentiate the thin coastal country from its neighbors.

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Sokha Siem Reap: official venue for Cambodia Travel Mart

Travel Daily Media

The post Sokha Siem Reap: official venue for Cambodia Travel Mart appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Sokha Siem Reap Resort & Convention Centre, the 5th portfolio hotel under Sokha Hotels & Resorts, will be hosting the 1st edition of Cambodia Travel Mart (CTM) during 17-19 November 2017. . “It’s the first time ever that the tourism exhibition event is going to be held at large scale.

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Starting an Events Business? Time to Decide Which Event Services to Offer

Social Tables

Congratulations! You took the first big step and decided to make owning your own event business a reality. Now, you need to choose the right event services to offer to build a reliable business that really lasts. We rounded up some helpful tips that can lead you to the right choices. Play to your strengths. Like any planner, you probably have areas of expertise where you shine the most.

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How to Automatize the Attendee Journey from Beginning to End

Eventtia

Event technology is rapidly growing its capacity in an increasingly competitive landscape, providing new solutions for both planners and marketing professionals. It took only a few years to digitize the event logistics and communication. We moved from manually executed processes and analog interactions to digital tools that instantly solve a wide range of planning challenges. […].

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9 Festive, Budget-Friendly Games for In-Office Holiday Parties

BizBash

From lyric challenges to an upscale version of beer pong, here are some fun activities for a guaranteed good time.

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How CrowdRiff Helps Stretch Your Photography Budget

Crowdriff

These days, marketers everywhere are finding they need more and more visual content for their marketing. But as a destination marketer, getting all the visual content you need can be a challenge. Your budget for professional photography often isn’t enough to keep up with the volume of content needed for all your marketing channels. And the variety of experiences in your destination are too numerous to capture by a single photographer or videographer.

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Building CrowdRiff: When to Say Yes to Customers

Crowdriff

I read a lot of blog posts about how to say no to customers and cautioning not to build what customers ask for , but not a lot about how important saying yes is. I get it; sometimes customers ask for a faster horse when they really want a car. They can’t always imagine what’s possible , and sometimes you know what they need better than they do. But saying yes was an important part of how we built CrowdRiff.

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How Travel Wyoming Combines Epic Imagery and Intimate Stories in Video

Crowdriff

When people think of visiting Wyoming, they often think of Yellowstone National Park , Devils Tower National Monument , and Grand Teton National Park. While such iconic natural wonders have historically inspired adventure seekers and wildlife enthusiasts from neighboring states to make the drive, the would-be travelers from beyond driving distance often fail to appreciate the diverse characters and experiences that surround these attractions.

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Renaissance Pattaya: what can you expect from a “beyond-the-ordinary hotel”?

Travel Daily Media

The post Renaissance Pattaya: what can you expect from a “beyond-the-ordinary hotel”? appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Renaissance Hotels, part of Marriott International), today announced the opening of Renaissance Pattaya Resort & Spa. The property is owned by The Ninesotel Co., Ltd. and marks the brand’s fourth hotel in the Thai Kingdom.

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Have Holiday Inn and Proud Real Estate just reinvented package holidays?

Travel Daily Media

The post Have Holiday Inn and Proud Real Estate just reinvented package holidays? appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. After the successful launch of Vana Nava Water Jungle in Hua Hin, one of Thailand’s top waterparks which has been in operation for three years, Proud Real Estate has invested a further THB 1.8 billion into building the Holiday Inn Vana Nava Hua Hin while also adding Vana Nava Sky, a roof top observation deck, bar and restaurant; and introducing a new children’

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The Future of UGC Marketing: 6 Major Trends You’ll Want to Watch

Crowdriff

When you think about UGC marketing, it’s likely in the context of social media. After all, that’s where user-generated content is created and shared (for free) by users. Most DMOs use visual UGC primarily to engage with customers across social networks or on website galleries. However, UGC marketing is evolving. We’re seeing a number of trends emerge as DMOs discover new ways to get the most out of social photos and videos.

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Q&A with Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Nai Yang Beach

Travel Daily Media

The post Q&A with Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Nai Yang Beach appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Travel Daily catches up with David Ippersiel, GM of the Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Nai Yang Beach, for a rundown of the last year, the importance of MICE and plans for the future. Travel Daily) Having opened in 2016, have you been happy with the response and feedback from your guests and industry partners?

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Why Helsinki Marketing’s Inventive New Website Gets All Its Content from Locals

Crowdriff

Though it’s blessed with breathtaking natural views, 130 km of pristine seaside shoreline, vast forests and is world-renowned for its saunas, none of these elements qualify as Helsinki’s top attraction, according to the Marketing and Communications Director for Helsinki Marketing Tia Hallanoro. “I would still say that the biggest attraction is the people of Helsinki.”.

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3 Genius Ways DMOs Can Leverage User-Generated Video

Crowdriff

As a savvy marketer, you’re now probably familiar with user-generated content. But are you using user-generated video? And are you maximizing on this medium’s potential ROI to boost your brand? Video is exploding in popularity with consumers and businesses alike. 45% of people watch more than an hour’s worth of video each week on Facebook or YouTube. 87% of online marketers use video content to promote their brand. 51% of marketing professionals across the globe say that video is the type of con