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Sustainability In Events: Recognising The Social & Human Impact Of The Industry

Endless Events

We’re feeling a bit green today, and it’s all thanks to the topic of sustainability in events! That’s right, the third edition of our bite-sized pieces of wisdom is here. Our partnership with MPI at IMEX America is the gift that keeps on giving. And while we’ve already covered leadership and safety , there’s no shortage of hot topics to go around.

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Top Incentive Travel Destinations for 2020

Motivation Excellence

Incentive travel is a powerful tool used by company leaders to encourage top performers to keep up the good work. But without an impressive, bucket list-style destination, your best salespeople might not recognize how highly they are valued. MICE travel is an increasingly effective way to show your top performers you appreciate their hard work. Whether you’re planning an international or domestic trip as a sales incentive , consider one of these top incentive travel destinations 2020.

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5 Gift Ideas for Your Sponsors, Vendors, and Talent

Eventbrite

Coming up with unique thank you gift ideas can be daunting, but if you make the effort, it’ll leave your supporters feeling greatly appreciated. And if they remember their event experience fondly, they’re more likely to tell colleagues, fans, and other influencers how much they love working with you. While a handwritten thank-you note is […].

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Email tips for your next event invite

Stova

How many emails do you breeze past each morning? Tons, right? Such is the case for your potential event goers. This is why your event email invitation must grab and hold their attention. We’ve studied which event invite email examples have worked best and have outlined how to achieve the best results.

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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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The Ultimate Event Marketing Plan: A Six-Step System

Endless Events

Can we get an event marketing plan up in here? Let’s be real – how many times has a variation of this thought occurred to you? Probably once a week. Maybe once a day. Or even several times a day! Because no matter how you feel about it, marketing is a fundamental part of any business. And it’s a fundamental part of your job as an event professional as well.

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Proven Techniques in Driving Distribution Loyalty

Motivation Excellence

Your customers are your most important asset, and that’s why it’s worth taking some time to examine your customer loyalty initiatives and how they might be adjusted to drive incremental profit. When distributors hear “contractor loyalty,” they think about travel destinations, employee loyalty , or reward types—and that can be an expensive approach.

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An Event Pro’s Guide to Content Marketing

Special Events

Posting great content is a great way to win clients--here are tips for making the process a lot less painful.

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Inclusion In The Event Industry: The Impact Of The Americans With Disabilities Act

Endless Events

We always make a point to propel the conversation forward about inclusion in the events industry. And to that point, we have a very interesting edition of #EventIcons. The Americans With Disabilities Act has been around for about 30 years. But recently, it was changed so that bodily functions are also accounted for. So this includes food allergies and other specifics that people in the events industry need to be aware of.

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Facilitating change: The power of sharing our experience

Conferences that Work

Sharing our experience of others directly with them can be incredibly powerful. Let me tell you a story…. Not long ago, I was working at a multi-day workshop with a 6-person group that included someone I’ll call D. D self-described themself as mentally ill, bipolar, and with psychological issues. They spoke slowly, and described themself as not emotionally available, and often confused about what they said.

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Upselling techniques for boutique hotels

Amara Marketing

1. Why apply upselling in your boutique hotel? Upselling is not an unknown technique in the hotel market. For years, the hotel chains have used it to increase the average value of sales to the customer by offering improvements during their stay at the hotel. In other words, offering to the customer the service they have hired, but with an added value: a higher quality, a longer duration, or other additional features that differentiate it from the basic service.

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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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BLOG – DISCOVERY SERIES: REVENUE GROWTH

Open Destinations

All businesses, no matter the industry or market they operate in, share an aim to grow their revenues. When a new customer chooses an Open Destinations product or service, growing their revenue is nearly always a key objective for the project. Throughout the last two decades of business, we have proven that we can deliver in this regard. Below are a selection of key software functionalities that directly impact growth in our customers’ travel businesses.

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The Battle of Event Hardware, Which Tech Will Rise to the Top?

Endless Events

It’s time for an old-fashioned showdown – and one about event hardware, at that! The Event Tech Podcast has been around for over thirty episodes. And over the course of those awesome episodes, we’ve talked about a lot of exciting topics. Of course, many of them focused on our fantastic hosts’ preferences. Everything from favorite apps, to Google extensions, and general software.

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Shuttle Buses or Ride-Sharing for the Eco-Friendly Meeting Planner

PlannerWire

Greta Thunberg’s voice is echoing all over the world as she passionately states her case about climate change and its impact on our planet. This is not a topic unfamiliar to event and meeting planners. Increasingly, planners are looking at every aspect of the carbon footprint left in the wake of their meetings and events. Senior management and organization boards are asking planners questions like “How much plastic is being thrown away at our events?

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Donning new look: Traditional Steigenberger hotel receives facelift

Travel Daily Media

The post Donning new look: Traditional Steigenberger hotel receives facelift appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Steigenberger Wiltcher’s in Brussels has taken on a fresh lustre following the completion of works to create a new events area. The renovated facilities will be available once more to stage meetings, conferences and celebrations of any kind.

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5 Reasons to Use a Destination Management Company

Savannah DMC

Planning an event is a lot of work. Planning an event in a city that you are unfamiliar with is downright daunting. What venues will be able to accommodate all of your needs? How will your group get around? How are you going to entertain everyone while you’re there? To answer these questions - and the thousands of others you’ll have - you could spend weeks Googling and reading reviews, or you could leave the work to a trusted destination management company (DMC).

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[Webinar] 8 Common Myths of Event Design, and the Tools You Need to Get It Right

MeetingsNet

Webinar live date: November 13, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review. For more info on how to get CE credits, click here ! Webinar live date: November 13, 2 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. PT. Abraham Maslow once wrote, “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”.

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September Highlights from Around the Web

Stova

We're sure you have a great list of event industry influencers that you follow on social media.

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TCEB in India: “India is a lucrative market that is ranked number third in terms of exhibitors”

Travel Daily Media

The post TCEB in India: “India is a lucrative market that is ranked number third in terms of exhibitors” appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has returned from its recent mission to Mumbai, to boost the number of Indian corporate and business travellers, where the organisation hosted the ‘Exhibition Business Forum’ and promoted a new subsidy scheme under the 360° Exhibition Success campaign banner.

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CORT Events Shares Color Trends That ‘Wow’

Special Events

Earthy greens, vibrant berry tones--there's a wonderful new world of color in furniture from CORT Events.

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Tricks and Treats: 28 Spooky Ideas to Inspire Your Next Halloween Event

BizBash

Glam up your Halloween parties with these creative ideas for decor, catering, activities, and rentals.

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Collaboration that Produces Innovation: A Guide

MeetingsNet

Yahoo's former CSO gives planners a blueprint for delivering maximum return from idea generation and evaluation sessions. High energy but rational: That's the way Tim Sanders delivers his presentations, and it's also how he recommends that planners build out meetings when a group needs to move innovative ideas towards real-world execution. At the recent IMEX America show in Las Vegas, Sanders—Yahoo's former chief sales officer and author of the bestselling book Love Is the Killer App —first

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TCEB offer THB200,000 cash to events organisers who meet sustainability criteria

Travel Daily Media

The post TCEB offer THB200,000 cash to events organisers who meet sustainability criteria appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) launched its new ‘Meet Sustainable’ financial subsidy yesterday — a first for Thailand’s MICE industry. Designed as a way to help position Thailand as the sustainable practices leader in the Asia Pacific region, the grant will provide recipient meeting and incentive groups with up to THB200,000

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Orchestrated Serendipity as an Event Engagement Catalyst

Maritz Global Events

Post authored by Donna Kastner, Founder of Retirepreneur. Marriott and the PCMA Foundation joined forces, along with Fahrenheit 212, to update research on top trends impacting meetings and events. Research findings were shared earlier this year in a fascinating report: The Future of Meetings and Events. Five overarching event trends were identified in this report: Emotional Intelligence.

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What You Might Have Missed from the 2019 Summer Benefit Season

BizBash

Here's a look back at the stand-out ideas for decor, catering, and more from summertime fund-raising events around North America.

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Mass Shootings In The Events Industry: Propelling The Safety Conversation Forward – Event Brew #004

Endless Events

On today’s Event Brew, we’re tackling the issue of mass shootings in the event industry. Far from being the lightest topic we could bring to the table, but it’s a necessary one. And particularly for those living in the United States, it’s a conversation that feels too close to home. As event planners, it’s no secret that safety and security are things that we need to take into consideration.

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Connect: BCD Travel launches digital engagement platform

Travel Daily Media

The post Connect: BCD Travel launches digital engagement platform appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Global travel management company BCD Travel has introduced Connect, a digital engagement platform exclusively for its customers, as a continued investment in digital engagement services. Connect provides a community environment that fosters programme value and collaboration between BCD and their global customers.

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Avian: How a startup is making life better for travel agents all around the world

Travel Daily Media

The post Avian: How a startup is making life better for travel agents all around the world appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Challenged with the self-appointed task of revolutionising the way commission and incentives are managed by airlines and travel agents (TAs); Avian is a startup on a mission to drag the complex and convoluted process kicking and screaming into the future, with the application of some 21st-century smarts, deep data and machine learning.