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45 Resident Event Ideas That Actually Work

Social Tables

Planning and hosting fun events is a wonderful way for property managers to connect with residents. In addition to brightening the atmosphere of resident life, events can show the property’s appreciation and improve communication between residents and building owners. Event planners and property managers know, however, that getting residents to attend events isn’t always easy.

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What The Great Resignation Means for the Events Industry

Endless Events

The great resignation has made waves across corporate America as people leave their jobs at unprecedented rates. Low pay, lack of opportunity for advancement, disrespect, and lack of flexibility are just a few reasons why employees leave, according to Pew Research. The events industry isn’t immune to the ripples of the great resignation. That’s why, in today’s episode, the Brew Crew flips the script on the topic.

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Advito and BCD M&E Create Emissions Calculator for Meeting Professionals

Smart Meetings

Are you trying to shrink your event’s carbon footprint? A new tool could help measure and prioritize sustainability efforts at meetings. Last week, BCD Travel introduced an emissions calculator designed specifically for the meetings industry. . The sustainability tool builds on Gate4, an ISO-certified carbon reporting method developed last year by Advito , a subsidiary of BCD Travel.

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Whitepaper Download: The Rise of Vertical Video

Advanced Travel and Tourism

TikTok, Reels, Stories, and More. In the “olden days” before social media, videos were either professionally produced or recorded on home camcorders that stayed tucked away on our private media shelves. But now, everyone has a high-quality video tool in their back pocket. The iPhone 13 has a 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR display with Apple. ProMotion, the “world’s most advanced display,” and Dolby Vision HDR with up to 4K recording. resolution.

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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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5 Domestic Travel Tips for Your Next Business Trip

Traveler's Q

Business travel can be exciting, but there are many elements that you may not have thought of that can make your business travel experience even better for the most successful trip you can have. Read on to learn about these travel tips for domestic travel that will help you on your next business trip. The post 5 Domestic Travel Tips for Your Next Business Trip appeared first on Traveler's Q.

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How to Get Your Employees to Attend Company Events

Eventtia

“I’m already spending so much time in the office … why should I attend after-hour company events?”. “It’s not mandatory, plus with me or without me, nothing will change.”. “Will I get extra pay if I go?”. These are just a few of the excuses you’ll hear from your employees when it comes to attending company events. Trying to get your employees excited about company events is like assigning extra homework to students.

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Whitepaper Download: How to Leverage Social Media in Tourism Marketing

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Social media has never been more important to your tourism marketing strategy. Social media is a regular part of our personal lives, and it’s a valuable tool for every type of marketing department. Travel and tourism are no exception. Travelers have search engines at their fingertips, making it easy to research their next destination. But how can DMOs best utilize social media in their marketing efforts?

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Making event choices

Conferences that Work

All too often, clients planning an event don’t spend enough time making hard but important event choices. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Making event choices appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.

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Talent Attraction Spotlight: Greensboro, NC

DCI

As cities and regions across the country vie for talent , we are featuring economic development organizations implementing creative talent attraction marketing efforts as part of our Talent Attraction Spotlight blog series. This week, we are diving into talent attraction efforts out of Greensboro, North Carolina. Talent Program at a Glance. Action Greensboro , housed under the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, acts as a catalyst for public-private partnerships that advance the city.

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New and Renovated: Beachfront Bling and Innovative Venues

Smart Meetings

Ponte Vedra Inn & Club. Two more of Ponte Vedra Inn & Club’s beachfront buildings have been renovated, totaling 64 luxury guest rooms and suites. Summer House and St. John’s House join the pair of buildings that were redone in 2020. The AAA Five-Diamond property has been hosting guests on Florida’s northeast coast since 1928 with a variety of accommodations.

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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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Hoteliers’ Thoughts on Accommodating Meeting Groups into 2023

MeetingsNet

A hot topic during last week’s Hotel Data Conference was booking the right balance between leisure business travelers. Hint: A new meeting pattern could help groups having a difficult time at the negotiating table. Held in Nashville from August 10 to 12, the Hotel Data Conference featured several panels with hotel-ownership executives and hotel-brand leaders, who gave their thoughts on where the best revenue opportunities are for hotels over the next year.

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Radisson Blu Hotel, Vadistanbul rebrands as Radisson Collection Hotel, Vadistanbul

Travel Daily Media

The post Radisson Blu Hotel, Vadistanbul rebrands as Radisson Collection Hotel, Vadistanbul appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. SONY DSC. Radisson Hotel Group announces the transformation and re-opening of Radisson Blu Hotel, Vadistanbul as a Radisson Collection Hotel, following an extensive renovation. It will be the Group’s second Radisson Collection property in Turkey and the first in Istanbul.

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Elevate Your Meeting With New Orleans’ Culture

Convene by PCMA

New Orleans is Built to Host. Capitalize on the city’s unique authenticity to make your meeting memorable. There are many ways to wow attendees beyond the city’s award-winning, state-of-the art event facilities. The local food, music and history take center stage. Start with “The Crescent City’s” cultural experiences. Take your group to dinner on a private streetcar.

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The Sure Way for Association Leaders to Get Constructive Feedback About Meetings

Smart Meetings

To survive pandemic-related disruptions in the midst of a turbulent economy, associations have to incorporate constructive feedback from stakeholders about the quality of their meetings product. Securing constructive feedback is critical in determining which aspects of your event programming is working and which ones are not. Yet, many association leaders fail in engaging stakeholders effectively due to reluctance to incorporate and act on feedback in their meeting planning.

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A New Site-Selection Consideration, Thanks to Technology

MeetingsNet

Researchers have found a way to measure which cities have regained their downtown activity from before the pandemic, and which cities have not. The results could give planners clues on what the meeting experience in a city might be right now. Meeting planners who want to know whether the neighborhood around a potential host hotel is lively and has seen many of its businesses reopen after the Covid pandemic might want to look at a new report from the University of California-Berkeley’s Institute

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Implement quarantine-free travel soon: Bailey

Travel Daily Media

The post Implement quarantine-free travel soon: Bailey appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry Association (HKECIA) welcomes the decision of the HKSAR Government to reduce hotel quarantine for inbound travellers from seven to three days, followed by four days under medical surveillance at home.

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OVG360’s Shura Garnett on ‘Breaking Glass Ceilings’

Convene by PCMA

OVG360’s portfolio of convention centers, overseen by Senior Vice President of Convention Centers Shura Garnett, includes the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shura Garnett has spent more than three decades rising through the ranks of the venue management industry, going from overseeing facilities the St. Charles Convention Center in St.

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How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers

Smart Meetings

Now that events are going back to in person, how can meeting professionals deliver the same level of detailed success metrics to the executive team about the range of value delivered on the investment? Two veteran meeting designers joined Smart Chat Live! Webinar to share their handy framework for putting competing goals in perspective and utilizing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

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How Hotels throughout the U.S. Are Combating Climate Change

Business Traveler USA

The hotel business is in the midst of what innovators call a “Tesla moment,” a period when the industry can either cling to outmoded and unsustainable operations—buildings can produce up to 45 percent of greenhouse emissions—or leap into the great green beyond of the 21st century, switching over to low-carbon concrete mixes, recycled building materials and forward-thinking technologies.

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The Mekong Tourism Forum is back

Travel Daily Media

The post The Mekong Tourism Forum is back appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The Mekong Tourism Forum 2022 will return as a face-to-face event 9-14 October at Hoiana Resort & Golf (Hoiana), Quang Nam province, adjacent to Hoi An city, in central Vietnam. It will be the first in-person gathering of the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) destinations since 2019.

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Stop Making These 13 Mistakes When Booking Hotels for Business Travel

Hotel Engine

Finding reasonable hotel prices can be tough. There are plenty of travel planning mistakes that we all make at least once or twice. Especially if you’re booking multiple rooms at once for your colleagues — or you’ll be jetting off to multiple business meetings around the country — accidents can happen. Here are 13 critical mistakes to avoid the next time you’re booking rooms.

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TWT: Business Travel Rebounds, New Sustainability Tool for CVBs

Smart Meetings

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. AmEx Global Travel Financials Show Strong Business Travel Recovery. In a public report on second quarter financials, American Express (AmEx) Global Travel has cited a strong and sustained recovery in business travel in both hotels and airline sectors as a driver in the company’s gains.

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Best Practices for a High-Quality Event Listing

Eventbrite

Designing a high quality event is the key to creating a fantastic experience for your attendees and securing a community of repeat ticket buyers. High-quality event listings are those which comply with our Community Guidelines and make their content clear, accessible, and authentic. Authenticity is at the heart of what makes your event incredible. This […].

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How To Host Unforgettable Webinars People Can’t Help But Love

Bizzaboo

Webinars are one of the most affordable and impactful event marketing vehicles. Still, they require careful orchestration to execute properly. With some preparation, you can host memorable webinars that people want to attend and share with their teams and colleagues. With that in mind, here’s a breakdown of what it takes to create unforgettable online events. .

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4 Venues Beyond Convention Centers for Smaller Event Spaces

DCI

Convention centers have had a rocky few years, but they are welcoming big events and conferences again. As publications report , the road back to full capacity meetings in convention centers is an ongoing journey. Yet there are opportunities here for smaller event spaces to fill in gaps for destination organizations and convention bureaus looking to attract meetings. .

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Ocean’s Edge

Smart Meetings

Atlantic City’s surfside diva amps up its wow-factors. When Ocean Casino and Resort opened as Revel in 2012 with Beyonce as its headliner, people got a sense that this was going to be something big. Cut to 2022 and Revel has morphed and rebranded as Ocean Casino and Resort, Atlantic City’s chic-est denizen, sitting at the tail end of Atlantic City Beach and still “reveling” in its enviable location.

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Increase Ticket Sales for Your Event: 9 Proven Tricks

Eventbrite

You’ve carefully planned an event and put the ticket sales or registrations online. But tickets aren't selling. Here are three ways to fix an event that won't sell.

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Hospitality Industry statistics to have on your radar in 2022

EHL Insights

The hospitality industry is a vast sector with many different categories that include recreation, lodging, entertainment, food and beverage. As a result, it is essential to collect all the relevant hospitality industry statistics to fine-tune your digital and social strategies to match the rapid changes currently impacting the sector. This is especially important for hospitality because it was one of the hardest-hit industries by COVID-19, and its challenges are still ongoing.

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Flight Credits: What You Need to Know Before Cashing In

Business Traveler USA

As the Transportation Department mulls changing the rules, here’s a look at current airline policies on credits and vouchers. Earlier this month, the Department of Transportation proposed new rules that would clarify and expand the department’s authority around airline ticket refunds for canceled flights and changes in service. In the past, policies governing these credits and refunds have been murky at best.

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New DEI and Environmental Action Advocacy Group Launches

Smart Meetings

New Intent is a new organization designed to promote diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) and environmental advocacy by working with destinations, event strategists and the event supply chain. “I very much believe that DEI and sustainability go hand in hand, you can’t have one without the other,” says Rory Archibald, the founder of New Intent. “The UN SDGs (United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals) were created in 2015 as ‘blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.

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The Mekong Tourism Forum is back

Travel Daily Media

The post The Mekong Tourism Forum is back appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The Mekong Tourism Forum 2022 will return as a face-to-face event 9-14 October at Hoiana Resort & Golf (Hoiana), Quang Nam province, adjacent to Hoi An city, in central Vietnam. It will be the first in-person gathering of the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) destinations since 2019.

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Artificial intelligence electrifies Lightning online booking for CTM

Travel Daily News

Personalized booking results shave more than a minute off each online booking.

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The Event Nerd Hosts Questlove in Hip Hop History Brunch

Special Events

Dallas performers teamed up with Questlove in this educational immersive event

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Smart Moves in New York, Colorado and More

Smart Meetings

Chintan Dadich. Conrad New York Downtown in Lower Manhattan named Dadich general manager. He comes from Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, where he worked as general manager and was named Hilton Americas’ 2021 General Manager of the Year Award. Dadhich also worked as general manager for Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach in Florida, the first Conrad property in the continental United States.

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16th ITE HCMC 2022 to be held in Vietnam from 8-10 September

Travel Daily Media

The post 16th ITE HCMC 2022 to be held in Vietnam from 8-10 September appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The event set to promote inbound tourism will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. For three days, ITE HCMC 2022 is expected to attract more than 22,000 visitors, including 10,000 trade visitors and 12,000 public visitors.

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