Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
This could mean places with fun attractions such as theme parks, zoos or historic sites. Select a hotel or conference center with family suites. When completing site visits or going on a FAM trip, determine if the hotel provides a childcare service onsite or can offer a listing of sitters who can come to attendees’ rooms.
ADMEI
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
CVBs assist planners by providing information on local resources and services, site selection, and other pre-conference and post-convention services. For example, if the primary purpose of your event is entertainment, you should choose a DMC that’s well-versed in sourcing entertainment venues and partnering with AV companies.
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Conferences that Work
MARCH 28, 2022
And they assume that when attendees are not in sessions, we should ply them with food and drink and entertainment. Far more space is devoted to entertainment and food and beverage. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job.
MeetingsNet
MAY 19, 2023
With office-occupancy rates below 60 percent in many cities, there are fewer dining, entertainment, and other service options than before Covid. Should planners add this factor to their site-selection research? The reason? cities; New York is at 46 percent, says this Wall Street Journal article.
Smart Meetings
AUGUST 5, 2024
Through the bleak financial hemorrhage, I saw the silver lining, and my very own site selection company came to be. The seemingly heady, endless flurry of events, travel, entertainment, always at their finest. I eventually switched aisles from hotel sales to a third-party working for a major intermediary entity for six years.
Convene by PCMA
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
convention centers used criteria generally understood as key to site selection: exhibition space, meeting rooms, total space, distance from the airport, hotel availability, meal price, arts/entertainment, food availability, and walkability. The Wall Street Journal ’s recent ranking of the top 30 U.S.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 16, 2018
If you haven’t already, it’s time to get to the drawing board to book off-site activities and venues for next August 10 to 13. Smart Meetings recently went on a FAM trip hosted by Experience Columbus to scope out the area and make your site selection job that much easier. Get Touristy. Baseball will be in full swing in August.
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