Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designing accessible events topped almost all meetings industry event agendas in 2024, but few planners understand what is required to make everyone feel welcome even as equal access moves from the desired to the required column in their job descriptions. Let’s learn more. It’s a cultural fit.” It’s ugly and scary.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

While a live shooter may be what comes to mind first when considering worst-case scenarios, today’s planners also have to be on the lookout for a mistimed social media post or optics that are not aligned with the DEI or sustainability goals of the company.

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Rehearsal Social Media Insurance Incentives 264

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The world of sustainable events is bigger than ever. As more planners and partners in hospitality and tourism incorporate sustainability into their business models, it becomes a need-to-have, rather than a nice-to-have. This article breaks down their conversation.

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Sustainability Insurance Publishing Tourism 130

Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

The sustainability program is designed to assist guests and meeting planners in developing a deeper understanding of their carbon footprint while traveling. She has served as an ardent steward of climate-positive business.

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Sustainability Banking Website Global Events 246

The MICE Blog

JULY 3, 2024

Gallen, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST), and the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST), Empa, and the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen Convention Bureau to showcase the wide range of venues and event possibilities available in the region.

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Seminar Healthcare Government Events 273

Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. Skift Meetings (formerly EventMB) Formerly known as EventMB, Skift Meetings was founded in 2007 as one of the first blogs for event professionals. Ready to dive straight in?

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Eventtia

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Similarly, a sporting goods retail brand can leverage the events strategy by inviting Olympic athletes to participate in a showcase event with young sports enthusiasts. However, that’s impossible without using hospitality platforms for events. I have used this software for all my events and feel confident with it.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2023

A meeting planner earns their certification through a course of study, an exam and a comprehensive professional evaluation. He grew up to become one of Events Industry Council’s (EIC) proud Certified Meeting Planners (CMP). In 2006, he earned his CMP certification from EIC.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“I’ve had over-served attendees swim in fountains, attendees get a little too romantic on an evening cruise, and one had so much to drink at the welcome reception he became physically ill in the general session and needed to be transported to the hospital via fire rescue.”. Several respondent planners offered tips and techniques.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

For venues and planners, that means looking into the crystal ball to get ahead of event trends and expectations. Here, we cover the top 19 trends which promise to shake up event planning and hospitality in 2019 and beyond. Key Takeaway for Planners. Key Takeaway for Event Planners.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 29, 2022

She brings more than 18 years of hospitality and destination sales experience with Hyatt Hotels, and has held leadership roles in food and beverage and events, as well. He has spent the last 30 years gaining hospitality and business management experience with Marriott International and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Maritz Global Events released its Industry Trends Report at IMEX America with some eye-popping data on the rising cost of hotels, airfares, F&B, and other event-budget elements. For its Industry Trends Report, October 2023 edition, Maritz Global Events crunched numbers from the U.S.

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The MICE Blog

MAY 28, 2020

While there’s a shift happening as I write, on a recent MICE Exchange Instagram Live Episode with Sabrina Meyers from Hot Hospitality Exchange (you can follow us on Instagram @themiceblog and @hothospitalitye ), we discussed the event industry’s fragmentation caused by geographic market segmentation. .

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Tembusu Events and Communications

APRIL 27, 2021

Event planner is an entire industry on its own that’s filled with firms that offer different event planning services at different price points, but even within the space itself it is common to find a lot of heterogeneity to fit ever changing consumer needs.

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Planner Seminar Trade Show Fashion 52

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But this profession isn’t too far off; he tells Smart Meetings that “the discipline, preparation and vision” present in the fighter pilots of Top Gun are “all essential when leading a team and planning missions – I mean, events!” In 2006, he earned his CMP certification from EIC.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

News Junkie is a daily PCMA newsletter emailed to subscribers that curates news stories related to events, travel, hospitality, CVBs, convention centers, and other overlapping sectors, from a variety of sources. We sent out another survey in mid-August to gauge how planners and suppliers were reacting to the Delta variant.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The People and Planet track will highlight tangible steps meeting professionals can take to reduce their events’ carbon footprints. One example is “Sustainability and the Circular Economy” with Aurora Dawn Benton, chief change agent with Astrapto, and Benoit Sauvage, CEO of Hospitality Sustainability Revolution. A Moving Initiative.

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Sustainability Publishing Education Hospitality 130

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The People and Planet track will highlight tangible steps meeting professionals can take to reduce their events’ carbon footprints. One example is “Sustainability and the Circular Economy” with Aurora Dawn Benton, chief change agent with Astrapto, and Benoit Sauvage, CEO of Hospitality Sustainability Revolution. A Moving Initiative.

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Publishing Education Hospitality 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 1, 2023

Accor hosts the GME annually, bringing together leadership and representatives from its more than 40 hotel brands with meeting planners, journalists, and other industry professionals. An emphasis on wellness Wellness emerged as another major theme, as both an experience and guiding principle for the future of hotel and event design.

Sustainability 98

Sustainability Hospitality Trade Show Fashion 98

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. Skift Meetings (formerly EventMB) Formerly known as EventMB, Skift Meetings was founded in 2007 as one of the first blogs for event professionals. Ready to dive straight in?

Website 52

Website Planner Certification Publishing 52

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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Meeting Insurance Sustainability Benefits 130