Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2022

Editor’s note : This guest article is excerpted from the book, Event Success: Maximizing the Business Impact of In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Experiences by Alon Alroy, Eran Ben-Shushan and Boaz Katz, which will be published by Wiley March 29. Event planners will refer to event venues not as ‘online’ or ‘in-person’ but as hybrid.

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Hotel Engine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Online review sites are a go-to tool for many of us seeking to assess hotels, restaurants, attractions and anything else we may be thinking of spending money on. This post outlines the good and the bad of online hotel reviews and provides some tips to help you get the most out of online review sites. Where Online Reviews Help.

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Tourism eSchool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

3 Steps to Encourage Customer Advocacy of your Tourism Experience Online. Published on September 20, 2021. Here’s three simple steps to get your customer spreading the love and being online advocates for your tourism experience. This blog post was originally published in 2014 and most recently updated in September 2021.

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DCI

DECEMBER 2, 2021

With such a fragmented media landscape, destination marketing organizations (DMOs) are asking whether or not a media room is still needed on their destination website. Look at the blog topics and information you share on your website. There are also the basics that travel writers seek that may not have a home on your website.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Mills, Ana Aponte Curtis , Cheryl Richards, Albert Tucker, Carol Wallace, Ahmeenah Young, Curtis Dean, Ernest Wooden Jr, and Hank Thomas,” wrote Greg DeShields in a statement published on the TDM website.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

YouTube launched when I was 12 — its content was not so addictive back then, consisting of people filming backflips and homemade music videos — and Facebook became the most-visited social media website when I was 15. More VML Trends How AI Could Help Build Better Meeting Spaces — Online and IRL

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Social Media Publishing Trends Technology 105

Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

GEVME’s venue builder backend experience is made simple and easily customizable with drag & drop content blocks as if you were editing a website. Feature : Live display : Display platform dashboards in real-time and publish them to every venue screen! . Albert’s Aha! Feature : GEVME offers a DIY, real-time virtual venue builder !

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

IACC’s newly published “The Future of the Meeting Industry,” report surveyed corporate employees and others on their attitudes toward meetings. Download the full report at IACC Meeting Room of the Future website.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The anti-impersonation rule will be effective 30 days after it is published in the federal register. It noted that a letter of support for the rule was signed by 235 organizations, which helped to highlight the issue in Congress during ECA’s 2023 Legislative Action Day in June. The timing of publication is not yet available.

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Tourism eSchool

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Top 10 Tourism Website Marketing Fails and How to Fix. Published on October 29, 2021. Building and managing a tourism website is a non-negotiable, foundational marketing tactic for all tourism businesses and should be your biggest and most important marketing investment. Website Fail #1: No online booking functionality.

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Tourism eSchool

JANUARY 14, 2023

From social media and email marketing to website marketing, search engine optimisation and online advertising, the internet offers so many fantastic ways for tourism businesses to connect with their best customers. This Article was originally published in September 2016, and has been updated in January 2023.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 16, 2022

A quality website that provides your audience with key attributes that bring them back often will serve another function: marketing your events. Here are a few of the most important qualities of a website that your event prospects will expect. Your website looks good — everywhere. Your website is more than a pile of documents.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 30, 2022

Online attendees have full access to live and on-demand sessions, digital-only content, and the ability to connect with in-person attendees. Promote online and in-person connections on desktop and mobile. Roundtable discussions, webinars, certification courses and new content can be published year-round. Learning never stops.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 9, 2023

I’ve seen some online platforms that want you to fill things out thoroughly. When you’re happy with it, you send the speaker a link, and they can fill in their session details, their bio, all that stuff, which feeds into the published program and your schedule.”. Then when you update Joi, hit a button, and you update your website too.

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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. Over the last three years, Skift Meetings has hosted more than 80,000 attendees at 26 webinars and events, published 27 reports, written more than 500 articles, and more. Ready to dive straight in?

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Tourism eSchool

JANUARY 15, 2023

Home 10 Ways to Build Trust With Customers Online By Rebecca White Published on January 16, 2023 Trust. Because trust is what your customers need before they will click the “buy now” button on your website and visit your tourism experience. Can customers easily find the information they need and/or book online?

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Tourism eSchool

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Published on October 10, 2021. Consider your Profile as a mini version of your website, so make sure you optimise all of the available attributes. Important not to touch the Website Tab (as this will take you through the steps to create a new website for your business). By Paige Rowett. What is Google My Business?

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Tourism eSchool

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Published on December 1, 2022. Be it through visiting your website, looking at your social media pages, visiting your tourism product or service and any relevant follow up service. Surf Goddess Retreats have a very consistent brand across every touch point in their business, website, social media and their product experience.

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Social Tables

JULY 31, 2018

Online donations have increased more than 12% year over year. Signage – both digital (website, social, email) and physical (at the event). After all, online donations are growing by the year: 7.6% of all donations in 2017 happened online (a massive 12.1% 71% of all event tickets are purchased online.).

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Tourism eSchool

MARCH 3, 2021

Published on March 4, 2021. What is their visitor journey and online + offline touchpoints ? Visitors love it, and are raving about it to other visitors, as you can see online ! The success of this storytelling can be seen in the rave reviews online and the Centre being rated as #1 TripAdvisor attraction in the region.

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Tourism eSchool

AUGUST 31, 2021

Has its own dedicated event website. By having your own event social media channel means people can link to or tag your event's social media pages when talking about the event online. Online: On your social media profiles and on your website. Publish your Event info on a Relevant Website.

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Tourism eSchool

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Published on December 15, 2020. Website Itineraries: Get specific and detailed. You most likely have suggested itineraries on your destination website. Just get them written and up on your destination website. Without these listings, attractions won't show up on destination websites using software such as Alpaca.

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DCI

JANUARY 23, 2023

Newsletter content When creating newsletter content pulled from existing articles and websites, ChatGPT can be a real winner. When you need a quick report on a niche topic – like diversity efforts in a specific destination – ChatGPT can deliver, drawing from recent information available online. ChatGPT simply does not think for you.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The anti-impersonation rule will be effective 30 days after it is published in the federal register. It noted that a letter of support for the rule was signed by 235 organizations, which helped to highlight the issue in Congress during ECA’s 2023 Legislative Action Day in June. The timing of publication is not yet available.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 6, 2023

And our Changemakers report, just published in the July/August issue of the MeetingsNet digital edition, generative A.I. For example, Cvent has debuted AI Writing Assistant, a tool that helps planners create content for an event’s website, marketing messages, and session descriptions.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Visit some of the largest online travel agencies such as Expedia or Booking.com that dominate travel distribution on the web and you won’t find rail reservations there. Direct channels include: An eCommerce website/app. Online travel agencies. The current state of railway reservation technology. Lack of customer data.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 17, 2023

To see the thread on the New York Times website: Open the above link ; Click on the comments button below the subhead; and click Reader Picks , which will bring my comment to the top. Search engines do not find any reference to the chapter; it has not been mentioned or extracted in any online review or post.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The online booking business is as good as the inventory it has, so finding the best rooms for the best price is the most important task. With these APIs, external developers can integrate their mobile apps and websites with the wholesaler’s products accessing up-to-date availability and rates data. What is a bed bank? seconds.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 2, 2019

You need to know, do you have relationships with publishers? Social media channels, email, website? Even if it’s attendees, and it’s simply like a registration page, you know how much it costs in your online advertising, your websites, your social media people, your graphics. A photographer or videographer?

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Social Tables

MARCH 14, 2024

Advertising is one of the most important jobs any planning team undertakes, whether organizing an online or in-person event. newsletters, special promos, ad retargeting ) Websites (e.g., Strengthen your online reputation and increase event visibility with creative and memorable marketing. mobile app ads) Text messaging (e.g.,

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Endless Events

MARCH 11, 2019

Are you doing everything you can to secure your online data from attacks? It’s like man crush Monday over here, which is ironic because we publish this show on Monday’s too. Is your event safe from major event cybersecurity risks? As event profs, we hold so much data within our registrations, software, and events.

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Solimar International

JUNE 22, 2021

In the world of social and physical distance where almost every aspect of human lives has moved online, the tourism industry has also actively shifted towards digitalization. Solimar International has built a website for Lewis and Clark National Trail , which is one of the great examples of how the industry can benefit from digital tools.

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Tourism eSchool

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Published on September 30, 2021. Likewise, research indicates that 70% of those watching travel-related videos will base their destination choice on what they’ve just seen online. From here, start shortlisting by casting your eyes over photographers’ and videographers’ websites to view their recent work. By Lachlan Swan.

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Tourism eSchool

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Published on September 6, 2021. With the same study highlighting that 13% of an average traveller's time online is doing travel related activities. This can be done through strategic posting on social media, or sharing your plan on your website. 5 Ways to Pivot your Tourism Experience for Post-COVID Traveller. By Paige Rowett.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 11, 2022

million square feet of its venue into the PTAK Humanitarian Aid Center, according to its website, “the largest European aid point for refugees from Ukraine,” which can temporarily house 20,000 people at any given time. The project is a joint effort between the expo center, the state capital of Hanover, and the Hanover Fire Department.

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Tourism eSchool

APRIL 30, 2020

Published on May 1, 2020. Local and online communities are going to be a cornerstone for keeping many of your businesses afloat over the coming months. If your business can, sell your product/experience/service online. But what we can do is keep in touch via phone/online meetings (not email). By Rebecca White.

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Tourism Tourism Social Media Online 97

AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 26, 2021

Listing your property in metasearch websites and investing in a marketing campaign can help increase visibility and attract more direct bookings. In the hospitality industry, it means that the hotels’ inventory, rates, and availability are pulled from their own websites and/or OTAs they work with and displayed in one place.

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