Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

How the gig economy is impacting the events industry In honor of Labor Day, Smart Meetings chatted with Tracy Judge, founder and CEO of Soundings , to get the latest scoop on the trends currently emerging within the freelance meeting planner gig economy. SM What types of freelance meeting planner roles are most in demand?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2018

How liable are planners when disaster strikes? What can planners do to protect themselves? That is why he strongly recommends planners include indemnification clauses in their contacts, ensuring hotels and third parties take on as much of the risk as possible. Too many planners don’t adhere to a venue’s guidelines.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 17, 2022

As we come out on the other side, one thing is clear: business event strategists and destination organization partners really aren’t that different. This evolution has been arguably more intense in the past two years than in the collective past. We Serve as Strategic Advisors. We Are Brokers of Capital and Change Makers.

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Endless Events

JULY 22, 2022

Event planners often forget to consider whether their tools are suitable for the job and their budget leading to overspending and inefficient processes. In today’s Event Tech Podcast episode, Brandt Krueger and Kyle Kocinski talk about the event tech stack and several tools that event planners might want to incorporate into their stack.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

The organization says planners of in-person events should promote healthy behaviors among attendees and prepare for the possibility of infection. Those who have not been vaccinated should continue to wear a face mask. The CDC still advises meeting professionals to avoid large gatherings when possible. To date, more than half of U.S.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 23, 2022

The value of working closely and collaboratively with CVBs, DMOs and other partners supporting your event—and doing so with not only consideration, but care for how your event may affect their city, business or organization—is clearer than ever. More than ever, planners are turning to CVBs and recognizing them as an invaluable resource.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Avoiding wellness washing and incorporating holistic well-being into meetings Wellness is on every planner’s mind these days—with it, come concerns of “wellness washing.” She noticed that many of the meeting planners she worked with were in the same boat: giving, giving, giving—and leaving very little for themselves.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Endless Events

MAY 19, 2020

In our 2020 event trends survey, 47% of event planners believed tailored break out session paths would be the biggest personalization trend for events in 2020. This is a win-win for both attendees and planners. As planners we are responsible for the impact our events have on the earth. Tailored Break Out Session Paths .

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

Planner 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

Some of the primary upcoming concerns for event organizers will include re-organizing events with the limited timescale, adhering to strict safety guidelines to protect their guests and attendees, and discover solutions that potentially curb the spread of the virus. The second half of 2020, however, looks positive.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

Planner 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

Planner 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

Planner 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. We can do something and allow the organizers to respond. The industry is self-regulating itself.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

As airline passengers and travel planners take a collective breath and wish upon a star that the aviation chaos that occurred this summer will end after Labor Day, a group of very disgruntled Attorneys General have banded together and asked the Senate to make airlines accountable to state authorities. A lot of people are upset about this.

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