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Are Family-friendly Conferences in Your Future?

Smart Meetings

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.

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Why Event Planner Jobs Are Climate Jobs

Convene by PCMA

While weve made progress as an industry toward more sustainable event practices, how can planners assume a climate-focused role to help move the needle further? Reputational Risk Planners should be prepared for increased scrutiny of their event’s environmental practices and possible negative messaging around those that fall short.

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Make Your Conference Memorable With Spiced-Up Keynotes, Engaging Design and Workshops

Endless Events

Creating successful recurring events isn’t only good for brands but also for planners. The cuts on hotel commissions are making site selection an inadequate revenue stream for many third-party planners. It allows planners to view venues as if they were there themselves. Not planning conferences?

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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

There are a lot of things event planners need to be ready for. Here are challenges and opportunities event planners can expect in the next decade. Event Planner Challenges. Data protection is always on event planners’ minds. We must protect the personal data of our guests, exhibitors, sponsors and delegates.

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Prepare for an Experience That Goes Beyond the Ballroom in Tucson, Arizona

Smart Meetings

Not just the surprising affordability of holding a meeting in Tucson, but the connection between a planner and the Visit Tucson staff going the extra mile to make your event spectacular. This connection is evident in the fact that eight of ten meeting planners choose Tucson after a site visit.

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Hosting Your Perfect Meeting in Northern Virginia

Smart Meetings

Also, more than 10 percent of Fairfax County’s 398 square miles is dedicated to public park space , so you’ll have access to all the big-city amenities that meeting planners need while never being too far from Mother Nature’s quiet retreats. Reason #3: We’ve got meeting space galore.

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The Secret to Using A.I. Effectively: Persistence

MeetingsNet

Most meeting planners have likely discovered the benefits of ChatGPT and other generative-A.I. applications for creating titles and descriptions for event sessions as well as for marketing and other communications aimed at attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and others. While touted as a time-saver, generative A.I.