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3 Extreme Accessibility Experts Share Their Accommodation Mandates

Smart Meetings

That might mean sitting a person in a certain part of the ballroom or warning them about conditions so they can prepare. Many in the oldest demographic are comfortable with texting and going to websites for information. “It’s more than a checkbox; you need to personalize the experience to remove barriers,” she said.

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3 Steps To Finding, Pitching, & Keeping Event Sponsors

Endless Events

Finding, pitching, and keeping event sponsors is not a gamble – it’s a process that event planners need to carefully prepare for. And vice versa – event planners should prepare questions for sponsors too and assess whether they fit their ideal sponsor persona. . Event sponsors are not just a source of financial aid.

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Event Crisis Communication Templates Worth Copying

Smart Meetings

Typically, in crises, senior leaders rather than PR team members serve as spokespersons, so prepare a list of executives who will be at your event. The key is to prepare these holding statements in advance so they can be quickly adapted to cover the situation at hand. Do not rely on one method. Mark Catuogno, M.A.,

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How to Brief a Website Development Agency

Tourism eSchool

If you’re in the market for a new website, then you must undertake significant planning and due diligence to ensure that what you want developed, translates into what you get as an end product. Building a tourism website can be quite challenging, mainly because: You may not understand technical lingo.

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Case Study: Overcoming Challenges at Loews Atlanta Hotel

Smart Meetings

When crisis strikes a meeting professional’s host city and hotel, it’s comforting to know that—despite the uncertainty that surrounds unexpected events—the hotel in which you’re hosting your event is well prepared to take on the challenge.

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The Approach To Virtual: Not All Tech Is Created Equal

Endless Events

We’d started preparing for everybody having to work from home and a lot of those kinds of things. So from a backend organizational side, we’d prepare it a little bit. Because what’s different is now a lot of companies, if they take their own websites, they might get a lot of traffic throughout the month.

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5 New Marketing Strategies You Should Be Using

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Stressing Safety and Preparation. When a destination demonstrates they’re prepared for the “new normal,” it shows adaptability and helps instill long-term trust. Think about going mobile with advertising, websites, entrance tickets, and more. Understandably, tourists are looking for places that feel safe enough post-pandemic.

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