Special Events

JUNE 8, 2023

If you want more clients that trust and appreciate your value, keep an eye out for seven red flags that can come up in the booking process

Prospect 98

Prospect Booking 98

ETC Corporate

MAY 9, 2023

This is according to the latest edition of the ‘European Tourism Trends & Prospects’ quarterly report from the European Travel Commission (ETC), which monitors Europe’s tourism recovery, macroeconomic developments and other major factors having an impact.

Tourism 214

Tourism Tourism Prospect Trends 214

Dana Communications

JUNE 6, 2022

It’s the time to remember that the way you handle this situation can either gain the respect of prospective customers or lose them. Cut to the chase and eliminate this type of retaliation in front of your market and other prospective customers. Naturally, your first instinct is to be defensive—but don’t be. Now is not the time to rant.

Online 49

Online Prospect Communications Communications 49

Advanced Travel and Tourism

APRIL 16, 2024

Reaching repeat visitors and driving the right prospects requires having multiple paths from engagement to conversion. Based on our recent findings and given all the options at their disposal — both digital and traditional — how are DMO marketers planning to allocate paid media resources in 2024?

Media 246

Media Social Media Travel Travel 246

Advanced Travel and Tourism

MAY 16, 2023

To stay on top of your best prospects, you need near real-time data to build campaigns, optimize targeting and create segment and sub-segment messaging that will grab attention and deepen engagement. 3 Benefits of Better Visitor Data: Increased Customer Understanding.

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Travel Travel Prospect Tourism 246

Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2024

He will develop and lead new business opportunities as well as support prospective accounts and mentor and collaborate with sales team members. Kerry Mitruska Kerry Mitruska, TradeWinds Island Resorts The TradeWinds Island Resorts appoints Mitruska as director of sales and marketing.

Hospitality 259

Hospitality Travel Agent Tourism Tourism 259

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 8, 2019

Date Your Prospective Attendees. For the 4,800 attendees at PCMA Convening Leaders in Pittsburgh—including more than 900 Live Stream attendees and 980 first-time attendees—the surprises around every corner added up to a treasure trove of rich insights worth putting to work right away. Here are some ideas from day two that you can steal.

Prospect 252

Prospect Planner Attendee Consulting 252

Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2021

Seven key tactics event marketers can use to promote virtual networking opportunities include: Conference website: Even when prospective attendees are first exploring your conference agenda and speaker list, you want to make the networking opportunities clear on your event site.

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Virtual Events Attendee Social Media Speakers 279

Dana Communications

JANUARY 2, 2023

Both of these pitfalls have the strong potential to offend prospective visitors and guests. Painting an oversimplified, one-dimensional picture of a target audience by focusing only on a singular aspect of their identity.

Marketing 246

Marketing Marketing Prospect Audience 246

Techsytalk

JANUARY 23, 2017

Here are six secrets to up your prospects of securing sponsorship and cultivating a long-term relationship with event sponsors. Show prospect sponsors why your proposal is a golden goose for them. Unfortunately, acquiring sponsorship isn’t as easy as just sending out a request via email. Check Sponsor Guidelines, if Applicable.

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Sponsors Proposal Prospect Benefits 208

Endless Events

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Many brand experts agree that storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to ingratiate an organization with prospective customers and partners, whether in face-to-face settings or in a digital context. Leverage Storytelling To Your Advantage.

Virtual Events 308

Virtual Events Promotion Social Media Events 308

Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2022

Tech companies are partnering with universities, and DMOs, global travel organizations and event agencies are onboarding prospective industry professionals to provide resources, skills and opportunities and to train the next generation of hospitality and events. Events Is Taking Interns.

Hospitality 246

Hospitality Travel Travel Tourism 246

Techsytalk

MAY 2, 2017

It is important to bear in mind that after a major trade show that many prospects will be overwhelmed with correspondence. The large amount of mail generated after an event means that you must do something to differentiate yourself from the others.

Trade Show 231

Trade Show Advertising Prospect Publishing 231

Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

The marketing team wants big corporate logos so they can show them to prospective attendees in hopes of impressing them with the quality of other people attending the event. What’s missing is any filter to determine if these people can actually communicate effectively from the stage.

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Speakers Social Media Sponsors Communications 299

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In the end, however, you’ll reach far more prospective attendees who will hopefully become attendees. On the paid side, consider using Google Adwords, boosting Facebook and LinkedIn posts, and engaging in retargeting. Read More : How Meeting Profs Can Improve Event Engagement Yes, it will cost you money.

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Conference Sponsors Trade Show SEO 279

Techsytalk

APRIL 18, 2017

A trade show appearance can help legitimize a new business or revitalize an existing one, making your prospect more aware of your brand. Offer demonstrations, educate visitors about your product and get your items into people’s hands. Market Research.

Trade Show 238

Trade Show Prospect Audience Production 238

Smart Meetings

APRIL 8, 2022

Issues like closed flight paths (over Russia) and heightened fuel costs have dampened the prospects of a smooth spring and summer travel recovery. The war in Ukraine broke out just as global travel and meetings were seeing advances in reopening, adding a new layer of complexity to international planning.

Travel 246

Travel Travel Prospect Airlines 246

Advanced Travel and Tourism

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As we mentioned above, prospective travelers are looking for vacation spots closer to home, so they might be unfamiliar with your offerings until they search in the area. That includes looking at online reviews on travel sites and other user-generated content to see what others have experienced.

Marketing 264

Marketing Marketing Tourism Tourism 264

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Our luxury and lifestyle hotels work to develop relationships with vendors that help drive significant value and innovation and invite all prospective partners to register their interest in working with us through our supplier portal.

Planner 246

Planner Events Prospect Vendor 246

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

Since 2007, she has run her own sales and business coaching company, which helps sales teams, business leaders, and entrepreneurs improve their strategies for cultivating prospects, building stronger business relationships and closing deals. Since 2010, she has been vice president of global accounts at HPN Global.

Sponsors 290

Sponsors Venue Registration Trade Show 290

Endless Events

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Furthermore, three in five say the prospects of getting a promotion in the new environment are far worse than the pre-COVID 19 environment” “I wonder if in a virtual world women are just more professional and more polite”, says Dustin.”You “Well, I’m an extrovert, right?

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Preparation Social Media Prospect Online 316

Motivation Excellence

MARCH 4, 2024

BUSINESS ATMOSPHERE Following the lethargic recovery from the Great Recession, a nationally ranked and independently owned HVAC and plumbing distributor wanted to drive incremental sales and gain market share with an energetic and engaging self-funded travel incentive for their loyal customers and preferred prospects.

Prospect 130

Prospect Incentives Online Platform 130

Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Because even the smallest meeting is the best place to find new leads, clients and prospects. Would it surprise you to learn that 84% of attendees come to events for networking? Yet, approaching random strangers can be nerve-wracking, especially for work-from-home or introverted employees. However, there is good news.

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Networking Events Trade Show Attendee 278

Smart Meetings

JULY 15, 2022

Downstairs, Prospect Market gives guests an upscale grab-and-go market experience with wine, snacks, small lunches and souvenirs. Drinks and seafood dishes are served with a panoramic view of the ocean and La Jolla. Corporate gatherings for up to 50 people can be hosted in the scenic lounge.

Prospect 240

Prospect Retail Trends Transportation 240

Motivation Excellence

JULY 17, 2023

It’s definitely a great skill to have, whether you’re pitching to a prospective client, raising funds for a charity at a gala, or coaching middle-schoolers basketball. Make that sentence your mantra and you’ll be well on your way to a more successful speaking scenario!” There, now do the words “Public Speaking” sound a little less scary?

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Audience Prospect Communications Communications 231

Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2021

Committing to the purchase of something—especially jewelry—before actually seeing it is a risky prospect, something the two were not particularly keen on their members doing. CBG serves as the middleman in the buying and selling of high-end jewelry. Chief Operating Officer Joe Murphy and President Andie Weinman of Continental Buying Group.

Trade Show 246

Trade Show Retail Prospect Attendee 246

Dana Communications

APRIL 11, 2022

Because your sustainability practices deeply affect their decisions on where to book, remember to proactively communicate about them to prospective and existing guests and clients. Bottom line: Reducing that carbon footprint grows increasingly crucial to travelers and planners—and to your revenue. But spread the word!

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Sustainability Transportation Regulations Prospect 246

Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

Prospective workers have high expectations—if hotels give them an offer they can’t refuse, meeting planners will reap the benefits of a smoother hospitality experience. If hotels are to meet this demand, they need to incentivize people to work for them. Technology Creates New Staff Roles.

Hospitality 245

Hospitality Trends Remote Automation 245

Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2022

Traditionally, companies that work with meeting planners would offer incentives to prospective clients to draw them into a site inspection. New Incentives. Business class flights, elaborate hotel rooms and fancy dinners are all standard fare that Worldwide Events uses.

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Venue Incentives Prospect Planner 244

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Marketers should also consider segmenting lists by audience (customers, prospects and partners) and conducting A/B testing to determine which subject lines are most effective in prompting higher open rates and which call to actions are more likely to drive event registrations. With more than 310 million smartphone users in the U.S.

Marketing 264

Marketing Marketing Social Media Advertising 264

Advanced Travel and Tourism

APRIL 23, 2021

Testing new strategies, we’re finding alternate ways to deliver targeted messages and convert prospects while maintaining return on ad spend (ROAS) and overall marketing ROI. If we put this in perspective, it is not a “sky is falling” event but it will impact the way marketers identify and target consumers.

Advertising 246

Advertising Prospect Tourism Tourism 246

Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2022

Deciding on the right window of time says a lot to your prospective attendees: We’ve got a lot of things to share, a lot of work to do, a lot of fun to be had. Gatherings come in all shapes and sizes. They might last an hour, a few days or longer. Or, you’re busy. Let’s cut to the quick.

Automotive 246

Automotive Registration Prospect Attendee 246

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 22, 2023

Performative DEI actions for appearance or symbolic purposes rather than for genuine commitment to creating meaningful change is a losing prospect involving superficial actions done to fulfill an image or reputation rather than to drive substantive transformation or address systemic inequalities.

Tourism 246

Tourism Tourism Culture Prospect 246

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

This way, prospective employers will have an idea of how you would work in the position you’re applying for. If you want to be the one traveling all over, write that. If you prefer to do administrative work, make that clear. The only way you’ll get what you want is by spelling it out. Highlight Your Skills.

Meeting 194

Meeting Proposal Certification Prospect 194

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Then, they conduct customized outreach that converts more prospects and keeps customers engaged year-round. Events should be part of an overarching marketing plan. Savvy companies use data gleaned from events to improve other pieces of their sales and marketing programs.

Technology 211

Technology Technology Automation Social Media 211

Smart Meetings

MAY 22, 2024

This has required them to change how they reach out to prospects. “We Minzey and her team understand that their efforts to attract new members and gather more attendees to WeCon are now being directed to a younger professional demographic.

Events 246

Events Sustainability Audience Social Media 246

Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

They might not be the first time your prospect has heard about you. . “I asked about using events as lead generation and he fought back. If you think about events, they are not lead gen tools because they’re usually just one plot on the funnel. It’s just another opportunity for brand engagement.”

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Planner Events Virtual Events Trade Show 320