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A Shortcut Guide To Choosing The Best Property For Your Group/Meeting/Event. 

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People who organize meetings & events must wear many hats and while some activities may become almost instinctual, it’s always smart to have a checklist and share this list with team members. Your meeting is only as successful as the preparation of your onsite team and the hotel staff.

Assurances such as suppressing room rates, procedure for hotel staff when gratuity is offered, accommodations for early arrivals and late check out,  who are the VIPs …these are just a few things should be covered methodically . [Read more...]

As a conference and event planner, I was recently researching and coordinating for upcoming international meeting efforts and discovered I was utilizing several informational websites quite frequently. I wanted to share these with the many other event marketing and meeting planners that I know are out there dealing with numerous cities around the world, trying to align multiple schedules with different time zones, with countless currency conversions and a variety of postage calculations. Sometimes it helps to have an informative source. I found these three very useful. [Read more...]

The overall success of every meeting starts with the skill set and experience of the meeting planner. There's the pre-planning, the budget, the venue selection and the onsite execution, just to name just a few of the tasks involved.  You are entrusting the outcome of your event to this individual and should set the bar high.

So, what is the definition of a meeting planner...

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Can meeting and event planners improve the experience of a meeting or conference by the way the meeting space is arranged?

The answer is, of course, yes.  The meeting itself will help dictate the appropriate meeting space and setup style, and successful meeting planners and event managers know the room setup should be designed to support the purpose of the meeting in order to create successful results. [Read more...]

I recently read an article in the June edition of Meetings & Conventions Magazine that brought Jamie Oliver and his Food Revolution concept into, well, meetings and conventions.

My initial thought was that this was an ingenious reminder that menus are a significant part of the attendee experience. This article reinforces that what you eat directly affects how you feel. [Read more...]

Amazing deal from Starwood Hotels for Summertime Meetings. Starwood Hotels & Resorts and PepsiCo have teamed up to provide more value for your meeting experience. Plus, Starwood is giving you an opportunity to give back to your community. For every meeting booked your company will be entered to win one of four $50,000 charitable grants to be donated to your favorite local cause. Book by July 31, 2010, and hold your meeting by December 31, 2010. [Read more...]

The Environmental Protection Agency requires meeting venues to complete a questionnaire about environmentally preferable features and practices in use at their facilities. All Federal agencies are encouraged to use the EPA’s model when soliciting meeting and conference facilities. Start greening your meetings by adding these questions to your RFP. [Read more...]