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Tips From Experts | Sep 16th, 2009
Spas and other lifestyle-oriented programs have become a must-have for meetings and events. Meetings and events include spa packages in guest service programs and others offer spa treatments to wrap up a long affair.
Meeting planners and spa directors often emphasize...
Tips From Experts | Sep 16th, 2009
With the recent slight downturn in the economy, many companies are having to review ways to economically boost morale and therefore are planning more focused events for their employees, clients and constituents. To help build strong relationships or teams, whether...
Tips From Experts | Sep 16th, 2009
With the popularity of cooking programs on TV, celebrity chefs and newspaper and media pieces, the public is more educated and interested about their food.
The corporate meeting planner realizes that meeting attendees have become more sophisticated and expect the “wow”...
Tips From Experts | Sep 16th, 2009
The fabulously inexpensive caterer you hired is running only about 20 minutes late, your florist overcharged by an obscene amount and the proposed menu included the words fish and stick—together.
To make matters worse, the full house you had expected looks...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
Meeting and event planners looking for dining facilities to add to their business itineraries are faced with two key factors: budget and client satisfaction. Several restaurant insiders have put together their own lists of 2009 restaurant trends and from their...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
The last ten years has seen an enormous growth in the popularity of sushi. Casual sushi bars are favorite hotspots of the younger, trendy crowd while older business professionals often frequent the new breed of high-end Japanese restaurants which specialize...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
Audiovisual equipment and presentation technology is essential to meetings and events. Although projectors and 35 mm slides used to be high-tech, the meeting world has rapidly evolved and embraced laptops, remote controls, high-definition screens and two-way radios. The use of...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
Speakers can make or break an event. Anyone who has ever witnessed a speaker flop knows that finding the perfect person to entertain, amuse or inspire a group of people can be quite a challenge. Sometimes inadequate performances are the...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
The fabulously inexpensive caterer you hired is running 40 minutes late, your florist overcharged by an obscene amount and the proposed menu included the words finger and food-together. To make matters worse, the full house you had expected looks more...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
As budgets become more and more scrutinized, it’s imperative that planners stay within budget and don’t surpass their allotted spending capacity. Sometimes business meeting professionals might reason that an extra expenditure is the perfect accent to make a meeting memorable....
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
Available and free new technologies are changing the way meeting planners create awareness of upcoming events. Thanks to Web 2.0 technology, social media has emerged as a great way people to connect and interact with one another.
The term Web...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
If it hasn’t been established already, ROI is an element of the meetings and events industry that planners are going to have to embrace rather than ignore, even when working for a company or client that did not previously require...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
Many meeting planners are discovering that going green is more cost effect and provides a multitude of unexpected benefits. The Convention Industry Council defines a green meeting as: “A meeting or event that incorporates environmental considerations to minimize its negative...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
Cozy hideaways, small lounges and casual parlor settings with inspiring views are just a few of the things that have helped catapult the trend of meeting on the high seas. While the majority of cruise passengers are still vacationers, many...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
While it is important for hotels and resorts to put green initiatives in place, there are things that you can do to make sure that your stay at Las Vegas hotels is more environmentally friendly.
How often do you change...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
Professional event service providers are poised to please when it comes to meetings and events. Professional meeting planners, caterers, public relations specialists and decorators offer specialized services that are available to make every meeting and event successful.
Savvy meeting planners...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
It’s only 20 minutes into the corporate team building meeting, and restless audience members are shifting in their chairs. The rambling speaker has yet to make a point. Screeching feedback from the microphone is more than a little irritating. At...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
Event service providers produce all of the essentials that are needed to create a dynamic and alluring tradeshow booth. The creation of a bold display is essential to ensure that potential clients and customers are engaged. Event professionals offer everything...
Tips From Experts | May 3rd, 2010
Team-building events are often the most difficult to plan and execute because of the emotionally charged subjects that are addressed. It is often hard to know what will bring a group together and what will tear them apart. Whether you’re...
Tips From Experts | Mar 3rd, 2011
The hotel concierge is often thought of as a luxury service that only top-tier guests are invited to use. However, the concierge can be one of the most effective tools that meeting planners have when creating itineraries in an unfamiliar...
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