Site Selection
May 3, 2012
Ten tips for your next conference
Conferences are hard work. From developing the creative treatments to establishing milestones and timelines, planning ahead can make all the difference in the world. When planning a conference, there are specific guidelines that you should always follow in order for it to run smoothly. Here are 10 tips that will help you plan and run a successful conference.
April 12, 2012
Five tips for selecting a venue or site for your next meeting or event
Corporate Meetings & Events magazine Editor Sean Moon provides tips for the rookie planner on how to select the appropriate venue for their next corporate meeting or event.
April 12, 2012
Top seven benefits of working with a Convention and Visitors Bureau
When working with meetings industry organizations, it has surprised me how little corporate meeting and event planners usually take advantage of the services offered by tourism offices – a.k.a. Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs) or Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs). Even planners who organize multiple events and have relationships with large hotel companies through a national or global sales office tend overlook the benefits of working with a destination CVB.
April 5, 2012
Why you should have a safety plan in place for your next meeting
When meeting planners think of forming a contingency or safety plan for their next meeting, they usually feel overwhelmed. Industry experts say meeting planners who ask at the right questions and do the proper research should be able to put together a plan with ease. Remember, it’s vital for every meeting or event to have a safety plan in place!
March 30, 2012
Site selection made simple
One of the first tasks meeting planners are charged with is to choose an appropriate venue that ensures a successful event on all fronts. If careful consideration isn’t given to venue selection, it can spell failure of epic proportions. People might remember a terrific keynote speaker for a few days, but they’ll never forgive being shoehorned into a too-tight space with bad ventilation. Get the venue right, however, and you’ve set yourself up for success right out of the gate – with both delegates and those signing the cheques.
December 16, 2011
How to minimize your guestroom block attrition damages
The meetings and events industry has seen a lot of changes over the past decade. As an event organizer, you will have witnessed an increased complexity in the hotel contracts you negotiate. You are now faced with the inclusion of minimum performance guarantees which come in the form of food and beverage minimums, sliding scales, cancellation policies and guestroom block attrition. Source: By Brent Taylor
December 9, 2011
Determining your meeting requirements
One of the best ways to figure out your requirements is to develop a preliminary schedule. The schedule should be a general outline of what will happen and approximately when. The following list of considerations will help you think through these things. Source: By Christine Boon
November 28, 2011
Selecting a unique venue
“Selecting a unique venue tells attendees that the message being relayed is important and you want it to register,” says Jonathan Fruitman, director of marketing and venue guru for EventSource. “It communicates that the meeting isn’t a waste of the delegates time, or being held simply because ‘it’s that time of year’, but rather speaks volumes about the company hosting it, in essence saying ‘we’re different, we’re fun and we’re dynamic.’” Source: Rachel Naud
November 22, 2011
Types of meeting room
Just as different locations suit different types of meetings, so does the type of room a meeting is hosted in, and how that room is set up. The U.S.-based Fine Speakers Bureau offers these distinctions between different room set-ups, and what types of meetings they best apply to.
March 1, 2011
Venue for hire: Choosing the right meeting space can benefit client, attendees
The role of meetings has come under heavy scrutiny in recent years. This has been primarily driven by the global economic downturn of the late 2000s. Source: By Clare Tattersall
May 1, 2009
How to select the right venue for your next meeting or event
When a company or organization decides it is going to host its employees for an off-site meeting or event, the first -- and arguably most important -- step is selecting an appropriate venue.
