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- Baton Rouge – The Attraction is the ExperienceBaton Rouge, Louisiana is a meeting destination where the draw is the experience. Offering many venues that can support a meeting of any size, with breathtaking views of Baton Rouge as your backdrop, your group will be enchanted with the variety of great activities that range from sightseeing and the musical sounds of the local [...] […]
- Tapping into the SMERF MarketThe first step in tapping into the SMERF market would – of course – be understanding exactly what the SMERF market is. This particular travel, meeting and event market consists of social, military, education, religious and fraternal organizations, hence the SMERF acronym. This growing market of potential clients is the bread and butter of some [...] […]
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The Blackstone – Presidential Opulence in Chicago
With its Beaux-Arts architectural style, the Blackstone, in Chicago, Illinois, provides a stark contrast to the more industrial style of architecture that the city is known for. Having played host to the city’s socialites, politicos and mob bosses, the Blackstone has a reputation for providing elegance and grace in a blue-collar city. Perhaps one of the most intriguing aspects of the... »
San Diego CVB – A New Approach to Site Inspection
In the summer of 2009, the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau debuted its new initiative for site inspection. The move, according to Margie Sitton, senior VP of sales, was made to help event and meeting planners manage their site inspection time more wisely. The overall initiative included education of everyone involved with the CVB. By doing this, when a... »
Web 2.0 and Meeting Planners
What is Web 2.0 and how will it affect how meeting planners do their jobs? Don’t worry; the World Wide Web isn’t going anywhere – at least not anytime soon. Web 2.0 refers to the interactive part of the Internet that meeting planners are already utilizing. Social networking like Facebook and LinkIn, video sharing sites such as YouTube, and photo storage... »
How New Government Guidelines Can Increase Your Value
As an event planner, you are always looking for ways to add value to your “products.” The recent guidelines the government has issued to the companies receiving bailout money can help you be a better planner. Here are two of the requirements and how you can use them to make your companies look golden even if they are planning incentive... »
Should You Specialize? Reflections on Types of Careers
Just as many doctors specialize in treatment of a certain part of the body, many meeting planners like to specialize. However, there are still many doctors in general practice who call their practices “family medicine.” Family practitioners treat common ailments and injuries, and often have many clients. Specialists have fewer, but often make more money per patient. The comparison of planning... »
Meeting Planners’ Little Helpers
One of the old clichéd images of meeting planners at an event was frazzled people covered in clipboards with pencils behind their ears and their pockets stuffed with everything from enormous amounts of pay phone change to walkie talkies. Although those days are long gone, it’s amazing just how many tools a meeting planner really uses. Here is a short... »
Planning a Corporate Event? Here Are a Few Tips
Planning an event could get very tedious as you will need to look into every small detail and ensure that everything runs smoothly. However if you follow a few simple steps, there is no reason why you cannot achieve satisfying results. There are many ways to organize corporate events and some of these could even get expensive. During times of... »
Excel in Event and Meeting Planning!
Event planning is a highly rewarding industry and a career in this profession comes with a lot of exciting perks. For one, event planning involves meeting different kinds of people and organizing a variety of events. And if you are into organizing incentive travel programs, you are in for a great time touring and exploring exotic locations. To excel in the... »
Planning a Corporate Event
Planning an event could get very tedious, as you will need to look into every small detail and ensure that everything runs smoothly. However if you follow a few simple steps, there is no reason why you cannot achieve satisfying results. There are many ways to organize corporate events and some of these could even get expensive. During times of economic... »
Human Side Of Event Planning
There is a human side to event planning and most event planners are only now beginning to realize what a difference they can make to the world around them. Meeting planners can definitely think beyond making some money out of organizing events, and influencing society in a bigger way than they ever thought they would. Meeting planners have the opportunity to... »