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Social Tables Mobile to Power Planners and Properties On-The-Go
Social Tables Mobile to Power Planners and Properties On-The-Go Washington, D.C. (May 12, 2015) – Social Tables has added a mobile application to its award-winning, collaborative event software...
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Experiential Learning: The Impact of Technology on Hospitality Education
In part one of my 2-part series on hospitality education, I sat down with four of my teachers at Metropolitan State University in Denver to discuss their views on types of classes available today, how...
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[GUIDE] 3 Articles Every Convention Center Professional Should Have Read...
Remember that time you clicked on a great blog about how technology could positively impact convention centers (and your gig), and told yourself you were DEFINITELY going to read it to sharpen your...
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3 Things You Should Absolutely Never Do At An Event
The anatomy of a successful event requires organization, goals, marketing outlets and use of the most up-to-date technology. Although many of these might be common sense, some event professionals are...
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The 3 Types of Event App Data Meeting Professionals Should Care About
A recent survey of B2B marketers, jointly conducted by the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs, found that in-person events are the most effective marketing tactic in their arsenal....
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7 Reasons Event Planners Should Invest in Video-Streaming Apps
Consider the following scenario: your event attendee walks into your general session doors, and veers right to a small enclave just out of the reach of hundreds of feet marching towards their seats....
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8 Social Media Tactics to Ignite Ticket Sales
Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Check out our Instagram feed! How often have you seen or heard these exclamatory calls to action (CTAs) in the last couple years? Probably enough to the...
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5 Apps Your Event Needs To Finish 2015 Strong
As technology makes the map smaller and flattens the world of hospitality, can the meetings and event industry of the 20th century rise to meet the demands of the 21st century attendee? Can your...
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[Report] How Technology Is Increasing Group Revenue at Top Hotels
The evolution of technology throughout the meetings industry is dramatically impacting how hotel group sales teams are networking with meeting planners. With most people now familiar with a wide...
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3 Steps to Measuring Event and Meeting Success
Measuring the return on investment of events isn’t an easy task. Ask most Chief Marketing Officers if they could confidently make a connection between event budget and leads, let alone sales, and you...
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Five Things Meeting & Event Planners Look for in a Hotel
By personalizing packages, offering cost-efficient options and proactively catering to meeting planners, reports show that hotels are playing an increasingly substantial role in the $117...
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3 Ways You Can Support the Meetings Industry Today
I remember when I sat my mother down and told her I wanted to be a professional event and meeting planner. I remember having to get a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism Management,...
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5 Lessons for Event Producers from The Pitch
I recently started watching AMC’s “The Pitch,” and it’s become my new obsession. If you’re not familiar with the show, each episode follows two competing ad agencies through the creative process of...
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How Global Hotel Brands Learn about Event Technology
The large global hospitality brands are challenged with keeping hotel staff trained on new hotel sales technology at consistent levels across their property portfolios for obvious reasons. So some...
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3 Ways for Venues to Increase Revenue Without Scaling Costs
“Get more, for less!” It’s an all-too-common marketing line that is as predictable and hollow as “but wait, there’s more!” At this point, it probably goes in one ear and right out the other. You know...
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5 Ways Meeting Planners Can Leverage Video Content
Thanks to the internet, the distribution of knowledge has reached a point where it’s nearly unfathomable to discern the amount of education that your meeting attendees have access to on a daily basis....
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How Hotels are Adopting Event Technology to Increase Sales
The increasing sophistication of sales engagement software is helping hotel sales teams work with meeting planners more strategically, efficiently and effectively. Buyers and suppliers are then able...
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Why Meeting Optimization Software Matters
Technology has galvanized the meetings and events industry in more ways than one: it facilitates collaboration, decreases inefficiencies, drives new business, automates tasks, and spurs further...
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The Rise of In-House Meeting Planning Apps
Starwood Hotels announced in June that it’s offering meeting planners and attendees access to the CrowdCompass mobile app at its properties worldwide. The app provides meeting planners with real-time...
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How Hilton Launched a Custom Meeting Planning App
In 2014, Hilton Worldwide officially launched a new in-house meeting planning project management app. Using secure cloud-based technology, the app allows planners to connect with hotel staff, vendors...
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