Articles tagged “meeting planners”

Business Travel

Wyndham Lures Businesses to Book Directly With New Loyalty Perks

Wyndham aims to woo businesses to book hotels directly by simplifying the process and turbocharging rewards. The hotel franchisor is betting big on America's infrastructure spending boom.

Wyndham Lures Businesses to Book Directly With New Loyalty Perks

Business Travel

Hilton Extends Loyalty Program: Reward Small Businesses for Booking Direct

Hilton will simplify its process for booking small events and meetings, too. All told, it's a promising sign that hoteliers are finally taking the pain points of small and medium-sized businesses seriously.

Hilton Extends Loyalty Program: Reward Small Businesses for Booking Direct

Travel Technology

Microsoft AI Upgrades: How They Help Tourists, Event Planners, and Business Travelers

Few of these features seem to have been designed with travel front-of-mind, except for the corporate booking tool — that's getting close to what travelers are asking for.

Microsoft AI Upgrades: How They Help Tourists, Event Planners, and Business Travelers

Skift Meetings

What The White Lotus Can Teach Event Planners

Meeting professionals can learn how to avoid making major mistakes in food and beverage, attendee health, and more by heeding the lessons of the offbeat hit TV show, The White Lotus.

What The White Lotus Can Teach Event Planners

Skift Meetings

Meeting Planners Scramble After Hotels Raise Rates

Higher lodging costs are complicating the already tricky task of planning an event.

Meeting Planners Scramble After Hotels Raise Rates

Business Travel

SAP Concur to Help Businesses Sync Meeting Planning With Travel Expense Management

We anticipate a convergence between travel expense management and meeting planning. Companies will see a boom in internal meetings for team bonding and training as the pandemic subsides. So they'll need software to rein in costs.

SAP Concur to Help Businesses Sync Meeting Planning With Travel Expense Management
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Meetings

How Houston Is Preparing for a Busy Year of Meetings and Events

Covid-19 has shaken up the meetings and events industry. But with preparation and quick action — and safety top of mind — Houston First Corporation has set up the city for a bumper calendar of events in 2021 as the country looks toward recovery from the pandemic.

How Houston Is Preparing for a Busy Year of Meetings and Events

Meetings

Finding the Right Venue Still Plagues Meeting Planners Despite Digital Tools

Most planners still have a hard time sourcing and booking the right venue for an event. High costs and rude salespeople are only a couple of the obstacles they face despite new technology aimed to help ease the process.

Finding the Right Venue Still Plagues Meeting Planners Despite Digital Tools
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Meetings

New eBook: The Comprehensive Guide to Generating More Meeting and Event Leads

Event venues aiming to generate more meetings and events business need to step up their digital marketing game and leverage new technologies that help them boost their visibility.

New eBook: The Comprehensive Guide to Generating More Meeting and Event Leads
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Meetings

Why Downtown Kansas City Is a Creative Crossroads for Business and Leisure Travel

Kansas City’s renaissance has made it a compelling destination for meeting planners who want to provide their attendees with not only top-notch convention infrastructure, but rich art and cultural experiences and next-level culinary offerings.

Why Downtown Kansas City Is a Creative Crossroads for Business and Leisure Travel