Whether you’re looking for a new home for a sun-loving incentive group, a brand-spanking-new ballroom in downtown D.C., or a sure-to-be-hot luxury boutique in Vegas, 2014 is going to be a great year to book meeting space.
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The amenity that most influences planners' booking decisions is discounted sleeping rooms, according to a Cvent survey of 800 U.S.-based meeting planners. Meanwhile, the most attractive amenity to their attendees is free Wi-Fi/Internet.
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More than 180 corporate, association, government, and independent meeting planners responded to the second annual Destination Hotels & Resorts State of the Meetings Industry survey in September 2013. Here’s what they see ahead in 2014:
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David Peckinpaugh, president of Maritz Travel, discusses “marketing 3.0,” or community-to-community marketing and how that trend is influencing meeting design.
Paul Salinger, vice president of marketing at Oracle Corp. and acting chairman of the Green Meeting Industry Council Board of Directors, discusses both tactical and strategic steps involved in getting a green meeting program off the ground.
With hotel RevPAR expected to continue to grow through 2015, Michael Dominguez, senior vice president of corporate hotel sales for MGM Resorts International, offers advice to meeting planners on strategic negotiation practices.
