Posted in Housing, Meeting Planning, Tools, tagged attrition, Event, event planning, hotel rooms, MeCo, meeting, planning on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Or, more accurately… Have a room, leave a room: need a room, take a room.
The MeetingsCommunity Online (MeCo) has added a fantastic member benefit! On June 20, MeCo introduced a message board dedicated to finding and offering attrition resale rooms!
I have rooms to sell! What do I do?
If you ever find yourself in a position [...]
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Posted in Contracts, Event Marketing, Housing, Meeting Planning, tagged costs, discounts, Event, event planning, meeting, planning, transportation on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Be a hero to your attendees - help them save money on their participation in your meeting!
Helping your participants save money isn’t an entirely altruistic endeavor. Meeting organizers can earn benefits while participants receive discounts. Meetings of all sizes and shapes can qualify for these discount programs.
Airline Discounts
Many airlines offer discount group fares - with [...]
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Posted in Green, Housing, Meeting Planning, Venues, tagged element, environment, Event, event planning, Gather, Green, hotel, LEED, meeting, starwood, venue on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Starwood is fighting the good fight when it comes to the “green movement”. They have pledged that their new line of hotels, Element, based on the Westin concept, will all be built to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED-Certification standards.
Hospitality Net has a great article with lots of detail about the concept, including how Element [...]
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Posted in Event Marketing, Housing, Meeting Planning, Venues, tagged Event, event planning, Gather, hotel, internet, meeting, planning, travel, venue, web on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Omni Hotels has rolled out the coolest thing since web check-in for flights. Web check-in for your hotel room! They’ve taken it one step further, too - you can check in using your web-equipped mobile device.
We all know that the smallest details can have a major impact on how attendees perceive the success of an [...]
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