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Chengcheng Feng

EVENT PLANNING AS A FUNCTION IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY - Tags: HOSPITALITY industry B... - 0 views

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      Chengcheng Feng on 19 Nov 13
       
      This article provides an overview of the concept of planning as it applies to the conduct of events. The author mentioned the planning progress and its importance. In its simplest form, the planning process consists of establishing where an organization is at present, where it is best advised to go in the future, and the strategies or tactics needed to achieve that position. In the context of new events, this stage involves making decisions, duration, location/venue, timing, and key programs elements that will serve to make the event unique or special. Whether an event will be successful or not will depend on the range of plans that went into the process of producing the event. Event planners are challenged to create new plans that move the productivity up not down.
Jenna Rashbaum

Green Hotels - Sustainability Initiatives Embraced by Green Hotels - 0 views

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shared by Jenna Rashbaum on 02 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Jenna Rashbaum on 02 Oct 12
     
    Green meetings and environment concerns are becoming more and more known and hotel are opting for green programs in their hotels. This article talks about a hotel in Vail, Colorado that has committed to decreasing their environment footprint by going more green in many ways. As an event planner you should ask your hotels that you are using how they are making an effort to being green in specific areas.
  • Jenna Rashbaum on 02 Oct 12
     
    Water conservation is a big green initiative that we are seeing in a lot of hotels by having signs up if you want your towels washed leave them on the floor but if you will reuse them to hang them up. This is conserving a lot of water by saving on laundry. Hotels that have conference centers can really make use out of the green initiative with an alternative to bottled water. If they give out complimentary refillable bottles and put in water dispensers in easy and convenient locations it will help to support waste reduction.
kgill017

Event Technology Impacts Every Aspect of Meetings But Needs Wider Adoption - 1 views

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  • kgill017 on 07 Nov 16
     
    This ariticle discusses the impact that event technology applications and discusses some services that can produce account based information and other data useful to meeting planners. It emphasizes that although many planners are using electronic RFP's the biggest issue is response time. It also mentions Zenvoy as a method of like minded people to connect.
Yongjoon Ji

Message Blocks: Event Planning in the Digital Age | Xconomy - 0 views

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shared by Yongjoon Ji on 12 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Len Gauger, founder of the Ann Arbor-based startup Message Blocks, is pumped; his event-planning software company is off to a good start, he says.
  • He saw a market for software that would allow organizers to coordinate all planning documents in one place online, with the capacity to collect registrations, edit conference agendas, and incorporate real-time reporting—all managed via smartphone app.
  • Yongjoon Ji on 13 Nov 12
     
    Len Gauger is the founder of Message Blocks. Since he was younger, event planning was a big part of his job. He usually managed about twenty events per year. He learned a lot from his past mistakes: the more people involved in the planning process, the more chaotic it became. He saw a market for a software that would allow organizers to coordinate all planning documents in one place online, with the capacity to collect registrations, edit conference agendas, and incorporate real-time reporting all managed via a smartphone app. This is a very good example of using technology in the event industry. Instead of waiting until the morning to get hold of event planner, it is easy to communicate with the company 24/7 online.
jennifer amador

PSAV Bringing Power to Presentations at The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel Toronto - 0 views

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  • PSAV Bringing Power to Presentations at The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel Toronto
  • Toronto -- For The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto, an event-technology partner is a team to rely on for audiovisual, maximizing event messaging and even to support each group's power requirements. This CAA/AAA Four Diamond hotel has found its event technology partner in PSAV® Presentation Services.
  • First and foremost, Ashton said PSAV's ability to quickly react to last minute requirements from event planners and guests is a key
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  • reason why having an onsite team is so valuable to The Westin Harbour Castle.
  • Being an onsite event technology partner that also handles power distributor means being able to respond to power-management needs for events, meeting rooms and tradeshows with ease," Coleman said. "As the on-site technology authority, PSAV is able to ensure that the Westin is prepared for a wide range of client needs, while freeing up the property's engineering staff. We monitor the power consumption of each group to help the hotel bill its customers for only the power they actually use. This leads to greater customer satisfaction, loyalty and repeat business for both PSAV and the facility.
  • Another way that PSAV is providing partner value to The Westin Harbour Castle is during the site inspection process. Remaining present whenever prospects come to tour the hotel and discuss their event needs is helping to "close the deal," Ashton said.
  • jennifer amador on 10 Jun 12
     
    This articles goes about descriping about how great and productive PSAV audio visual company is; and how it benefits for both hoteliers and guests "site inspectors". Nevertheless, Hotels such as The Westin has carry on a responsibility for its guests and future guests in providing the best quality as far as visuals and audio sounds is concern. Furthermore, PSAV has been producing large amount of revenue as well as new customers especially in the hospitality industry; as it is one of the most greatest and rapid growing industry in the United States Nations.
zport003

How Event Planning And Hospitality Intersect — The Everwall Blog - 0 views

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  • zport003 on 03 Oct 18
     
    This article answers two major questions; what is the connection between event management and the hospitality field? Why exactly is event planning considered to fall under the umbrella of hospitality? The link between event planning and hospitality is that the set of skills needed to succeed in the various hospitality-related careers is similar to those required to be a successful event planner. Some of these skills include quick thinking, in-depth understanding of logistics, strong organizational streak and maintaining good relationships with people. Both require having the ability to understand and meet of the customers without exceeding the budget. Just like running a business, hosting an event is a difficult job and requires a person with the ability to handle pressure. The article concludes by stating that though people in the two fields may face different challenges, the approach of solving these challenges remains the same.
breid018

https://institute-of-event-management.com/what-is-event-planning - 1 views

Event planning may seem like it's easy, but it takes a lot of work. In the article, it gives four points of view of how event planning is defined. The industry view explains that it can be a conven...

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ealmi001

Event Management Software 2020 Trends | EventRebels - 1 views

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  • ealmi001 on 27 Jul 20
     
    According to the article Event Management Software 2020 Trends, from a general perspective, the remarkable growth can be linked to the rise of technology-based goods and services across all markets. That said, the Mordor Intelligence study provides some more nuanced insights into why event management software growth has become one of the biggest event trends for 2020. Among these is the usefulness of mobile applications in the event setting. Mobile apps allow for event planners, speakers and attendees to stay up to date on everything in real time.
Irine Wallace

Stefanie Michaels: HOTELS TAKING "GOING GREEN" TO NEW TOPS WITH GREEN ROOFS - 1 views

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  • Green roofs, also called 'vegetative', 'living', or 'eco-roofs', are living plants installed on top of traditional roofs. In addition to providing a haven for birds and other wildlife, the green roof provides many other benefits for the environment-- the reduction of storm water runoff, reduction in the amount of blacktop roofs in the city which reduces the heat island effect and reduction of HVAC cooling loads resulting in the lowering of utility bills. Green roofs also have the additional advantages of lengthening the waterproofing membrane life of the roof and help to improve the air and water quality of the area.
  • Green roofs, also called 'vegetative', 'living', or 'eco-roofs', are living plants installed on top of traditional roofs. In addition to providing a haven for birds and other wildlife, the green roof provides many other benefits for the environment-- the reduction of storm water runoff, reduction in the amount of blacktop roofs in the city which reduces the heat island effect and reduction of HVAC cooling loads resulting in the lowering of utility bills. Green roofs also have the additional advantages of lengthening the waterproofing membrane life of the roof and help to improve the air and water quality of the area.
  • Green roofs, also called 'vegetative', 'living', or 'eco-roofs', are living plants installed on top of traditional roofs. In addition to providing a haven for birds and other wildlife, the green roof provides many other benefits for the environment-- the reduction of storm water runoff, reduction in the amount of blacktop roofs in the city which reduces the heat island effect and reduction of HVAC cooling loads resulting in the lowering of utility bills. Green roofs also have the additional advantages of lengthening the waterproofing membrane life of the roof and help to improve the air and water quality of the area.
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  • Green roofs, also called 'vegetative', 'living', or 'eco-roofs', are living plants installed on top of traditional roofs. In addition to providing a haven for birds and other wildlife, the green roof provides many other benefits for the environment-- the reduction of storm water runoff, reduction in the amount of blacktop roofs in the city which reduces the heat island effect and reduction of HVAC cooling loads resulting in the lowering of utility bills. Green roofs also have the additional advantages of lengthening the waterproofing membrane life of the roof and help to improve the air and water quality of the area.
  • Irine Wallace on 28 Aug 12
     
    Green Initiative by Hilton Hotel Hotels as well as other service industries are looking for new ways to run more efficiently and looking to nature to give them some ideas. The latest in green technology is allowing hotels to push the eco-envelope and create energy efficient roof systems that also help the environment, and provide a visually beautiful space for their guests to enjoy. Hilton Hotel chain recently constructed Hilton Baltimore to break records with their proactive "green" policy, by creating garden to cover the entire roof, which Hilton looks upon as a commitment to the community and environment- a top level priority which stems from the top at the corporate level and is implemented down to the property level. This kind of innovation benefits all the major stakeholders…….it helps the environment by reducing rain water run-off, creates habitants for birds to thrive, helps to keep the hotel cool thereby reducing utility expense, it also provides a conducive atmosphere for the guest to enjoy and above all it generates good will for Hilton Hotels. This is not just happening in the U.S. Hotels around the globe are choosing to guide their business towards efficiency utilizing green roof technology. Besides recycling, and purchasing 'Green Sustainable Energy Credits' for 50% of the energy it utilizes annually, InterContinental Chicago hotel initiated "waste minimization" with a program that donates table scraps and leftover foods to local farms or composting sites. They have also introduced 'Green Weddings' and 'Green Meetings' options for event planners, bicycle rentals, organic wines and foods, and distribute seeds to employees to encourage giving back to the environment.
kathy_douglas

Florida tourism jobs, training to increase - Sun Sentinel - 0 views

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  • Tourism projections show visitation is expected to climb to 127 million tourists in 2020, according to Visit Florida, the state's official tourism marketing organization.lRelated BusinessSwanky Villas at Crane's BeachHouse to debut on Nov. 1See all related8 To accommodate that growth, Florida will need 315,000 new hospitality jobs, forecast data show.
  • new training and certification program for hospitality employees
  • Visit Florida also is rolling out several other programs to keep the destination top-of-mind with domestic and international travelers.
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  • Visit Florida unveiled the training program and its other new initiatives Tuesday during the 47th Annual Florida Governor's Conference on Tourism at the Boca Raton Resort & Club
  • kathy_douglas on 12 Oct 14
     
    Visit Florida has announced they are coming out with a new, free certificate and training for hospitality employees. Due to the increase in Florida tourism, they will launch this new program to hopefully keep more tourists coming back because of the remarkable hospitality they received. Tourism is up from 2012 and they feel 2014 will surpass 2013, which the state welcomed 93.7 million visitors. That being said, this is a great opportunity for our industry. This will open so many doors for event planners and other hotel positions to help with the increasing tourism and being able to cater to their needs.
artandmer

Best Way to Display Photos in Weddings using Social Walls - 1 views

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shared by artandmer on 14 Jun 22 - No Cached
  • Technology has changed the way we interact with our weddings.
  • Most of the couples prefer having a website for a wedding combined with a Social wedding wall.
  • In Social Walls, Text, photos and video messages which are posted using the special wedding hashtag, are put together with the help of social media aggregator tool.
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  • after moderation, they are posted live
  • You can easily display a social media stream over an LCD screen or big plasma installed at the wedding location
  • The wedding hashtag you created for the posts should be placed somewhere where it is clearly visible
  • It’s a great way to see a wedding from multiple perspectives.
  • artandmer on 14 Jun 22
     
    Hotel certified wedding planners and event and catering managers can promote social media walls to weddings, social groups, and business conventions to not only enhance the guests' hotel experience, but to also generate organic UGC (user generated content) to use in its social media marketing strategy. A relatively minimal amount of hardware is required as building a social wall can be accomplished with either an LCD projector or LED screens and a social media aggregator tool. Hotels can create new revenue streams for their F&B Department.
Dandan Mao

E-proDirect Unites Its Collection of Hospitality Marketing and Technology Solutions Und... - 0 views

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E-proDirect Unites Its Collection of Hospitality Marketing and Technology Solutions Under One Common Brand Identity |

shared by Dandan Mao on 30 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • E-proDirect takes an important step in uniting the company by launching a new common brand identity. It reflects a combination of the company’s innovative product line, as well as their success as one of the true pioneers in the hospitality industry.
  • DirectConnect: A direct e-mail marketing and lead generation solution. We offer targeted e-mail prospecting, solicitation and electronic mail marketing campaign management.            MeetingMart: Designed by hospitality professionals for the meetings and hospitality industry and is a one-stop portal for meeting and event planners. MeetingMart includes a comprehensive resource for research and evaluation of hotels, resorts, meeting facilities and other suppliers from around the world. EproMeetingApps: Custom native mobile app solution for hotels & events that increases engagement and allows attendees a fast and easy way to access event and area information while offering event organizers a significant return on investment through a wide variety of sponsorship opportunities. EproDMC: An online solution that saves meeting & event organizers time & money. EproDMC automates event planning transportation procurement, reporting, and invoicing with no fees or markups!
  • Dandan Mao on 30 Mar 13
     
    "E-proDirect takes an important step in uniting the company by launching a new common brand identity. It reflects a combination of the company's innovative product line, as well as their success as one of the true pioneers in the hospitality industry."
yuzhu li

IHG Takes Meetings Online with Passkey's GroupMAX Technology | hospitalityupgrade.com - 0 views

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shared by yuzhu li on 30 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • developed by U.S.-based Passkey, allows hotels, event planners and attendees to fully automate their group reservations process, offering more convenience, greater economic value and a more streamlined meetings process for all parties.
  • GroupMAX is designed for use by any standard Web browser or smartphone.
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  • Live event tracking:
  • Automated room lists:
  • Increased pickup:
  • Professional email marketing:
  • yuzhu li on 30 Oct 12
     
    IHG is a key user of PASSKEY, a cloud based platform as one of the travel industry's de-facto standard hotel booking technologies for meetings and events. And the GroupMAX hosted entirely on line and provided a seamless way for MICE to book their hotel rooms more efficient and convenient process. The 23 IHG properties in Asian-pacific deploying GourpMAX will be equipped with a suite of tools that insure peace-of-mind and higher levels of service for clients, like online booking, live event tracking, automated room lists, etc.  In my opinion, the Group customers playing an important role day by day, as a trend, hotels cann't have the great advantage by only provide a meeting space but more software combined. 
david swatscheno

Social Media and The Changing Face of Event Planning | Illinois Meetings and Events - 0 views

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  • david swatscheno on 27 Jul 12
     
    This article focuses on the success of using social media and event planning togther. The opportunity to be able to create events on facebook and linkedin is great and easy for the event planners. Social media and facebook changed the way of life for one guys company. He started using facebook to get his name out there and his business has been growing non stop ever since. This is just the way things are now and if you want to keep up with everyone else you must adjust to the way things are now.
JIACHEN LI

Hospitality Marketing & Technology Solutions | E-proDirect - 0 views

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  • JIACHEN LI on 07 Apr 13
     
    The article is talking about E-proDirect solution. This solution divide to 3 parts. One is DirectConnect. This solution can directly contact with over 80000 customers at one time. Moreover this solution can give the guests immediate responses. Finally, the owner can get a satisfied return on investment. One is MeetingDirect. The event resources are online that meeting planner can easily get details on the website or mobile phone. Also, This is a free tool to make you meet the meeting planner from different countries. The last one is EproMeetingApps. This apps can help you keep the attendees connected and calculate your budgets.
Yingjie Cao

Cutting-Edge Audience Feedback - Meetings And Conventions - 0 views

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Meetings Technology

shared by Yingjie Cao on 20 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Audience-response systems (ARS) have become more sophisticated and portable, allowing presenters to ask questions on the fly and attendees to get involved in a program's content.
  • You can use it for surveys and evaluations. You can use it to engage attendees. You can use it for gaming. You can collect valuable information that you can publish after the event. You can grab it all with one tool
  • Devices also can be individually assigned to attendees to count attendance for crediting purposes
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  • the IML Connector has a more powerful microphone, eliminating the need for a fleet-footed helper to run the mike around the room. An extra feature is a speaker, allowing attendees to listen to simultaneous interpretation through the handset or headphones.  
  • No computer is needed when the devices are paired with the handheld base unit, called the Reply Solo, which gathers the answers and displays the results.
  • Each transmitter has a small LCD screen that indicates which answer the attendee has chosen.
  • As long as Wi-Fi is available, responses to Poll Everywhere surveys also can be sent in by laptops, iPads and iPod Touches. And answers can be tweeted and still come straight into the presenter's PowerPoint slides in seconds
  • Yingjie Cao on 20 Oct 12
     
    Technology absolutely plays important role to facilitate meetings and conference running smoothly. The Audience-response systems (ARS) ease the communication between attendees and speaker, which encourages the engagement from participants. As one big goal of meeting and convention is to bring people together and let them know each other, technology like ARS is essential for a successful meeting. According to most planners' experience, it's really annoying to pass around the microphone when somebody wants to ask question. The new microphone function is also added into ARS so that attendees can ask question without waiting for passing the microphone. In addition, ARS can track attendance for crediting purpose. As long as WiFi is available, surveys can be sent by laptops, iPads and iPod touches.
Chenchen zheng

Green Hotel Chains - 0 views

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hotel green

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  • Chenchen zheng on 18 Sep 12
     
    Today, going green is one of the defining movements of our time. The movement to conserve and replenish the earth's resources continues to build momentum and meeting planners and suppliers are doing their share to advance the cause. It is really a very good phenomenon that some major hotel chains are making to help planners organize eco-friendly meetings and events. This article talked about what the major hotel chains are doing to support eco-friendly meetings. 1. Toronto-based Fairmont Hotels & Resorts' Eco-Meet program. 2. Hilton International has declared that all of its 3,600 properties will be using its carbon calculator program, which the system analyzes 200 operational practices, including housekeeping, paper product usage, food waste and transportation, and determines their environmental impact in terms of energy and water use, waste production and carbon output. 3. Hyatt Hotels & Resorts' Meet and Be Green initiative, offers clients a 3 percent rebate on qualifying charges on the final pretax master bill for following the chain's 10-point green guidelines. 4. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants became one of the first hotel chains to offer a dedicated green meetings package brandwide, attracting immediate interest from corporate clients such as Microsoft and Aveda. 5. Marriott has offered green meetings standards across its JW Marriott, Marriott, Renaissance Hotels & Resorts and Courtyard by Marriott brands. 6. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide recently announced it would implement its new Sustainable Meeting Practices (SMPs). According to those hotel chains , by following the Eco-Meet guidelines, groups can save up to thoughts of plastic water bottles, aluminum cans, writing pads, pencils, paper cups and other else per year.
vmorr026

SPG Hotels Sustainability Programs | Marriott Corporate Responsibility - 0 views

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shared by vmorr026 on 22 Sep 17 - No Cached
  • Make a Green Choice (MAGC) Make a Green Choice (MAGC) is our guest-facing sustainability and loyalty program in which our guests can choose to help reduce our environmental footprint. Any guest at a participating SPG hotel can Make a Green Choice by forgoing full housekeeping for up to three days in a row (excluding their check-out day). For each night a guest opts into MAGC, they receive 250-500 Starpoints or a $5/5€ Food & Beverage voucher, while helping to reduce the use of water, energy and chemicals. Sustainable Food & Beverage We aim to integrate leading sustainable and social practices and principles into our core Food & Beverage strategy and operations. We are working to reduce the negative impacts of our business while supporting locally sourced ingredients and their suppliers. View Sustainable Food & Beverage Policy (PDF) Sustainable Meeting Practices (SMP) Sustainable Meeting Practices (SMP) includes a globally aligned collection of initiatives that integrate environmental and social concerns into the meeting process. This includes a Meeting Impact Report that calculates the carbon footprint of a customer’s meeting, tracks the sustainable practices incorporated during the event, and provides the ability to offset the meeting’s carbon footprint.
  • vmorr026 on 22 Sep 17
     
    Sustainability strategies are being imposed in hotel chains and one program that I am familiar with is the MAGC in which starwood properties participated in. They have the guidelins to be on brand with these sustainability programs which is both beneficial to our guests loyalty and help sustain on what is left in nature. It has been shown in this topic the different programs that involves every department. The MAGC being introduced or offered to guests upon check-in is a good way to let our guests know that we truly cares and value our environment. And email receipt is also recommended. The SMP is for company or meeting planners with the recommendation of going paperless and go digital and still be efficient and effective. This is also to prevent the property and participants in making unnecessary wastes.
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