By Stephanie Clifton, Director of Meetings/Incentives, Acendas Travel The dirty little secret is that as much as people say they detest meetings; the truth is a well-designed and well-run meeting is productive with both short and long-term results as a byproduct. A few weeks ago, Acendas Travel hosted 50-plus travel
While risk management practices have improved and evolved over time, gaps still exist for a majority of companies in a variety of functional areas — sometimes unknowingly. A recent survey of event planners reveals that only 45 percent of companies have policies in place to support the risk associated with
The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) recently released a 2018 Trends Study. This study emphasizes 10 crucial trends that will impact corporations, their goods and services in 2018. From industry enthusiasm to apprehensions and risk and security, the study finds top areas of revolution and their consequences for personnel engagement, incentive
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The problem: Many corporations are not tracking over two-thirds of their bookings of less than 25 hotel rooms and meetings with 50 or fewer participants. With 80% of groups and meetings booked outside of company departments, data, savings, visibility and compliance lost with each booking. Additionally, processes for small groups
Tysons Corner, Va. – March 8, 2016 – Cvent, Inc.(NYSE: CVT), a leading cloud-based enterprise event management company, today released its annual list of top hotels for meetings and events in the United States, according to meeting and event booking activity through its Cvent Supplier Network. In addition, the company
Saving time and money are the top reasons that today’s executives seek to outsource site selection. Due to arduous processes, hotel sourcing is one of the top services to be outsourced. Have you been assigned this year’s upcoming large conference and have no idea where to start? Acendas Meetings and
Originally posted by Daniel Metz on May 12, 2014 on pcma.org. Are you worried about filling the rooms in your hotel contract at your next meeting? You’re not alone. As planners review room block pick-up reports, lagging numbers can cause some serious stress in the weeks and months leading up
