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Tag Archives: Event Planners
Stronger Together: The CVB-Planner Connection
March 18, 2025
When it comes to planning a successful event, the relationship between a meeting planner and the host city’s convention and visitors bureau (CVB) is the ultimate power partnership.
ConventionSouth’s annual CVB & Planner Relationship Survey reveals gains and gaps
March 13, 2024
The adage “numbers don’t lie” means good things for the meetings and events industry, according to the results of ConventionSouth’s annual CVB & Planner Relationship Survey. Despite higher consumer costs and interest rates in recent years—which tend to impact businesses across all sectors—CVB representatives and event planners report …
Fall 2023 State of the Industry Report: A look where the industry is and where it’s heading
October 12, 2023
The state of the industry is strong, with a consensus that the outlook for meetings and events is bright.
What you need to know before negotiating contracts: A conversation with industry veteran Joan Eisenstodt
October 10, 2023
Joan Eisenstodt wears a lot of hats: consultant, educator, expert witness, entrepreneur.
Hyatt offers planners resources and information with Event Experience Guides
April 18, 2023
Hyatt Hotels has announced Together by Hyatt’s new Event Experience Guides designed to provide meeting planners with a wide variety of resources and information.
ConventionSouth’s 2023 CVB & Planner Relationship Survey
March 10, 2023
Good news from ConventionSouth’s annual CVB & Planner Relationship Survey: More than 40 percent—the largest number of planner respondents—say they are planning 11 or more events in the South in the next 12 months.
Keeping attendee data secure in a digital world: A conversation with Jill Joerling Blood, lead legal counsel, Maritz Global Events
March 10, 2023
As state laws aimed at securing consumers’ personal information proliferate, planners need to stay abreast of legal cybersecurity requirements.
ConventionSouth’s Winter 2022 Industry Trends Report reaffirms the impact of CVB-planner relationships
March 14, 2022
"It’s a relationship profession.” That’s how one planner describes the meetings and events industry in ConventionSouth’s Winter 2022 CVB & Planner Relationships Survey.
Take a deep breath: How event profs can maintain their mental health during stressful times
October 18, 2021
How does one find time to address one’s mental health when many teams are overworked, understaffed, and just trying to get through the day-to-day routine?
