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Carol Lynch

Spring Elite Meetings Alliance Sees Record Numbers

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With over 1193 one-on-one appointments being scheduled through FaceTime Appointment Scheduler, the Elite Meetings Alliance at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was our largest event to date. Cate DeLaRosa of Ameriprise Financial said, “The networking and one-on-ones were fantastic and of the 16 meeting I had, I will very likely book with five of them in the future.” Praise for the event came in from suppliers and buyers alike. Kris [...]

by Carol Lynch on May 18, 2011

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Power Planner of the Quarter

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Who is a Power Planner? Quite simply, a Power Planner is a member of the Elite Meetings Community who has consistently used EliteMeetings.com for hotel searches, rated and reviewed properties, sent RFPs through SpeedRFP, booked meetings at Elite Certified hotels, and shares EliteMeetings.com with their peers and the rest of the industry. This quarter we are recognizing an amazing meeting professional who has risen to the occasion and exceeded our [...]

by Carol Lynch on May 17, 2011

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The Origins of FaceTime Appointment Scheduler

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Meeting professionals and show managers are on a nonstop quest to find efficiency and value for their events. Everyone knows that face-to-face meetings help develop relationships and initiate business partnerships. However, time and financial constraints make one-on-one meetings nearly impossible to organize and track without a savvy system. When we launched our Elite Meetings Alliance events in 2006, we quickly learned how time-consuming it was to keep track of our [...]

by Carol Lynch on April 27, 2011

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Planner Community: Meetings Industry Forecasts and Trends

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Check out our latest Planner Community Newsletter! If you want to receive this in your email every month, you can email us by clicking here. The New Year represents new beginnings for many of us. There is a sense of hopefulness and anticipation in the air. As an industry, we’ve begun to see many of our meetings, events and incentive travel programs reappear. We are hopeful to see this trend [...]

by Carol Lynch on February 25, 2011

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Planner Community: Meeting Planning Standards of the Future

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Check out our latest Planner Community Newsletter! If you want to receive this in your email every month, you can email us by clicking here. It isn’t easy being green, as Kermit the Frog sang on “Sesame Street.” And sustainability is a complex subject — drawing many philosophical discussions. But, green meetings and environmental sustainability affect all of us. Meetings are global, and so is sustainability. [READ MORE] As meeting [...]

by Carol Lynch on December 9, 2010

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Power Planner of the Quarter

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Who is a Power Planner? Quite simply, a Power Planner is a member of the Elite Meetings Community who has consistently used EliteMeetings.com for hotel searches, rated and reviewed properties, sent RFPs through SpeedRFP, booked meetings at Elite Certified hotels, and shares EliteMeetings.com with their peers and the rest of the industry. This quarter we are recognizing an amazing meeting professional who has risen to the occasion and exceeded our [...]

by Carol Lynch on December 3, 2010

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Planner Community: How Planners Help Bridge The Gap

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Check out our latest Planner Community Newsletter! If you want to receive this in your email every month, you can email us by clicking here. Maritz Travel, led by President and CEO Christine Duffy, has been a strong proponent for helping organizations better understand and appreciate the value created through meetings, events and incentives and recognizing the key contribution meeting and event professionals play in delivering those results. As businesses [...]

by Carol Lynch on November 4, 2010

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The Typical Elite Meetings Planner

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The profile of the Elite Meeting International Planner may be different than you think. Our planners are made up of presidents of small companies, senior level directors, meeting planners, executive assistants and administrative assistants.  We do have planners from Fortune 500 companies but the majority of the planners come from companies and organizations that are not well known. They are also very loyal; once an Elite Meetings’ planner uses EliteMeetings.com or [...]

by Carol Lynch on October 27, 2010

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Power Planner of the Quarter

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Who is a Power Planner? Quite simply, a Power Planner is a member of the Elite Meetings Community who has consistently used EliteMeetings.com for hotel searches, rated and reviewed properties, sent RFPs through SpeedRFP, booked meetings at Elite Certified hotels, and shares EliteMeetings.com with their peers and the rest of the industry. This quarter we are recognizing an amazing meeting professional who has risen to the occasion and exceeded our [...]

by Carol Lynch on August 16, 2010

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Call it a Comeback!

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Luxury is alive! We’ve recently heard from two luxury brand hotel chains, Starwood⎯regarding W Hotels, St Regis, and Luxury Collection⎯as well as Marriott’s Ritz-Carlton Hotels, confirming that meeting and incentive travelers are back and booking business with shorter lead times. Starwood reports a 28% increase for the W Brand over 2009 and 15% for St. Regis and Luxury Collection. Marriott also gave a positive report for business travel and stated [...]

by Carol Lynch on May 7, 2010

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