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EliteMeetings.com 4.0 Goes Members Only

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Do you want to be rich, famous, and glamorous? Ride around in a stretch hummer limo and dance the night away with A-list movie stars?! Ah, well …. for that you would have to pay a lot of money and know some good people but great thing you know us here at Elite Meetings! We may not be able to get you into top-secret nightclubs, but we might have something [...]

by Alina Itkin on December 15, 2011

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American Airlines Supports its’ Planners

  AMR Chapter 11 will not affect the Elite Meetings Alliance (EMA)   Like most of you, when AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, announced they had filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 yesterday morning it left me wondering what that meant for our upcoming event, the Elite Meetings Alliance. The film buff in me couldn’t help but conjure images of Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life railing [...]

by Margaret Holsinger on December 1, 2011

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EliteMeetings.com 4.0…Coming soon!

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I’m honestly chomping at the bit to release EliteMeetings.com version 4.0, but the team convinced me that we should wait to launch the new site until its fine tuned and ready for prime time. While I agree we should not launch until all of the new enhancements are complete, I simply can’t wait that long to share the great new look and feel…let alone the time-saving new features incorporated into [...]

by Kelly Foy on November 15, 2011

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See you at IMEX America!

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The team is preparing to head to Las Vegas for the highly anticipated IMEX America, and we hope to see you there. If you plan to attend, drop by the Elite Meetings International booth (#1068) to get a sneak peak of EliteMeetings.com 4.0! In fact, you might even be able to provide a helping hand in developing some of its new features. After all, we built the site for you, [...]

by Kelly Foy on October 5, 2011

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The Power of Print? Don’t believe what you hear, its still in demand!

We recently announced that meeting planners will be able to pick up a copy of Elite Meetings magazine at major airport newsstands, and this week I received confirmation that our presence on airport newsstands is a huge success. In fact, we received a reorder today from Hudson News for Houston area airports, which indicates that Elite Meetings magazine is selling well. That was music to my ears! This news is [...]

by Kelly Foy on July 15, 2011

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New European hotel options now available on EliteMeetings.com

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After receiving Platinum Certification by the Elite Meetings Advisory Board, nearly 100 hotels in Europe have been added to EliteMeetings.com! More will follow soon, as the endorsement process continues. The addition of these European hotels enables meeting professionals to source more international destinations by using the innovative and efficient tools provided. Click to browse the list. Elite Platinum represents the highest level of endorsement from the Elite Meetings Advisory Board, [...]

by Alda Egurrola-Wienke on October 28, 2010

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An Evolution of Meetings

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“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.”  ~ Arnold Bennett (British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist, 1867-1931) We’ve all experienced the evolution of meetings – from the development of registration tools to the progression of exhibition design (we no longer need an engineering degree to set-up a booth) as well as the maturation of contract concessions and negotiations (who doesn’t have an [...]

by Kelly Morris on August 13, 2010

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Search on — EliteMeetings.com!

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We’re pretty sure that many of you already know what Elite Meetings does but here’s a little video created by our Marketing goddess, Amanda Smith, that should help clear up any confusion! Cheers Amanda!

by Brad Pirman on August 11, 2010

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Is your RFP form APEX compliant?

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For more than 10 years, the Convention Industry Council (CIC) has been encouraging adoption of standard terminology, forms, and other elements of the business process for meeting, event, and incentive travel through its Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX).  The Accepted Practices are voluntary standards designed by the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry with the goal of streamlining business processes and creating efficiencies. Did you know that by simply using a SpeedRFP [...]

by Kelly Foy on August 4, 2010

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A Winning Team: FedEx Office and Elite Meetings

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Speaking as a meeting planner myself, I know how important printouts are to an event.  It’s one of the worst feelings when you realize you still need to print a couple hundred copies of the agenda at the last minute, only to be stuck in a business center by yourself with the world’s slowest copier. That’s why I’m so happy to announce the partnership of FedEx Office and EliteMeetings.com. This [...]

by Amanda Smith on August 2, 2010

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MPI and Vancouver…an Excellent Combination!

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Did you attend MPI’s World Education Congress in Vancouver? If you did, your days were likely packed with great presentations by industry speakers, fabulous meet and greets in the exhibit area, and just an all-around sense that the meetings industry is back on track again. Vancouver is one of my favorite places, and they played an excellent host of the event. I’m certain Vancouver made quite an impression on everyone, [...]

by Kelly Foy on July 29, 2010

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Demand Creates Supply…We’re Going to Europe!

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One of the key philosophies we follow religiously at Elite Meetings is listening to what the customer wants and needs. We believe that if we build what you want, then there’s a very good chance you’ll use it. In fact, many of the tools we’ve created were built and designed as a direct result of listening. Well, we’ve listened again and Elite Meetings is expanding to Europe. Ever since we [...]

by Kelly Foy on July 24, 2010

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Top Ten Most Viewed Properties for April 2010

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Once a month we dive into the EliteMeetings.com vaults and do a little digging. We’re like archaeologists looking for artifacts – in this case, the hotels and resorts that stand out the most among all those recommended by our Advisory Board on EliteMeetings.com.  A “Top 10 Viewed,” if you will. To determine this list, we looked at overall page views, amount of time spent on the page, and highest overall [...]

by Therese Adams on May 19, 2010

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Elite Meetings + SportEvents = Trip of a lifetime!!

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Recently Christine Gillis (corporate meeting planner from LIFE Technologies) won a trip to the Masters by using EliteMeetings.com to source great locations for her events and submit RFPs. It turned out that the trip she won (courtesy of SportEvents.com) fulfilled a lifelong dream and helped to strengthen the relationship between a daughter and her father. Thank you  for sharing your story with us Christine! From the time I was a [...]

by Mark Ley on May 5, 2010

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