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NOVEMBER 2, 2016
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Meetings & Events
Corporate Travel Management
Incentives & Rewards
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The International Association of Conference Centers (IACC) has just released a second installment of Meeting Rooms of the Future.The report highlights changing meeting styles and demands of today’s attendees. Are you incorporating some of these ideas at your events?
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Networking Areas:
Today’s attendees want spaces to network beyond the lobby or pre-function space. Today’s venues need to have a variety of flexible moveable furniture to create areas to collaborate, network and interact. In the next 3 -5 years, look for venues to provide alternatives with multiple flexible layouts like “fireside chat” seating, chalk paint walls, communal tables and chairs and more lounge-style rooms. Easy access to outdoor space is also important for planners. |
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Bandwidth:
High quality bandwidth and Internet infrastructure is critical for meeting venues and planners say venues generally don’t offer enough. More venues are purchasing their technology outright as opposed to lease agreements. |
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Collaborative Tech:
As tools such as apps, beacon technology and video conferencing technology gain traction, collaborative technology platforms and the IT staff to provide them are at a crossroads. Meeting planners say conference apps, social media campaigns and audience participation apps were the top three technologies implemented at meetings in the past five years. |
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F & B:
Continuous, healthy and locally sourced refreshment breaks are the preferred option for food & beverage stations. More finger foods that allow attendees to freely move and mingle are favoured over static seating arrangements. The importance of sustainability, wellness snacks and themed specialty menu items were important to the delegate experience. |
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
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Get Cozy
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MEETINGS + EVENTS
2017 Meetings Forecast
The fifth annual CWT Meetings & Events Forecast suggests room rates are likely to remain stable for next year, with the impact of mega-mergers not expected until 2018. The report predicts that meeting technology providers will be the next industry area ripe for consolidation. In addition, food & beverage prices are increasing globally, despite concerns from planners that food chews up a disproportionately large part of an event budget. Small plate tapas-style menus help to mitigate steep prices.
CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
Today’s Business Traveller
The 20 - 30 age group is redefining corporate travel, according to the latest research from ACTE Global and American Express Business Travel. The use of app-based ground transportation has doubled in the last three years. This demographic is more open to the shared economy for accommodation and more interested in work-life balance. They incorporate bleisure travel on business trips and bring family with them when they travel. A large majority of travel managers (76 per cent) have, or will introduce company apps for travellers to access real-time information while they travel. CTMs are also incorporating mobile booking and expense management apps for staff. More than half of CTMs (54 per cent) have tightened security policies to allay traveller’s fears of personal safety while travelling.
INCENTIVES + REWARDS
Four Seasons R & D
The Four Seasons experience the world over is synonymous with luxury, but they do have a method to discover the perfect touches for guests. The new Four Seasons Research and Discovery Studio is a workshop based at their headquarters in Toronto, and drives decisions from sheet thread counts to glassware and cutlery. The space includes a bed, a fully functional bar, a tabletop staging area and cardboard representations of a variety of guestrooms. The research studio helps to recognize how guest behaviours evolve and how the hotel elements work together to adapt to those changes.
Share your event news, case studies or story ideas with us here at ignitemag.ca.
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MPI Holiday Events
Where: Check the Canadian provincial chapters for up-to-date information about holiday events.
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Program Manager - Conference, Event & Incentive Travel
Our intermediate program manager at Dragonfly Meeting Solutions Inc. will have a broad scope of project responsibilities and manage a variety of projects for our roster of high profile corporate clients. Reporting to the president and collaborating with other program managers, creative teams, sales and account services and preferred vendors, he/she will be responsible for planning, organizing and implementing all aspects of assigned programs. Proven success in corporate event project management logistics is required.
Live Events Production Manager
Our live events production manager at Dragonfly Meeting Solutions Inc. will have a broad scope of production responsibilities and manage a variety of projects for our roster of high profile corporate clients. Reporting to the president and working with our program managers, creative team, and sales and account services, he/she will be responsible for planning, organizing and implementing all aspects of live event stage production. Proven success in all aspects of project management and show production is required.
Conference Services Manager
For this part time position at Delta Hotel Burnaby Conference Centre, you will be responsible for the coordination and supervision of in-house conferences and conventions. Reporting to the director of sales & marketing you will meet with internal staff to ensure all team members are aware of client’s needs. You will need a minimum of two years of sales or CSM experience and a sound knowledge of catering operations.
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