As an association event planner, you’re competing for attention from a busy audience. Your members have increasing daily demands, budget challenges, and overflowing inboxes. But the stakes are high — 47% of associations cite a lack of engagement as the…
Event planning in a time of elevated costs can feel like creating a three-star experience on a boxed wine budget – everyone wants a showstopper, but rising expenses across the board are making it harder to deliver. While event planners…
New Open Block Inventory Feature & Aura by Streampoint In recent months, Streampoint has launched two transformative solutions designed to streamline and enhance event management: Open Block Inventory, an innovative new feature within Resiada that addresses full hotel room…
For event managers and group housing managers, understanding attrition in hotel contracts is essential to avoid unexpected financial penalties and keep event planning on track. Attrition refers to the minimum number of rooms that need to be booked within a…
At first glance, room block management may seem straightforward: send RFPs to hotels, secure a room block, agree on terms, and check it off your to-do list. But is it really that simple? The reality is far more complex. Managing…
With the increasingly strategic role of events for companies and associations, event management has evolved far beyond the baselines of venue selection and catering. Enterprises around the world regard corporate events, like conferences, as essential components of their high-level strategic…
Events are far more intricate than they appear from the outside. Without first hand experience, it’s easy to underestimate the sheer volume of logistics involved, the pressure of immovable deadlines, and the countless tasks required for marketing events, driving attendance,…
While you help create incredible experiences from large conferences, epic festivals, and activated meetings, the success of these meetings require a lot of process and planning. Below are our top 10 tips for helping keep the planning process in check….
The hospitality industry was rocked hard by COVID-19, with in-person events grinding to a complete stop at points. As venues and event managers plan for the post-COVID uptick, though, changes will need to be considered. Here are 10 factors event…
2021 has arrived and with it, a move to start in-person events again, albeit more slowly. The events industry was one of the worst-hit due to COVID-19 but is also one that’s bouncing back. As virtual events blossomed during 2020,…