Posts by Social Tables
Monday Motivation: Awesome Event Icebreakers Attendees Will Enjoy
If you’re in charge of organizing icebreakers for an event, it’s helpful to think of how you react when you hear the familiar chords of the ‘Macarena’ at a wedding. It could be ‘Yay!’ ‘Ugh!’ or ‘Meh.’ This is the likely breakdown of reactions from event attendees when they hear it’s icebreaker time. But even…
Read More Eventful News: Hackers Ahoy, Leveling the Field, & the Rise of Gen Z
Is there something lurking in the shadows, waiting to potentially derail your event? For planners who are proactive and vigilant, probably not — but as we know, vigilance starts with awareness. This week, our main stories cover some of the areas in which planners can proactively solve event problems before they ever happen. Don’t sleep…
Read More Wednesday Wisdom: How to Make a Hotel Competitive Advantage Strategy
The competitive landscape for existing hotels is more challenging than ever, with new brands, concepts, and distribution channels opening frequently. In this crowded environment, smart lodging operators are finding creative ways to stand out from the competition. While gaining this edge won’t happen overnight, these 10 keys to creating a competitive advantage in the hotel…
Read More New! Social Tables Interactive Floor Plans Added to the Cvent Supplier Network
LAS VEGAS & TYSONS CORNER, Va. – July 9, 2019 – Today, Cvent announced that interactive floor plans for venues can now be showcased within the Cvent Supplier Network. This enhancement offers significant value to event professionals evaluating venue options and to hoteliers seeking to showcase their properties’ floor plans when competing for group business.…
Read More Friday Finds Trends: 10 Must-Know Hotel CRM Strategies to Boost Group Business
Have you heard? According to Hotel Management, 2019 is “the year of data mining.” That’s because of the unprecedented number of ways to harness data to grow business. From booking timelines to event purpose to F&B purchase patterns, customer data is everywhere. As the amount of industry data grows more extensive than ever before, management…
Read More Tech Thursday: 10 Innovative Ways CRMs Drive Group ROI
Within one hotel, customer data is often housed in many systems across sales, the front desk, restaurants, and catering and event teams. Many of these systems do not communicate with each other, and as a result, useful customer data remains disconnected. So current and prospective group customers experience delays and frustrations, and hotel managers miss…
Read More Tips Tuesday: 3 Secrets to Exceeding Event KPIs
Was yesterday’s event successful? Let’s see: The vendors showed up on time. The event layout matched the design to a tee. Attendees mingled and talked with smiles on their faces. These elements are all vitally important. But for fundraising and business events, more concrete outcomes make the difference. Winging it or hoping for the best…
Read More Friday Finds: 6 Experiential Event Planning Trends & Ideas
You’ve seen the sentiment on a T-shirt, a bumper sticker, or an Instagram feed: ‘Collect experiences, not things.’ The events industry has heard the call to action, and today, experiential event planning is hot like a marshmallow roast at a beach bonfire. Or a wok in a cooking class during a corporate retreat. Or a…
Read More Eventful News: Concerns for 2021, Obstacles for Sustainable Events, & More
This week’s post covers the most important news from the past week in the events industry, but it’s really a post about the future. These five stories all represent a piece of that future, as well as the concerns and opportunities that face all of us as we plunge ahead into the eventful unknown. Growth,…
Read More Wednesday Wisdom: 7 Stress-Busting Tips to Prevent Event Management Burnout
The rankings are in: Once again, the event coordinator lands in the 10 most stressful jobs category for 2019. Surprised? We’re not either. The daily juggling act is enough to stress anyone out, and that’s just on the easy days. Event planning professionals possess the astounding ability to manage fine details and multitask without flinching.…
Read More Tech Thursday: An Event Planners’ Guide to Game-Changing Floor Plan Apps
Event planning is always a juggling act. And we know there are times during the planning process when all the balls you’re keeping in the air can seem more like flaming torches. Savvy event planners have their radar up for any tool that streamlines their job — and as the industry’s tech solutions expand, they’ve…
Read More Eventful News: New IACC Report, A Playbook for Inclusivity, & More
With the release of the IACC’s 2019 Meeting Room of the Future Report, planners have the opportunity to compare three years of feedback in regards to what the industry needs from venues. Sure, there’s some change year over year, but the biggest change isn’t in the elements needed from venues. Instead, it’s in the importance…
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