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Nearly Half of Event Attendees Adopt Mobile AppsBy Dawit Habtemariam

On average, 48.5 percent of all event attendees adopt an event app and perform 34 engagements with their event app, according to Cvent's Mobile App... KEEP READING

Hilton Cuts Group Intermediary Commissions to 7 PercentBy Julie Sickel

Hilton will cut the commissions it pays to third-party group and meetings planners at hotels in the U.S. and Canada from 10 percent to 7 percent... KEEP READING

Accor Positions Fairmont as Bridge to Other Accor Brands for North America MeetingsBy Bob Curley

AccorHotels became a viable contender for upscale meetings in North America with its 2016 acquisition of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, and the hotelier... KEEP READING

Report: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie Sickel

The cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from hotel benchmarking company... KEEP READING

Groupize Can Measure Meeting Complexity to Determine Which Meetings Are a Right Fit for the PlatformBy Amanda Metcalf

Meetings sourcing aid Groupize wants to help strategic meetings management programs centralize their meetings sourcing, particularly bringing in the... KEEP READING

Meetings & Events Added $446B to U.S. Economy in 2016By Dawit Habtemariam

U.S. meetings, defined as having more than 10 participants and lasting at least four hours, generated $845 billion in economic output in 2016,... KEEP READING

Bizly Gets Venue Listings & an Investment from ConveneBy Amanda Metcalf

Bizly, a sourcing platform for small meetings venues, soon will announce the close of a fundraising round, according to CEO Ron Shah, and among the... KEEP READING

Shimon Avish Joins Acquis ConsultingBy Elizabeth West

Acquis Consulting has hired Shimon Avish as principal and head of its strategic meetings management business. Over the past 20 years, Avish worked at... KEEP READING

What People Are Saying About Marriott's 7% Commissions PolicyBy Julie Sickel

The news on Jan. 24 that Marriott International will reduce groups and meetings commissions from 10 percent to 7 percent sent some in the corporate... KEEP READING

Select Intermediaries Are Exempt from Marriott's Commissions Cut, for NowBy Julie Sickel

One day after Marriott International announced it would cut group booking commissions at managed and franchised hotels in the U.S. and Canada from 10... KEEP READING

Marriott Will Reduce Group & Meetings CommissionsBy Julie Sickel

Marriott International is reducing the commissions it pays to group intermediaries from 10 percent to 7 percent beginning March 31, 2018. The policy... KEEP READING

Event Tech Tribe Collective Adds Venue-Sourcing ToolBy Dawit Habtemariam

Venue sourcing tool Meetingselect will become the seventh member of Event Tech Tribe, a partnership of event technology firms that integrate and share... KEEP READING

Attendee Experience Goals Drive Changes in Meetings Spaces & FormatsBy Elizabeth West

The meeting professional's role is changing from educator/trainer/promoter to creator of immersive experiences that focus on personal development for... KEEP READING

BCD M&E to Acquire Grass Roots Meetings & EventsBy Elizabeth West

BCD Meetings & Events has signed an agreement to acquire U..K-based Grass Roots Meetings & Events from Blackhawk Network Holdings. Grassroots Meetings... KEEP READING

InsightXM Launches Integrated Events Data Analytics PackageBy Dawit Habtemariam

Events data insights provider InsightXM has launched "Essentials," a package of events data analytic tools for event planners and marketers to better... KEEP READING

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