Sourcing Tip of the Month

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Sourcing Trend: Top Sourced Cities for Q1 were:

  1. San Diego
  2. Orlando
  3. Chicago
  4. Phoenix / Scottsdale
  5. Dallas

Total RFPs sourced are up 12% from last year’s Q1!

Date flexibility continues to be key. If you can look at a flexible pattern within the week and/or the weeks prior or after, this may help open availability and provide more options. Even if you want to select one set of dates, we suggest allowing for hotels to offer alternate dates, just to see what comes back. This is a huge timesaver on short term leads, which we have seen a big increase this year!

Talk to your HPN Global Associate about this and we will be happy to help guide you!


Courtney Tate:
Senior Sourcing Specialist
ctate@hpnglobal.com


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Desi Whitney Recognized as a 40 Under 40 by Connect

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Desi Whitney, senior vice president of sourcing operations and industry relations at HPN Global, was recognized as a member of Connect Corporate magazine’s “40 Under 40.” The honor highlights the top young professionals in the events industry. Connect Corporate is a national, B2B magazine that provides resources and ideas to professionals and planners in the meetings and events industry. 

Peers in the events world nominated Whitney. Nominations were received from across the country, then reviewed and evaluated by the Connect staff based on references, industry involvement and other resources. 

Congrats Desi!

For the full description of Whitney’s accomplishments, click here.

The entire list of recognized honorees and individual profiles can be found here.

ABOUT CONNECT

Connect is a leader in the meetings, events, travel and tourism industry. Specializing in destination marketing, the company produces digital programs, online and mobile solutions, meetings business and travel magazines, trade shows and consumer events, travel guides for newspapers and leisure magazines, and destination information which is distributed through broadcast and custom programs. Connect, formerly known as Collinson Media & Events, introduced the popular Marketplace format to the meetings industry and now produces national shows for meeting planners in the Corporate, Expo, Sports, Diversity, Association and Faith sectors as well as other state- and region- specific meetings- and hospitality-focused events. More information about the company’s brands and services is available at connectmeetings.com.  

Global Meetings Industry Day GMID19

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Join us on GMID 2019 as we celebrate this industry and what it means to HPN Global and our associates. We will be Premiering live a video of our associates sharing what this industry means to them. Thank you to all our industry partners and friends for making this industry so special.

HPN Global Celebrates Multiple Smart Women in Meetings Award Winners

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One of the country’s leading full-service meeting planning services announced this week that three associates have received 2019 Smart Women in Meetings Awards. Desi Whitney, Jil Dasher, and Amy Walkowiak are recipients of the reward. These women work in different roles within HPN Global and were winners in the three different categories. This prestigious award platform honors women who are making significant impacts on the meetings industry as well as inspiring female meeting ambassadors worldwide.

The Smart Women in Meetings Awards recognizes the industry’s top female meeting professionals in seven prestigious categories including Hall of Fame, Visionaries, Industry Leaders, Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Stellar Performers, and Rising Stars. Nominated by their industry peers and colleagues and ranked against hundreds of remarkable, qualified meeting candidates, these award winners have earned top honors for their commitment and significant contributions to the meetings industry.

“As the leader of a Woman Owned business under the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), I am honored to promote such a worthy cause for my fellow women in meetings to celebrate our industry, and support and salute each other’s goals and accomplishments,” said Smart Meetings founder and CEO Marin Bright. “The Smart Women in Meetings Awards are especially close to my heart. I am proud to provide a platform for all the women in our industry who drive change and celebrate our progress together as one united community.”

“We can’t begin to express to how much these awards mean to us. It’s amazing to have three women from HPN Global nominated by our peers – all who truly deserve the same award,” said Desi Whitney, Senior VP, Sourcing & Industry Relations for HPN Global. “I’m in great company with Jil Dasher and Amy Walkowiak, who have both been awarded as well. We are not too modest to say we are fierce females! Fierce = showing a heartfelt and powerful intensity.”

Smart Women in Meetings Award winners will be featured in the March issue of Smart Meetings magazine and will also receive on-stage honors at the fourth annual Smart Women in Meetings Awards gala on May 8 at the Smart Woman Summit in Las Vegas.

2019 Smart Women in Meetings Awards Winners

The Smart Woman Summit

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HPN Global
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Ways To Promote Booking Inside The Housing Block

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1.  Offer a big-ticket raffle drawing – if you book inside the block you will be entered in the raffle to win….name the item. Announce the winner on social media and year after year attendees will be interested in entering to win. 

2.  Charge higher registration fees to those booked outside of block. This takes a little more effort on the clients’ part. They will need to collect hotel names at the registration desk. If attendees are not reserved at an official hotel, then client can go back and charge a higher registration fee.

3.  If group is shuttling to overflow hotels, advertise the shuttle service is only available to those who book in the block.

4.  Offer coupon booklet or sheet to those attendees that book at official hotel. Engage with city or CVB to see they already have a discount program in place or if they can develop a customized sheet with discounts for local restaurants and attractions.  

5.  Negotiate low cost hotel incentives to advertise to attendees – by staying in the official group hotels, you will receive free high-speed internet, free health club, welcome reception and the exclusive group rate.     

6.  Talk up the hotels – location is convenient, you will be able to network in the hotel lobby or restaurants with your peers (attendees and exhibitors).  

7.  Add a disclaimer on housing materials educating attendees on the importance of staying at the official hotels-keeps registration expenses low and supports the group to be able to offer the best hotel rates.

8.  Use Passkey Event Connector to connect the group’s registration software to Passkey housing. This will automatically take attendees to the Passkey housing site. Reports can be run to show who has registered for the event but who has not booked accommodations. HPN Housing will send out email campaigns encouraging them to book.

HPN Global partners with Passkey to offer a streamlined and automated housing process. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to:

Brandee Johnson, Director of Housing and Registration bjohnson@hpnglobal.com
480-998-9770 Ext: 211

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