Here is what’s trending in our Sourcing Operations world for 2016: Top 5 Destinations Sourced: Chicago Orlando Atlanta Phoenix San Diego Business Timeline: 39% of our business for 2016 was sourced in the year for the year. We expect this trend to continue for 2017. Hotels, if you have a need period, please communicate details [...]
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Dec
Dec
A few of the SoCal based HPN associates (Lexi Hennessy, Jennifer Gale & Julie Shkolnik) spent a day in Long Beach to see the convention center and city package. For those that may be unfamiliar with Long Beach, it is located on the southern end of LA County, was home to the TED Conference for […]
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Nov
Nov
Mark Dallman sharing his thoughts on some of the trends he is seeing in Barcelona while attending IBTM World. Virtual reality has really taken the show by storm. Countries, cities, destinations even hotels are using VR to showcase their product or service. Visit Virtually. Business is back, there are people having one on one appointments […]
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Oct
Oct
In 2016, event promotion is not complete without a social media strategy. Sure, leading up to the event posts promoting attendance are vigilantly published. But where most organizations falter is covering the event. We understand, social media is often a secondary responsibility, not a specific role. That’s where digital media experts come in. We’ve put […]
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Sep
Sep
Each year we announce our “Partners of the Year” during our annual conference. In case you were unable to make the Conference last week, we have included the full list of winners below: Small Mid-Size Meetings Partner of the Year: Carmen Cruz; Marriott International Large Size Meetings Partner of the Year: Harold Batiste; Marriott International […]
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Aug
Aug
Whether you are a managing an association’s annual meeting or marketing your event to attendees who have to opt-in and pay out of pocket, attrition damages are a concern when signing hotel contracts. In today’s healthier economy, attendance has been stronger for most events, but can still be hard to predict from year to year. […]
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Aug
Aug
#HPN16 is approaching FAST and that means another amazing relationship building event in a beautiful and exciting location. This year our network will be in Mexico at the Hyatt Ziva for 4 days of building new relationships, strengthening existing partnerships and getting caught up on industry trends and topics. Every year since 2010 this conference [...]
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Jun
Jun
Good afternoon Mr. Kilburg, I wanted to take a few moments to let you know what a phenomenal employee you have with Ms. Bidanec. I joined the Stryker team almost a year ago and only had a small amount of experience in booking hotels for large events. My boss introduced me to Jaci and said […]
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Apr
Apr
Hello Mr. Kilburg, I have been working with Marie Madden for several years now on various meetings and conferences I organize for non-profit industry associations. Marie has always been great to work with, but on my most recent conference, she went above and beyond to help with the planning. My last conference was held the […]
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Mar
Mar
“Hello everyone. I have been at this for 13 years now and all I can say is why I didn’t start 10 years earlier! I am not sure what the best part of working at HPN would be. I make more money than my best year on the hotel side; I travel on a regular […]