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02/09/2010
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The corporate sector is really starting to look at larger events again, and really realize how important face-to-face meetings are to their business model.
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02/09/2010
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As an international destination were tempering our expectations as the economy slowly rebounds, and are hoping to just start seeing a positive trend that will lead to a highly successful 2011.
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02/09/2010
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For 2010 I see the market being a little flat. I dont foresee a lot of growth...But I do see a light at the end of the tunnel as far as 2011 is concerned.
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02/09/2010
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2010 will be an interesting year from my perspective. We really are faced with two choices: to be reactive or proactive.
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02/09/2010
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We are seeing many of the brokerage firms bring back incentive travel programs, primarily keeping those domestic, but they have brought many of those back that had been canceled.
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02/07/2011
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Sheryl Sookman Schelter, Career Forum columnist for Meetings Focus, tells meeting planners what she thinks the job market will be like in 2011.
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01/25/2012
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02/09/2010
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I think that were in for some good and some scary surprise. I think that meetings will continue to pick up, although I think in some segments I think well see a continued downtrend in the attendance at meetings.
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02/07/2011
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Sheryl Sookman Schelter, Career Forum columnist for Meetings Focus, chimes in with her prognosis on how the profession of planning meetings will fare in 2011.
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01/25/2012
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02/09/2010
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Our leads-to-volume has definitely picked up. Optimistically, we start to see some of that rebound in the second half of next year and into 2001.
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02/09/2010
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We are expected to have a 21% increase in meetings next yearbut each planner is expected to spend 3.5 percent less on those meetings and keep those meetings closer to home.
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02/09/2010
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Clearly 09 presented challenges for us we've seen some downward trends in ADR as well as occupancy. As we move into 10, things are starting to stabilize within occupancy.
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03/23/2012
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Chief Content Director Tyler Davidson attended IACC’s Annual Conferenceand caught up with Benchmark Hospitality International’s Alex Cabanas, who describes some of the recent trends he's seeing in the meetings industry.
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02/09/2010
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Regarding 2010, we are cautiously optimistic...Clients are beginning to make commitments further out.
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02/07/2011
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Deborah Sexton, president and CEO of PCMA, tells readers of Meetings Focus' 2011 Meetings Market Trends Survey how she thinks meetings industry will shake out in 2011.
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02/09/2010
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Were seeing a recovery of our meetings business. Were seeing a lot more lead activity at our level, as well as some activity at the DMC level.
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02/09/2010
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I am cautiously optimistic about 2010, because just in the last quarter of 2009 our hotels reported to us that they're starting to see an increase in corporate meetings.
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02/07/2011
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John Graham, president & CEO of ASAE, sums up how the association segment of the meetings industry may fare in 2011, in the 2011 Meetings Market Trends Survey.
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02/09/2010
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2010 seems to be improving quite a bit. Bookings for early 2010 are specifically strong, and it looks like the opportunities for later 2010 are improving.
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02/09/2010
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2010 looks to be the year that things are going turn around, and clearly, 11 looks to be even stronger.
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01/25/2012
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02/09/2010
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The new normal is probably going to be a slow growth, but I do believe that youre going to see lots of association meetings and lots of corporate meetings. People are not going to stop meeting face to face.
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02/07/2011
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MPI's Bruce MacMillan tells readers of Meetings Focus' Meetings Market Trends Survey how he thinks 2011 will shape up.
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02/09/2010
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I am cautiously optimistic about 2010, because just in the last quarter of 2009 our hotels reported to us that theyre starting to see an increase in corporate meetings.
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