What could possibly go worng (part II)
Everyone makes mistakes. In the events industry, it’s how—and how quickly—you “fix it” that counts. PlannerWire found plenty of industry pros who aren’t afraid to bare their blunders, and here, in Part II of a series, we bring you their stories, along with a few lessons to be learned.
Fit for a Queen
In the course of creating spectacular events, many industry pros have grown accustomed to their roles as miracle workers. For a fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe, Thomas Bercu, founder of Tom Bercu Presents, and his event production team faced and conquered a number of challenges with a “very wealthy and fastidious client.”
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Fit for a Queen
In the course of creating spectacular events, many industry pros have grown accustomed to their roles as miracle workers. For a fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe, Thomas Bercu, founder of Tom Bercu Presents, and his event production team faced and conquered a number of challenges with a “very wealthy and fastidious client.”
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Montage Deer Valley
PARK CITY, UTAH -- (August 30, 2010) -- Looking for a new location for a productive meeting or engaging social event? Consider Montage Deer Valley, a new craftsman-style mountain resort with 154 guestrooms and more than 66 suites opening December 2010 in the year-round community of Park City, Utah, one of the country's most accessible mountain destinations.
Why will Montage Deer Valley be North America's newest "it" location for meetings and events?
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Why will Montage Deer Valley be North America's newest "it" location for meetings and events?
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Are You Covered
Imagine this… You’re onsite at an event in a foreign country. You need emergency surgery. The doctors won’t operate until your health insurance checks out. What now?
Adam Bates of ISA Global Benefits says a similar scenario just occurred with a client of his company. While traveling abroad, the client needed an emergency appendectomy, but, Bates, says, “the doctors would not perform surgery until the insurance company guaranteed payment.”
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Adam Bates of ISA Global Benefits says a similar scenario just occurred with a client of his company. While traveling abroad, the client needed an emergency appendectomy, but, Bates, says, “the doctors would not perform surgery until the insurance company guaranteed payment.”
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Event Industry Blogs
#eventprofs Blog Awards . nominees announced
Thank you to everyone who submitted a blog to the Eventprofs Blog Awards! We received over 40 submissions and have seen some fantastic event industry sites. Over the weekend the judging panel reviewed the submissions to ensure they were in the correct categories and met the award guidelines. Although there was a phenomenal list of blogs to choose from, the submissions were short-listed to a maximum of 7 per category. We would like to congratulate our nominees and thank everyone who participated.
And the Nominees are…
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And the Nominees are…
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The Association Digital Revolution
The Pew Internet Mobile Access 2010 July report shows that six in ten Americans go online wirelessly to access the Internet using a laptop or cell phone.
Synovate reports 82 percent of Americans never leave home without their mobile phones, while 42 percent say they cannot live without these devices. Roughly 4 billion people worldwide currently have mobile phones, and, according to one estimate, 70 percent of the world’s population will be carrying a mobile device by the end of this year, up from just 13 percent at the beginning of 2001. [Why The Future Of Associating Is Mobile, by Jeff De Cagna, TechnoScope Newsletter, ASAE. February 2010]
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Synovate reports 82 percent of Americans never leave home without their mobile phones, while 42 percent say they cannot live without these devices. Roughly 4 billion people worldwide currently have mobile phones, and, according to one estimate, 70 percent of the world’s population will be carrying a mobile device by the end of this year, up from just 13 percent at the beginning of 2001. [Why The Future Of Associating Is Mobile, by Jeff De Cagna, TechnoScope Newsletter, ASAE. February 2010]
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