Attention Meeting Planners! Cities Count!
When it comes to planning meetings or events outside the main offices often requires considering different locations. While most people think of hotels and convention centers, the best meeting planners consider the cities that these venues are in. Here’s why:
• It’s not all about the meeting – A city has many things to recommend it, from restaurants to golf course. All work and no play makes for bored staff members and participants. Keeping people happy after hours is often just as important as the contents of the meetings/events themselves.
• Certain cities have venues that offer special significance – The significance could be historical in general, or specific to a certain party to the event/meeting. Sending a message that a meeting was panned at a location for a specific reason could be flattering or it could be a massive warning sign. Therefore, consider this piece of advice one that cannot be ignored because every participant may read something into the choice of venue.
• Weather and allergies – The weather just happens to be sunnier and less humid in certain areas, and that may be perfect. Of course, planning to hold an event or meeting in a city without regards to the fact that the speaker at the event is deathly allergic to the local plant life could also be a major mistake.
