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2010 PYM Town Hall Austin: State of the Industry Report

How to keep staff motivated, tailor your product to the economy and meet event planner expectations were some of the solutions discussed at this event, held on Feb. 24, 2010 in Austin, Texas, which gathered current PYM partners together to discuss current sales and marketing challenges in the meetings industry.

2010 Austin Town Hall: Table One notes

How to make positives out of negative situations, current contract negotiation trends and maintaining marketshare were some of the topics discussed at Table One at the 2010 Town Hall Austin, held at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center on Feb. 24.

2010 Austin Town Hall: Table Two notes

How do you attract more business, reach the decision makers and keep your staff motivated through the hard times? Those were some of the questions tackled by Table 2 at the 2010 PYM Town Hall Austin: State of the Industry Event held on Feb. 24 at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center.

Town Hall webcast from Austin

At 2pm CT/3pm ET today, PYM partners are gathering to discuss the State of the Industry. Join them via live webcast from the AT&T Executive Education Conference Center at the University of Texas in Austin by clicking the item below or visiting http://12.231.120.150:8080/attconference.
PYM Town Hall Austin: State of the Industry

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2010 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: State of the Industry

The PYM Town Hall: State of the Industry was a partner appreciation event hosted by Plan Your Meetings and held at the 755 Club at Turner Field in Atlanta, Ga., on Feb. 5, 2010. The event was designed to be a group “think-tank” session between PYM advertising partners, representing hotels, convention and visitors bureaus, restaurants, [...]

2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: State of the Industry

The PYM Town Hall: State of the Industry event was a partner appreciation luncheon hosted by Plan Your Meetings and held at Dave and Busters’ Dallas-Frisco location on March 5, 2009. The event was designed to be a group “think-tank” session between PYM advertising partners. The list of questions divided among the tables was created [...]

2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: Table One Notes

Questions tackled at Table One included: How do you help clients keep their meetings from being canceled? How do you reach the corporate market? How do you deal with attrition and cancellations? And how do you convince your boss that travel and/or marketing expenditures are necessary?

2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: Table Two Notes

Questions tackled at this table included: How are you adapting to your consumers’ changing buying habits? How do you find new business? How do you turn a NO into a YES? And how can you develop new revenue streams to offset money lost on shrinking and/or canceled meetings?

2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: Table Three Notes

Questions tackled at Table Three included: How can you help planners do more with less? How do you maintain price integrity without losing business? How can you afford to give planners the concessions they’re asking for? And how can you get a second chance if your first bid is too high?

2009 PYM Town Hall Dallas: Table Four Notes

Questions tackled at Table Four included: How can you attract backyard business? What’s the best selling strategy in today’s market? What forms of marketing are giving the best ROI? And what do hotels and CVBs need from each other?

2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: State of the Industry

The PYM Town Hall: State of the Industry event was a partner appreciation luncheon hosted by Plan Your Meetings and held at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on Jan. 29, 2009. It was the second of its kind, the first having convened in July 2008. The event was designed to be a group “think-tank” session between [...]

2009 PYM Town Hall Atlanta: Table Presentation Notes

At the end of the 2009 PYM Town Hall: State of the Industry luncheon in Atlanta, representatives from each table presented their findings to the group. Here are summaries of what was presented.