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?

