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  • Complete meeting packages still get lukewarm attention
    According to the latest MeetingNews survey of roughly 330 meeting planners, the complete meeting package (CMP) is still a pricing plan few of them tap. Non-supporters cited high costs, extra charges, hidden fees, and limited services and options as the reasons why they do not use bundled packages.
  • Border rules rewrite international planning perspectives
    Word from the front lines indicates that a shift is happening in how destinations are chosen and what is demanded of the meeting planner when trying to balance an increasingly global meetings environment with new regulations.
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  • For air travel, planners prefer short hauls, hub cities
    Less is clearly more when meetings involve air travel, as planners prioritized short, nonstop flights and low airfares for their attendees, according to a recent survey of 422 meeting professionals conducted by MeetingNews.
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