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		<title>Cruise Meetings vs Hotels From a Meeting Planning Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning meetings is a tried and true practice that evolves in large jumps more often than it does in small increments. The cruise meeting is a great example of this as it is an entirely new format that is barely a few decades old. Despite that many meeting planners do not truly understand the difference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are You Doing to Change Your Meeting Planning Up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The same meetings over and over can be boring and might be a great way to have the management and/or powers that be wonder how important a meeting planner is. On the other hand, a meeting planner that is always trying new ideas for meetings is highly desirable even if they fail. After all, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get planning help by asking for it</title>
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		<comments>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/how-to-get-planning-help-by-asking-for-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are in charge of planning meetings and/or events for a company, you might quickly discover that is seems impossible to please everyone. This is certainly true, especially when those people all have wildly different expectations. There are ways to navigate this potential minefield, such as: &#8226; Ask participants for feedback and suggestions on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting at Sea: The Perfect Meeting Destination and Surprisingly Affordable</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning meetings can be fun, but it tends to be more fun whenever the meeting is someplace exotic or interesting. What is more interesting than a meeting on a cruise ship? Possibly a meeting on the International Space Station, but at around $20 million a ticket, it is probably better to go with meetings on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save Time When Planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themeetingplannersguide.com/?p=470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meeting planning can take a long time, but it can also be streamlined with a little bit of practice. Here are a few tips for learning how to streamline meeting and/or event planning: Mailing/SMS lists &#8211; If the participants are notified electronically, create lists. If certain people get left out of Monday meetings but not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build Customer Trust</title>
		<link>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/how-to-build-customer-trust/</link>
		<comments>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/how-to-build-customer-trust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 12:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a meeting planner, it is essential for your customers to know that your services can be trusted. Many customers are wary of placing important details and information into the hands of a meeting planner. This is especially true if the customer is accustomed to taking charge of situations and being in control. However, circumstances [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group Cruise Events are More Affordable</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years companies have planned group meetings and events in cities all across the country. While there are many destinations in the U.S. and abroad that are ideal locations for corporate events, employees and clientele may be less impressed with these venues than in times past. This is because there is a new frontier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sparking Interest in a Cruise Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An all-inclusive cruise is an exciting spin on meeting planning. Participants are well aware meetings formats may center on focused blocks of hard work and it becomes all too easy to forget how to relax. One way to generate excitement for an upcoming cruise meeting is to educate the group about life on board and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the Survey Says…</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themeetingplannersguide.com/?p=353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that 90% of meeting planners polled state that their budgets are smaller due to the over-all economic slump? What&#8217;s more, over one third of planners predict they will book fewer meetings due to public opinion. In 2009, the PCMA/AMEX/Ypartnership sent surveys to professional meeting planners in order to gauge the effect of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding Your Meeting Planning Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a self-employed meeting planner, you may be dreaming of the day when you will have so many clients that you will have to expand, or you might be dreading it. Either way, there will likely come a time when you no longer want to work seven days a week, 16 hours a [...]]]></description>
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