-- Attendee Networking Event Rewrites the Playbook, Fulfills Important Role in Building Attendance and Revenue -- [...]

-- Attendance and Sponsorship defy challenging economic conditions.
Group green-lights next year’s conference --

January 5, 2010 -- BRUSSELS -- The Association of Test Publishers’ European division
(E-ATP), has successfully launched a new conference to support the advancement of testing and its related technologies with attendance that surpassed expectations. E-ATP teamed with Designing Events ( [...]

--Online registration and session management connect and engage attendees--

OCTOBER 21, 2009 – BALTIMORE - Designing Events, LLC (designingevents.com), a global consulting and outsourcing company for high-performance meetings and conferences, announced today the release of a major update to its acclaimed Designing Events Online suite of web-based marketing and management tools. The suite is specifically designed to support meetings and conferences for associations, corporations and [...]

Attendance at three recent conferences planned by Designing Events [...]

TORONTO, Canada -- Aug. 17, 2009 -- Designing Events, a leading provider of high-performance meeting and conference services to associations, today introduced the Conference Performance Analyzer (CPA) - an online, interactive assessment tool to help association professionals determine the performance of their annual conference. The announcement was made at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

"This is a valuable tool for association leadership," [...]

-- Traditional Definition of a Successful Association Conference has Changed --

TORONTO, Canada -- Aug. 17, 2009 -- Designing Events, LLC, a leading provider of high-performance meeting and conference services to associations, today announced the release of its new white paper, Advancing Your Membership, Association and Industry. The document outlines how an over-performing conference is imperative and also achievable without costing an organization more money. The announcement was [...]

Five-Month Website Upgrade Provides Targeted Information to Industry Sectors

Designing Events, LLC, the pioneer of over-performing meetings and conferences, today announced the launch of its new and innovative designingevents.com website. The comprehensive web presence is actually comprised of three websites separately serving the company’s association, corporate and pharmaceutical divisions. Each is a rich multimedia portal featuring industry specific content that will help [...]

It’s no secret that hotel rates are expected to continue to rise in 2007, but what does this mean for meeting planners?

Every few years, the tables turn from the meeting planners having the upper hand in negotiating to the hotels. For the past two years or so, at least, the demand has been so high that meeting planners have had less negotiating power then they are used to. This high demand is expected to continue through 2008, which means negotiating hotel contracts until then will [...]