The initial discovery process for sourcing in-person meetings has changed since pre-pandemic. Having open and honest conversations will lead to a more comprehensive and transparent sourcing process to ensure the personal safety and security of all your participants. 

In this episode, our host, Jeff Naue, Special Projects Marketing Lead, catches up with Kristen Allan, Manager of Hotel Procurement. Kristen joined M&IW in 2019. Her career and background have been centered on hospitality and meeting planning for the past 21 years. She started in convention services, spanning into meeting planning and hotel sourcing and procurement.

This is the second part of this episode when Kristen shares insight about 2022 being referenced as the “come back year” for in-person meetings. She recently conducted a site visit in Orlando and will reveal what she experienced and how that will shape her sourcing process in the future. While momentum is building and confidence growing, we are still in constant change when it comes to sourcing meetings and events. Event stakeholders and planners need to ask more and different questions before determining the best destination and hotel venue for their event. The RFP questions go well beyond confirming if your event is in-person or hybrid.

Tune in for our interview with Kristen Allan to make sure you are armed with the information needed to safely source your next event. Also, if you are interested in working with M&IW, visit meetings-incentives.com.