Speaker Evaluation Tips
How can you be sure your attendee evaluations are hitting the truth mark for you and your speakers? The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) has compiled a list of tips and tricks for overcoming the inherent challenges of subjective surveying.

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Source: PCMA Archives, www.pcma.org

Marriott bans smoking in all of its chains
In an industry-leading move, Marriott International announced that all of its hotel chains in the US and Canada will be smoke-free beginning in September. The new policy covers more than 2,300 hotels and corporate apartments and nearly 400,000 guest rooms throughout their brand portfolio.

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Source: Special Events Magazine, July 2006

Consider Alaska
Alaskans are quick to acknowledge that misconceptions about their state swirl around the lower 48. They want to set the record straight - Alaska is a stunningly beautiful, functional and intriguing meeting destination. Read this article dispelling common myths about Alaska.

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Source: NW Meetings & Events, Spring 2006

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Dreams Los Cabos Resort and Spa- Los Cabos, Mexico

This beautiful hotel is located right on the beach and just a few short minutes away from downtown Los Cabos. The hotel boasts a beautiful open air hacienda style lobby, 5 restaurants, 3 swimming pools and a world class spa. All hotel rooms are well appointed with every amenity that one could wish for. Meeting space is abundant and located through out the property. Meeting planners will have a great time choosing from the various out door verandas to have catered functions. The food is excellent and the chef offers his expertise in cuisines from around the world. While the meeting space, catering and AV is right up to par with our US hotels, the Dreams conference meeting staff has a way to go. Over communication is key when dealing with this hotel. Staying on top of daily expenses related to your group function is vital. Overall this hotel was a wonderful place to take a group to.

Please visit the Dreams Los Cabos Resort and Spa website at: http://www.dreams-los-cabos.com

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Opus Solutions staffs an in-house call center to service registration and customer service needs surrounding conferences, seminars and eseminars?

The Customer Response Center (CRC) is literally a step away from the Account Managers and Technical Team that make your events happen, giving us unique insight to every detail about your event. This perspective, combined with our passion for excellence, results in seamless, high quality customer service. Your customers believe they are talking to you, our client, not a 3rd party, outsourced call center. We also provide a personalized touch, by calling registrants prior to an event, reminding them that they have registered, answer additional questions - or to register that colleague who forgot - and didn't register. If registration for your event is not quite what you would like it to be, we can help you decide if telemarketing would be cost effective, and customize the telemarketing to your needs. After the event, we can tabulate the results of participant surveys, helping you evaluate the success of your program.

For additional information or quotes, please contact Kim Kopetz at 971-223-1144 or kkopetz@opus-solutions.com.

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