TicketBud

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It sounds like a nightmare, but that was the reality for DashCon 2014, an event where attendees paid witness to one of the most important lessons in event planning – don’t bust the budget. By delineating expenses across various categories such as venue, marketing, and entertainment, budgets help prioritize spending for maximum impact.

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Negotiating Financial Food and Beverage Sponsorships 113

Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

When creating a safe event, you need to choose a knowledgeable venue. Make a checklist of questions to ask the staff before booking the venue. They should be able to answer all your questions in terms of event safety and crowd management. Venues should be able to help you answer any concerns you might have.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The study, which delved into top safety concerns women business travelers face, found that almost 69 percent of United States travel buyers believe females face greater risk than males and 61 percent feel it’s imperative to consider female safety when implementing risk-management programs.

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Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Another voiced concern about the IT infrastructure at venues, stressing the need to know how third-party or in-house AV teams were preserving secure internet connections. Don’t forget, we published a risk management guide in our 2014 PYM Annual. And it’s not just the physical space you need to worry about.

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Hotels 2014 Risk Management Tech 28

PCMA Convene

JULY 30, 2019

In most situations and venues, meeting planners need to provide fair and equal accommodation (meals) to people with allergies, much in the way they might provide wheelchair access — as long as the accommodation doesn’t present an undue burden, such as exorbitant cost. states and municipalities have their own rules.

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Plan Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

One tactic for creating firearms guidelines that Johnston has recommend to clients is the “home office policy”: Apply to the event and event venue(s) the same rules for gun possession found at your organization’s headquarters. This has been true…in Atlanta (2015), San Diego (2014), Baltimore (2013) and Chicago (2012).

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2015 2016 Hotels Insurance 28

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2016

In most situations and venues, meeting planners need to provide fair and equal accommodation (meals) to people with allergies, much in the way they might provide wheelchair access — as long as the accommodation doesn’t present an undue burden, such as exorbitant cost. states and municipalities have their own rules.

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