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Helpful Budget Tips for Event Planners in a Post-Covid World

Smart Meetings

A meeting professional veteran share tricks for managing inflation, expectations and savings Money moves mountains. Up, Up and Away If you’ve been in the business the last three years you may have noticed prices have substantially risen since 2021. One example is providing festive alcoholic beverages.

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Planners Face Changes in Their Hotel-Sales Relationships

MeetingsNet

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic. This will require more training to bring employees up to speed on servicing not just the business elements of meetings, but also the guest-experience side. “To

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Help Wanted: Can Supplier-Staff Shortages Derail Events?

MeetingsNet

Planners and hoteliers weigh in on how to protect meetings from the labor crisis. In the meeting industry, the phrase “It’s a relationship business” is often bandied about. Some planners say they find hotels taking a more proactive approach to partnering on this issue after their events encountered property-side missteps in 2021.

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‘Time to Be an Informed Planner’: Legal Sourcing Tips and Strategies for Hybrid Events

Event Leadership Institute

Key Takeaways: Be a fully informed planner: read the entire contract, ask questions, and hire a hospitality attorney if you need assistance in reviewing, negotiating, or renegotiating a contract. Last year, all meetings and events were on hold. The most important thing is to be a fully informed planner, Eisenstodt said.

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Hybrid on the Horizon

The Castle Group

While we don’t have a definitive road map, we are already beginning to see small in-person events, and the industry is optimistic that recovery will fully commence in Q3 and Q4 of 2021. A smaller in-person group will allow you to ensure that you meet the proper capacity limits for your in-person guests. Vet your live venue.

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Innovation and Tradition: our first impressions of events and hospitality in the UAE

zkipster

One notable example is Chanel , which hosted its Cruise 2021/22 fashion show in Dubai in November 2021.”. The Majlis plays an integral, ritual role in Arabic culture: these meeting places are where guests gather, events are hosted, discussions and debates are held, and decisions are made. DANIEL DESSAUGES | CEO | ZKIPSTER.

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Top 6 Event Planning Certifications To Boost Your Career

Eventtia

between 2021 and 2028, according to Grand View Research. Certified Meeting Professional. A certified meeting professional (CMP) is a credentialed designation granted by the Convention Industry Council after passing an exam and was founded in 1985 to recognize the specialized knowledge and experience required of meeting professionals.