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Building a Winning Corporate Events Program: 7 Critical Success Factors

Attendease

When building out a corporate events program, several critical factors must be considered to ensure the organization’s long-term success and sustainability. You have to wear multiple hats and juggle competing priorities: attendee preferences, corporate goals, vendors and suppliers, internal deadlines…the list goes on.

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Here’s Why Your Event Budget Needs to Increase in 2023

Endless Events

More events with more events mean more food, room blocks, entertainment, production equipment, and travel – and those all cost extra money. The silver lining is that the energy crisis can motivate our industry to start implementing sustainability in more significant, meaningful ways. Higher Food and Beverage Costs.

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The New Bottom Line

SmartMeetings

How to prepare for 2023 contract negotiations Yes, we’re out of the pandemic shutdown, but it’s not back to “business as usual.” Add-On Travel: Negotiate pre- and post-rates in the contracting stage. As the cost of travel rises, more attendees are adding vacation time to corporate travel.

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What to Look for When Choosing an Event Management Company

The Castle Group

Working with an agency can help save time and money due to the company’s efficiencies, negotiating expertise, and vendor relationships/purchasing power. Sustainability – Hosting sustainable events is becoming increasingly important to the triple bottom line (people, planet, and prosperity). and transportation options.

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In-person events: The best planning and technology guide (2023)

SpotMe Blog

This is primarily due to the carbon emissions associated with travel to and from the event, including air travel for international attendees, and ground transportation for local attendees. Get quotes from different vendors and negotiate the best deals. Negotiate the best rates and reserve your date as far in advance as possible.

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Is There an Easier Way to Book Small Meetings?

PCMA Convene

But the phone-tag negotiations moved at the speed of molasses. No stranger to online innovation, he’d been an early advisor to MakeMyTrip — which went on to become the largest online travel company in India — and sold two companies to Google in 2014. A SUSTAINABLE MODEL. his building.

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The best pharma event management companies in 2023

SpotMe Blog

Logistics management: From booking the venue to arranging travel and accommodation for attendees and speakers, experienced pharma event planners handle all the logistical details. They can often negotiate better deals and availability. They can also coordinate things like catering, A/V equipment, and entertainment.