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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE

It was a big contract, which took six months of negotiations to come to an agreement. I decided to set up an event management agency in 2001, and I was the owner for 16 years. Before having my new company, I already had a one-year contract signed for our first project for a hotel company.

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10 Famous Event Planners You Should Follow

Event Planning BluePrint

Not only can it help you learn the lingo to help you sell your services, but it can give you insight into how the pros handle things, like negotiations to help save their clients money. You don’t have to think of it as a formal, tough, adversarial negotiation,” she said. Vendor Recommendation, Negotiation, and Coordination.

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When and How Will the Events Industry Get Out of This? 3 Phases to Watch For

Event Leadership Institute

Even when the current lockdowns start to lift, organizations will be far more gun-shy in committing to venue contracts for future events, out of fear of a second wave of the virus causing another cancellation. In fact, in the 2nd century when the term was coined, black swans were thought not to exist. Eventually they were discovered in 1697).

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

From stories about fax machines to photos of 3D projection mapping, from advice about negotiating piles of paperwork to a roundtable discussion among female CEOs, we’ve gone from serving an industry in its infancy to one that has come of age. Does a planner’s attitude make a difference when negotiating with hotels?” Beyond Belief’.

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