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Guest Blog: 30 ways to hold a successful event

Event Industry News

You may be able to negotiate preferable rates with local hotels if you can guarantee a certain number of guests. Robin has been sole shareholder of Eclipse since 2016 after successfully negotiating the MBO of the retiring owners. Investigate accommodation. Check access rights. Robin Purslow is Managing Director of Eclipse.

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Fundamental Event Planning Tips: These Never Go Out of Style

Guidebook

Highly organized, with outstanding negotiation skills and a great customer service focus, Romy also trains and guides the Project Coordinators, and oversees all elements of the registration and housing databases. industry since beginning her career in 2004, and has spent the majority of that time with the GO! Experience Design.

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Your Story Blog Series: Corinne Kessel, CSEP

Event Leadership Institute

Having worked in the business since 2004, Corinne’s career has grown from administrative tasks to business ownership and entrepreneurship. I negotiated with suppliers and clients and banks. She also currently serves as the Director on the International Board of Governors for ILEA and is the Immediate Past Chair of ILEA Canada.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

In 2004, he pioneered cultural branding as a powerful new strategy tool in his international best-selling book How Brands Become Icons: The Principles of Cultural Branding and two supporting articles in the Harvard Business Review. Oren is one of the world’s leading experts on sales, raising capital and negotiation.

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

In 2004, he pioneered cultural branding as a powerful new strategy tool in his international best-selling book How Brands Become Icons: The Principles of Cultural Branding and two supporting articles in the Harvard Business Review. What is he known for? Over 200,000 event professionals downloaded his books.

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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?” High(ish) Tech.

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