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etouches: New Tech to Source Better Venue Deals [Review]

EventMB

The etouches strategic sourcing solution enables event planners to book venues and negotiate better deals, faster. etouches is a well-loved brand within the event industry, established in 2008. Here is our review. etouches Strategic Venue Sourcing Solution: What Is It?

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Goldenvoice names Mark Girton head of Special Events for Empire Polo Club

Event Industry News

The former General Manager of Blossom Music Center in Ohio (under House of Blues Concerts/Live Nation), Girton joined AEG Presents in 2008 as the original General Manager for The Novo, located at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. In 2017 he was named SVP of Special Events at AEG Presents, which involved overseeing 45 venues nationwide.

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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. You had an event management agency during the 2008 crisis and lost 50% of your business in one week. I went through the dot-com crisis, 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008, which impacted us significantly in 2009. How did you feel?

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The Top 20 Event Planning Books to Read Right Now

GEVME

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In , by Roger Fisher, William L. This book is one of the best tools for the practice of business negotiation. The book describes how the market for professional service delivery requires a great deal of individualisation of work and attitudes towards clients. Ury, Bruce Patton.

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Preparing for a Leaner Commission World

SmartMeetings

That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” The industry grew as the economy improved and even thrived during a short buyer’s market in 2008, according to Smith. Flash Forward to 2018.

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Preparing for a Leaner Commission World

SmartMeetings

That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” The industry grew as the economy improved and even thrived during a short buyer’s market in 2008, according to Smith. Flash Forward to 2018.

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An Inside Look at the PANDORA Event Team with Martina Berlin

zkipster

I was born in Sweden and lived in Indonesia and Japan for 10 years before moving to England in 2008 to study Event Management at Bournemouth University. One day you may be trying to source pink flamingos and the next you could be in an important and deal-breaking negotiation to secure hotel rates for a conference of 400 people.