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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

Velvet Chainsaw

According to a recent survey by The Exhibitor Advocate, exhibitors are seeing increased labor rates and material handling and shipping costs between 20-30% since 2017. exhibitors are funding these higher expenses by sending fewer staff, opting for smaller booth space and/or decreasing their sponsorship investment.

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5 Tips for Planning Fundraising Events That Exceed Expectations

Social Tables

At a granular level, their focus will be on confirming vendors (food and beverage, lighting, A/V), working closely with the venue, and creating a production schedule for the event. Sponsorship. Sponsorships. Create a sponsorship strategy. As we mentioned before, sponsorship can make or break your event.

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What Did You Do Differently Last Year?

PCMA Convene

We are moving to a larger venue for 2017. Increase in what we budget for food and beverage, and managing other costs more closely. We may shorten our 2017 meeting, have one less speaker, reduce the meal costs. • We may shorten our 2017 meeting, have one less speaker, reduce the meal costs. • Lowered meeting costs.

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5 Tips for Planning Fundraising Events That Exceed Expectations

Social Tables

At a granular level, their focus will be on confirming vendors (food and beverage, lighting, A/V), working closely with the venue, and creating a production schedule for the event. Create a sponsorship strategy. As we mentioned before, sponsorship can make or break your event. Identify your opportunity.

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Trade Show Booths: 100 Best Ideas for 2022

EventMB

A post shared by EverBlockSA (@everblocksa) on Nov 16, 2017 at 9:52pm PST. Food is a crowd pleaser, particularly for long exhibitions and trade shows. You needn’t sell cookware or food to use a booth like this. A post shared by “WOODEN STYLE” – Surabaya (@woodenstyle_interior) on Apr 29, 2017 at 7:00am PDT.

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Coachella 2022 Experiential: From Cryo-facials to Four-course Chip Sampling

Event Marketer

BMW’s Road to Coachella platform, which launched in 2017, once again featured a content creation journey documented by artist and influencer partners on their way to the event in a fleet of all-electric BMWs. As part of the brand’s efforts to fight food insecurity, the space featured a “What Do You Give A Crop About?”

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

How shifting trends will impact meetings and hotels in 2017 was the hot topic debated by a panel of five meetings and hospitality leaders led by Dan Berger from Social Tables. This covered delegates’ expectations for personalization, right down to food and beverage, as well as keeping up with evolving technology and addressing security needs.

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