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The Market Shifts That Led to Commission Cuts

Velvet Chainsaw

Marriott, Hilton and IHG have announced reductions in group-booking commissions from 10 percent to 7 percent for their North American hotels, to take place over a period of time this year and next. Some of these costs include: rebates or commissions going to the group directly — often undisclosed to the attendee paying for the room.

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PSAV Acquires Encore Event Technologies: What It Could Mean for Event and Meeting Planners

Endless Events

January 2018. The acquisition brings together in one ownership group an experiential events and trade show company with one of the largest event experience providers in North America and Europe. “The It represents the ownership group’s entry into the global trade show market and accelerates its expansion into live experiential events.”

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How to Be More Learner-Centric at Your Conferences

PCMA Convene

Peter Sheahan, founder and Group CEO of Karrikins Group, presents during PCMA’s Education Conference 2018 in Cleveland. Who is at the center of your conference planning, programming, and experience? PCMA photo). Are you keeping your participants as learners foremost in mind?

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Agency Spotlight: Rapiergroup

Event Industry News

This includes event and conference planning and management, exhibit strategy and design, employee training and engagement, sponsorship marketing, creative content and communications, and digital-interactive media. That company was acquired by the Charles Barker Group in about 1982. Nick’s CV is impressive.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Prior to the launch of the Cultural Strategy Group, Holt was a professor at the Harvard Business School and then the L’Oréal Chair in Marketing at Oxford. In 2017 he featured in the Time 100 list of most influential people, and in 2018 he was awarded a CBE for services to science and technology. What is he known for? Where to find him?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Prior to the launch of the Cultural Strategy Group, Holt was a professor at the Harvard Business School and then the L’Oréal Chair in Marketing at Oxford. In 2017 he featured in the Time 100 list of most influential people, and in 2018 he was awarded a CBE for services to science and technology. What is he known for? Where to find him?

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Sponsorship Revenue Ideas for Healthcare Events

Expo Logic

But according to The State of Event Sponsorship in 2018 , a majority of event planners are struggling to secure sponsors. And unfortunately, for a small group, retention rate is decreasing. We approach exhibitors to underwrite the pavilions so patients and advocacy groups can attend. 6) Monetize Alerts and Notifications.