Event Industry News

AUGUST 29, 2019

The International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham and its in-house caterer, Amadeus, are utilising cutting-edge AI technology to reduce food waste at the venue by a third. Working with Winnow Solutions, they have now installed software that monitors both the type and amount of food being disposed of. Areas of interest.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 13, 2018

These 10 tips will help you find the perfect conference venue. 36% of event planners spending most of their budget on the venue , choosing a event space becomes o. To make it a bit easier, here are 10 tips for choosing a great venue for your next corporate event, conference or a trade-show. Source: American Express.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 7, 2017

While some event professionals may gleefully embrace the prospect of negotiating contracts for large events, many would rather run for the hills. You would be surprised at how many people do not actually read every line in a contract. However, you might consider negotiating the prior year’s rates for services such as food and beverage.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2018

“You’d leave voicemails and hope they’d call you back, then end up with 10 phone calls between the RFP and the contract. On average, there are 20-30 venues for each city, plus the nation’s first directory of restaurants with private dining rooms. What we did was radically improve upon existing workloads with end-to-end products.”

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 6, 2019

Currency Research’s event team, including Shaun Ferrari, a managing director, hit the ground running with wildfires forced them to change the location of the Americas Cash Cycle Seminar in November 2018. At 7:00 that night, we confirmed the venue and sent an email to all attendees about the change. New Day, New Contract.

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Endless Events

JULY 6, 2018

You can cultivate these experiences by choosing a good venue and by brainstorming in such a way that out-of-the-box learning is stimulated. This is doubly true for B2Bs, since every purchase tends to be a long-term contract. That means knowing the non-negotiables like audiovisual, food and beverage, security, etc.,

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Since then, working as a nonprofit under the conference tagline Creativity + Commerce, C2’s organizers have succeeded in capturing both global attendance and the world’s attention — the 2018 conference, held May 23–25, brought more than 7,000 attendees from 60 countries to Montréal. Hands-on activities are embedded into C2’s custom labs.

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