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10 Tips for Choosing The Perfect Conference Venue

Bizzabo

Don’t be afraid to negotiate! Also, see if the staff will help you with surveys or onboarding and promoting your event app to your attendees. Food and Beverage: Parched throats? Most venues provide onsite food and beverage facilities. Costs: Considering that 32.8% Source: EventMB. Source: EventMB.

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3 Ways to Source Smarter in a Sellers’ Market

MeetingsNet

Take these incentives as a sign that you now have the upper hand in negotiations, a rare reprieve in today’s climate where suppliers typically hold all the leverage. . The best rates, dates, and space in 2018 have already been booked. And 2019 and 2020 don’t look much better. .

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Event Statistics: 17 Current Planning Stats that Could Change Your Business Today

Social Tables

Each week, we email a short survey to a mix of over 23,000 planners, venues, and hotels. And with each survey and stat, we learn a little bit more about how all of us can come together to create better face-to-face events. End every week with a bit of knowledge about this crazy, compelling industry that we all know and love.

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How to Plan an Event: A 10-Step Guide

Capterra Event Management

Catering (bartenders, servers, food, beverages, linens, table settings). Based on these figures alone, event planners (new and old) should focus on the digital marketing realm in 2018, and beyond. Catering: Survey registered attendees to find out what their tastes are, and if you need to make any special food accommodations.

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What Is the Meetings Industry’s No. 1 Challenge?

PCMA Convene

Chefs at the 2018 PCMA Annual Conference in Bangkok serve pasta and other dishes to attendees. In the 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey, respondents listed rising food and beverage costs as a major challenge. For more from the survey, visit Convene ’s 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey. Budget decreases.