Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Event planners are experiencing sticker shock from rising costs for audiovisual, food and beverage, and other direct meeting expenses.

Event Planning 370

Event Planning Food and Beverage 2023 2019 370

SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

Financial 69

Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 69

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In 2019, FAMP drew 1,500 attendees and 140 booths. They gave us three options: Terminate our original contract and they would return our deposit with no penalty, Reschedule the event in 2020 with new contract terms; or. Postpone to 2021 with the same contract terms.”. The contract terms were favorable,” said Saunders.

Trade Shows 105

Trade Shows Contracts 2020 Food and Beverage 105

MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

And 2019 and 2020 don’t look much better. . And, based on the pipeline for 2019/2020 hotel construction, there will not be a lot of new hotels adding meeting and event space in top-tier markets. So, start searching now for your 2019/2020 events. The best rates, dates, and space in 2018 have already been booked.

Marketing 70

Marketing Food and Beverage Hotels 2019 70

PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

So, we have an extraordinary journey here in this industry that was 2-percent digital at the time of us writing this book — in 2019, the events industry was 2-percent digital. 1 skillset is no longer your food and beverage and your contracting of the venue and so on. That’s a massive amount.

Technology 64

Technology Venues Trade Shows Food and Beverage 64

Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Business and accounting – For tracking contacts/CRM, leads, legal contracts, proposals, invoicing, payments, revenues and ROI. Because in 2019 there are many options when trying to evaluate event planning applications, it’s important that you approach selecting a platform with the right criteria in mind. ClearEvent.

Event Management 112

Event Management Management 2019 Social Media 112

Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Business and accounting – For tracking contacts/CRM, leads, legal contracts, proposals, invoicing, payments, revenues and ROI. Because in 2019 there are many options when trying to evaluate event planning applications, it’s important that you approach selecting a platform with the right criteria in mind. ClearEvent.

Event Management 60

Event Management Management 2019 Social Media 60