Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties. Business events and hotel group room bookings are nearly half of what they were in 2019. Hotels cost more, air travel is limited and more expensive and inflation has made travel in general more costly.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It has topped of the list of challenges identified by planners in Convene ’s Annual Meetings Market Survey for years, including in the 2017 and 2020 surveys, conducted in 2016 and 2019, respectively, and in our most recent survey (to be published in a special Convene November Forecast issue).

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A veteran planner discusses how she nudges hotels to act on her requests for proposal: She gives to get. First, include or be prepared to share historical information with salespeople,” even if it means including figures for the 2022 edition of the meeting along with, because of the business gap during the Covid pandemic, the 2019 edition.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

As nationwide demand flattens, hotels target the meetings segment with rising rates and fees to maintain their revenue. economy is losing steam—and some proof coming from the most recent hotel performance statistics—one might think that meeting and event planners are poised to gain the upper hand as they negotiate for upcoming programs.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 16, 2019

An online reseller of contracted meeting elements launches a week ahead of its industry rollout at the IMEX show in Frankfurt. When meetings are canceled, the group that signed the contract is typically responsible to pay either a flat fee or a percentage of the revenue they were to bring to the contracted supplier. I doubt it."

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Meetings Contracts Food and Beverage Hotels 89

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Once the contract has been signed, the tough talk doesn’t stop. Choices, Choices. Tell a Story.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Underwood shared that, overall, hotel rates are up 38% since before the pandemic and properties are less likely to negotiate day rates or minimums than pre-Covid as they are under pressure from increased labor and operating costs. And when you can find a car, it may not be the clean, service-oriented ride you remember from 2019.

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Hospitality Management Negotiating Transportation 52

MeetingsNet

JULY 9, 2021

Because the present environment does not allow planners to use the same budgeting process as that of 2019, planners must examine the total budget for each event and see if money must be shifted between areas in order to deliver the most overall value to attendees and other stakeholders. I got them back to the hotel and cut them myself.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Businesses in a 2019 survey cited increasing costs and lower budgets as the top two challenges they face as they plan events. Ask the event sales staff for a booking date during a time where they need extra revenue and they may be willing to negotiate a deal. Review the Contract. Events are a necessity for many businesses.

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Contracts Negotiating Banking Venues 77

PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2019

Hotels were a recurring topic, as planners noted a decrease in the ability to negotiate contracts, along with pressures associated with lowered commissions and increased competition for space. Although the overall survey results paint an optimistic picture for 2019, individual responses reveal pockets of anxiety.

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Food and Beverage Meetings Negotiating Hotels 91

Endless Events

JANUARY 22, 2019

They will answer questions regarding speeds, signal strengths, contract negotiations, and so much more. And now for the main topic in the episode below, #EventIcons 2019 Sneak Peak! Today on #EventIcons our host Will Curran and iconic guests Matt King of Glisser Ltd. , This is a can’t miss episode! This is all for you!

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

After aggregating 1,000-plus hotel sales promotions in 2017, we found that hotels send out promo offers 89-193 days from the arrival/departure dates. No matter the offer, what these hotel promos really mean is that the property is behind pace or needs to fill rooms. And 2019 and 2020 don’t look much better. .

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Marketing Food and Beverage Hotels 2019 70

Event Planning BluePrint

MARCH 29, 2022

Not only can it help you learn the lingo to help you sell your services, but it can give you insight into how the pros handle things, like negotiations to help save their clients money. You don’t have to think of it as a formal, tough, adversarial negotiation,” she said. Is it any wonder that, as of 2019, his net worth is $4 million?

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SmartMeetings

JULY 11, 2017

A website in Alabama speculated state-funded California collegiate sports teams might not be able to travel to recruit athletes in banned states or attend major sporting events such as the 2018–2019 NCAA College Football Playoff semifinal game planned for Dallas. Cancelled in Louisville. And our city lost that business, plain and simple.”

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

According to the Fall 2019 Pulse Survey, conducted by Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), only one-third (33 percent) of planners planned to grow the size of their meetings in 2020, and just 14 percent planned to expand their incentive programs. Work with Partners—and Haggle.

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Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 74

Social Tables

MARCH 2, 2021

This means that your contract should say what clients will and will not be billed for. For example, the average cost of a wedding in Mississippi in 2019 was $15,475, while the average cost of a wedding in Hawaii was $29,605. After, carefully document your time and receipts so your records are easy to reference if needed.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Wynn, 76, has been a leader—many say, the leader—in transforming Las Vegas from a place to gamble to an all-encompassing nexus not only for casinos but also luxury hotels, nonstop entertainment, fine dining and high-end shopping. It also recently announced it will build Wynn West, another resort and casino in Las Vegas.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 23, 2020

On a more exciting note, today we’re covering MeetingsNet best stories of 2019. Planners Salary Survey 2019” And then the last one is “Study Finds One in Four Tech-Conference Speakers are Women” Hurricane Dorian Affects the Bahamas Unevenly. Because where else would you get the best ideas and insights?

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2019 Contracts Sustainability Technology 91

Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Let’s see that was mainly luxury hotels, key markets. And now here we are finally January 2019 where they’re announcing Encore Event Technologies. Unrelated to this news I was already starting to see people saying, “Wow, it just feels like hotels and venues and in-house AVs are bending a lot less.

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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. Contract Management.

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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. Contract Management.

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Social Tables

MAY 14, 2019

But that’s not to say you can’t negotiate. Tips for negotiating a bigger event budget When it comes to negotiating an event budget , the language stakeholders speak most fluently is data. Submit your RFPs & get ready to negotiate. Then comes the most important part. to get a quote on what your event might cost.

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Eventtia

APRIL 12, 2023

Hopin Hopin is a relatively new player in the event management scene, with the London-based company only being started in 2019 and the software, Hopim Events, only being launched in February 2020. Venue sourcing: find the perfect venue for your event on Cvent’s interface, using its database of over 300,000 venues and hotels worldwide.

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Eventtia

APRIL 12, 2023

Hopin Hopin is a relatively new player in the event management scene, with the London-based company only being started in 2019 and the software, Hopim Events, only being launched in February 2020. Venue sourcing: find the perfect venue for your event on Cvent’s interface, using its database of over 300,000 venues and hotels worldwide.

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