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How to start a wedding venue: Tips from two wedding industry experts

Planning Pod

Is it your dream to run a wedding venue perfect for tying the knot? Whatever the reason, starting a wedding venue can be a great choice to shift your career and improve your financial portfolio–but getting an event venue up and running isn’t always easy. Andrea Vallencourt, Owner and Venue Director, Clay Theatre.

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Creative Methods to Generate More Revenue for Your Next Conference

Smart Meetings

Research Finds Sponsorships Are Still Relevant According to a 2019 report from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research ( CEIR ) of 200 show executives and 728 exhibitors, sponsorships make up roughly 20% of B2B tradeshow revenues. Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort.

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Wyboston Lakes Resort sees demand for events surge for 2022, well ahead of pre-pandemic years

Prestige Events Magazine

Bookings for conferences, meetings and training events at Wyboston Lakes Resort for 2022 are currently over 140% ahead of 2019, alongside a record number of large events from leading pharmaceutical companies taking place this Autumn. New business has increased by 266%, compared to 2020, and is up by 14% on 2019.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

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.

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Managing Meetings Means Managing Stakeholders

MeetingsNet

One of the key differences between 2019 and today is that in 2019, there was so much consistency year over year, and so much trust that had been built between ourselves and our key stakeholders as well the hotels and DMCs we regularly engaged with. The New Environment. And on top of that, their business units face their own unknowns.

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State of Virtual Meeting Tools

Smart Meetings

A streaming option can serve larger, more geographically diverse and executive audiences, act as a flexible insurance policy in the event a new threat grounds attendees while providing valuable data about behavior. She suggests not signing long-term contracts “because you don’t know what is going to happen.”.

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What’s on Your Wish List?

PCMA Convene

I would like to see venues have a lower pricing structure for Wi-Fi. Management commitment to contract for our known major events up to 2019. Management commitment to contract for our known major events up to 2019. Requiring independent contractors to have their own liability insurance. More staff.