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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

Velvet Chainsaw

Following are considerations gathered from industry media, meetings market surveys and anecdotal reports from Velvet Chainsaw Consulting clients. exhibitors are funding these higher expenses by sending fewer staff, opting for smaller booth space and/or decreasing their sponsorship investment. in group hotel rates, with a 7.8%

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6 Budget-Saving Tips for 2019: Maximize Your Event Budget, Not Your Spend

Eventmobi

Thankfully, with a few savvy budget-saving tips, you can run a successful, professional event with minimum event budget costs in 2019. Offer event sponsorships and contra deals. These brands may charge a big price tag for that sponsorship deal. Pay for the food – not the catering. to cover your event costs.

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8 Event Budget Adjustments Needed to Host Safe Events in 2021

Event Farm

We looked at the cost differential between today and 2019 when the actual summit took place to get a sense of the expense increases you can expect when planning your events. Ryan and Marcella project a 25% increase in food and beverage costs due to not having buffets or family-style service.

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Taking Meetings and Exhibitions on the Road

PCMA Convene

The Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care, and Resuscitation (SIAARTI) turned its annual meeting into a traveling event that included educational content and meetings with experts, health managers, local administrators, and sponsors in socially distanced settings. Gaia Santoro.

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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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Here’s Why Technology Should Be At The Core Of Your Event Strategy

Endless Events

Depending on your event, you might be interested in measuring attendee satisfaction, gross revenue, sponsorship satisfaction, NPS, or session analytics. Among the most popular in the events industry are corporate budgets, attendee registration fees, partner sponsorships, and/or donations. Event budgets come from various sources.

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Nine High-tech Solutions to Explore in the COVID-19 Era

Event Marketer

Take for example the shift expected in food and beverage experiences, and how solutions once considered more spectacle than strategic, like Makr Shakr’s robot bartender, will come into play. Facial recognition technology, widely used in airports, is expected to support touchless events. Because these days we all want to breathe easier.

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