MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

How to stretch your event budget for food and beverage, event tech, ground transportation, and venues. Mike May, president of Brightspot Incentives & Events, said he tells clients to expect increases of around 30 percent for airfares, 20 percent for guest rooms, and 10 percent for food and beverage.

Food and Beverage 59

Food and Beverage Meetings Transportation 2023 59

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. Maybe a three-hour event is 2.5

Financial 82

Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 82

MeetingsNet

MAY 16, 2019

To help meeting groups mitigate cancellation-related costs, Amsterdam-based CXL-Events.com launched this week as an online marketplace for reselling and purchasing contracted elements of meetings and special events, including guest rooms, venue rentals, catering and audiovisual services, group tours, transportation services, and other items.

Meetings 89

Meetings Contracts Food and Beverage Hotels 89

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?

Negotiating 62

Negotiating Social Media Consulting Food and Beverage 62

Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Personnel and vendors – For coordinating staff, clients, contractors and volunteers as well as selecting and managing vendors , venues, speakers and other content providers. Every event professional plans events in a slightly different way (as do event venues run their businesses in their own unique ways).

Event Management 112

Event Management Management 2019 Social Media 112

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

COP26 is shorthand for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, a summit which brought leaders from more than 130 nations together to negotiate a global plan to address climate change. It also was the site for negotiations. People said, ‘If we have to do this, we will — but we cannot negotiate.

Negotiating 98

Negotiating Sustainability 2030 Tourism 98

Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Personnel and vendors – For coordinating staff, clients, contractors and volunteers as well as selecting and managing vendors , venues, speakers and other content providers. Every event professional plans events in a slightly different way (as do event venues run their businesses in their own unique ways).

Event Management 60

Event Management Management 2019 Social Media 60