Meeting Tomorrow

MARCH 28, 2024

According to Pinterest, 2024 will be filled with eclectic grandpas, kitschy kitchens, badminton, and…jellyfish? For 2024, Pinterest identified 23 breakout trends that touch on everything from beauty, lifestyle aesthetics, shopping, fitness, and food. Whether it’s with makeup , hair , or home decor , 2024 is about being big and bold.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2024

The result: Less negotiability for meetings. percent) in 2024, compared to a strong 2023 that saw pent-up demand unleashed after the Covid pandemic. CoStar also expects acceleration of the group market in spring 2024 as well as in September through early November 2024. percent) and guest-room rate (3.0

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

While the full 2024 report will be released on March 26th, Jennifer Best, vice president of marketing at AAE, shared some early data from this year’s survey results with attendees at the Catersource + The Special Event conference in February to highlight corporate event trends and how they’re likely to impact speaker bookings this year.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 9, 2024

Controlling Costs According to Freeman’s 2024 Exhibitor Report, 63 percent of exhibitors feel that support from the event organizer is extremely or very important, yet only 39 percent of them reported that the support they received was extremely or very effective. Many shows include links to their exhibitor manuals and order forms.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Negotiation experts share tips for building win-win event contracts The ROI is in the details when drafting a vendor contract. Concessions Worth Asking For in 2024 As the market continues to be tight, planners don’t have quite as much power as they might in a down market, but experts are still finding areas where they can get some relief.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 25, 2024

In March, urologist Ashley Winter took to X (formerly Twitter) to share that she wouldn’t be attending the American Urological Association’s 2024 annual meeting, May 3 – 6, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas. “My The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) held its 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Feb. 6-11, at Moscone West.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Jan Freitag, national director of hospitality for hotel-industry analyst CoStar, said in this article from SmartBrief that although further growth is expected in hotels’ revenue per available room in 2024 and 2025, hotels are worried about increased expenses. Labor costs are a significant driver of overall expenses.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 15, 2024

The result: In 2024, big-city hotels are seeing more than six percent growth in event-related revenue compared to before the Covid pandemic. As they negotiate for their business events throughout 2024, planners should keep in mind that further price hikes could be coming.

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Skiddle

MARCH 6, 2024

Introducing a brand new feature on the Promotion Centre Blog for 2024 – Skiddle Experts. Discover how to effectively utilise our intuitive features, how to negotiate brand sponsorships and how to promote your events at an expert level, leveraging tools such as paid ads and social media platforms.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2024

To Do: Instead of a general, sweeping clause, negotiate what steps will be taken to keep information secure, such as locking the door, hiring security guards, keeping attendants out of the meeting, providing shredders for documentation and education of attendees about how they treat the information shared.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

Session proposals are now being accepted for the MeetingsNet track at CaterSource + The Special Event show happening February 12 to 15, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Following a 95% vote in favor of strike authorization, the two-unions negotiating committee is now authorized to call a strike at 22 casino resorts along The Strip, divided between its largest employers: MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn/Encore Resorts. We’re continuing to monitor the situation and will share updates as appropriate.”

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. Even if your negotiation tactics are the best in the industry, you might want to direct your focus on managing client expectations rather than stressing yourself senseless trying to squeeze concessions from a frozen turnip.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. Even meeting space—a line item that was ripe for negotiation before the pandemic—is far tougher to get at favorable cost.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Samantha Jordan, a futurist and consultant with Future Today Institute, led a discussion with industry leaders and explained that companies, including major retailers, are already using the tool to negotiate contracts. She reported that attorneys who work with these companies say they like the experience better than negotiating with a human.

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ePly

JANUARY 3, 2024

A Guide for Event Profs in the Age of Rising Costs Welcome to 2024, where contract negotiations continue to be a critical but dreaded aspect of event planning. In this day and age, negotiation skills are even more essential as event professionals strive to deliver memorable experiences while staying on budget.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 8, 2022

The event – which brings together leading national and global brands with the UK’s independent wholesaling industry to negotiate deals and network – will increase from 5,400m2 to 8,100m2. The event will take place again in June this year and is set to return in 2023 and 2024.

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EventMB

JUNE 8, 2022

This visually impressive China National Convention Center, Phase 2 (CNCC-II) is scheduled to open its doors in 2024. A total of 13 million visitors are predicted for its first year of operation and 130 events are currently being negotiated. Construction on the $2 billion center is expected to begin in 2024 with completion in 2028.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

If I talk less, I can be better at negotiating.’ Listen Up This article and those listed below are part of Convene ’s January/February 2024 issue cover and CMP Series story package. Writing the book, he told Convene , “began for me as, ‘Oh, I’m going to stop wrecking my life by saying stupid things.’ Then it was, ‘Oh, wow.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

It’s no secret that costs for just about every element of meetings and events shot up in 2023—and even the slowing inflation rate probably won’t be enough to head off further event-cost hikes in 2024. But if you do opt for the full bar, “get a detailed record of what is consumed to make budgeting for future events easier.”

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2024

What to expect at Business Events Industry Week 2024 The meetings and events industry calendar is a crowded place, filled with must-attend association conferences, regional gatherings and our own projects, especially in the summer and fall.

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ePly

JANUARY 3, 2024

A Guide for Event Profs in the Age of Rising Costs Welcome to 2024, where contract negotiations continue to be a critical but dreaded aspect of event planning. In this day and age, negotiation skills are even more essential as event professionals strive to deliver memorable experiences while staying on budget.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 26, 2022

Statements from the European Parliament and Council as well as negotiators suggest the Act contains a number of measures to ensure secondary ticketing marketplaces act responsibly. The text was agreed shortly after 1.30am on Saturday 23rd April in Brussels, after a marathon 16 hours of discussions between policy-makers.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

With meeting season back in full swing, hotels are busy servicing corporate and association programs while their sales teams are sifting through the requests for proposals for business events set to happen in late 2023 and throughout 2024 and beyond. Further, flexibility is key to getting responses from hotels.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

After some creative scheduling, Barcelo Maya Grand Resort stepped up to host in 2023, Louisville Tourism agreed to host what is expected to be a crowd of 2,500 at Kentucky International Convention Center a year early in 2024. Your contributions have created lasting memories and will continue to shape the future of our industry.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Read More: Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract During the open Q&A, planners aired frustrations—contracts are time-consuming already. Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Pick your battles.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 29, 2023

What’s more, “there’s sometimes too much decision-making by committee, which can wreck a budget because we lose time for negotiating with outside vendors,” she says. “We We need to know who is deciding what, and then we will tailor our communications on specific things to the right people.”

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Management Events

JANUARY 13, 2022

Once viewed as a buzzword, digital transformation is now a non-negotiable element of business continuity. The International Data Corporation predicts that digital investments will make up more than 50% of ICT investments by 2024 and will be a large part of 2022’s global economy. .

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted a 10-percent increase in the number of meeting-and-event-planning jobs by 2024. So the interns should learn how you negotiate that type of situation.”. Of the 27 competencies listed in CIC’s handbook, it could be site inspection, contract negotiation, promotions, and publicity.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

With global business travel rebounding and expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2024 , the company is preemptively offering complimentary hotel room block sourcing and contracting services to clients as an extension of that commitment.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 15, 2024

As I write this, the European Parliament is close to outlawing facial recognition in public spaces, though negotiations on the final wording are still underway. You’re almost certainly in it.) More details on state laws can be found at DataGuidance.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

TBA UX and Digital Design Week TBA 2024 UX & Digital Design Week hosted by Future London Academy is an immersive 5-day experience with talks, round tables, studio visits, and mini-workshops from the most influential digital companies in the world. Leave with the do’s and don’t’s on how to make the successful design team of your dreams.

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