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Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract

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All the way out to at least 2025 right now, maybe even 2026, depending on your group size, or the destination, or the hotel that you want to be in.” Read More : Gen Z Meeting Planners Navigate Post-Covid Job Market “It’s going to be difficult to contract with hotels or destinations that you want to be in for the foreseeable future.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

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This covered delegates’ expectations for personalization, right down to food and beverage, as well as keeping up with evolving technology and addressing security needs. Throughout the discussion some startling statistics were revealed, not least that Airbnb predicts it will be handling one billion room nights per year by 2025.

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