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Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract

Smart Meetings

But entering a new relationship with a hotel usually comes with a detailed contract of agreements and stipulations. Smart Meetings chatted with Cheryl M. State of the Market Based on the current state of the market, Payne has seen a shift occur due to the events that transpired during Covid-19.

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Emerging Association Meeting Strategies

Smart Meetings

To explore this further, Smart Meetings sat down with Michelle Mason, president and CEO of ASAE , to learn how meeting professionals can bring members together in more meaningful ways and what the next generation of convention attendees want in their experience. It presented an opportunity for us to create new experiences.

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Meetings & events industry trends and predictions for 2023

Event Industry News

From evolving event booker expectations to the importance of the right collaborations for business success, hear the latest MICE trends and predictions for the year ahead from a selection of Custard’s expert clients. Short lead times and conversions will continue to be a theme for business meetings and events in 2023.

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Q&A: San Francisco Travel Association Discusses Event Safety and Business

Event Marketer

The city’s challenges related to homelessness, crime and drugs are part of a combination of factors that are impacting the city’s event business, with a number of big tech conferences announcing historic moves out of the city and to Las Vegas. Many organizations use their annual meeting as a fundraiser also.

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Meetings & events industry trends and predictions for 2023

Prestige Events Magazine

From evolving event booker expectations to the importance of the right collaborations for business success, hear the latest MICE trends and predictions for the year ahead from a selection of Custard’s expert clients. Short lead times and conversions will continue to be a theme for business meetings and events in 2023.

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Smaller Budgets, Bigger Risks

PCMA Convene

The new realities of holding digital, hybrid, and in-person events were discussed in Las Vegas and online last month during CL22 in topic-based, facilitator-led, 30-minute, small-group discussions. Session: How Have You Hacked Your Budget to Stretch and Scale Your Event? Does anyone really go back and listen to post-event recordings?

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