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Top 5 tips to negotiating the best event venue price

Jujama

There are a few tricks to negotiating venue costs. If you do have a budget in place, let the venue know a number that is lower than what your actual budget is, allowing some room for negotiating. Similar to buying airline tickets, the dates and times you choose for your event can dramatically effect the price. Happy planning!

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You Can Negotiate Away Annoying Hotel Fees

SmartMeetings

In other words, hotels and resorts saw what airlines were doing and started figuring out their own ways to increase revenue beyond the basic fare —or, in this case, the room rate. I have heard of planners negotiating out this fee,” says Lauren Wolfe, a lawyer who publishes the website killresortfees.com. Last year, the U.S.

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BENEFITS OF HOSTING A WINTER MEETING

Master the Event

This provides the meeting planner an opportunity to negotiate with a four or five star hotel where otherwise, say July or August, he or she may have had to negotiate with a three-star property. A meeting planner will have much more bargaining power for room rates, food and beverage etc. Transportation.

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7 Trendsetting Travel Apps

SmartMeetings

The app lets users browse curated, local hotel venues as well as choose food, beverages and other amenities for groups of up to 40 people. The app offers already-negotiated prices and same-week bookings. Bizly provides instant booking for meetings in major cities. ChatnBook is basically the Tinder of hotel booking.

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Innovation and Tradition: our first impressions of events and hospitality in the UAE

zkipster

Our meetings with luxury brands, agencies, airlines, arts organizations and event producers provided fascinating insights into the ways events, hospitality and doing business in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are similar to the rest of the world, and what makes them unique. “The DANIEL DESSAUGES | CEO | ZKIPSTER. DANIEL DESSAUGES | CEO | ZKIPSTER.

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Navigating the Logistics of an Event Out of the Country 

All Seated

The Power of Knowledge and Negotiation . Everyone is looking for the best deal when it comes to airline tickets to hotel rates. Speak with your client to see if they have an executive points or rewards with specific hotel partners or airlines. Utilize your resources to help make your client’s dreams come true.

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Contract Cross Examination, Part 3: What Falls Under Force Majeure?

MeetingsNet

Food and Beverage Guarantees: The Other Attrition Yes, You Do Need a Cancellation Clause Is Your Meeting Illegal, Impossible, or Impracticable? . This covers travel policies and also airline computer crashes, bad weather in a hub city, etc. . How successful have you been in negotiating your clauses into your contracts?