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Why Meeting Planners Should—and Shouldn’t—Worry About Airline Strikes

MeetingsNet

Recent news that pilots at American, Southwest, and United airlines are threatening to strike might be fraying the nerves of meeting professionals concerned about their upcoming events. Here’s a wrap-up of the latest news on airline pilot contracts, and some perspective on the possibility of a strike. Pilot strikes are rare.

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You Can Negotiate Away Annoying Hotel Fees

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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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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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Will New Labor Deals Bring Budget Blues to Meetings?

MeetingsNet

As with recent hotel-labor agreements around the country plus a new contract for UPS workers, fresh contracts for more than 45,000 airline pilots may well affect costs around business events. The other major airline in the United States, Southwest, is in federal mediation with its pilots’ union over the terms of a new contract.

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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. are also quiet and, therefore, the meeting planner has the upper hand when negotiating rates. Off-Site venues (museums, galleries etc.)

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Smart Woman Summit Celebrates Transformation

Smart Meetings

Patricia Murray discovered this essential truth first as a Miss California contestant and then as a pilot on multiple tours of Afghanistan and with American Airlines. Master the Negotiation. Once you have made the ask, the work of negotiation begins. Many meeting profs discovered this for themselves last year, but Lt.

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Out of This World Gifting

Smart Meetings

The pair started with 25 brands and negotiated offerings to build a marketplace of “collections” at levels ranging from $1,500 to $10,000 for two guests, including taxes, fees and gratuities. Even airline certificates good for up to three years in any dollar amount are available.