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Speaker Trends in the New Business Environment

MeetingsNet

The head of a major speakers bureau provides insight on hot topics, interesting formats, and rising cost concerns for keynoters and other featured speakers. MeetingsNet: Now that the post-pandemic business landscape has some stability, what is different in what corporate groups are looking to get from their speakers?

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The Power of Purpose is Fueled by Collaboration

Smart Meetings

Read More: Power Of Purpose 2023 Highlights In the process of evolving the offerings, what was Destination Showcase became Showcase, a place modeled after the energy of South by Southwest for technology companies, agencies, hotels, airlines, any supplier that works to make events successful can get connected to meeting producers who need their help.

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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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Flight shaming in the events industry

Gallus Events

Almost every industry has a carbon footprint and the airline industry is one of the biggest and that’s why “flight shaming” (or rather reducing emissions from flying) is so important. . The Airline Industry was represented by Alexandre de Juniac, Director General & CEO, IATA. degree Celsius increase,” he said.

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Confident planning strategies for the return of incentive travel 

The MICE

So we negotiated client-friendly terms for all cancelled trips under very good conditions, and for all projects which were upcoming, that the payment would be postponed as well. We are not in this business, but everybody is used to negotiating things, to talking about things in online meetings. You always need a backup.

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Your Post-COVID Planner Contract Questions Answered

SmartMeetings

You’re supposed to be negotiating one complete document rather than a contract and an addendum. How do you advocate for clients when hotels and airlines will not waive cancellation fees? More : Lisa Sommer Devlin on Advanced Hotel Contract Negotiations. Does it mean a strike by airline workers? More : J.D.

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Top 30 Conferences for Women in 2020

Bizzabo

Speakers at the conference included Hilary Duff, Busy Philipps, and Leann Rimes. Why You Should Attend: This popular event, sponsored by industry heavyweights like Target, Dell, and Alaskan Airlines is chock-full of powerful content. Hang out and take notes from our incredible speaker line-up who'll be joining us in conversation??

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