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Four Ways That Corporate Meeting Planners Can Trim Budgets

Master the Event

Corporate meeting planners are always looking for creative ways that they can trim their meetings budget without losing too much of the overall program. Today, corporate meeting planners have a tough job. Of course for many corporations and associations meetings are a vital part of their operation.

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10 Sweet Ideas to Reduce Food Waste and Food Miles at Your Events

MeetingsNet

Here's a menu of actions that can help you send a lot less good food to the landfill. How much are you doing to incorporate sustainability into your F&B programs? read more.

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Does Size Matter for a Convention Center?

Master the Event

While large groups and associations are certainly groups they target, you may be surprised to learn that many convention centers are also going for the smaller groups. A Convention Center Is Equipped to Assist Event Planners Generally speaking, convention centers are connected with the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB).

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. Similarly, the chief indicators of the business-events industry continued to reflect a healthy economic environment, with mostly positive increases. Thinking ahead — The average booking window for large meetings is 2.2

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Convene’s 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Remarkably, some metrics in 15 key areas have held steady during the past decade — for example, meetings and conventions have consistently contributed to around one-third of their organizations’ total annual revenues — regardless of the economy. 28 percent expect to plan more meetings in 2017; only 3 percent expect to plan fewer meetings.

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