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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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Budgets Versus Costs: A Losing Battle?

MeetingsNet

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. Heading up the list is food and beverage, where 55 percent of planners have dealt with costs that are at least 10 percent higher than they were one year prior.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE

We worked closely with destination Bern – the Bern Convention Bureau , Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau and local hotel partners where the sessions were filmed: Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA, Hotel Bellevue Palace Bern and Kongress + Kursaal Bern AG. Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA.

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Choosing Your Perfect Destination for You and Your Attendees

Cvent: Event Marketing

You have fallen in love with a destination and want to hold your next meeting there. With so many wonderful countries, cities and venues to choose from, this selection process can seem like fetching a needle out of a proverbial haystack. Hotel Room. Food & Beverage. Types of Hotels and Meeting Space.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) drew crowds to its trade show booth with a citywide interactive screen, which allowed users to access to hotel, convention and event spaces through the power of touch-screen technology. Industry Trends.

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Don’t Believe Everything You See on Twitter About a San Francisco Meeting Apocalypse

Smart Meetings

San Francisco’s welcoming people, its unbeatable food scene, and its endless activity regularly lead to record-breaking meeting attendance. And in the past year, a dozen new meeting and event spaces have opened throughout the city. of contiguous space and sits within walking distance to more than 19,000 hotel rooms.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

I expect to continue to improve at a slower pace now because venues are taking away or not offering concessions, plus have greatly increased room rates. I am finding it difficult to find venues that meet our needs and stay within budget. I feel that I am being pushed out into less desirable locations/hotels.”.