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Making Up for Fewer Skilled Workers at Your Conference

Velvet Chainsaw

Space conflicts — There were many re-bookings during the pandemic. The meeting rooms you contracted for may have been double booked. In addition to the labor and skills shortage, even seasoned AV techs are a bit rusty. Some of these groups have been squeezed in. If you need 20 volunteers, get 25.

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Creating Restaurant Event Spaces that Sell

Social Tables

As the demand for private events grows and booking windows get shorter, more customers are looking for restaurant event spaces that meet their needs. Acting as an event venue opens restaurants to the revenue potential associated with event rental and catering services—revenue with higher profit margins than traditional food service.

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Best Catering Software of 2022 – Reviews of Top Solutions & CRMs

Planning Pod

Many of the catering solutions below offer these functions as well as other valuable business and event management features for tracking event bookings; generating financial and profitability reports; viewing business data using real-time dashboards; and integrating with point-of-sale (POS) systems and accounting solutions like Quickbooks.

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Win at Negotiating AV Services with Hotels

Smart Meetings

Many hotel contracts mandate use of an in-house AV provider and contain clauses prohibiting use of other vendors or charge for the privilege of using the planner’s preferred vendor. Knowing this and other nuances associated with AV services contracting can help contain event costs and access to the optimum AV solution.

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Avoid the Venue Budget-Busters

MeetingsNet

However, flexibility and asking the right questions will help you book the right property for your event. In today’s super-heated seller’s market, it pays to book venues as far out as possible. Negotiate multi-year contracts with the same venue or hotel chain. Remember that everything is negotiable, until the contract is signed.

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Wedding venue management software: How we saved Hidden Barn Venue from spreadsheet paralysis and saved them 62 hours a month

Planning Pod

It’s fairly common for new wedding venues to use free software like Google Docs, Excel spreadsheets, e-calendars and email plus cost-saving tools like whiteboards, paper printouts and folders while landing their first bookings and gaining a foothold in the event industry. Michelle Sanabria – Wedding Coordinator at Hidden Barn Venue.

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Code Red! Your Fix-It Guide for Today’s Event Emergencies

SmartMeetings

Going into full hostess mode, she arranged for a hospitality suite stocked with food and a changing room in case early arrivals wanted to hit the beach before the welcome reception. “I As a nod to food allergies, elegant labeling listing everything in the box, and the company logo aligned with the theme of the event.