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4 Ps and 3 Tips for Inspiring Incentive Travel

SmartMeetings

We have the expertise to know what resorts and venues will work best for their specific needs, as well as our negotiating clout and global connections. ” Engage your DMC early—they might have existing relationships with hotels and venues in your desired destination and can help with negotiations.

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7 Strategies to Negotiate a Bigger Events Budget

SmartMeetings

Find out what’s going on with the budgets in other departments; is the company cutting back on events while spending more on other things? Is demand for meetings expected to grow? Knowing what to expect will give you more leverage at the negotiating table. Also, get an idea of what’s happening in the rest of the industry.

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CWT Meetings & Events research: London to remain top EMEA destination for corporate meetings and events in 2019

Event Industry News

CWT Meetings & Events, a division of global travel management company Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), today unveiled its predictions for the top ten cities in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in M&E. 2019 forecast (2018/17 positions in brackets): London, UK (1/1).

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Are You a Great Event Planner?

Master the Event

The Duties of an Event Planner Can Be Many Here are a few articles that we’ve done regarding characteristics of an event planner: Meeting Planner Jobs – Sounds Fun, Right? Negotiation skills. There”s a fine line between a good negotiator and a dictator. A good negotiator knows when to give and when to take. Creativity.

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The Top 10 Most Common Types of Corporate Events

GEVME

When looking for new ways to engage employees, corporate event professionals experiment with multiple event formats. From fun incentive trips to spectacular galas, you can align the goals of an organisation with a huge variety of corporate meeting types. What is corporate event management? How to plan a corporate event.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. Tell a Story.

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Venue Sourcing for Event Planners

Stova

For example, Stova’s event technology simplifies event sourcing and gives you the power to better negotiate with venues. Filter out venues that don’t meet your criteria. Also, especially for large corporate meetings, consider the type of attendees. This enables you to: Spread the web to narrow your search.

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