Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Multiple representatives on the panel advised planners to evaluate contracts more carefully than ever—don’t pre-assume anything as a given if it isn’t explicitly stated in the contract. Read More: Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract During the open Q&A, planners aired frustrations—contracts are time-consuming already.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Three weeks after Hyatt Corporation confirmed that it would cut planner commissions, thereby following the lead of three other large hospitality companies, Meeting Planners Unite held its first conference in Washington, D.C. MPU’s leadership is also focused on negotiating for new sources of revenue for planners.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 25, 2020

Matt’s background working for some of Europe’s largest venues coupled with his creative arts education gives him a unique understanding of live event management – from both the agency and hospitality perspectives.

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Event Planning BluePrint

MARCH 25, 2024

This could be the theme of a corporate gala, the color palette of a wedding, or the innovative layout of a conference. An event planner must be adept at understanding client visions, negotiating with vendors, managing staff, and engaging with guests. Creativity: At the heart of every event is a creative vision.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

We are usually grouped in the broad category of “hospitality,” which can include anything from small weddings to large-scale conferences. Read More : Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract However, there is also the lawyer who prices on commission. This affects us in the form of legislation that gets passed.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2020

Other results from the virtual event’s live polling: 43 percent said that contract negotiations, liability issues, and hold-harmless waivers are of top concern to them as they start planning in-person meetings again. 54 percent say they would not be comfortable attending large work-related conferences or events in the near future.

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Social Tables

AUGUST 10, 2023

Event planners are responsible for organizing and coordinating events such as weddings, corporate events, conferences, and fundraisers. Corporate event planners work with businesses and organizations to plan and execute events such as product launches, conferences, and trade shows. Learn how to negotiate contracts.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

We see conference and event planners are looking to our venue find team to advise them on the guidelines around hosting events, seeking more flexible terms, assistance with negotiation and an understanding on how they instil confidence in their delegate participation to return to the meeting room. Read more here.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 17, 2020

and conference attendees are enjoying breakfast in airy prefunction space outside a ballroom. Despite the misconception that the hotel sales team “sells the dream,” most hotel sales professionals entered the industry because of their desire to work in hospitality, not in sales. It’s 8:30 a.m., In her world, it’s known as the DBR.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 30, 2018

This month we spoke with Stephanie Hannah, the Director of Strategic Marketing at Trace3, about growing an event, running an awards show, and delivering a blockbuster conference experience. Trace3 , a leading provider of IT solutions, developed their Evolve conference in response to this trend. If so, how did you surmount it?

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 17, 2017

That was a period when conferences were being cancelled, meetings dramatically cut back and weddings put on hold, and since then clients and promoters have generally taken a more judicious and measured approach to event budgeting and spending. Negotiate contracts with ferocity. Book vendors and venues for multiple events.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. Her first job out of college was at Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, as catering and conference service manager. It’s located just north of Miami in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Professionals can use this solution to host a wide range of events, from retail workshops or fireside chats to large conferences and product launches. Also, it will help you identify your event’s requirements and the non-negotiable capabilities for its success. An excellent example is the Pernod Ricard hospitality platform.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2020

Nearby, Haven Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa started welcoming guests back on July 11 with increased cleaning regimens and—just in case—easy access to on-call doctors, nearby hospitals and local pharmacies (with room delivery service). Wherever you stay, Breust suggests taking a long, hard look at the contract before signing. “We

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The most common mistake Howe sees planners make is that they don’t read their contracts. Contracts are self-inflicted wounds,” he says. You have no rights or responsibilities unless they are in the contract.” Do Your Homework. And as a result, every planner needs to know exactly what they are signing on for.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Northstar Meetings Group hosts this podcast covering a variety of themes and topics that are top-of-mind for event organizers and hospitality professionals. Outside of the podcast series, EventLAB hosts a number of in-person events and a flagship two-day conference. Eventful: The Podcast for Meeting Professionals.

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Social Tables

JUNE 29, 2023

Include hidden event costs like guest count attrition, conference calls, credit card fees, and venue amenity expenses. Operations managers negotiate prices, book vendors, place supply orders, and communicate vendor details between the planning team, venue, and benefiting organization.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

According to the Fall 2019 Pulse Survey, conducted by Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), only one-third (33 percent) of planners planned to grow the size of their meetings in 2020, and just 14 percent planned to expand their incentive programs. Work with Partners—and Haggle.

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Hubilo Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Negotiate contracts with various vendors, hotels, caterers, and speakers. For example, if you are organizing a health-related event, then you can invite hospitals and pharma companies as sponsors. Event planning contract template. Event planning contract templates. Event planning contract. Conferences.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Mind your money with battles over escrow deposits to suppliers and more room to negotiate venue commissions. Flying to present to a client in their office doesn’t mean someone is willing to mingle with hundreds of people at a conference or reception. Mask Wearing. Industry Consolidation. Venues will close. Escrow Battles.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 2, 2021

Organized by NACE, the National Association for Catering and Events, the CPCE Certification is a nationally recognized program meant to provide organizers with the opportunity to be recognized as an expert in the catering, hospitality and events industry. GTP: Global Travel Professional. What Is The GTP Certification? Event Marketing.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The hospitality giant will reduce commissions from 10 to 7 percent for U.S. Not everyone reacted with outrage when Marriott International said it will cut third-party commissions recently. and Canadian hotel bookings starting in April. Instead, some see an opportunity for professional planners to be paid what they are really worth.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It was built in collaboration with large global organizations that run hundreds or even thousands of events yearly, including consumer events and experiences, conferences, congresses, and more. Plan for guest engagement and hospitality. Negotiate terms. Negotiate mutually beneficial terms. Initiate conversations.

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Eventinterface

JULY 14, 2016

Experienced hospitality sales and marketing industry expert, Jasmine Eldeen, shares her advice on how Meeting and Conference Planners can overcome the challenges of a seller and supplier market. What do you see as the most challenging aspect of being a Meeting and Conference planner, and how do you overcome that challenge?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 23, 2020

Planners Salary Survey 2019” And then the last one is “Study Finds One in Four Tech-Conference Speakers are Women” Hurricane Dorian Affects the Bahamas Unevenly. The minimum wage, which I’m guessing is probably everybody that works in the hospitality industry, is $42 a day.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Nominated by Alison Milgram, CMP, DES, Senior Events Manager, PCMA, which held PCMA Education Conference 2017 at the New York Marriott Marquis — “It was a little after 10:30 p.m.on Conference Services Manager, Westin Cleveland Downtown. Conference & Touring. Eddie Cook. approached to introduce himself. Rachel Van.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Less so the contracting, but more the sharing of ideas to make something work effectively in their space. Love working with hospitality people, and seeing a meeting go well. Negotiating contracts. Challenging every month, need to learn new technologies and better myself in order to deliver expected requirements.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 10, 2020

Even when the current lockdowns start to lift, organizations will be far more gun-shy in committing to venue contracts for future events, out of fear of a second wave of the virus causing another cancellation. You’ve seen the press conferences with staggered seating. Hospital waiting rooms have every other seat blocked off.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 1, 2017

What the boycotts, bans and advisories issued as a resulted of controversial legislation have done is cost states millions in lost revenue ($141 million in lost meeting and convention-related revenue to Arizona alone in 2010) from relocated conferences and stagnation in room rates. Donate to causes.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

From stories about fax machines to photos of 3D projection mapping, from advice about negotiating piles of paperwork to a roundtable discussion among female CEOs, we’ve gone from serving an industry in its infancy to one that has come of age. Does a planner’s attitude make a difference when negotiating with hotels?” Navy and U.S.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

There’s continually a lot of give and take and continually a lot of negotiation. We had a huge contingency of our hospitality staff out, so there were some folks that were in housekeeping uniforms, bellmen, guest services, and they were cheering with signs. Ultimately, you want to get there to have a great convention.”.

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