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Planners Get Straight Talk from Hotel Owners

MeetingsNet

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups. Also, group food and beverage contributes about as much profit as guest rooms.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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Financial Meeting Planners Face Special Challenges During Crises

SmartMeetings

When the going gets tough, the tough cut costs—at least in the financial and insurance conference sector, where budgets often are more likely to come under the scrutiny of regulators. Managing risk is particularly important in the financial and insurance meetings sector, and meeting planners play a key role in this process.

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The Future of Meetings Starts with Rebuilding Trust

SmartMeetings

Those steps, and others, will be necessary to both reduce risk and assure transient travelers and event groups that safety is everyone’s top priority, according to more than 300 participants in the first-ever virtual Financial & Insurance Professionals (FICP) Chats last week. Sanitation Ratings.

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Post-COVID: Return to Association Events and Travel

StraussCA

The consensus is that people are excited to get back on the plane towards the conference halls, tradeshow floors, and board room tables. This will include food and beverage for your attendees, insurance, and travel costs, just to name a few. How will the association world continue to change? Feasibility. Networking.

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The Winning Recipe for Successful Association Events

StraussCA

Food and Beverage Selections. Avoid conflicts with other conferences in your target industry, school breaks, public and religious holidays. To establish your budget, consider how to pay for everything, including: Venue rental and insurance (if applicable). Food and Beverage Selections . Ingredients: .

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How to Organize a Successful Event – 10 Top Tips for Perfect Events

Eventtia

Some of the critical elements you should include in your budget are: Venue: both the rental cost and required insurance. Catering: all costs related to food and beverage Decoration: pretty self-explanatory Entertainment: speakers, talents, performers, exhibitors, and so on. For virtual events, you can skip this.