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Choice Cuts for Food and Beverage Savings

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A cold, wet can of soda might be refreshing but attendees are less likely to squirrel it away for later in their conference bag. And “if you’re getting them sponsored, make sure the price reflects the cost of the beverage.”. • First, ask them which food functions they are attending. Ground-Transportation.

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On the Road to Ground-Transportation Savings

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The prices of airport shuttles and other ground-transportation services are revving up. According to a recent MPI Meetings Outlook survey, 85 percent of respondents expect to see price increases in ground transportation, and 38 percent expect those increases to be higher than 10 percent. Creative Ground-Transportation Cost Cuts.

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Event Planning Companies Are Getting Creative for Transportation

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As an airline spokesperson indicated, we got used to the menu add-ons in the food and beverage industry and now many customers are content with airline add-on fees. Transportation is a Large Component of an Event Planning Company’s Services Transportation is one of those logistical components to an overall conference or event.

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4 Plus Ways to Combat Event Transportation Challenges

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While some destinations handle event transportation logistics around major events better than others, there are times when there is nothing anyone can do to avoid congestion. Your meeting or event does not need to suffer because of a transportation issue. Here are 4 ways to combat event transportation challenges: 1.

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When to Embrace Change—and When to Hold Your Ground

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Every meeting element—the budget, the agenda, the food and beverage, the production, all of it—will go through several iterations as the planning goes on. She also explained that “the new action plan his internal team had to take on would keep them from doing other things they had to do to make the conference a success.”

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HOW TO PLAN A CONFERENCE ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET

Master the Event

Do cutbacks have you wondering how to plan a conference without making it appear dull and uninteresting? Well, lucky for you I’m here to tell you that there are ways to plan a conference without eliminating all of your extracurricular components. It’s also a nice break and is often viewed as a social component to the conference.

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4 Plus Ways to Combat Event Transportation Challenges

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While some destinations handle event transportation logistics around major events better than others, there are times when there is nothing anyone can do to avoid congestion. Your meeting or event does not need to suffer because of a transportation issue. Here are 4 ways to combat event transportation challenges: 1.