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Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract

Smart Meetings

But entering a new relationship with a hotel usually comes with a detailed contract of agreements and stipulations. year period of time have shifted into the future years causing a significant demand and compression issue when contracting with hotels,” Payne said. Smart Meetings chatted with Cheryl M.

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Creative Methods to Generate More Revenue for Your Next Conference

Smart Meetings

While sponsorships have been prevalent for a long time, further information about the popularity of digital and print options might surprise you. Also, 83% of exhibitors have purchased at least one sponsorship from 2017-19. Provide exclusive or a finite number of sponsorship opportunities. Sell refund protection.

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Solving for Pricing, Sponsorships, and Skills Challenges When Going Digital

PCMA Convene

As for pricing sponsorships: This appears to be the Wild, Wild West right now. Not all contracts can be canceled free and clear, and there are, of course, sunk costs associated with a canceled face-to-face event. Sponsors and exhibitors are finding letting go of their long-term behaviors challenging.

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How to Manage Multiple Events at Once

Attendease

Look for opportunities to save on bulk orders or multi-event vendor contracts. For each event, conduct a risk assessment to spot potential vulnerabilities across factors like venue (power outages, WiFi issues), vendors (delivery issues, staffing shortages), and attendance ( lower than expected registration ).

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Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook

Event Farm

The Playbook provides three valuable tools for venue scouting. . Selecting an event venue. This section suggests questions to ask venues about compliance and safety, recommends venues with GBAC STAR accreditation, and advises following CDC guidelines on ventilation and sanitization. . Event risk assessment planning tool.

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25 Powerful Event Sales Techniques for Venues and Planners

Planning Pod

If you are somehow engaged in event sales – whether as a salesperson, business owner or manager in the hospitality and events industry – you already know that establishing successful sales practices and habits is the #1 way to grow revenues for private, group and in-person events. What are you looking for from a venue/planner?

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Top 3 Ways Event Planning Templates Help You

Event Planning BluePrint

That helped you not just plan an event, but protected you from unwanted situations like clients not paying or venues canceling your booking? . I’ve even got a juicy story to share from a community member who had a friend back out of a contracted event, and how the event planner handled it. . Don’t think you need contracts?