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Planning International Events: Legal and Cultural Considerations

SmartMeetings

Cultural stereotypes and habits influence international business negotiations. They will help you avoid cultural taboos such as booking an event on a major holiday in Thailand (which celebrates many holidays unfamiliar to Westerners), or serving beef at an event in India (which Hindu custom eschews.). Business Negotiations.

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EVENT PLANNER DIPLOMA COURSES

Master the Event

We presented an overview of institutions that offer event planning degrees in Europe, India, Canada and the US. As their website says, the course focuses on event planning, marketing, budgeting, contract negotiations, as well as advertising and venue operations. We wrote an earlier article about event planning degrees.

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Is There an Easier Way to Book Small Meetings?

PCMA Convene

But the phone-tag negotiations moved at the speed of molasses. No stranger to online innovation, he’d been an early advisor to MakeMyTrip — which went on to become the largest online travel company in India — and sold two companies to Google in 2014. his building. The office’s conference space was flooded and unusable.

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How COVID-19 Impacted Our Wedding: Real Couples Share Their Stories

EventSource

On March 13th, we made the difficult decision to postpone all our weddings and events despite all the time, effort and money we put in – we even went to India for a week to get our outfits and do other wedding errands! She gathered all the available dates for all the venues, reviewed contracts, and reached out to our vendors.

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What is Your Top On-the-Job Challenge?

PCMA Convene

Client politics, controlling costs for space and services, and contract negotiations were top of mind for some respondents, as was finding diverse speakers. Contract negotiation when dealing with India hotels. Contracting. (3 Communication. Containing costs so we can contain fees for attendees. 3 mentions).