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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

2022 contracting will require going back to basics. Contracting in the current Covid climate, however, is complex—everything feels unsettled, so it’s hard to know how to plan. Anyone who has written a contract in the COVID era has learned one thing—patience! Now is not the time to skip a site visit.

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Yet Another Job for Planners: Clearing the Air

MeetingsNet

A meeting professional’s expertise can go in any number of directions: marketing, adult education, event design, site selection, contracting, event technology … It’s a dynamic role. Having a conversation with your venue about indoor air quality is a must. Here are some resources to help you understand the basics.

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Hitting the Mark with Your Event RFPs

MeetingsNet

Tanna Pearman, meeting broker for Las Vegas-based Meetings Made Easy, handles site selection and contracting for both corporate and association clients, which means her approach to building RFPs focuses on different elements of each meeting to match a given destination and its various hotels.

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2019 40 Under 40: Natasha Stamper Pedigo, The Asphalt Institute

Connect Your Meetings

From site selection with our meetings task force to contracting, logistics planning, execution and post-event wrap-up—if it has to do with one of our meetings, I am there. I had four months to plan, sell and market the event. What I do: I plan and execute three large member meetings a year across the U.S.

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Meeting Safety Trends in 2022

Smart Meetings

It’s not just Covid-19 (C19) and it’s much more than F&B , room blocks and hotel contracts. The Economy : As we continue to look at in-person conferences and suppliers start to see revenue go up, the market for meeting planners to find venues and suppliers will become more competitive. Here are some things to consider.

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The Women (and Men) Tell All: Third-Party Planners Edition

Connect Your Meetings

For many organizations, using meetings procurement companies (aka, third-party planners) like HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect for site selection, contracts and other meeting planning functions is crucial to executing a successful event. We are in the know on market trends. Brett Sterenson, Hotel Lobbyists. “In-house

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Conference Planning Seattle – Here We Come…

Master the Event

Once inside Seattle’s styling neighborhoods you will discover unbelievable and delicious restaurants, fun and scrumptious farmers markets, noteworthy and extraordinary museums and outstanding and distinguished theaters and concert halls. When planning a conference in Seattle there really is so much to choose from.