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Wrangling Better Meetings in Tucson

Smart Meetings

Best to Better Carly Patterson First, Olympic gymnastics champion shared her quest, triumph and struggle to come to terms with normal life after reaching the pinnacle of her sport at age 16 and retiring after an injury to finish school and find a second act. The trick is to embrace the spark,” she said.

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Creative Ways to Negotiate Resort Fees

SmartMeetings

As the sky has become the limit when it comes to hotel amenities—think professional sports team-level gyms and gourmet wine and cheese tasting in the lobby—more properties are adding resort and, now, urban fees to their bills at checkout. Those fees are 100 percent negotiable,” Galanty says. He had these tips: Speak up.

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Avoid the Venue Budget-Busters

MeetingsNet

Hotels are currently in the driver’s seat when it comes to meeting negotiations. But also check to see what else could cause rates to climb over your dates, such as a citywide coming to town or a major festival or sporting event. Know your must-have and nice-to-have amenities before you negotiate. Event-Tech.

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Software Consolidation Can Be Good Budget Strategy

Event Guru

Colleges and Universities host many events from conferences to banquets to expos and even sports and other youth camps. Vendor Management: Simplified Vendor Relationships: Dealing with fewer software vendors simplifies the management of relationships, contracts, and negotiations.

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The Event Planner’s Guide to Venue Sourcing and the RFP Process 2023

Stova

The Event Planner's Guide to Venue Sourcing and the RFP Process This guide examines a shift event professionals are experiencing in negotiation power with venues. For the first time in decades, event professionals are in command of the venue negotiation and selection process. The sharing economy is giving power back to the user.

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Guest blog: Are you getting the best value from your venue?

Event Industry News

It may sound like simple work – finding a venue and exchanging contracts – but the devil is in the detail and more often than not, there’s a myriad of hidden factors that will impact the eventual price tag. Sporting Events. Kristin Lamb is Head of Sales and Service at ExecSpace. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Conferences.

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Getting the best value from your keynote speaker

Event Industry News

All too often this is an afterthought which becomes difficult to negotiate once a speaker has been selected and the Scope Of Work contracted. Not limited to keynotes speakers, this extends to conference and awards hosts , after dinner speakers and entertainment, sports personalities, celebrity appearances and even influencers.

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