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Before You Sign That Contract: 5 Hotel Contract Tips For Novice Planners

Endless Events

And even though innovative event technology solutions help automate many of the event planning processes, certain tasks remain unchanged. Let’s take the skill of hotel contract negotiations ; novice planners tend to feel overwhelmed by the nitty-gritty details of hotel contracts and often learn as they go.

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Concerns about using facial analysis at events

Conferences that Work

As I write this, the European Parliament is close to outlawing facial recognition in public spaces, though negotiations on the final wording are still underway. Facial recognition in the event industry In the event industry, companies have developed facial recognition systems to streamline event registrations. .”

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EventLAB gears up to facilitate thousands of business connections

Event Industry News

and growth consultant at Growth Tribe; and Nicole Soames, CEO of Diadem and author of ‘The Negotiation Book’. Session topics include event technology; improving customer experience; brand engagement; marketing ROI; content marketing; event design; wellbeing; and attracting sponsorship, among others. Brand Events.

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What You Told Us About Your Biggest Challenge Surprised Us

PCMA Convene

Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that conventions and events would expand by 44 percent from 2010 to 2020, growing far faster than other industries. Negotiating favorable room rates for budget conscious attendees. Our contracts are getting tougher to negotiate to minimize our risk for late cancellation.

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Risk Management 101 with Jordan Atherton, 1st Global

Connect Your Meetings

This can give you a good starting point and ensures that you are not creating a separate risk management plan that may conflict with existing policies. She began her career at 1st Global in 2013 and previously held the position of event coordinator prior to her recent promotion.

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What Will the Trump Administration Mean for Meetings?

PCMA Convene

But it will also represent a beginning—of a presidential administration with new ideas, new priorities, and new policies. How about President Trump’s policies specifically related to travel? And obviously, it’s important to recognize the differences between immigration policy and travel policy. So we’ll see.

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Your Story Blog Series: Corinne Kessel, CSEP

Event Leadership Institute

Corinne Kessel, CSEP is the Principal of Greenscape Design & Décor, a company that specializes in interior plantscaping and greenery-centric event design. I negotiated with suppliers and clients and banks. I cried on very smart shoulders and put my embarrassment of my failure aside and asked smart people for advice.

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