MeetingsNet

JULY 9, 2021

In the breakout session led by Todd Schwartz, CMP, formerly a senior events marketing manager at McDermott+Consulting, 38 of the 55 attendees said they had more than a decade of planning experience. Schwartz told a story about how he once made the most of just $300 allotted for décor for an evening event. “I

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 29, 2018

A list of tech fundamentals that will help you align event needs and goals. Brought to you by: Being a successful meeting & event planner requires a multifaceted skillset—from people and project management to contract negotiation and technology prowess. Load In / Load Out. Technology Labor.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Whether you’re booking airport shuttles or buses for off-site events, it’s tough to put the brakes on rising costs. Short of cancelling off-site events, here are some ideas for cutting the ground-transportation tab. Arrange for a discount code with the ride-share company and send the code to attendees ahead of the event.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

When the creative brief from your initial event strategy session calls for brand and reputational impact, how do you measure if you are successful? Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . Event planners don’t always have time to go to a class or read a book. Contract and Negotiation Tips. Career Changers.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Exclusive Collection has launched its insights into the next generation of delegates and event attendees. CHANGING THE CONFERENCE NARRATIVE With the voice of the delegate more and more prevalent at events; one-way learning is waning in favour of conversation and experience-based practices that shape understanding and deepen knowledge.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Hotels are currently in the driver’s seat when it comes to meeting negotiations. However, flexibility and asking the right questions will help you book the right property for your event. And if you miss on your first-choice hotel, you could end up paying higher room rates. This is valuable data for future negotiations. •

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

How to Generate Event Success in a Changing World. Events offer a key opportunity to impact business outcomes, expand market outreach, increase brand awareness and more. Pandemic Planning 101 from Million Dollar Event Career Course. A new Million Dollar Event Career Course covers everything from career path to CSR and Inclusion.

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Stova

MAY 25, 2023

Selecting the best venue for your event is one of the most important decisions planners face. A well-chosen venue sets the tone, creates memorable experiences, and contributes to the overall success of you event. Before creating a list of possible venues it’s important to understand the purpose and business goals of the event.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Creating a comprehensive event budget is crucial for ensuring the optimal performance of any type of event. It serves as a financial roadmap, providing a clear view of all expenses and revenues associated with the event. Quick note: This guide works for free-to-participate events.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Good news: corporate travel and events are back! In the hospitality/events industry, a weak supply chain means limited product quantities unless you order significantly in advance (and who can predict volume right now?) Hotels are now less likely to negotiate rental fees and other typically negotiable line items.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

How to stretch your event budget for food and beverage, event tech, ground transportation, and venues. Almost half said they anticipate at least some increase in hotel room rates, while a similar percentage expect costs to rise for audiovisual and event tech services. Take a Swipe at Event-Tech Costs.

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Endless Events

JULY 26, 2019

Bad event WiFi can ruin your event. If you have bad WiFi your attendees might forget about all the great parts of your event and only remember the WiFi sucked. WiFi when they come to your event. We know event WiFi is important. We know event WiFi is important. But how do you have the best event WiFi?

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Bizzabo

APRIL 23, 2021

The unknowns around hybrid events can make budgeting feel like a challenge. Here's how event professionals are approaching hybrid event budgeting in 2021. Budgeting for events is always a tricky task, but budgeting for a new event model is even more challenging. How Hybrid Will Change Event Budgeting.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It can be tempting to chip away at the event budget with small changes—and you should. For board meetings and other smaller business events, is a virtual meeting an option? This would obviously eliminate costs associated with travel, hotel, and F&B. Anticipate spending more time researching vendors and negotiating on price.

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SpotMe Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

New to hybrid event planning? A hybrid event can be a great investment for your company – in fact, 86% of B2B organizations that host one see a positive ROI within 7 months. But, to get to that ROI, you first have to know how to plan a hybrid event – and that’s where it gets tricky. What is a hybrid event? Let’s dig in!

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GEVME

APRIL 9, 2018

When looking for new ways to engage employees, corporate event professionals experiment with multiple event formats. The statistic s reveal that corporate event planners will spend 22% more on product launches in 2018 than the previous year. What are the other types of corporate events over which so much fuss is made today?

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Endless Events

MARCH 13, 2020

Don’t Cancel: Consider Making Your Event Digital. Future of Events: 5G And Events: How It Will Shape, Change & Revolutionise The Industry. Make sure your event Wi-Fi is exactly how you want it for the price you want it! Watch our webinar on Negotiating Hotel Wi-Fi. Coronavirus Madness ??

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

You might want to take a second look at big city venues, where the access is convenient, amenities are abundant and hotel partners are eager to welcome you back. In the past several weeks, we have welcomed tech companies, financial, a crypto-currency group , realtors and association business. Planning your return to in-person?

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Event Industry News

JULY 11, 2019

We can take the bother of the event off your shoulders! Jigsaw Conferences, an event planning and organising company with years of experience, offers free venue finder service and helps in booking venues for events in the UK and other countries. We can take care of your event and see that everything is organised smoothly.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

With so many logistics to handle and compliance regulations to consider when managing pharma events, working with expert pharma event management companies can help reduce stress and ensure you achieve your business goals more easily. You are probably lucky enough to have a great event management team that delivers exceptional events.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

With the shakeups in event housing recently you may be scrambling to figuring out how to keep event housing profitable. How do you incentivize attendees to stay in your hotel block? Would you like to know how to leverage your locations and negotiate terms? Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting ( @BrandtKrueger ).

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Endless Events

JANUARY 22, 2019

We have come to a time and place were event Wi-Fi is expected. Unfortunately it’s not always delivered as you expected maybe the quality is terrible or the price is through the roof, none of these are surprises you want to run into your event. How can you ensure you are getting great Wi-Fi for your event?

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The niche between the proverbial rock and a hard place that event professionals often inhabit could be even cozier in the coming year, according to the results of a new American Express Meetings & Events study. Group hotel rates in North America are predicted to move up at a rate of 3.5 Think Short and Sweet. Plan Ahead.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Chantal Sturk-Nadeau, executive director for Business Events at Destination Canada, reported that the country will be hosting the largest contingent ever this year. All the major international hotel brands are attending, plus many smaller, boutique hotels, and the number of technology suppliers grows by the day. to 9:30 p.m.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues. The time of day and season of the event. The type of event.

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Event Planning BluePrint

MARCH 29, 2022

In our modern world of technology and social media, it’s easy to follow your favorite, famous event planners. . From Mindy Weiss planning elaborate events for the Kardashian family to Colin Cowie’s celebrity A-listers like Oprah and Jennifer Anniston, we’re lucky to get a glimpse into the world of famous event planners and their events. .

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

and Canadian hotel bookings starting in April. He predicted other hotel brands will do the same eventually. Leveraging Tech Tools. The event technology executive sees digital tools as a way to magnify the value planners bring. The ultimate success of the event is the end goal regardless of commissions.”.

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Event Industry News

JULY 12, 2019

We can take the bother of the event off your shoulders! Jigsaw Conferences, an event planning and organising company with years of experience, offers free venue finder service and helps in booking venues for events in the UK and other countries. Brand Events. Event Tech. Sporting Events. Conferences.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 17, 2022

Could forever-remote tech workers fuel meeting boom? The list of tech companies still operating on some variation of a remote-first work model is an alphabet soup of some household names: Adobe, Dropbox, Facebook, Hubspot, LinkedIn, Microsoft, SAP and Verizon have all announced that workers don’t have to come into the office daily.

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zkipster

MAY 5, 2022

“The decisive way the UAE has handled the pandemic, including boasting the world’s highest vaccination rate, provided certainty for brands, giving them the confidence to host special events there. One notable example is Chanel , which hosted its Cruise 2021/22 fashion show in Dubai in November 2021.”. DANIEL DESSAUGES | CEO | ZKIPSTER.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 7, 2019

Companies have more money for meetings, but planners have less funds to host the events. Meanwhile, hotels are charging higher rates while supply struggles to keep up with demand. The new normal in events is incremental growth, says American Express Meetings & Events in its 2019 Global Meetings & Events Forecast.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Meeting professionals, on the other hand, may have groaned about yet another bandwidth-hungry device soon to be in the hands of attendees — making for even trickier wireless service at event venues, especially hotels, where pricing and service speeds can be all over the map. Do not underfund your network services at events.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues. The time of day and season of the event. The type of event.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 3, 2019

Imagine a world where you can stay under budget while producing an event that looks as if it broke the bank. In this alternate universe, despite the pressure to make your next event better than the last one without spending an extra penny, you venture forth confident that you will turn dreams into reality with efficiency and style.

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The Castle Group

MARCH 2, 2021

Although virtual events are now commonplace and can be highly effective in reaching your target audience, nothing beats the face-to-face connection of in-person events. Organizers of virtual events and attendees alike are digitally drained. Think tech. Photo by Uri Paz on Unsplash. Vet your live venue.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 12, 2020

Looking to give your event management skills a boost? Learn how to host top-notch events just like storied American publisher The Wall Street Journal does. It also has a rather robust event strategy. WSJ Tech Live. Key Takeaway: WSJ Tech Live does a lot of things right. Source: The Wall Street Journal.

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Socio Events

JULY 27, 2021

Hybrid events are emerging as the new frontier for the events industry. While this new event format brings with it excitement for a return to in-person events, many event planners are asking a similar question: How do I budget for an event that involves in-person and virtual components?

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