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Top Challenges Facing the Meeting Planning Industry Right Now

The Castle Group

From a labor perspective, the hospitality industry was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic. With the inflation rate currently reaching 8.5%, food, travel, shipping, hotel and labor costs are all escalating. Can the agenda be adjusted to fewer days or sessions, thus reducing hotel and food and beverage costs?

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

Let’s face it, there’s a lot of paperwork involved in the meeting planning process. Meeting or event design elements cover a wide array of details ranging from thematic tie-ins, signage, audiovisual production, speaker selection, technology use, seating, room set-ups, food and beverage menus and program content.