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6 Strategies for Large Event Contract Negotiations

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However, you might consider negotiating the prior year’s rates for services such as food and beverage. Whether working with a venue, caterer, rental company or other vendor, know your program and understand what you need. The post 6 Strategies for Large Event Contract Negotiations appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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The Dish on 6 Hospitality Trends for 2017

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Freeman has worked at New York venues such as Windows on the World and Russian Tea Room before serving as vice president of public relations and strategic partnerships for Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. Food City Of The Year: To Live & Dine In L.A. Up & Coming Food City o The Year: Keen on Kansas City.

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6 Things Planners Can Learn from Awards Season

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Planners can also host meetings at the venues being used for other upcoming awards shows and celebrations—Screen Actors Guild Awards (Jan. Planners can also host meetings at the venues being used for other upcoming awards shows and celebrations—Screen Actors Guild Awards (Jan. Food & Beverage.

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Why Should You Work With a Convention and Visitors Bureau?

Cvent: Event Marketing

Here are just a few ways a CVB can help you (free of charge) to overcome challenges and make your meeting planning easier. Your meeting date makes a huge difference when it comes to attendance and what is available to you. You can connect them to the free exercise classes at Cincinnati’s Washington Park.

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What’s In and Out for Meetings in 2017

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Cooking classes, community service projects that benefit the local community and cultural food tours are all great options to boost camaraderie. Try whale watching off the Washington state coast , walking through majestic redwood forests in Northern California or whitewater rafting in Colorado Springs. Healthy, local food and beverage.

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6 Places Spreading the Entomophagy Bug for F&B

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Who knows, you might end up enlisting one for catering, using them as a venue or even stopping by for a bug bite. Don Bugito , also known as the Prehispanic Snackeria, focuses on planet-friendly protein snacks made from food native to the American continent. All food components are made from scratch. Don Bugito—San Francisco.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As Heart Attack on a Plate.

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