Guidebook

JANUARY 8, 2024

From picking a venue and speakers to ensuring you’ve sent out thank you notes and running a post-event debrief, there’s a lot to think about. Research and Vendor Contracting Research potential venues to come up with a shortlist. Check venue availability and pricing. Negotiate terms and specifics with the venue.

Event Planning 78

Event Planning Food and Beverage Social Media Insurance 78

Bizzabo

AUGUST 13, 2018

These 10 tips will help you find the perfect conference venue. From gathering speakers to securing sponsors, your to-do list seems to be never-ending. 36% of event planners spending most of their budget on the venue , choosing a event space becomes o. Be sure to determine if this is the venue or locale’s peak season.

Venues 115

Venues Conference Food and Beverage 2014 115

MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

. • Rather than group shuttles, ask attendees to use ride-share services like Uber to get themselves from the airport to the hotel or from the hotel to off-site venues. Reduce the need for shuttles by using off-site venues within walking distance , as long as you provide alternatives for attendees with mobility issues. Event-Tech.

Transportation 95

Transportation Food and Beverage Negotiating Hotels 95

Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This is an ideal set up for a keynote speaker or for conference meeting were the format is more presentation style. Usually rounds are used during a meeting if there will be food and beverage offered either before, during or after. Negotiating meeting rooms are commonly set up this way.

Conference 40

Conference Food and Beverage Meetings Negotiating 40

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Negotiation experts share tips for building win-win event contracts The ROI is in the details when drafting a vendor contract. Edwards asks for additional upgrades, valet parking validation for VIPs and speakers. “We And remember, everything is open to negotiation. Always ask if the rates, F&B minimums, etc.

Contracts 94

Contracts Negotiating 2024 Hotels 94

Eventmobi

JANUARY 24, 2019

Fixed costs: $1,600 (includes room rental, AV, speaker costs, F&B, staff, etc.). According to a Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) survey, 36% of all expenses are for food and beverages (F&B) alone. Food & Beverage @ $35/person. Venue Rental. Variable costs: $10/person.

Food and Beverage 199

Food and Beverage Meetings Financial Advertising 199

SpotMe Blog

MAY 31, 2023

Congresses, medical standalones, cycle meetings, speaker training, town halls – the possibilities for in-person events are endless in the pharmaceutical industry. You can see demonstrations, ask questions, and engage with speakers and other attendees. In-person events are all about human connection.

2023 130

2023 Technology Event Apps Social Media 130

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Consider multi-year contracts: Finding new venues every year can be time consuming for all parties involved. Most properties will negotiate for a lower price if they can lock in the business for two or three years. Food and Beverage. Modify your menus: It’s sad but true that food is often wasted at meetings.

Food and Beverage 88

Food and Beverage Negotiating Contracts Speakers 88

Attendease

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Ensure every member of your event planning team negotiates with vendors and makes an effort to get better pricing. They also address practical needs, like letting attendees know all the essential details (like venue and time) before the event. Poor budget accountability. Too many decision-making layers. Underwhelming event agenda.

Corporate Events 186

Corporate Events Event Planning Food and Beverage Negotiating 186

Smart Meetings

MAY 6, 2022

The most recent seasons have taught us that venues with the ability to quickly adapt to their environment and their experiential offerings were the most resilient in a time of peak uncertainty. Having a clean venue is an element that contributes to the atmosphere and attractiveness of an event. Superb Sanitation Measures.

Event Planning 126

Event Planning Food and Beverage Contracts Negotiating 126

Eventmobi

JULY 5, 2023

Maybe it’s venue rental, marketing expenses, speaker fees, technology requirements, accessibility support, or catering costs. Maintain open lines of communication with potential sponsors throughout the whole negotiation process. Identify your needs You might start by asking: how do I find sponsors for an event? Going virtual?

Sponsorships 195

Sponsorships Social Media Trade Shows Food and Beverage 195

MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

Heading up the list is food and beverage, where 55 percent of planners have dealt with costs that are at least 10 percent higher than they were one year prior. Even meeting space—a line item that was ripe for negotiation before the pandemic—is far tougher to get at favorable cost.

2024 59

2024 Food and Beverage 2023 Negotiating 59

EncoreAPAC

JANUARY 17, 2022

“When you reduce the amount of people coming to the in-person meeting,” Johnsen says, “that can also reduce the food, beverage and travel costs.” The more rooms equals more leverage with negotiations. Better yet, this can also be applied to the event production partner you use too. Virtual team costs are scalable.

Sponsorships 105

Sponsorships Food and Beverage Speakers Negotiating 105

Planning Pod

JANUARY 17, 2017

Book vendors and venues for multiple events. Long ago when I ran a marketing agency, I was accustomed to contracting with a vendor for a specific use on a specific project and then negotiating with them for that particular deal, hoping they would come down in price for the promise of more business from me down the road.

Food and Beverage 133

Food and Beverage Negotiating Contracts Hotels 133

SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Overall, uniqueness and the “wow” experience were the most influential factors in planners’ selection of a venue for ancillary activities, according to the FICP’s fall survey. “As Keep in mind that negotiation doesn’t have to be about lowering the price if you can get additional services thrown into a deal. hours,” says Huggins.

Financial 72

Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 72

Eventtia

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What should you do when your key speaker suddenly cancels five days before the event? What should you do when the venue you’ve booked becomes unavailable? Here’s how to structure your budget considerations: Allocate funds for venue and infrastructure. Negotiate terms. Negotiate mutually beneficial terms.

Event Planning 88

Event Planning Retail Social Media Speakers 88

Event Planning BluePrint

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Event planning is a fun and rewarding career, and becomes so much easier once you take the time to learn and develop your skills in negotiation, communication, budgeting (the most successful event planners do this really well) and project management. Review event venue choices. Determine your event entertainment and/or speakers.

Food and Beverage 121

Food and Beverage Entertainment Negotiating Sponsorships 121

SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Things like target audience, messaging, venue selection, and budget are all part of the planning process. Logistics management: From booking the venue to arranging travel and accommodation for attendees and speakers, experienced pharma event planners handle all the logistical details.

Event Management 130

Event Management 2023 Management Healthcare 130

The Castle Group

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Working with an agency can help save time and money due to the company’s efficiencies, negotiating expertise, and vendor relationships/purchasing power. Additionally, successful event planning requires communication with multiple stakeholders, including vendors, speakers, sponsors, suppliers, venue, and event staff.

Event Management 52

Event Management Management Sustainability Food and Beverage 52

Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Each week, we email a short survey to a mix of over 23,000 planners, venues, and hotels. Meanwhile, venue respondents reported that important pieces get lost in endless email chains and cross-functional work can get confusing due to a lack of alignment on priorities across departments.

Hotels 149

Hotels Food and Beverage Negotiating Venues 149

Eventtia

APRIL 18, 2022

You’ll have more options, whether it’s the venue, speakers, date/time, and you’ll also have more time to promote the event and to deal with any issues that may come up. For in-person events) secure your venue. Create a shortlist of potential venue. Negotiate details with the venue.

Social Media 62

Social Media Sponsorships Speakers Contracts 62

Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Negotiating aspects of AV quotes. If you need similar setups for different speakers, try to make the most of your set-up by putting those speakers in the same room at different times. Learn to negotiate event AV. Knowing how to negotiate event AV is a must-have skill for any event planner. Negotiate payment terms.

Negotiating 81

Negotiating Contracts Wireless Events 81

Cvent: Event Marketing

MAY 14, 2019

This gives you an opportunity to walk through the venue and experience what it would be like for your attendees. This is critical before going to a site visit because you don’t want to waste your time and resources attending a site visit for a venue your organization won’t consider. Can you hear and see the speaker?

Food and Beverage 66

Food and Beverage Hotels Transportation Negotiating 66

PCMA Convene

MARCH 7, 2017

Better contract negotiations. We are moving to a larger venue for 2017. Increase in what we budget for food and beverage, and managing other costs more closely. We may shorten our 2017 meeting, have one less speaker, reduce the meal costs. • Budget control is being exercised [two mentions]. • Cvent implementation.

Food and Beverage 67

Food and Beverage Risk Management Insurance 2017 67

Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

Three cost-saving tactics executives are currently deploying to make their event budget plan: Controlling costs on hotel rooms, meeting rooms, food and beverage, concessions, and travel. Food How much will food cost? Facility Expenses Facility expenses include money spent on acquiring the venue.

2023 40

2023 Food and Beverage Social Media Negotiating 40

Social Tables

APRIL 22, 2019

Anchors are non-negotiable deadlines that are often determined by key stakeholders and partners. Your keynote speaker requests that you ask about their availability and schedule their appearance three months in advance. What other events are happening at the venue before or after your event, and how they might affect your schedule.

Event Planning 138

Event Planning Food and Beverage Events Venues 138

Social Tables

MAY 14, 2019

And to create an experience, every little piece of the event needs to map back to the purpose, from the venue to the food. But that’s not to say you can’t negotiate. Tips for negotiating a bigger event budget When it comes to negotiating an event budget , the language stakeholders speak most fluently is data.

Negotiating 141

Negotiating Sponsorships Social Media Venues 141

Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Often we as event professionals think of the attendee experience first – like food-and-beverage, venue location, speaker and entertainment considerations – and then tack on event security much later. You should also take into account potential vulnerabilities of the venue you choose.

Insurance 122

Insurance Food and Beverage Venues Events 122

Eventtia

JANUARY 11, 2022

A live event, as we know, is an event hosted in a physical venue with in-person attendance. A hybrid event has both virtual and live attendees participate in the same event at the same time: live attendees at the venue, and virtual attendees attending online. Venue: create a shortlist of potential venues. Music festival?

2022 62

2022 Event Management Management Food and Beverage 62

Capterra Event Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Choose your venue and date. It’s a breakdown of what you’d like to see go into and come out of your event, and can touch on speakers, revenue, attendees, and media attention. Here’s a list of key expenses to include in your budget: Venue (room rental(s), security deposit, parking). Choose your venue and date.

Social Media 110

Social Media Food and Beverage Advertising Speakers 110

Cvent: Event Marketing

APRIL 16, 2019

With so many wonderful countries, cities and venues to choose from, this selection process can seem like fetching a needle out of a proverbial haystack. If this is the case, in addition to the conference registration fee, determine the estimated cost for the attendee or exhibitor in the following areas: Food Expenditure. Speaker Fees.

Food and Beverage 45

Food and Beverage Transportation Hotels Trade Shows 45

SmartMeetings

MARCH 16, 2018

Still others said they were focused on devising new ways to delight attendees with creative venues, technology and agendas. What action item are you working on at this pivotal moment in time? Again, the responses had us giggling, sniffling and nodding our heads. Some are marching, raising money and praying for causes personal and political.

2018 40

2018 Food and Beverage Trade Shows Hospitality 40

Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Often we as event professionals think of the attendee experience first – like food-and-beverage, venue location, speaker and entertainment considerations – and then tack on event security much later. You should also take into account potential vulnerabilities of the venue you choose.

Insurance 60

Insurance Food and Beverage Venues Events 60

Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

July IAVM VenueConnect July 31 - August 3, 2023 – Philadelphia, PA The International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) VenueConnect Conference and Trade Show provides targeted education and networking opportunities for venue management professionals, including arenas, convention centers, amphitheaters, stadiums, universities, and more.

2023 52

2023 Conference Healthcare B2B 52

SmartMeetings

MARCH 16, 2018

Still others said they were focused on devising new ways to delight attendees with creative venues, technology and agendas. What action item are you working on at this pivotal moment in time? Again, the responses had us giggling, sniffling and nodding our heads. Some are marching, raising money and praying for causes personal and political.

2018 26

2018 Food and Beverage Trade Shows Hospitality 26

Planning Pod

APRIL 12, 2020

Promotion – Will marketing or promotional efforts be required Geographical radius – What region or area will you be attracting attendees from Content – What type of content fits the purpose and audience needs (speakers, presentations, entertainment, etc.) Step 3 – Establish a realistic event budget.

Food and Beverage 206

Food and Beverage Social Media Insurance Entertainment 206

SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

This covered delegates’ expectations for personalization, right down to food and beverage, as well as keeping up with evolving technology and addressing security needs. Experts from Maritz Global Events, Accor, Hyatt and MGM Resorts International discussed how meetings will change and what will drive growing demand in the year ahead.

2016 40

2016 Trade Shows Food and Beverage Technology 40