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Smart Moves in Aspen, Islamorada and More

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Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP). He brings an extensive background in travel risk management, with experience in business growth, strategic development and building lasting relationships with customers and partners.

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Money Talks: Defining an Event Budget

TicketBud

Event budgets also act as a risk management tool. Tools like Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel offer budgeting templates with formulas that make calculating expenses against income easy. This foresight prevents overspending and optimizes funds in areas that help organizers reach their goals.

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

PCMA Convene

Similarly, the OVG360’s sustainability platform — called GOAL, which stands for Green Operations & Advanced Leadership — will include a forum to allow convention managers and staff to collaborate with other “like-minded operators, vendors, and sponsors who are committed to operating more sustainably,” according to OVG360.

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What to Expect from Event Safety in 2021

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Cartotto is complex director of security and risk management for Caribe Royal Orlando in Florida. What safeguards does the property take for events that have a food and beverage component to it? Of the many things this year has taught us, one is that you can never be too prepared.

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Financial Meeting Planners Face Special Challenges During Crises

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Managing risk is particularly important in the financial and insurance meetings sector, and meeting planners play a key role in this process. Developing risk management plans and protocols is a “big and important question,” Panepinto says. Risk management is a team challenge and should be approached from every angle.”.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

Negotiation is more essential than ever for achieving cost savings, and planners should work closely with partners — including DMCs, hotels, speaker bureaus, and food and beverage vendors — to identify creative opportunities for doing more with less. Work with Partners—and Haggle. Keep F&B Simple. Seek Out Win-Wins.

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How to Plan a Sustainable Event

GEVME

And everybody loves enjoying a day, an evening or perhaps a weekend with lots of food, drinks, discussions, connecting with other people, exchanging ideas, workshops and/or other activities. . Food and beverage. For your next event, remember to make the most out of the following tools – . Meeting Venue.