SmartMeetings

JANUARY 2, 2018

The resort fee—a daily charge tacked onto a hotel or resort room rate for services guests may or may not want—began there about eight years ago. hotel market collected an estimated $2.7 Some hotels now charge for early check in and late check out. Last year, the U.S. And for baggage storage.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2023

Knowland and Amadeus combined their data to provide a better understanding of meeting demand by market segment plus average meeting attendance, total event space used, and other elements. hotels over those 12 months. As for the specific industries holding meetings at hotels, here are the top seven: Education: 13.5

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

markets have seen especially strong occupancy rates driven by group demand, while forward bookings through the end of 2023 are well above last year’s pace. Economic observers had predicted a mild recession in Q4 that would stunt travel demand, thus boosting room availability and cost negotiability. The top 25 U.S.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 3, 2022

The meetings market will be central to the recovery of urban hotels. Here, two industry consultants dish to city-hotel sales executives on why securing meetings business is so critical, with numbers that could give negotiating insight to planners.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

MAY 21, 2019

What negotiating with hotels boils down to is synchronized value – in other words, you have what they want (occupied guest rooms, meeting space and food and beverage revenue), and they have what you want (a great hotel at a desirable location). If possible, do your negotiations in person or via a video chat.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Master planner consultants offer 6 tips for negotiating your next corporate event Does this sound familiar? How can you word the hotel contract to protect your company? Turn the RFP into a Marketing Tool Making your RFP as detailed as possible is also a good idea. Requests made of the hotel onsite may come with a price.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

MAY 8, 2019

Did you know that hotels will offer lower room rates to clients in exchange for guaranteed volume? By committing volume to a hotel, clients receive many other benefits as well. Corporate negotiated hotel programs also require a high level of maintenance and frequent examination. Date: May 28, 2019. Register Today!

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TicketBud

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Now, imagine showing up to the event, hearing that most speakers backed out after not getting paid, and then being asked to help cover the costs of the event’s outstanding hotel bill of $17,000. By delineating expenses across various categories such as venue, marketing, and entertainment, budgets help prioritize spending for maximum impact.

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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. Read More : Why AI Might Mean Salvation for the Meeting Industry Payne believes in creating a custom contract for each client that addresses all hotel fees and surcharges.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 15, 2022

A hot topic during last week’s Hotel Data Conference was booking the right balance between leisure business travelers. Hint: A new meeting pattern could help groups having a difficult time at the negotiating table.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

As the sky has become the limit when it comes to hotel amenities—think professional sports team-level gyms and gourmet wine and cheese tasting in the lobby—more properties are adding resort and, now, urban fees to their bills at checkout. Those fees are 100 percent negotiable,” Galanty says. “So, He had these tips: Speak up.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Right now, the meetings industry’s landscape features high demand, rising prices, and hotel reps’ relative inexperience with meetings, all of which make planners’ jobs more difficult than ever. The first thing the trio addressed was how to get hotels to respond to planners’ requests for proposal in a timely and productive manner.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 28, 2023

For example, does everyone sign up with enough advance notice to meet the hotel’s deadline? What about the people who want to book a different hotel and just show up for the conference itself. Or, offer a joint conference/hotel fee that provides an overall discount versus booking separately.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

hotel industry is projected to report a 51-percent decline in revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2020, according to a special forecast revision from STR and Tourism Economics on March 31. Look for hotels to run booking promotions and bring commissions back up to 10 percent. Help your customers now for your long-term survival.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 22, 2024

. • The event must qualify as a “citywide” by attracting a pre-defined minimum number of delegates that’s proportional to the inventory of the city’s hotels, event facilities, and wider hospitality infrastructure. If an organizer accepts the bid, the host city and Destination Canada will negotiate a partnership agreement.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. He climbed the ladder from director of operations at the hotel.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The good news for event marketers, however: Despite the year’s travel speed bumps and forecasts, many events and trade shows (CES 2024, included) are reporting they are back to pre-pandemic attendance levels. percent increase in hotel rates.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A Renewed Group Focus “Just hold the contracted meetings that are on the books and minimize the cancellations that have occurred in prior years due to the pandemic, economic uncertainty and a general reluctance to hold in-person meetings,” said Dan Piotrowski, senior vice president of operations for Omni Hotels. “If

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . This is just one of the examples from a new Million Dollar Event Planning Career learning course by former Google marketing Events leader and author of “The Art of Event Planning” Gianna Cardinale Gaudini. Contract and Negotiation Tips. Bottom Line. “We

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2023

The latest MPI Meetings Outlook survey reports outstanding prospects for business in 2023, but the trials of a hotel seller’s market and staffing issues aren’t going away. However, a strong counterpoint to the respondents’ confidence is data on ongoing staffing issues and, for planners, the challenges of the seller’s market.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2024

She started in mobile tours with Chobani more than 12 years ago, driving an F-350 with a 26-foot trailer around the country, and learned from the ground up everything from negotiating contracts to developing event partnerships and executing programs. Now, overseeing Oatly’s experiential marketing for the U.S.,

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

Since its founding in 1999, Cvent has helped manage more than 5 million events, and lists over 302,000 hotels and venues as of Dec. 31, 2022, on the Cvent Supplier Network, an online platform with tools to search, negotiate and contract with hotels and venues for event space. The post Cvent Will Go Private Again After $4.6B

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How to prepare for 2023 contract negotiations Yes, we’re out of the pandemic shutdown, but it’s not back to “business as usual.” On the “high” side: Larger deposits up-front for hotel contracts. Hotels are offering a short hold time or none at all. Add-On Travel: Negotiate pre- and post-rates in the contracting stage.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Hotels are currently in the driver’s seat when it comes to meeting negotiations. In today’s super-heated seller’s market, it pays to book venues as far out as possible. It’s easier than ever to lose a tentative hold on space in this compressed market. Know your must-have and nice-to-have amenities before you negotiate.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Smart negotiating can ensure a meeting maintains its quality and that the host is made whole—and then some—if the meeting is relocated by a host venue. The 5,000-person annual convention used at least 225,000 square feet of exhibit space and also had large room blocks at three hotels. “We

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 5, 2022

There is a logic that says that, now that pandemic restrictions have been lifted, the work of Business Development Managers (BDMs) in hotels and venues would naturally return to what it was before the pandemic. We operate in a limited number of markets to grow our business. www.wybostonvenuemanagement.co.uk.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 4, 2016

If meeting booking and corporate contract rate predictions pan out, 2017 may be a very good year for meeting planner hotel negotiations. read more.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 10, 2022

Amid the labor shortage plaguing hotels, it's critical for planners and suppliers to communicate early and honestly, conduct fair negotiations, and—in case circumstances go awry—put everything in writing, according to meeting buyers, hoteliers, and the attorneys who represent each of them. More than Ever, Communication is the Key.

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Canadian Special Events

JUNE 9, 2017

This may include: hotel rooms. I always try to remind my clients about the fact that these riders are considered part of the legal binding contract and they are negotiable as long as we negotiate BEFORE SIGNING. Everything and I mean everything, is negotiable. ground transportation. merchandise sales. Hospitality Riders.

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Event Industry News

JULY 20, 2022

Cvent , a market-leading meetings, events, travel and hospitality technology provider, published the latest instalment of the Cvent Travel Managers Report: Europe Edition , which provides in-depth insights into current corporate travel trends and activity. The report reveals significant levels of optimism amongst corporate travel managers.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Negotiating for the Win-win. From the first moments of the three-day reunion of top meeting planners and their potential hotel and destination partners, the emphasis was on getting what you need to deliver what audiences want. Negotiation is not an act of war, it is an act of discovery,” Dohrn explained.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Italy does not have a lot of large hotels so if your program requires a peak of more than 100 rooms on a five-star category I suggest anticipating as much as you can the hotel sourcing and contracting, especially if you travel on shoulder and peak seasons. Start Early The first tip is to book early and contract early!

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Smart Meetings founder Marin Bright built her career in hospitality, first in luxury hotels at Mandarin Oriental and then in the meetings and events B2B publishing industry. She brought top experts to the conversation to share secrets for negotiating, feeling more confident and building a network.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 4, 2016

If meeting booking and corporate contract rate predictions pan out, 2017 may be a very good year for meeting planner hotel negotiations. read more.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 28, 2017

hotel demand is still up for 2017,” said Mark Woodworth, senior managing director of CBRE Hotels’ Americas Research , in a presentation made at Destinations International Annual Convention in Montreal. hotels started 2017 on a strong note, posting a 30-year occupancy high in the first quarter. markets in 2017. “It

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Rising hotel and airline costs , along with increasing demand for more and longer meetings is pressuring planners to make critical choices to stay in strict budgets, according to a new study by American Express Meetings & Events. Negotiating Room. Only 38 percent said they’d be willing to negotiate that.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It has topped of the list of challenges identified by planners in Convene ’s Annual Meetings Market Survey for years, including in the 2017 and 2020 surveys, conducted in 2016 and 2019, respectively, and in our most recent survey (to be published in a special Convene November Forecast issue).

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