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How To Strike The Best Deal On Your Hotel Contract Negotiations

Endless Events

You might want to put your best suit on because today we’re talking about hotel contract negotiations! Additionally, he went on to start CONTACT Planning, Inc., a national meeting planning company, which books over 100,000 room nights annually. Can I Negotiate Venue AV Charges? Whiteboard Wednesdays.

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Eventinterface Launching Event and Meeting Planning Master Class

Eventinterface

Many events and meetings are run by volunteers or people whose primary job is not planning events. From negotiating contracts, hiring vendors, managing attendees, security, and logistics. Anyone who has been made responsible to plan a meeting, event or conference can benefit from this series. WHO SHOULD ATTEND.

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Emerging Association Meeting Strategies

Smart Meetings

To explore this further, Smart Meetings sat down with Michelle Mason, president and CEO of ASAE , to learn how meeting professionals can bring members together in more meaningful ways and what the next generation of convention attendees want in their experience. It presented an opportunity for us to create new experiences.

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How to Negotiate: Room Blocks

SmartMeetings

Here are a few tips on how to make the most of your negotiations. It is important to know exactly what you will want and need from a hotel before entering negotiations. If your meeting center is far away, can the hotel provide shuttle service ? Rule #4: Everything is negotiable. Is there free Wi-Fi?

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Advanced Hotel Negotiations, From the Hotel Side

Connect Your Meetings

Register for “Advanced Hotel Negotiations, From the Hotel Side” To be a more effective negotiator, meeting planners will learn how hotels evaluate their businesses and manage their inventory of space, rates and dates. Learning Objectives. Pritzker Award for Excellence. Website: contactplan.com.

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The Art of Room Blocks

SmartMeetings

What to do in advance and in the moment to meet your room block budget It seems simple. Book a block of rooms for meeting attendees based on the number of people and the times of the meetings. For example, does everyone sign up with enough advance notice to meet the hotel’s deadline? Just follow the formula, right?

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Job Hunting During COVID: What Meeting Professionals Need to Know

SmartMeetings

The travel, hospitality and meetings industry has been one of the hardest hit during the COVID-19 slowdown. Independent planners are facing gaping holes in their calendars as meetings continue to drop off. Many organizations, including Smart Meetings , have turned their events virtual.

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