Master the Event

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There are good meeting and event planners and there are bad ones. Like most industries it’s just the way it is. If you’ve been in the event planning industry for a while then no doubt you’ve worked with some of the good ones and, unfortunately, some bad ones too. Negotiation skills. Negotiating is a fine art.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

A community of female leaders built on welcoming others emphasizes the power of belonging The announcement of the 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Award winners that went out Friday swelled the ranks of leaders honored to more than 1,000 strong. She loved everything about the business. As a female publisher 22 years ago, she was utterly alone.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Meanwhile, nearly every article I read or industry panel I attend is proclaiming that our industry is nearing a full recovery. The truth is that most of the data points and recovery opinions are coming from the supplier — not the organizer — side of our industry. You’re faced with lots of problems, but few solutions.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Creating experiences, setting the stage for networking opportunities, and fostering connections among colleagues and association members are what the meetings and events world is all about. Meetings MBA: Budgets, Models and Forecasts Budgets are great for estimating and tracking spending. In short, think big.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 25, 2023

“Support” de Lorenzo Quinn, artiste italien, Key vendors who service the events industry lost a great deal of experienced talent during the pandemic and they haven’t fully restaffed. Today, more than ever, these vendors are competing for talent from other industries offering more competitive salaries and work flexibility.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 8, 2019

You might want to put your best suit on because today we’re talking about hotel contract negotiations! Joining our always lovely host Lindsay Martin-Bilbrey is industry powerhouse, Tom Pasha. a national meeting planning company, which books over 100,000 room nights annually. Can I Negotiate Venue AV Charges?

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SmartMeetings

MAY 9, 2019

The fine print for negotiating win-win agreements. In a recent Smart Meetings webinar, “ A Legal Guide to Partnering with Suppliers ,” Lisa Sommer Devlin, a 25-year veteran hospitality contracts lawyer, shared key insights into negotiating win-win agreements with suppliers. But writing them can be a tricky business.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

Whether your meetings specialty is event design, contract negotiations, operations management, sustainability, risk management, virtual events, speaker trends, food & beverage, or something else entirely, our call for speakers is seeking fresh voices to educate and spark new ideas for meetings and conventions.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters which represents 340,000 UPS workers considering a strike, walked away from the negotiating table with the company this week, starting a countdown to July 31 when the union vows to strike. The post UPS Strike May Be Imminent: Here’s How Meeting Planners Can Cope appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 24, 2019

We all know catering can be the largest expense on the master account, but we don’t realize the several areas that can be negotiated to stretch your catering budget. Working with the hotel during the planning and execution of the event can save you money for your next meeting. Hotel catering typically drives 35 to 40% profit.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Meeting professionals: this is a golden opportunity! Yes, friends, it’s now obvious that what our industry needs is… fake events! No more negotiating with F&B suppliers, transportation services, in-house production, etc. For heaven’s sake! Fake women event speakers? We need to think bigger! Ditto, contractors!

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The UK’s meetings industry is looking towards 2019 with optimism following a successful summer and an uplift in enquiries for the year ahead. The figures continue the growing trend for meetings with the overall number up 25% over the last two years.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2024

Contracts are the life blood of the meeting industry. Smart Meetings sat down with Darryl B. Cost for meeting rooms. It depends on your ability to negotiate and how much leverage you have, how much you want the property and how much the property wants you.” How many comp rooms are available? Resort fees.

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Register for “How to Negotiate Wi-Fi Prices” webinar. Wi-Fi fees are negotiable and there are ways to cut costs! From simple steps to negotiation tips, he lays it all out there. Learn how to negotiate Wi-Fi costs within conference centers and hotels. Learn tips to make your Wi-Fi safe and secure.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

No question, negotiating contracts is going to get more complicated as the industry rebounds. Others, particularly those whose members are dealing with travel bans, or have large global audiences, are more likely to be in the camp that the soonest they can meet face-to-face is 2022. Member Considerations and Communications.

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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. The Bad with the Good The strong return to live events is reviving meeting departments and the venues they work with, but along with that comes challenges.

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Management Events

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Management Events understands the unique value that comes from meeting someone in person, where a handshake can establish trust and a shared laugh can build a lasting bond. By prioritizing face-to-face meetings, you ensure that your message is received as intended.

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IMG

JANUARY 16, 2024

We are thrilled to share some insights that will not only keep you at the forefront of the industry but also empower you to get more out of your events. But let’s think beyond virtual meetings. What are the latest trends in the event industry? We’ve all become Zoom experts, haven’t we?

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TicketBud

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to a recent Maritz Industry Trends Report , most meeting expenses are up over 20 percent since before the pandemic. This enables organizers to devise backup plans, forge partnerships, and negotiate favorable deals with vendors to ensure that the event stays on track throughout planning and execution.

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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. Government meetings are just two percent of the total. percent National associations across all industries were not included in those figures.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For planners who are booking meetings between now and the end of the year, the task is notably more challenging than what was anticipated less than two months ago. Economic observers had predicted a mild recession in Q4 that would stunt travel demand, thus boosting room availability and cost negotiability.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 24, 2018

Register for “How to Negotiate AV Prices for Events” Having great audiovisual is expected at events, but the prices can sometimes be unexpected. As more planners look for high-quality AV for their meetings, negotiating the right price is sometimes the deciding factor for them when it comes to booking a hotel or convention center.

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Connect Your Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2017

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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SmartMeetings

MAY 7, 2018

Research shows that women are often very good at negotiating on behalf of others, but are not as successful when negotiating for themselves. You can change that by preparing yourself to negotiate. Here are five simple steps that can empower you as a negotiator and increase your chances of getting what you deserve.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

To find out the best way to approach negotiating fees as part of a package, we turned to Walt Galanty, president of AIM Meetings and Events in Alexandria, Virginia. He has been watching the industry change from a sellers’ market to a buyers’ and back again many times in his 40 years in the industry.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 17, 2022

For others, the race is on to become sustainable and match industry audience expectations today. Its members are business leaders and expert thinkers across the industry, building future energy systems, powered by clean electricity. Immersive digital canvasses were used throughout the main conference rooms and the exhibition theatres.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series reporting on FICP Chats about the future of meetings. See also : Meeting Profs Demonstrate Community and Resiliency on #MeetingsChat. Based on the in-person site inspection, that clause should allow meetings professionals the option to cancel the contract without penalty. group business.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Jan Freitag, national director of hospitality for hotel-industry analyst CoStar, said in this article from SmartBrief that although further growth is expected in hotels’ revenue per available room in 2024 and 2025, hotels are worried about increased expenses.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It has been widely used by many industries to ensure they are working with quality suppliers. It can also be effectively used by meeting and event teams of all sized to deliver better end products. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

The word “partnership” gets thrown around a lot in the events world, but when there are too few ballrooms for too many functions being planned, meeting planners and hotel and destination counterparts often find themselves on the losing end of negotiations that could be win-wins.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

Comprising of TMCs, CVBs, venues and agencies, the Board will examine the strategic direction of the industry and ensure GRATIS remains agile and responsive to market needs. At the inaugural meeting, Instant Book topped the agenda as part of the group’s drive to progress venue booking.

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The Castle Group

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

With Labor Day symbolically closing out the summer season and ushering in fall – a prime meetings and convention time – organizations are trying to decide on the best approach to gathering given the ever-shifting COVID landscape. Just a few short weeks ago it seemed like “all systems go” again for the meetings and events industry.

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Eventinterface

JULY 11, 2017

As we speak with meeting and event professionals for our Interviews with Planners series, we continue to be amazed by the variety of books that help these talented professionals in their jobs as planners. See what other meeting planners read to help them excel in their careers. GET YOUR COPIES TODAY. Save Save.

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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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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It’s the conversation you always wanted but never had – wages in the events industry! Because we all know that in this industry, this topic is very taboo. Thuy Diep, Dustin Westling, Will Curran, and Nick Borelli are ready to take on the topic of wages in the events industry. Let’s Look At The Data.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . Now Global Head of Events, Training and Certification at Amazon Web Services, she has realized that the challenges meeting professionals are facing and the way they are learning has changed since she published her book pre-Covid. Contract and Negotiation Tips. Bottom Line.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It has been widely used by many industries to ensure they are working with quality suppliers. It can also be effectively used by meeting and event teams of all sized to deliver better end products. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations.

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