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Seeking Innovators, Experts, and Educators in Meeting Planning

MeetingsNet

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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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? The easy compromise?

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7 Strategies to Negotiate a Bigger Events Budget

SmartMeetings

Is demand for meetings expected to grow? Knowing what to expect will give you more leverage at the negotiating table. There are many new event technology tools that enable corporate meeting planners to analyze event success, attendee engagement and ROI in quantifiable ways. Don’t forget the data. Predict the future.

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Emerging Association Meeting Strategies

Smart Meetings

Mason continues, “We are not experts in that space, so we are partnering with other organizations in order to provide our meeting planning members with tools and resources to be to be able to address that emerging opportunity.” Sometimes having real-time information to make decisions is very important as well.”

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Event Trends for 2019–2020

GEVME

No one wants to wait, because digital services should provide all the necessary information quickly. Everything you plan to surprise your guests with in 2019 should be practical and useful. Personalisation has taken over the world, and with the ever-increasing flow of information and education data, AI, etc., Conclusion.

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Work-Life Balance for Wedding Planners 

The Planner's Lounge

For example, you might decide that your workday ends at 7 PM and inform your clients that you are unavailable after that time. Schedule Downtime: Just as you schedule client meetings, schedule regular ‘me time.’ Whether it’s a hobby, spending time with family, or relaxing, make it a non-negotiable part of your calendar.

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Partner Your Way Through the Post-Pandemic Surge

SmartMeetings

Hotels are now less likely to negotiate rental fees and other typically negotiable line items. The more information shared across all players, the better each team can meet your needs. With inflation also at play, room rates and F&B pricing are higher. Share to Solve. Vendors work hard to be the best partner.