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Planning International Events: Legal and Cultural Considerations

SmartMeetings

Cultural stereotypes and habits influence international business negotiations. Business Negotiations. Everyone must be present when negotiating, as individual decisions are frowned upon. In other countries (such as Germany), an autocrat who might not even be present at the negotiations could be responsible for decision-making.

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Interviews with Planners - Chivonne Hyppolite

Eventinterface

In your beaker, combine the elements: creativity, passion, experience and negotiation. Actually, add a bit more of negotiation for good measure - I mean who doesn’t love a good negotiator. The most unique location I ever planned an event at was a dinner boat cruise in Tokyo, Japan.

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Bitcoin Explained, For Meeting Planners

SmartMeetings

If a hotel accepts Bitcoin in payment, planners could potentially negotiate better prices by reducing the cost of fees third parties typically charge for processing transactions. It plans to be in 30,000 hotels and hostels in the United States, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia by 2019. How Can Bitcoin Be Acquired?

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An Inside Look at the PANDORA Event Team with Martina Berlin

zkipster

I was born in Sweden and lived in Indonesia and Japan for 10 years before moving to England in 2008 to study Event Management at Bournemouth University. One day you may be trying to source pink flamingos and the next you could be in an important and deal-breaking negotiation to secure hotel rates for a conference of 400 people.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

From stories about fax machines to photos of 3D projection mapping, from advice about negotiating piles of paperwork to a roundtable discussion among female CEOs, we’ve gone from serving an industry in its infancy to one that has come of age. Does a planner’s attitude make a difference when negotiating with hotels?” High(ish) Tech.

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