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Planners Scrambling as Bomb Cyclone Hits East Coast

SmartMeetings

The National Weather Service predicted that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will see heavy snowfall and wind chills of minus 25 degrees in the coming days. She suggests negotiating for lower attrition thresholds —70 percent rather than 80 percent, for example. Ditto Georgia. Make room for higher attrition.

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Hilton Announces 14th Brand, Tapestry Collection

SmartMeetings

Hotels will open in these cities: -Syracuse, New York. – Warren, New Jersey. Property details, including hotel names, will be released as negotiations conclude. So far, seven properties in six cities have signed letters of intent. – Chicago. – Nashville, Tennessee. – Hampton, Virginia.

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Big Hotel Boom Forecast for Smaller Cities

SmartMeetings

In addition to giving planners fresh choices for backdrops to meetings, the surge in new space can also lead to a decline in occupancy rates and hoteliers hungry to negotiate with planners who are willing to be flexible. “A lot of that is because those areas are playing catch up,” he said. markets in 2017. “It

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Preparing for a Leaner Commission World

SmartMeetings

That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” Christy Lamagna, founder and master strategist at New Jersey-based Strategic Meetings & Events, said she and most of the planners she knows are going to continue doing the best they can for their clients. “I

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Preparing for a Leaner Commission World

SmartMeetings

That was when it was a relationship business, and you were valued for your Rolodex and your ability to deliver on negotiations.” Christy Lamagna, founder and master strategist at New Jersey-based Strategic Meetings & Events, said she and most of the planners she knows are going to continue doing the best they can for their clients. “I

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Trending Now: The Day Of Wedding Coordinator

All Seated

A wedding planner’s tasks include the overall design and vision of wedding, keeping the couples within their budgets, contract negotiations, the hiring of vendors, as well as execution of the event vision on the day of the wedding. A full-service wedding planner basically handles everything for the couple, from start to finish.

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Client Spotlight: St. Helen Parish Community and Church Membership Management Software

Regpack

Helen in Westfield, New Jersey. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Westfield, New Jersey. It just became non-negotiable that you went online, the questionnaire was online and at the end of it it asked you to pay. Today’s client spotlight post is shining the light on the parish community of St. Regpack works with St.