MeetingsNet

AUGUST 29, 2023

What It All Means for Meetings Other notable labor agreements that have been completed recently include those between convention centers and employees in Las Vegas and Orlando, and between hotels and employees in the suburbs of Philadelphia and New York.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 11, 2019

Catering is often the largest part of a master account, but many planners accept inflated prices, unrealistic minimums, setup fees and other charges without negotiation. This session will help planners see where the profit centers are and where there are more leverage and latitude in negotiating group catering.

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Connect Your Meetings

MARCH 21, 2018

Many times, a convention’s catering expenses can be more than half of the master account, and planners frequently do not attempt to negotiate what can be a huge expense. You’ll learn how to negotiate catering pricing, service charges and fees to deliver immediate savings to your company or organization.

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Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 30, 2016

Many celebrity chefs—such as Spiaggia ’s James Beard winner Tony Mantuano, based in Chicago—negotiate potential events through agents or hospitality marketing companies such as Wagstaff Worldwide, which represents about 50 chefs around the country. Want to add star power to your conference? Every chef is different,” Kasperzak says. “It

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Eventbase

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Here are four of our favorites: Select attractive destinations Negotiate extended conference hotel rates Offer companion or family passes for your event Use the event app to highlight bleisure information 1. How can event managers appeal to the bleisure traveler? There are many ways to appeal to the bleisure traveler.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 29, 2022

I just did a meeting in Orlando in May. Her AV provider rented equipment from the in-house company and negotiated pricing on their own. “Trying to get trucks, trying to get buses, even flying stuff out — rates have gone up so much,” she said. “I Whatever you source locally,” she said, “you’re going to save some money.”.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Previously, she was director of sales and revenue at The Joule in Dallas as well as reservations and revenue manager at The Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura, Florida, and The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes. He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 2, 2017

While the questions may be the same as you would ask a hotel, planners may not always think to ask them if they are unfamiliar with negotiating cruise contracts,” he says. • Try to give yourself some room to negotiate, he suggests. • Can you count on the ship you book being the ship you get? Not really, says Grimes.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 2, 2017

The region’s major meetings destinations are all within two to four hours’ driving distance of Miami, Orlando and Tampa. For planners, that means inquiring about group-rate extensions when negotiating with hotels. Southwest Florida doesn’t offer neon lights and amusements like Miami and Orlando—and it’s not trying to.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 17, 2017

While one group took advantage of the new 2,000-square-foot covered pavilion on the grounds of the recently redesigned 18-hole golf course, more than 4,000 gathered at the expansive outdoor pavilion for a unique opportunity to enjoy a balmy Orlando evening. Butler Ballroom.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

Take these incentives as a sign that you now have the upper hand in negotiations, a rare reprieve in today’s climate where suppliers typically hold all the leverage. . Planners for large meetings have to race to beat the competition for top destinations like Chicago, Orlando, and Las Vegas. As a result, your choices are limited.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

I know where my negotiation points are, and where I can bring expenses down to create more value for the company.’”. For meeting professionals who work hard at building relationships and excel at negotiation, requiring sign-off from a procurement team — or even having procurement run the RFP process — can be a hard pill to swallow.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 9, 2021

Douglas Emslie, CEO –Tarsusand Chair of SISO, said: “We hear first-hand from our customers how eager they are to get back to some sense of normalcy and how essential face-to-face events are to source products, negotiate and meet suppliers.

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

However, the awful event catastrophes at the Bataclan theater in Paris, the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice have made it painfully obvious that event security needs to be at the top of our event preparation list. Instead, share it through the registration materials and the event app if you offer one.

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

However, the awful event catastrophes at the Bataclan theater in Paris, the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice have made it painfully obvious that event security needs to be at the top of our event preparation list. Instead, share it through the registration materials and the event app if you offer one.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

It’s easy to explain Houston’s reversal of fortune with problems in the oil sector, but big group markets like Chicago, New Orleans, and Orlando have also sold fewer rooms through August. It would be tempting to attribute that to new supply, but the room nights sold have declined in four markets.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Orlando, Florida. Fortunately, WiFi costs are negotiable. The top considerations when choosing your next bleisure event location includes safety, costs, access to all forms of transport, weather and climate, cultural impact, and availability of lodging. San Diego, California. Phoenix, Arizona. Denver, Colorado. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Capterra Event Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Orlando, Florida. The costs only get worse if parking rates change during peak hours or during special events, as is the case in Orlando, FL. When you multiply these savings with your pool of conference attendees, ridesharing becomes non-negotiable. These are the parking costs for the first five cities on the Cvent list: 1.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 6, 2020

Description: "Empowering Women Through Negotiation Skill Building". Why You Should Attend: WIN, which stands for Women in Negotiation, is a conference that focuses on building the negotiation skills of females. Start Date and Location: September 29th in Orlando, Florida. Grace Hopper Celebration. Source: Business Insider.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

The Special Event March 27 - 30, 2023 – Orlando, FL If you’re an event professional, The Special Event is your show. Think Digital Event Experience May 9 - 11, 2023 – Orlando, FL The annual IBM business and technology conference, Think is one the leading business and technology conferences in the world. Driving more than $5.5

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EveryEventGuide

MARCH 1, 2018

Corporate Event Planners understand how to Negotiate: Consider all the vendors you may need to hire and negotiating all the contracts or agreements. Negotiating is an art and its in the best interest of the event planner to ensure your event comes in on budget. Which leads us to point #4.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 24, 2023

First, Las Vegas and Orlando saw strike threats from front-line convention-center personnel, but the employees’ union and the centers came to a contract agreement by late January, before a walkout happened. Since the beginning of 2023, labor issues at meeting facilities have been at the fore in several big meeting destinations.

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