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Four Business Travel Trends and Forecasts Impacting Events in 2024

Event Marketer

The good news for event marketers, however: Despite the year’s travel speed bumps and forecasts, many events and trade shows (CES 2024, included) are reporting they are back to pre-pandemic attendance levels. Here, we explore some of the latest facts and figures, and opportunities, surrounding business travel trends.

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The Top 10 Unexpected Trade Show Costs

Ins'Tent

Savvy marketers know that trade shows are a powerful way to increase brand awareness and boost sales. It can be a profitable strategy too, as trade shows generate more than $13 billion in revenue on average in the United States. Consider purchasing your own booth and bringing it to the trade show.

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Can You Really Build Supplier Relationships Online?

MeetingsNet

In addition to the executives at the convention center or hotel with whom you negotiate and execute the event—national sales reps, convention services managers, and chefs—you need to build trust with the audiovisual, destination management, and transportation companies that can make or break the experience.

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How California’s Associations End the Year with Cheer

Smart Meetings

After the keynote, attendees took part in their choice of two concurrent education sessions, addressing everything from AI-powered engagement to mastering negotiation. Braithwaite’s keynote sought to offer listeners insight into tools and strategies that make networking an experience of both connection and business success.

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Negotiating with Hotels When Sourcing Your Event Venue

Cvent: Event Marketing

What negotiating with hotels boils down to is synchronized value – in other words, you have what they want (occupied guest rooms, meeting space and food and beverage revenue), and they have what you want (a great hotel at a desirable location). If possible, do your negotiations in person or via a video chat. Food and beverage.

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How Data Is Helping With Event Attendee Movement

EventMB

The company also licenses a global event database that includes everything from major sports and music events to arts festivals, trade shows, fairs, and conventions. It’s a comprehensive list, collated from a daily data stream of more than 40 million events from more than 300 sources. a client requests.

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Lessons Learned from MPI WEC in Mexico

Smart Meetings

VanDeventer suggested planners looking into all-inclusive campuses either negotiate a solution for access or communicate robustly about the rules in advance—or both. Do we work with partners to provide something for the trade show that we wouldn’t normally bring ourselves?” Is it worth paying duties on that?

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