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Best of 2023: Event Contracts and Budgeting

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Top Legal Issues Meeting Profs Should Be Aware of in 2023 To offer some helpful insight in what legal areas to be on the lookout for, Smart Meetings sat down with Ty M. Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract Cheryl M. The post Best of 2023: Event Contracts and Budgeting appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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FICP 2023 Empowered Members for a Future Beyond the Horizon

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Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. FICP 2024 Annual Conference will be Nov. How fun is that?

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Case study: AER Annual Conference 2023, Amsterdam

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The AER Annual Conference 2023 marked a new beginning after two years of planning under pandemic conditions. The annual conference plays a key role in AERs broader strategy: strengthening its members, fostering ongoing education, and collectively developing innovative solutions for current and future challenges.

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Case Study: CVB Partnership Amplifies Impact at Lenovo Tech World 2024

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After the 2023 event in Austin, the planners from Event Strategy Group (ESG) looked towards the Pacific Northwest for the 2024 gathering, “Smarter AI for All.” With all of this in mind, they knew that Meydenbauer Center , Bellevue’s conference center, alongside other activation spaces throughout the city, worked to meet those needs.

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Four Business Travel Trends and Forecasts Impacting Events in 2024

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Higher air fares are replacing the flight delay challenges of 2023. Deloitte’s 2024 Travel Industry Outlook calls attention to the “laptop lugger” effect of the hybrid workplace, finding that professionals intending to work on their longest trip of the holiday season “jumped” from 19 percent in 2022 to 34 percent in 2023. “It

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Inclusive Experience Welcomed All to Florida

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Whether the playing field is national politics, a Southern California crime scene or a hotel contract negotiation, leading with love, empathy and respect is the fast track to building relationships across what might otherwise feel like unfathomable divides, according to keynote Corporal Ryan Tillman.

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Helpful Budget Tips for Event Planners in a Post-Covid World

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Internal Expectations The changing negotiating landscape makes it important for meeting planners is to communicate with leadership so everyone has realistic expectations of what to expect while building a budget. A few points to consider: Goals and KPIs “You need to know the goals of your conference. Also, negotiate gracefully.