MeetingsNet

AUGUST 15, 2022

Hint: A new meeting pattern could help groups having a difficult time at the negotiating table. A hot topic during last week’s Hotel Data Conference was booking the right balance between leisure business travelers.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Samantha Jordan, a futurist and consultant with Future Today Institute, led a discussion with industry leaders and explained that companies, including major retailers, are already using the tool to negotiate contracts. She reported that attorneys who work with these companies say they like the experience better than negotiating with a human.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

They can often negotiate better deals and availability. The best pharma event management companies in 2023 When it comes to the logistical elements of events, you want to make sure you’re working with the very best pharma event management companies. Get our comprehensive list of event production companies.

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IMG

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

civilian labor force in 2023 11% of Fortune 500 company CEOs are women, along with 30% of Fortune 500 board members. From negotiating a killer deal to acing that public speaking engagement, these sessions are gold. 42% of all U.S. businesses are owned by women Women made up 47% of the U.S. The best part?

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While many planners are making do with static or shrinking meeting budgets, more than half the respondents (55 percent) report increases for meeting budgets from 2022 to 2023, and 45 percent have seen increases for incentive budgets. Contracts: The survey asked planners about their number-one concern when negotiating a contract.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Skift Take: Demand for hotel space is rising almost as fast as inflation. In this challenging climate, what can meeting and event professionals do to secure the best deal? Five experts from Hilton spill their secrets. Hilton Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

December 2023 saw the highest average hourly rate ever for front-line employees at hotels across the country: $23.91, according to the U.S. Even as they pay front-line employees the highest average hourly rate ever, more than two-thirds of properties nationwide still have notable staffing shortages. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

Sheaks, attorney, author and faculty legal advisor for International Association of Venue Managers to break down the major legal challenges meeting profs should be aware of in 2023. The post Top Legal Issues Meeting Profs Should Be Aware of in 2023 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Read more: Helpful Budget Tips for Event Planners in a Post-Covid World Working with Third-Party Agencies Many third parties provide sourcing only, meaning they will find the destination, and other will assist in sourcing as well as contract negotiations. We try to source as local as possible to maybe cut down on shipping costs.”

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How to prepare for 2023 contract negotiations Yes, we’re out of the pandemic shutdown, but it’s not back to “business as usual.” From workforce shortages to inflation worries, what should event planners be looking for when it comes to 2023 contracts? Add-On Travel: Negotiate pre- and post-rates in the contracting stage.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Negotiations to achieve the new investment round started at around the same time. This financial backing will enable the technology company to move forward with a new acquisition strategy that is expected to materialise in 2023. Eventscase, the all-in-one event management software, celebrated its 10th anniversary last September.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

The word “partnership” gets thrown around a lot in the events world, but when there are too few ballrooms for too many functions being planned, meeting planners and hotel and destination counterparts often find themselves on the losing end of negotiations that could be win-wins. Another counter-intuitive hack is being open about priorities.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 3, 2023

Issues such as difficult negotiations, training novices, cost-saving measures, and pre-meeting attendee communications came to the fore in planners’ roundtable discussions at Pharma Forum 2023. Because of the pandemic, many young people have never been in a professional environment until now,” the planner said.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. Even if your negotiation tactics are the best in the industry, you might want to direct your focus on managing client expectations rather than stressing yourself senseless trying to squeeze concessions from a frozen turnip.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2024

Read More: Top Legal Issues Meeting Profs Should Be Aware of in 2023 What To Leave Out Cohen has a few suggestions for the things you leave on the negotiation room floor of your contract: Your own personal liability for any issues caused by a guest, such as room damage, and noise complaints. ADA compliance—do you need accommodations?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

“Day-to-day operations will remain business-as-usual and Cvent will continue to operate as a separate and independent public company until the transaction closes, which is expected mid-year 2023, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions,” according to a statement from Reggie Aggarwal, Cvent CEO and founder.

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EventMB

JUNE 8, 2022

A total of 13 million visitors are predicted for its first year of operation and 130 events are currently being negotiated. kina, the new 1,600-capacity Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre is opening in 2023. The developers expect a busy fourth quarter with multiple regional summits and trade shows already announced.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2024

The result: Less negotiability for meetings. percent) in 2024, compared to a strong 2023 that saw pent-up demand unleashed after the Covid pandemic. In fact, group business ( see chart ) has recovered to the point that more group rooms were sold in October 2023 than in October 2019. percent) and guest-room rate (3.0

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

Especially because “the pace of meeting bookings has picked up tremendously since late March for events anywhere between Q3 2021 and early 2023, planners need to be transparent with us about the flexibility they have with their event dates,” noted White. Another area requiring flexibility and constant communication: service levels.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Business event planner respondents to Convene s 31st Annual Meetings Market Survey shared their biggest work challenges in open-ended responses, which fell into similar categories as the 2023 responses, but with budget woes taking the lead.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

For those sourcing events in the short-term, distancing and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines are being built into the RFP, and it is believed there is more room for negotiation now than in future years. These situations are being handled more on a case-by-case basis.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2023

The latest MPI Meetings Outlook survey reports outstanding prospects for business in 2023, but the trials of a hotel seller’s market and staffing issues aren’t going away. Almost two out of three respondents (64 percent) say they’re experiencing a seller’s market. The report quotes Richard Miseyko, CMP, CMM, president of Site Search Inc.,

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SmartMeetings

JULY 28, 2023

As soon as you know meeting registration is not meeting original forecasts: Negotiate with the hotel to release back some meeting space (if possible). While this company’s attrition was usually minimal, if any, we negotiated attrition off of the final bill due to the large amount of F&B spent over the contractual minimum.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 27, 2023

And perhaps above all, there was a clear focus on engaging attendees as individuals, not part of the masses, in an era when personalization is non-negotiable. Congratulations to all of the 2023 Ex Awards honorees.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2023

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. Building off existing relationships can be helpful in negotiating costs. Also, negotiate gracefully.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 8, 2022

The event – which brings together leading national and global brands with the UK’s independent wholesaling industry to negotiate deals and network – will increase from 5,400m2 to 8,100m2. It plans to return in 2023. The event will take place again in June this year and is set to return in 2023 and 2024.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2023

We have the expertise to know what resorts and venues will work best for their specific needs, as well as our negotiating clout and global connections. ” Engage your DMC early—they might have existing relationships with hotels and venues in your desired destination and can help with negotiations.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2023

After the keynote, attendees took part in their choice of two concurrent education sessions, addressing everything from AI-powered engagement to mastering negotiation. An Event with Impact The holiday season is the time of giving, and CalSAE Seasonal Spectacular 2023 made certain it wasn’t overlooked.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Implications for booking speakers: • Booking local speakers as a way to reduce travel costs will be more popular, freeing up budgets for non-negotiable expenses. • In 2023, groups wanted to hear about the general impact of A.I. For many events, speakers will be chosen based on outcomes and relevance versus celebrity alone.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 3, 2022

Here, two industry consultants dish to city-hotel sales executives on why securing meetings business is so critical, with numbers that could give negotiating insight to planners. The meetings market will be central to the recovery of urban hotels.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2024

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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MeetingsNet

MARCH 15, 2024

cities in Q4 2023 was only about 93 percent of what it was in Q4 2019, group rates are nearly 14 percent higher now versus 2019. destinations, Q4 2023 meeting volume was about 92 percent of what it was in Q4 2019, but rates have risen about 17 percent over that time. Across all U.S.

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Skiddle

DECEMBER 16, 2024

After closing its doors in November 2023 due to rent arrears accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic, staff and resident artists formed the Piehouse Co-op, which successfully negotiated new terms with the buildings landlords to save the venue. The reopening marks a new chapter for the Piehouse, but the road to recovery isnt over.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 30, 2023

Simply defined, it’s getting back to someone—even if there is no tangible update on the RFP, contract, negotiation, etc.—to This article appears in the digital-only May 2023 issue. So I started imploring my audiences to use the “No Update-Update.” to at least acknowledge their attempts to reach you.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In this new era of beauty, the community makes the rules, creators reign supreme, a robust DEI&B strategy is non-negotiable and transparency is paramount. Mental and physical wellness is a top priority for many consumers today, something that beauty brands took into account when planning their live experiences for 2023.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 8, 2023

Read More : Negotiating and Cost-saving Tips for Real Meetings Another new resource, micro-credentials in DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility) and Conscious Inclusion will arm meeting professionals with the tools they need to be more effective. Don’t let other people tell you what you are capable of.

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