Velvet Chainsaw
APRIL 13, 2020
However, from past experience, any time that there has been a shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s market, those contracts signed during a seller’s market just flat out had to be updated. Room rates should be adjusted to keep attendees from booking outside the block. Here are some changes that will need to be made. Remove Barriers.
Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Contract concerns. Future bookings are getting more difficult as organizations are more reluctant to take on new risks. Future bookings are getting more difficult as organizations are more reluctant to take on new risks. In an effort to reduce and manage risks, venues and planners are adopting new contract clauses.
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EventMB
JUNE 22, 2022
With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings.
Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Though I love my work, it was nice to reduce the number of high-intensity workdays booked in 2023! To this end, they contracted a well-known futurist who offered a short opening keynote on how to think about the industry’s future, followed by a panel of leading industry experts who discussed how his ideas could be applied in detail.
Endless Events
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Let’s take the skill of hotel contract negotiations ; novice planners tend to feel overwhelmed by the nitty-gritty details of hotel contracts and often learn as they go. To prevent them from signing a bad contract, we’ve put together five tips to help them navigate the surprisingly complex world of hotel contracts.
Attendease
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Venue contracts take weeks to finalize? Here’s a very basic framework to get you started: Timeline Activities 6+ months before Lock in your venue and date Set your event budget and ticket pricing strategy Research and book vendors (A/V team, catering, etc.) Marketing emails need multiple rounds of review?
Eventinterface
JULY 11, 2017
As we speak with meeting and event professionals for our Interviews with Planners series, we continue to be amazed by the variety of books that help these talented professionals in their jobs as planners. Although traditionally a marketing book, the takeaway of standing out in a field of cows is very important in the events industry as well.
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