MeetingsNet

JUNE 24, 2022

We will be contracting with smaller venues and committing to fewer sleeping rooms and F&B until attendance stabilizes. And when asked whether they have limited the potential destinations for upcoming events because of uncertainty around flight schedules and on-time arrivals, 57.7 percent said they are doing so.

Site Selections 111

Site Selections Trade Shows Travel Contracts 111

Stova

MAY 25, 2023

Selecting the best venue for your event is one of the most important decisions planners face. A well-chosen venue sets the tone, creates memorable experiences, and contributes to the overall success of you event. It’s a tall order, but with the right venue sourcing tools, it is possible to have it all. Leverage technology.

Venues 52

Venues Negotiating Contracts Travel 52

Endless Events

APRIL 7, 2020

“Force majeure is a legal term that’s been around for a long time and it’s in your contracts, but it’s separate from your contracts”, Josh explains. But they let planners and groups get out of meeting contracts or frankly, any kind of supplier contracts too if they meet certain criteria.

Contracts 91

Contracts Hotels Government Events 91

Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

You’ll find helpful info on a range of topics from staging inspiration and productivity advice through to real-world assistance in getting the most out of your AV contracts. We recommend you check out Bizbash for the ultimate in event planning news, trends, inspiration and venue discovery. Event Leadership Institute. Loving their blog?

Trade Shows 133

Trade Shows Food and Beverage Tech Education 133

Social Tables

APRIL 22, 2019

It takes careful planning to pay deposits on time and keep track of contracts. If your client tells you to secure a venue by the end of the month, you can’t wait till next month to deliver a location just because it works better with your schedule. Choose your venue, caterer, and other main vendors. They’re not flexible.

Event Planning 138

Event Planning Food and Beverage Events Speakers 138

Eventtia

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Designed to streamline event sales and operations, Tripleseat empowers restaurants, hotels, and venues to efficiently manage their event bookings, enhance customer interactions, and optimize revenue. Contract Management: Streamlines the creation, tracking, and storage of event contracts, ensuring all agreements are efficiently managed.

2024 62

2024 Healthcare B2B Event Management 62

Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

There is nothing more defeating than having to call a client to let them know the event room or space they reserved for their meeting/wedding/birthday party/shower/etc. It can also occur with meeting room bookings when multiple teams are vying for the prime meeting space.

Management 78

Management Contracts Food and Beverage Venues 78

Endless Events

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

So, that’s why these overtime rules and laws and that’s honestly part of it as well is it depends on where you’re at in the world, what venue you’re at, it may actually be legal regulations forcing you to have overtime charges. So, we’ll say, we’ll put a pin on that and come back to that later.

Contracts 105

Contracts Corporate Meetings Negotiating Venues 105

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

They are actual horror stories as recounted by meeting professionals in a recent Smart Meetings survey. As gatherings in ballrooms and event venues return, we are trying to keep them safe by encouraging distancing and a minimum of physical contact. That means liability falls most heavily on the venue, not the planner.

Insurance 130

Insurance Hotels Hospitality Trade Shows 130

Endless Events

APRIL 26, 2019

Often venues will give you discounts and pressure you to use In-House AV but realize this is completely negotiable and you do not need to. Look into hiring outside the venue, a 3rd party AV company is at your event for you, and only you. You should actually hire your AV company before you even sign your venue contract.

Negotiating 107

Negotiating Venues Contracts Events 107

Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Acting as an event venue opens restaurants to the revenue potential associated with event rental and catering services—revenue with higher profit margins than traditional food service. Public restaurant events Public events generate buzz in the community and help attract new customers to your event venue.

Food and Beverage 88

Food and Beverage Social Media Venues Contracts 88

Eventtia

JANUARY 28, 2025

Or worse, your venue suddenly becomes unavailable. Venue Setup and Final Checks : Turn your venue into the event space by focusing on decor, signage, technology, and overall logistics leave no room for last-minute panic. For a fashion event, this could be cocktails, a runway show, and a meet and greet. Why these phases?

Event Planning 62

Event Planning Social Media Speakers Tech 62

Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

There will be “strong demand for employee engagement events, which by their very nature will need to be in person,” predicts David Taylor, HBAA advisor and non-executive director of BCD Meetings & Events. Many corporate meetings programmes will be re-tendered early next year to include virtual as a key component, says Taylor.

2021 84

2021 2020 Travel Sustainability 84

Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

The Event Planner's Guide to Venue Sourcing and the RFP Process This guide examines a shift event professionals are experiencing in negotiation power with venues. We'll show you how to get the most out of strategy, opportunities, and tools available to strike the best deal with venues. Well, it seems that the party is over.

Venues 40

Venues Negotiating 2023 Food and Beverage 40

Bizzabo

MAY 17, 2019

The 30 venues listed here are the best the city has to offer — no matter what kind of get-together you plan to throw. If you're looking to plan an event in Las Vegas, you're probably wondering what venue to host it in. The following 30 venues are the best the city has to offer. Interested in hosting a Las Vegas area event?

Venues 51

Venues Entertainment Trade Shows Events 51

SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2017

This storm will disrupt millions of lives, including meeting planners’. Corporate meeting planners generally choose their destination and book the venue a year or more in advance, making it hard to plan around monumental weather events, natural disasters or other citywide emergencies. Actually, have multiple plans.

Negotiating 63

Negotiating Transportation Travel Speakers 63

QC Event School

APRIL 6, 2023

What Businesses Look for in a Corporate Event Planner Internal Events 101 External Events 101 Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins of Event Management Event Decorating Resources: Attention, students and grads of QC Event School’s Event Decor Course !

Corporate Events 105

Corporate Events Social Media Consulting Event Planning 105

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The evolution of the meetings landscape continued today with the announcement that Convene, which targets the small-meetings market by offering full-service facilities in five major American cities, has made a strategic investment in Bizly, an end-to-end software solution for meetings management.

Meetings 40

Meetings 2009 Contracts Corporate Meetings 40

Social Tables

JULY 13, 2023

Whether you’re planning a birthday celebration for a major golf fan or looking for a unique venue for an outdoor celebration , a golf course birthday party may be the right choice for your event. Select your top five event dates before looking for a host venue. You can host them for kids, adults, or all ages. When are the bills due?

Food and Beverage 78

Food and Beverage Entertainment Venues Sports 78

Meeting Tomorrow

MAY 7, 2019

Maybe you needed to switch to a bigger venue, your presenters need larger screens, or perhaps union labor was more than you thought. Meanwhile, an AV contract that includes only the bare-bones minimum means you’re spending time troubleshooting and managing miscellaneous details. It happens. Ok, deep breaths.

Speakers 60

Speakers Contracts Corporate Meetings Meetings 60

Meeting Tomorrow

APRIL 17, 2019

Maybe you needed to switch to a bigger venue, your presenters need larger screens, or perhaps union labor was more than you thought. Meanwhile, an AV contract that includes only the bare-bones minimum means you’re spending time troubleshooting and managing miscellaneous details. It happens. Ok, deep breaths. Is the theme on-point?

Contracts 60

Contracts Corporate Meetings Speakers Meetings 60

PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

Every few years the question comes up as to whether or not [procurement] should be handling our contracts,” she said. “We On the meetings side, how do you make sure that you’re not spending all your time educating your procurement partners on our industry instead of getting work done?” We had that dialogue, and it happened that night.

Negotiating 66

Negotiating Contracts Fashion Food and Beverage 66

Capterra Event Management

JANUARY 31, 2017

Venue Selection. Corporate Event Planning. I’m happy to have the opportunity to work with amazing and talented people in our industry and the chance to work in completely different and unique wedding locations and venues. Vendor/Contract Management. Corporate Events Specialty Course. Corporate Event Budgeting.

Event Planning 40

Event Planning Contracts Social Media Event Management 40

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Spending less — Despite the continued improved economy, most meeting organizers are still being asked to cut back on meeting expenses, and the majority (63 percent) have been asked to focus on reducing F&B expenses, followed by AV costs (54 percent). I feel that I am being pushed out into less desirable locations/hotels.”.

Marketing 78

Marketing Meetings 2016 2007 78

Unique Venues

AUGUST 5, 2024

For larger events, consider outdoor locations like the Bladen Wing Courtyard, or the Meeting Place–suitable for events with up to 500 guests. For a corporate meeting or lecture, utilize the Lecture Theatre, The Science Research Building, or the Humanities or Bladen Wing’s meeting rooms and classrooms.

Food and Beverage 36

Food and Beverage Negotiating Contracts Corporate Meetings 36

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master.

Meetings 62

Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Meeting Tomorrow

MAY 7, 2019

Maybe you needed to switch to a bigger venue, your presenters need larger screens, or perhaps union labor was more than you thought. Meanwhile, an AV contract that includes only the bare-bones minimum means you’re spending time troubleshooting and managing miscellaneous details. It happens. Ok, deep breaths. Is the theme on-point?

Contracts 40

Contracts Corporate Meetings Speakers Meetings 40

All Seated

JUNE 14, 2019

But between proofing emails, website content or any other event communication, or writing or reviewing contracts, it doesn’t hurt to have a digital proofreading tool at your fingertips. Granted, most event planners don’t carry around a hard copy dictionary or thesaurus. Super Planner.

Event Planning Tools 33

Event Planning Tools Event Planning Contracts Corporate Meetings 33

QC Event School

APRIL 6, 2023

What Businesses Look for in a Corporate Event Planner Internal Events 101 External Events 101 Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins of Event Management Event Decorating Resources: Attention, students and grads of QC Event School’s Event Decor Course !

Corporate Events 52

Corporate Events Social Media Consulting Event Planning 52

QC Event School

APRIL 6, 2023

What Businesses Look for in a Corporate Event Planner Internal Events 101 External Events 101 Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins of Event Management Event Decorating Resources: Attention, students and grads of QC Event School’s Event Decor Course !

Corporate Events 52

Corporate Events Social Media Consulting Event Planning 52

Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Global Events Coordinator – Contract | Bloomberg | San Francisco, CA. Corporate Meeting Planner | Direct Travel | Chicago, IL. Director of Sales & Events | Hyatt Hotels Corporation | Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. Venue Logistics Manager | FIRST | New York, NY. Event Venue Coordinator | Westphal Staffing, Inc.

2018 40

2018 Hospitality Hotels Event Management 40

Stova

MARCH 16, 2023

Within this guide, you will receive the tools and knowledge to become a meeting strategist for your organization. That means you will know the most efficient way to source your meeting venue, what event software to use, how to properly budget for your event, and finally how to measure your total meeting spend and return.

Management 40

Management 2023 Meetings Negotiating 40

Guidebook

MARCH 7, 2025

Planning an event whether its a large-scale conference, trade show or a corporate meeting requires diligence and organization. Stick to the full 12+ month timeline to secure venues, vendors, and plant those marketing timelines. Working on a smaller workshop & corporate event? Check venue availability and pricing.

Social Media 78

Social Media Speakers Sponsorships Contracts 78