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Event Tech Industry Forecasters: Q&A with Byrne Production Services

Event Marketer

I definitely think this will continue in 2025. If I was to see a repeating mistake, is that event marketers and organizers are not asking valid questions when negotiating their venue contracts. HOW ARE YOU BRINGING AI TO THE EVENT INDUSTRY? AI is becoming an essential tool in creating production design for large scale events.

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

Smart Meetings

Read More: 4 Essential Planning Guidelines for Citywides Strategic About Size and Scale McCormack addressed the benefit of meeting in a smaller city, saying, “We definitely are a little bit of a smaller tier city, but we still have so much to offer, and it’s very easy to get around when a group the size of Lenovo Tech World comes.

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What Happens When “Fear” Majeure Is Used to Postpone or Cancel an Event?

Smart Meetings

Again, this can be addressed either initially in the contract, or by negotiating additional addendums or riders to the contract after the fact. Finally, it all comes down to effective communication and negotiation to determine whether it makes sense to postpone, cancel or enforce the contract and potential litigation.

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Wedding items you should splurge on!

EventSource

While wedding budgets are important to have, there are some wedding items you should definitely splurge on! The Venue Your wedding venue sets the entire vibe of your big day, so it’s definitely worth being one of your wedding splurges. So you definitely don’t want to skimp out on what you’re serving your guests.

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Can I Negotiate Venue AV Charges? – Whiteboard Wednesdays

Endless Events

As you are seeing the fee’s mounting on you may have even wondered, “Can I negotiate AV charges?” But in order to negotiate venue AV charges, you must arm yourself with knowledge, strong negotiating skills, and the will to walk away if you need to. Video Transcription: Can I Negotiate Venue AV Charges?

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All-Inclusive Incentives: Stormy Waters or Smooth Sailing?

Smart Meetings

Moten’s research on the current definition of luxury has found that younger professionals tend to prefer more downtime and flexibility in the schedule, which is also beneficial to a planner’s budget. With the money saved through an incentive package, meeting profs have more to work with when arranging experiential elements.

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Nine Ways to Make First-time Conference Attendees Feel at Home

Event Marketer

In our registration flow, we included our definition and what we consider early in career isany customer, partner or prospect who has less than seven years in their industry, in their business or in their role, says Britney McDaniel, global event content manager at Cisco. I think the audience is expecting a little bit more pizzazz.