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On the Road to Ground-Transportation Savings

MeetingsNet

The prices of airport shuttles and other ground-transportation services are revving up. According to a recent MPI Meetings Outlook survey, 85 percent of respondents expect to see price increases in ground transportation, and 38 percent expect those increases to be higher than 10 percent. Creative Ground-Transportation Cost Cuts.

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Boost Event Engagement Through AV Design, and Event Tech

Endless Events

Getting the Right Event Tech Each Step of the Way. These days, you can’t create events in a bubble. You need to add tech to each step of the event process to achieve success. An event’s success is often tied to its venue. Venue sourcing is a necessary skill in every #eventprof's tool belt.

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Event Trends for 2019–2020

GEVME

Having a skillful strategy helps to avoid overworking a week before the start of the event and becomes a negotiation advantage when talking with investors. It’s impressive when tickets to an event sell in the first few minutes after the online ticket office opens, but the trend of 2019 will be slow sales. Saving on Wi-Fi costs.

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The Ultimate Guide to Corporate Event Planning

GEVME

Would you analyse the ideas that employees have about an upcoming event and then try to align them with what you are planning? Do you think you could organise an event in Spain even if you don’t speak Spanish and you’ve never been in this country before? Have you ever successfully negotiated a price with an event vendor before?

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Don’t Blow Up the Budget: How to Spend Less for More

SmartMeetings

It’s more difficult to negotiate prices with a venue that outsources its food and beverage service, as it doesn’t have much control over food options. There’s flexibility in negotiating with a venue that provides in-house food and beverage, however, as it has more control over adjusting menus to cater to the planner’s budget.

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75+ Ideas to Cut Meeting Costs

MeetingsNet

How to stretch your event budget for food and beverage, event tech, ground transportation, and venues. Almost half said they anticipate at least some increase in hotel room rates, while a similar percentage expect costs to rise for audiovisual and event tech services. Take a Swipe at Event-Tech Costs.

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Short Lead Times?-?A Handbook for Event Planners

Hubilo Blog

But on the other hand, event planners sometimes are not able to pull off all the settings in the set budget which may lead to a minimization in the event ROI. Short lead times and event planners basically revolve around — compromise, negotiations, and smart decisions.