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Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook

Event Farm

As pandemic conditions continue to change, do you feel that you must wade through wave after wave of information to seek answers and solutions to plan safe live events? Ryan Costello, co-founder of Event Farm, unveiled and walked us through the Playbook during the third event in our series on Pandemic Compliance and Safety at Live Events.

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10 plus books every meeting planner needs to read

Eventinterface

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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Pandemic Planning 101 from Million Dollar Event Career Course

Smart Meetings

When the creative brief from your initial event strategy session calls for brand and reputational impact, how do you measure if you are successful? Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . Event planners don’t always have time to go to a class or read a book. Contract and Negotiation Tips. Career Changers.

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Four Business Travel Trends and Forecasts Impacting Events in 2024

Event Marketer

The good news for event marketers, however: Despite the year’s travel speed bumps and forecasts, many events and trade shows (CES 2024, included) are reporting they are back to pre-pandemic attendance levels. Bleisure’ is influencing how your event attendees are booking travel. percent increase in hotel rates.

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Pain Point Number 1: Rising Costs

MeetingsNet

If higher costs are your challenge when executing events, one thing is for sure: You’re not alone. The latest meeting planner survey from Global Event Planners, the network of independent destination management companies, found that higher costs was a top challenge for 70 percent of the 200 planners surveyed.

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Eventscase celebrates its tenth anniversary by closing a new round of investment

Event Industry News

Eventscase, the all-in-one event management software, celebrated its 10th anniversary last September. Negotiations to achieve the new investment round started at around the same time. million round, which allowed the company to invest in product improvements and win the Eventex award for the best solution for virtual events in 2021.

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7 Questions to Make You a Better Buyer of On-Site Internet

MeetingsNet

How robust does your event network need to be, and what’s negotiable? In the past year, Jay Klein planned one event where he was charged $150 for an ethernet line for a week and another where the same-size line was $2,500 per day. Also make sure that bandwidth is dedicated to your event and not available to anyone else.