Expo Pass

JUNE 13, 2023

I hope you’re all caught up on Succession because it’s time to talk negotiations. It’s no secret that your relationships with vendors and suppliers are vital to the success of your events, but it can be intimidating to approach building these relationships. It all starts with negotiations. Do your homework.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We recently convened a roundtable of senior-level conference organizers to discuss risk tolerance and the forces that are shaping their 2021/22 event strategies and decisions. Everyone agrees that planning hybrid events takes significantly more time, money and effort. Member considerations and communications. Hybrid is costly.

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Corporate event planning is notoriously labor-intensive, with planners often reinventing the wheel for each new event. Yet, putting on a seamless, branded event experience is essential for driving sales, cultivating relationships, and elevating your company’s profile. What is Corporate Event Planning? The good news?

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Virtual and augmented reality for event previews, AI-powered event apps, and seamless hybrid event solutions will differentiate successful venues. Customers expect venues and events to cater to their specific needs, whether through curated delegate journeys, personalised digital interactions, or bespoke on-site services.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Those who spoke at the event included the sister of one of those girls and the brother of one of the surviving victims, in addition to the church’s pastor, Reverend Arthur Price, Jr. You can negotiate it back in, but what’s the difference? Baptist Church in Birmingham, the site of a bombing by members of the KKK, on Sept. Glaude, Jr.,

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

That often means seeking out third-party agencies and independent planners to attain their goals and create a stellar event. Not only do we do contract negotiations, site inspections and sourcing, but then we help planners with all of the logistics from start to finish.” To watch the full webinar, click here. Use our knowledge.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. Learn More: From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices Topics included AI adoption, succession planning, contract negotiations, neurodiversity affordances, transportation management and sustainable sourcing.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Smart Meetings Why are these discussions and resources about inclusion and accessibility in the meeting and events industry meaningful? Sophia Hyder Hock Fostering dialogue around inclusion and accessibility is meaningful as business events drive professional growth and knowledge-sharing and create significant economic impact.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Creating experiences, setting the stage for networking opportunities, and fostering connections among colleagues and association members are what the meetings and events world is all about. Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract Cheryl M. In short, think big. Time to Adopt a Barrister Pricing Model?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Events take a village. Lenovo Tech World is the global technology company’s annual event, and as events at this level go, it’s an enormous undertaking for the planners organizing it. There were opportunities for us to buy out different destinations and evening event venues that we might not have had access to in a larger city.”

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For most business event professionals, rebuilding attendance and overall revenue is priority one. Business event professionals are also challenged to deliver net income to the bottom-line. Business event professionals are also challenged to deliver net income to the bottom-line. Event innovation often takes a back seat.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

. #1 2028 is Poised to Spur a Significant Market Shift With the demand for meeting space continuing to soar, event planners are increasingly feeling the pressure to lock in venues ASAP. Hotels will likely give less room for discounts or concessions, and early contract negotiations will be crucial to locking in favorable rates.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Fake women event speakers? Yes, friends, it’s now obvious that what our industry needs is… fake events! We are all impressed by those huge events that everyone who is everyone has to attend for FOMO. And getting people to register and actually attend events these days is a ton of work. Instead, create fake events!

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

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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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As event professionals, you pour your hearts and souls into crafting unforgettable experiences. Planning Pod is the original end-to-end event management solution for businesses and professionals. Focus on ROI: Don’t just plan an event – engineer a return. Dont say: “We’re a great event planning company.”

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Sustainability Is Non-Negotiable More planners are prioritizing eco-conscious venues and destinations. Hybrid Meetings Are Here to Stay The rise of hybrid events has transformed how planners approach meetings. From green-certified hotels to zero-waste catering options, sustainability is becoming a critical factor in decision-making.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

According to a study by the World Scholarship Vault , event planner stress levels are hitting a new high — the third-most stressful job in the world for 2023. Annual conference budgets are usually finalized 12-plus months prior to the event. Planners are charged with making the problem go away but have little to no negotiating power.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

With ongoing concerns related to Covid variants, a number of businesses and events are re-evaluating whether to postpone or cancel despite the relative loosening of federal, state and local restrictions. So, what happens when there aren’t specific government restrictions to trigger a force majeure event to postpone or terminate an event?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Negotiate a clause about what will make an event financially important to go forward and negotiate based on that.”. Instead, talk about concerns of people canceling and negotiate at what point it doesn’t work. Fee Negotiation. Don’t put pandemic in your force majeure clause because we are still in the middle of it.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2023

Money also is essential to getting an event off the ground and is the bones of an event planner’s budget. Ultimately, the dynamic between hotels and event planners has shifted since the pandemic. Building off existing relationships can be helpful in negotiating costs. Also, negotiate gracefully.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Heres how to negotiate them down. Skift Take: Hotel fees buried deep in your contract or on your hotels web site can add 30-40% to the cost of your meeting. Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Master the Negotiation. Once you have made the ask, the work of negotiation begins. Since pre-negotiation often determines the outcome, Fragale laid out the work that needs to happen before the conversation. Read More : Women Leading at Big Apple Events. Let the emotions go and don’t take a no personally. Alison Fragale.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 27, 2021

Central Hall Westminster (CHW), the flagship London site of Central Hall Venues, has teamed up with AV production partner, White Light (WL) to launch new packages for hybrid meetings and events. The comprehensive packages are designed to help organisers negotiate the maze of post-pandemic events in 2021 and beyond.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Check out all the fun photos from the event here ! Negotiating for the Win-win. Ryan Dohrn, president of Brain Swell Media , reframed the art of negotiation as a basic skill that can be improved with practice and perspective. Negotiation is not an act of war, it is an act of discovery,” Dohrn explained.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Master planner consultants offer 6 tips for negotiating your next corporate event Does this sound familiar? You have been tasked with producing a new event—or breathing new life into one that has been on rinse and repeat too long. What questions should you ask during sourcing to avoid surprises post-event?

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Business event planner respondents to Convene s 31st Annual Meetings Market Survey shared their biggest work challenges in open-ended responses, which fell into similar categories as the 2023 responses, but with budget woes taking the lead. Event logistics last-minute registrations continue to add to the pressure of executing events.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Meeting planners are responsible for the success of corporate events, conferences, and incentive programs. Many corporations have sustainability goals that extend to their event planning, requiring venues and destinations to support green initiatives. Reliable internet, A/V capabilities, and streaming options are non-negotiable.

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Event Marketer

JULY 25, 2024

It wasn’t long ago that force majeure was commonly perceived as insignificant boilerplate language added to the end of an event contract. Then 2020 and a global pandemic hit, and the provision was suddenly viewed as an instrumental clause that could shield event hosts from legal action as a sea of cancellations was sweeping the industry.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 6, 2022

No one really knows what events will look like in a post Covid-19 world and it’s difficult to see how things will pan out over the coming year. Regardless of where events are being viewed, quality assurance is key. Having a clean venue is an element that contributes to the atmosphere and attractiveness of an event.

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Attendease

JULY 6, 2023

As businesses grapple with today’s ever-changing event landscape, having the best event platform is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity! That’s why we’ve put together six essential steps to help you find the best event platform for your organization. Why create a comparison grid to evaluate event platforms?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 26, 2021

Beginning May 3, Bradshaw will release an episode each Monday of the month that will touch on different behaviors and norms of in-person meetings, such as handshakes, decision-making and negotiation , and will provide insight on how to master them. More from Jonathan Bradshaw : The Unexpected Behavior Powering Exceptional Business Events. “In

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2024

Read More: Top Legal Issues Meeting Profs Should Be Aware of in 2023 What To Leave Out Cohen has a few suggestions for the things you leave on the negotiation room floor of your contract: Your own personal liability for any issues caused by a guest, such as room damage, and noise complaints. Damage provisions—are you liable for your guests?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Following a 95% vote in favor of strike authorization, the two-unions negotiating committee is now authorized to call a strike at 22 casino resorts along The Strip, divided between its largest employers: MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn/Encore Resorts. We’re continuing to monitor the situation and will share updates as appropriate.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties. Business events and hotel group room bookings are nearly half of what they were in 2019. planners are executing carefully structured and successful Covid safety protocols that are now enabling incentive travelers to get back to events.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

6 steps to finding the right event tech vendors and product Finding the right event tech can be a long, tedious process. What is the purpose of your event? What type of event is it? Event tech tools are going to help you solve those problems and challenges.” Ease of use: Is the event tech software intuitive?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

The word “partnership” gets thrown around a lot in the events world, but when there are too few ballrooms for too many functions being planned, meeting planners and hotel and destination counterparts often find themselves on the losing end of negotiations that could be win-wins. Be upfront about what the dealbreakers are,” she said.

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