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15 Big, Bold Trade Show Ideas from EMS 2025

Event Marketer

Negotiate budgets like a pro. If you dont have a national sales rep, youre not negotiating, says Strickler-Vazquez about negotiating with event venues. Tapping an industry partner as an advocate can also bring negotiating power. Negotiate on ideas a venue or property can sell to others.

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Four Business Travel Trends and Forecasts Impacting Events in 2024

Event Marketer

A number of organizations, event properties and venues are using sustainability campaigns and air emissions tools to help track and offset activities. For its National Sales Meeting , Zeiss gave attendees the option to extend their business trip into the weekend while utilizing the event’s negotiated hotel room cost.

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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. So it’s not [new] in our industry, but in their industry.

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Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook

Event Farm

The Playbook provides three valuable tools for venue scouting. . Event risk assessment planning tool. 90-day global event tracker. These tools, updated in real-time, provide the information you need as you evaluate potential locations for your event. Selecting an event venue.

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5 Tips for Flexible Event Budgeting, No Matter the Format or Economic State

Smart Meetings

As an event professional you probably feel like you’ve spent more quality time with your event budget than you have your loved ones during the last two years. Based on this information, I get to work creating an event concept, their program and a preliminary budget.

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The Story Behind the 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Awards

Smart Meetings

She brought top experts to the conversation to share secrets for negotiating, feeling more confident and building a network. Luxury gifting and venues add to the self-care vibe. The bright light comes in the evening as each winner is awarded and thanked for their contribution to elevating events in the midst of their peers and family.

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Hybrid event planning: an executive guide and 6-month practical plan

SpotMe Blog

There are different options to consider when understanding how to plan hybrid events. We’ve listed 3 types of hybrid events for you to choose from. Live hybrid events. These are events where all speakers are physically present at the event venue. Others watch a recording of the event online.