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. Read More : Mike Dominguez’s Vision for Hospitality Restaffing. That doesn’t help you.

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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? Turn the RFP into a Marketing Tool Making your RFP as detailed as possible is also a good idea. Remember, everything is open for negotiation so make sure you are getting what you’re paying for.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Three weeks after Hyatt Corporation confirmed that it would cut planner commissions, thereby following the lead of three other large hospitality companies, Meeting Planners Unite held its first conference in Washington, D.C. MPU’s leadership is also focused on negotiating for new sources of revenue for planners. Recognizing Impact.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Underwood shared that, overall, hotel rates are up 38% since before the pandemic and properties are less likely to negotiate day rates or minimums than pre-Covid as they are under pressure from increased labor and operating costs. The other way a tight labor market impacts meetings is in transportation. Inflationary Realities.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

Read More: Cvent’s Event Tech Roadmap According to filings, at the end of last year, Cvent had approximately 22,000 customers globally in the corporate, non-profit, higher education and hospitality sectors as of December 31, 2022. In 2021, the market for in-person, virtual and hybrid events was estimated at $30 billion.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 26, 2023

Attendees first checked in the same way they would on the Resy app, then were taken inside the tent, where they received a hot hand towel, water and a black-and-white cookie from Russ & Daughters—all nods to Resy’s hospitality chops. Resy negotiated with its restaurant partners to hold the reservations for dates two weeks out.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2021

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. Check out all the fun photos from the event here !

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 17, 2025

Tyra Warner, assistant professor and department chair of Hospitality and Tourism Management at College of Coastal Georgia, has seen hotel negotiations from every angle. in hospitality. in hospitality. A fees and surcharges clause is something everyone should have, Warner says.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Smart Meetings founder Marin Bright built her career in hospitality, first in luxury hotels at Mandarin Oriental and then in the meetings and events B2B publishing industry. She brought top experts to the conversation to share secrets for negotiating, feeling more confident and building a network.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 2, 2018

hotel market collected an estimated $2.7 billion for all manner of fees and surcharges, according to Bjorn Hanson of New York University Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism. I have heard of planners negotiating out this fee,” says Lauren Wolfe, a lawyer who publishes the website killresortfees.com.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. More : 6 Smart Moves: Wellness Edition.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

First, you negotiated your way out of every contract with minimal exit fees, then for a split second you converted everything to hybrid (with no additional budget), and then transitioned from hybrid to virtual, where we thankfully stayed for a red-hot minute. Read More : How to Manage Outsize Hospitality Budget Inflation.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Paje are specialists in the meetings, events, and conference market, who offer bespoke training for venues, hotels, and agencies. Paje Consultancy was set up by Mandy Jennings in 2010, who has a breadth of sales, conference and marketing experience with major hotel and venue operators.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Contract tips to keep in mind A quarter century into the second millennium, there are several things that remain constant: humans need food, water and shelter to survive; the law of gravity is still in play; and event contracts are still a necessity between meeting professionals and hospitality venues. Why should they negotiate?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

To find out the best way to approach negotiating fees as part of a package, we turned to Walt Galanty, president of AIM Meetings and Events in Alexandria, Virginia. He has been watching the industry change from a sellers’ market to a buyers’ and back again many times in his 40 years in the industry. He had these tips: Speak up.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 12, 2023

Planners work with vendors, suppliers, and venues to coordinate meal service, event staffing, negotiate pricing, and so much more. They create an event’s layout, establish the theme, and may even design marketing campaigns to promote the event. Event planners are coordinators, organizers, moderators, and professional negotiators.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Pharma marketing is complex. Have you considered adding digital-first events to your pharmaceutical marketing strategy? We’ve spent 750+ hours analyzing how our life science customers are using digital-first events as a powerful channel in their pharmaceutical marketing strategy. What is pharma marketing?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Tracy Barr, director of sales and marketing, Sheraton Grand Los Angeles. He is also not seeing a lot or protracted negotiations. Cleaning and disinfection chemical are hospitals-grade and areas are cleaned after every use with an electro-static sprayer, which will continue for the foreseeable future. 496 guest rooms; 26,200 sq.

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Event Industry News

JULY 20, 2022

Cvent , a market-leading meetings, events, travel and hospitality technology provider, published the latest instalment of the Cvent Travel Managers Report: Europe Edition , which provides in-depth insights into current corporate travel trends and activity. About the Study.

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Eventinterface

JULY 14, 2016

Experienced hospitality sales and marketing industry expert, Jasmine Eldeen, shares her advice on how Meeting and Conference Planners can overcome the challenges of a seller and supplier market. Right now, it’s becoming a sellers and suppliers market. What is the best advice you have ever received as a planner?

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MPI

JUNE 7, 2023

​Tyra Warner, CMP, PhD, JD (MPI North Florida Chapter), chair of the department of hospitality, tourism & Culinary Arts at the College of Coastal Georgia, offers an advanced glimpse into her WEC23 session “Just in Time Planner’s Contract Workshop – It’s All About You.”

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2019

By collecting sales information from 1,500 current members, Bruce hopes to increase the value independent planners bring to suppliers and the market.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Due to the cycle of the market, business conditions for hotels are currently favorable, leading to tougher negotiations and competition for planners in the next few years. For the rest of Williams and Pavlovich’s tips, including help with contracts, marketing and food management, check out their full webinar here.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Being an event planner, event manager, or event marketer is a difficult job that demands a lot of energy and knowledge, but many of us are drawn to it because it is – above all else – rewarding. They can also pivot to becoming event managers or event marketers. CTSM (Certified Trade Show Marketer) by Exhibitor Magazine.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 17, 2017

Long ago when I ran a marketing agency, I was accustomed to contracting with a vendor for a specific use on a specific project and then negotiating with them for that particular deal, hoping they would come down in price for the promise of more business from me down the road. Negotiate contracts with ferocity.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2023

The latest MPI Meetings Outlook survey reports outstanding prospects for business in 2023, but the trials of a hotel seller’s market and staffing issues aren’t going away. However, a strong counterpoint to the respondents’ confidence is data on ongoing staffing issues and, for planners, the challenges of the seller’s market.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 10, 2022

Amid the labor shortage plaguing hotels, it's critical for planners and suppliers to communicate early and honestly, conduct fair negotiations, and—in case circumstances go awry—put everything in writing, according to meeting buyers, hoteliers, and the attorneys who represent each of them. Creating Win-Win Situations.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The travel, hospitality and meetings industry has been one of the hardest hit during the COVID-19 slowdown. If your position was eliminated, you have options in and out of the hospitality industry. Is it possible to turn a layoff into an opportunity? Tens of thousands of jobs have been lost and more notices may be on the horizon.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Meeting and conference planners spend on average 60 hours per conference sourcing, reviewing, negotiating and finalizing venue contracts. Is there a distinct difference between what your organization offers vs. a Convention and Visitor Bureau or Destination Marketing Organization?

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 22, 2024

. • The event must qualify as a “citywide” by attracting a pre-defined minimum number of delegates that’s proportional to the inventory of the city’s hotels, event facilities, and wider hospitality infrastructure. If an organizer accepts the bid, the host city and Destination Canada will negotiate a partnership agreement.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

markets have seen especially strong occupancy rates driven by group demand, while forward bookings through the end of 2023 are well above last year’s pace. Economic observers had predicted a mild recession in Q4 that would stunt travel demand, thus boosting room availability and cost negotiability. The top 25 U.S.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The market is still shifting, but it’s going to create a new way of doing business for the meetings industry as a whole,” an unnamed North American meeting professional was quoted as saying in the report. Negotiating Room. Site selection often requires some give and take on both sides of the negotiating table.

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Canadian Special Events

JUNE 9, 2017

Hospitality Riders. Some other big items that we look for in the hospitality riders are: expectations around green rooms. Some other big items that we look for in the hospitality riders are: expectations around green rooms. NEVER sign a contract before seeing and reviewing both the hospitality and technical riders.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Of course, our event marketing budgets will need to be higher in 2023 than in 2021 or 2020. Hospitality and event industry workers were among the most affected by the pandemic. For example, you can repurpose your event content for future marketing efforts or monetize your live stream. in the last year.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

To help cut through the thicket of contractual issues within this landscape, three longtime meeting negotiators—Tyra Warner, Lauren Andrews, and Jeff Duncan—held a discussion at the recent IMEX America show in Las Vegas that detailed several planner strategies for getting the event elements they need at prices their bosses can live with.

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GEVME

MARCH 4, 2019

This is a certificate course in event management that expands your knowledge and site management capabilities, strategic planning, event marketing and design, and other content areas. Courses cover managing the financial aspects of overseas events, negotiating with suppliers, and more. CTSM: Certified Trade Show Marketer.

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