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How COVID-19 Impacted Our Wedding: Real Couples Share Their Stories

EventSource

On March 13th, we made the difficult decision to postpone all our weddings and events despite all the time, effort and money we put in – we even went to India for a week to get our outfits and do other wedding errands! Fidan was very patient, understanding and supportive and acted very efficiently and quickly.

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Planning International Events: Legal and Cultural Considerations

SmartMeetings

Cultural stereotypes and habits influence international business negotiations. They will help you avoid cultural taboos such as booking an event on a major holiday in Thailand (which celebrates many holidays unfamiliar to Westerners), or serving beef at an event in India (which Hindu custom eschews.). Business Negotiations.

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Lessons from a Global Medical Conference

Smart Meetings

Usually, there’s a story in the data if you’re willing to ask the questions and look for the honest answers.” – Bill Reed Reed even negotiated that in addition to the in-flight magazine in the seat pocket, he could place scholarly journals with orientation messaging.

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Is There an Easier Way to Book Small Meetings?

PCMA Convene

But the phone-tag negotiations moved at the speed of molasses. No stranger to online innovation, he’d been an early advisor to MakeMyTrip — which went on to become the largest online travel company in India — and sold two companies to Google in 2014. his building. The office’s conference space was flooded and unusable.

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Boost Event Engagement Through AV Design, and Event Tech

Endless Events

The sounds, wrap-around projections, and LED wall shifted through scenes in Morocco, Iceland, India and Mexico City as the tracks picked up or slowed down. You’ll need to learn how to negotiate venue concessions, automate RFP creation and know how to get discounts for having flexible event dates. Should I Gamify My Events?

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Best Event Management Courses in 2022

Nunify

Learnings from the course:- The course will prepare you to better understand the client’s requirements, choose event venues, identify the technology and equipment to be used, refine your negotiation skills,and master every little nuance of organizing an event. Event Management Courses In India. Duration:- 4 years.

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What is Your Top On-the-Job Challenge?

PCMA Convene

Client politics, controlling costs for space and services, and contract negotiations were top of mind for some respondents, as was finding diverse speakers. Contract negotiation when dealing with India hotels. Commitment from leadership to stay the course and not ask for last-minute changes. Communication. Contracting. (3