Meetings Negotiating Venues 
Prestige Events Magazine
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) has joined Venue Directorys Instant Booking platform, offering event planners the ability to reserve rooms for up to 30 people with just a single click. And by eliminating the need for lengthy negotiations, the team can focus on what matters mostplanning and delivering successful events.
Smart Meetings
MARCH 21, 2025
Avoid pitfalls and protect your event Contracts are the lifeblood and backbone of the meetings industry. Negotiating contracts is the first step before confirming speakers, color themes or catering options. Ask the venue to provide a breakdown of all fees. Make sure the breakdown includes a description of what each fee covers.
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Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
As a luxury hotel sales director, youve seen how increasingly sophisticated meeting planners are becoming in their venue selection. Takeaway Tip: Suppliers who embrace these trends and market them effectively in their RFPs, proposals, and promotional materials will stand out as trusted partners for meeting planners.
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Meeting planners are responsible for the success of corporate events, conferences, and incentive programs. They are responsible for finding the perfect destination, securing a venue, managing logistics, and ensuring a seamless experience for attendees.
Smart Meetings
JUNE 27, 2023
Smart Meetings chatted with Cheryl M. Payne, CMP, CMM, strategic partner at INNOV8 Meetings + Events , to get her take on the current marketplace and its impact on meeting planners, and some helpful tips and tricks planners should be looking at when drafting up a contract with a hotel or venue.
Smart Meetings
JANUARY 4, 2019
Date, venue and rates are critical and typically given priority in the earliest stages of the meeting planning cycle. However, leaving audio visual (AV) equipment services to the end could be a costly mistake, especially when negotiating these services with a hotel. Areas for Negotiation. Timing is Everything.
PCMA Convene
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Negotiation coach Alex Carter will lead two PCMA Business School sessions during Convening Leaders 2025, on Jan. Negotiation coach Alex Carter starts off her April 2024 TEDx talk, “How to Ask for More — and Get It,” by saying the most important things she knows about negotiation she learned in a kayak.
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