Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The Best of the Best: Negotiating Prices: How to Win at Negotiating AV Prices for Events. Believe it or not, we actually made an entire webinar all about how to negotiate AV prices. One day could be an office day full of planning and logistics, but the next day could be full of site visits or even international travel.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Read more: Helpful Budget Tips for Event Planners in a Post-Covid World Working with Third-Party Agencies Many third parties provide sourcing only, meaning they will find the destination, and other will assist in sourcing as well as contract negotiations. We’ve traveled, we’ve seen what hotels are coming up, we’ve connected with the CVBs.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2024

28-30, Destinations International (DI) held its 2024 Social Inclusion Summit in Spokane, Washington, where they shared insights and resources around inclusion in the travel and tourism industry. Planners can take what they learn to pivot negotiation requests and strategize for enhancing ROI.

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Negotiating with vendors and adhering to their policies 5. 5 Ways to Streamline Corporate Event Planning Corporate event planners have a lot on their plates—from negotiating with venues and vendors to designing memorable experiences that “wow” attendees. Finding and booking an appropriate event venue 2.

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Event Marketer

JULY 25, 2024

Related: Q&A: San Francisco Travel Association Discusses Event Safety and Business Four Issues to Consider When Negotiating Event Contracts Amid COVID-19 The post News: Force Majeure Clauses and a Financial Firm’s Lawsuit Victory appeared first on Event Marketer.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 19, 2022

The travel management company CWT just added car rental and train booking to their app and website to give travelers more independence in making their reservations at a time when travel costs are reaching historic highs. . CWT already had travel counselors available 24/7 to help travelers with car and train bookings.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Unexpected cancellations, attendance fluctuations, and travel restrictions have made rigid contracts a dealbreaker. Reliable internet, A/V capabilities, and streaming options are non-negotiable.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Pam Kressley and Lori Cassidy, co-founders of the new individual travel incentive company Gift a Trip , recently arranged a buyout of a space capsule as part of a three-day immersive experience for the winners of a Texas Lottery. Cassidy stressed that the programs they offer are not meant to take the place of organized incentive travel.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Read More : Flight Cancellations by the Thousands—Does Your Travel Insurance Cover the Cost? Again, this can be addressed either initially in the contract, or by negotiating additional addendums or riders to the contract after the fact. laundry list of specific events vs. broad catch-all language).

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. An organization that undervalues the importance of procurement often pays for it in numerous ways—financial and legal.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

A town-hall meeting at the conference identified other resources MPU could help secure, including limited liability insurance and streamlining IATA, CLIA and other travel agent certifications. MPU’s leadership is also focused on negotiating for new sources of revenue for planners. Augmented Income Streams.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2023

Read More: Fee for Al, the War on Hidden Travel Charges The rising price of F&B may also have a significant impact on your budget. Building off existing relationships can be helpful in negotiating costs. Also, negotiate gracefully. I want these this many ballrooms and this’, and you’re still seeing the room rental.”

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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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. Travel managers also source for meetings and events. ·

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

Read More: 3 Rewarding Trends in Incentive Travel The upside of holding WEC in Mexico for the first time was that it accommodated the association’s fastest-growing audience, Latin American meeting professionals, which has had 60% growth over the last four years. Louis in 2025 in the expanded convention center campus.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Instead negotiate everything at once with the clauses that fit your needs rather than using general, boilerplate language that could just end up in litigation.” Read More : Weaponization of Travel: Navigating Cultural Obstacle Courses Lowest Rate: Every contract is a futures agreement. Start with your must-haves upfront,” she said.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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GEVME

MAY 14, 2018

Showing recognition for employees’ achievements by awarding travel experiences may be an old trick but it’s also one that’s not going away any time soon. Still, before breathing a sigh of relief, you should understand that the demands and tastes of corporate staff change, which leads to the evolution of new incentive travel programs.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2023

As in, incentive travel to somewhere far from the office (and even the home office!). Group incentive travel is one of the few benefits with almost universal appeal. In the 2022 Incentive Research Foundation Report (IRF), “the percentage that found group incentive travel to be ‘extremely’ or ‘very motivating’ increased to 91%.”

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

Transparency is an asset when negotiating with vendors Incentive packages have greatly improved over the years in both quality and customization. Using transparency in your negotiation process isn’t just appropriate, it is often expected, as many vendors offer a surprising amount of flexibility.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Italy does not have a lot of large hotels so if your program requires a peak of more than 100 rooms on a five-star category I suggest anticipating as much as you can the hotel sourcing and contracting, especially if you travel on shoulder and peak seasons. Read More : A Manifesto for Good Travel and Tourism 3.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Secret to Getting What You Really Want” and “Stop Complainers & Energy Drainers: How to Positively Negotiate Work Drama to Get More Done”. ASK them how they have negotiated these tough times. Many of us are treading water during Covid, waiting for meetings, events and travel to return in full force. Be a Smart Ask.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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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. Since Covid, hotels have been negotiating hard, and that will probably continue, she begins, then moves straight to what contract negotiators can do to manage that reality.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Alongside him was Jason Cardy, the event director at Capita Travel and Events. Universal Live is a technical event production company while Capita Travel and Events is a travel management company. Listen to the podcast to learn how Capita Travel and Events and Universal Live approach clients’ pitches, budgets and negotiations.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

In the first 90 days of resumed business travel, intimate gatherings are going to recover more quickly than mass gatherings. Monitor and learn from what the travel or cruise line industries are doing to regain consumer confidence. Do the Right Thing. Remove barriers and accept more risks.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Whether you’re paying to travel and attend, or you’re attending from your home office for free, either way, we’re trying to drive that value for everybody. Ultimately, the experts agreed that attracting, and catering, to first-time attendees is non-negotiable.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

With a large number of attendees coming from Asia, the West Coast location provided an unmatched ease of travel, and its proximity to Seattle made it even easier, being less than a 30-minute drive from Seattle and SEA-TAC Airport. We’ll work with the local contact and find out what’s important to them as far as their revenue.”

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

This reduces travel, housing and F&B costs. Other factors to consider: In addition to survey feedback, mapping where attendees are located and researching flight options can help to narrow down a location almost everyone can reach with the fewest travel delays. Like most things in life, timing makes a difference.

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