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The New VIP Event Transportation Experience: Ridesharing

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And let’s face it: The VIP event experience starts the moment attendees head to your venue. The post The New VIP Event Transportation Experience: Ridesharing appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog. A crowded, sweaty subway ride or a hair-raising fight through traffic don’t exactly create stellar memories for your VIP guests.

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Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook

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The Playbook provides three valuable tools for venue scouting. . Selecting an event venue. This section suggests questions to ask venues about compliance and safety, recommends venues with GBAC STAR accreditation, and advises following CDC guidelines on ventilation and sanitization. . Developing a transportation plan.

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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

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As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. The meeting industry has redefined novelty as creativity.

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Save Money and Trees: How to Run Sustainable Events

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As Shawna McKinley notes in an article for the Event Manager Blog , “Even with a good composting and recycling program at the venue, a mid-sized corporate trade show with around 5,000 attendees will still go through tons of waste.”. On a related note, try to book your event at conference centers that are well-served by public transportation.

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Choosing the Best Venue for Team Building: Considerations for the (Not So) Great Outdoors

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While it’s natural for workers to want to get out of the office and enjoy the fresh air, outdoor venues are usually not the best setting for team building (with the obvious exception of scavenger hunts or other activities specifically designed to be held outside). Focus on the—hey, squirrel! But nature doesn’t always accommodate.

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8 Event Budget Adjustments Needed to Host Safe Events in 2021

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Venue and governmental regulations keep changing. Of course, your costs will depend on the venue and local/state regulations still in place regarding mask-wearing, social-distancing, and room capacity. View the session recording #1: Venue and staff costs – 24% increase. 7: Travel and transportation – 111% increase.

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Air quality readings during my trip to Puerto Rico

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What would I learn about the air quality in the airports, planes, and ground transportation I used, as well as my hotel and the summit’s convention center? Ground transportation. If the venue had been packed or the doors closed it might have been a different story. Read on to find out what I discovered. In the U.S.

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