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Is Your Meeting Storm Ready?

Smart Meetings

What Planners Can Do to Be Prepared When it comes to severe storms, the best things any event professional can do is prepare as much as they can. Before the storm hits, it’s advisable to communicate with attendees, vendors and speakers. Are there any areas of the event venue prone to flooding?

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What is a DMC and How Does It Benefit Me?

ADMEI

From location and transportation to schedules and speakers, a multitude of decisions await you in your planning. Events of every size require strategic preparation and skilled partners. From entertainment and transportation to venues and safety, a DMC can help you take your next event from good to great.

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When Mother Nature Is an Unwanted Attendee at Your Meeting or Event

Smart Meetings

Here is a list of questions you may want to ask yourself and your team before planning your next event: Do you have another nearby venue where you could host the event? Should you arrange transportation for attendees to get to another venue, or would you cancel it altogether?

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How to Win at Negotiating AV Prices for Events

Endless Events

If you don’t see that piece of equipment on site, then you are in good standing to negotiate with your vendor. Do this as a way to make a better decision in your vendor choice, instead of going into it purely as a way to drive the price down. Keeping transportation costs in mind. Ask them: where it is? Is it needed?

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The Ultimate Event Venue Sourcing Guide

Bizzaboo

Setting the stage for an extraordinary and successful event hinges on one critical factor: choosing an enchanting and unforgettable event venue. of attendees say the venue can either make or break their overall event experience. Of course, venue sourcing isn’t without its challenges for event organizers. In fact, 19.4%

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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Social Tables

Continue to focus on the ever-changing expectations of venues and event attendees, as they often fluctuate with the times. She explains, “You can have the best caterers, the most wonderful venue, amazing artists and magnificent décor, but unless a practical time plan is followed, the result won’t meet the expectations of the client.”

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Business Travel Strikes Back, A New Company Culture Dawns

Smart Meetings

GBT found that business travel is far from crushed under the weight of shifting business goals, and instead, is taking new shape as a prime and prepared vessel for reinvigorating inclusive, successful company cultures. The Great Reprioritization. Travel also increases employee autonomy.

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