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Super Bowl LIX: As Las Vegas Cools Down, New Orleans Heats Up

Smart Meetings

.”’ Read More : Countdown to Super Bowl LVIII: Q&A with Las Vegas Super Bowl Committee Turner says the lesson for her and her team from watching Las Vegas handle the Super Bowl is the need to continually evolve and understand the needs of your customer, whether it’s the NFL, a large association or a corporate meeting.

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Cost Savings for Corporate Meetings, Incentive Travel, and Channel Incentives

Brightspot Incentive Events

Hotel Contracting Savings. By using eRFP tools, dozens of hotels in multiple markets can bid on a meeting to locate the best bargains. The Brightspot Strategic Sourcing team is staffed with CMPs (certified meeting professionals) who average 20 years of experience, and we offer complimentary site research and hotel contracting.

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Sky-High Airfares Plus Delays Mean Fewer Attendees, Say Planners

MeetingsNet

We will be contracting with smaller venues and committing to fewer sleeping rooms and F&B until attendance stabilizes. For incentives, winners who book early are "losing out” because winners who book later may have to come in early or stay late, or they get a premium seat because that is all that is left.”.

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Creating Restaurant Event Spaces that Sell

Social Tables

As the demand for private events grows and booking windows get shorter, more customers are looking for restaurant event spaces that meet their needs. Restaurants are highly sought-out venues for many events, from corporate meetings to private gatherings, casual parties, and fine dining affairs. Create a revenue strategy.

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Venue Sourcing for Event Planners

Stova

We’ll help you answer key questions about event sourcing, including what to consider and how to book so you can get the right venue with the most impact and achieve your event goals. Also, especially for large corporate meetings, consider the type of attendees. Understand these details before signing a contract.

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Two Seller’s Market Strategies: Book Early, Book Late

MeetingsNet

Respondents interviewed for the just-released Summer 2016 edition of the quarterly Meeting Professionals International Outlook, are getting creative to book their meetings in a crunched and crazy market. read more.

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

Meetings Today Meetings Today offers monthly print and digital publications, industry news, blog posts, webinars, videos, podcasts, books, and educational resources for meeting and event planners. Meetings Today is available in both print and digital forms , and they also offer a range of newsletter options.

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