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Your Guide to Vendor Management

Motivation Excellence

But what about vendors? Problems with a vendor can disrupt even the most well-structured of businesses, and that kind of disruption stresses your employees and often spells disaster for your clients. To avoid this particular domino effect, you need to manage your vendors well. A Vendor Management Definition.

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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

ADMEI

Even the most meticulously planned events can fall prey to natural disasters, a pandemic, vendor cancellations, and keynote speaker travel delays. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? Do your vendors and venues have emergency plans? Is another expected?

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United by Passion: Female Hospitality Leaders Lift Everyone Up

Smart Meetings

Whether guests, employees, vendor partners, or friends; I do my best to show genuine hospitality. Working through a myriad of intricate details, collaborating with multiple departments and vendors, and then witnessing the culmination of months of tireless planning I felt an overwhelming sense of fulfillment.

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How DMCs and Destination Organizations Find Success Through Collaboration

ADMEI

Destination Management Companies, or DMCs, are professional services companies possessing extensive local knowledge, expertise, and resources, specializing in the design and implementation of events, activities, tours, transportation, and program logistics. Resources Looking for the perfect vendor for an upcoming event?

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11 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a DMC

ADMEI

You want a company that knows its city well and has built excellent relationships with venues and vendors in the area. How do you approach vendor relationships? One of the advantages of working with a DMC is gaining secondhand access to their vendor network. Are they responsive communicators?

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

Smart Meetings

Shannon Copeland The seamless coordination of countless logistics required to produce a productive and enjoyable meeting or event is a Herculean task. Who are your vendors, and would they be self-sufficient in preparing for a weather event, or would they need emergency guidance? As the adage goes, knowledge is power.

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Designing a Wow-Factor Wedding Timeline: From Ceremony to Farewell Party

Traveler's Q

Make sure to account for travel time and any additional logistics, such as guest transportation and vendor setup. Then, map out the ceremony itself, considering aspects like transportation logistics for guests and entertainment ideas to keep them engaged. One of the major areas to keep an eye on is the wedding logistics.

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