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Labor Double-Whammy for Hotels Affects Planners, Too

MeetingsNet

As meeting planners send out requests for proposal for upcoming meetings and communicate with hotels that respond, it seems likely that their property counterparts will not be amenable to negotiating on price. However, planners could ask for service guarantees to ensure an acceptable quality of experience at a host property.

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Steer Clear of These 8 Pitfalls: A Guide to Excellent Corporate Event Outcomes

Smart Meetings

RFP and Event Planner Selection When seeking an event planner, providing a detailed and comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP) is crucial. Relying on event planners to ascertain the scope of work without this essential information can result in miscommunication and subpar planning outcomes.

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A Host Facility’s Energy Sources: What Planners Should Know

MeetingsNet

To achieve true sustainability, planners should understand where the energy comes from that's powering their meetings. In that case, there is another way for planners to get the resource mix and, in turn, a carbon-emissions figure for a host venue’s energy usage. Some are already doing this.”

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Adding AI to Your Next Meeting

Smart Meetings

To fully understand the importance and impact of AI on the meetings space, Smart Meetings spoke with Iain McCowan, director of AI at Dubber , to glean some sense of how it can be a helpful tool for planners. Dubber is a voice recording application that also captures and organizes information.

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3 Tips for Landing Sponsorships in 2019

Smart Meetings

Resist the urge to begin a sponsor relationship by flooding email inboxes with your initial proposal. Start your dialogue with decision makers through more personal communication, either at networking events or via social media. Use Customized Packages Instead of One-Size-Fits-All Proposals.

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3 Steps To Finding, Pitching, & Keeping Event Sponsors

Endless Events

However, event planners still struggle to secure long-lasting relationships with event sponsors. Finding, pitching, and keeping event sponsors is not a gamble – it’s a process that event planners need to carefully prepare for. Before pitching potential event sponsors, event planners and organizers need to know them well.

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How Meeting Profs Can Find the Right Event Tech

Smart Meetings

The journey of locating vendors and the resources that best match your needs can send any planner into a tailspin. To help planners avoid the inevitable headache, Smart Meetings sat down with Huong Nguyen, CEO and founder of Shiloh Events , to find the best path forward for meeting planners looking for the right event tech for their needs.

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