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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Once the contract has been signed, the tough talk doesn’t stop. By the Numbers.

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Is the Party Over?

Smart Meetings

Antaya Calder, corporate meeting planner at Restive Events & Development, for example, typically offers three tickets for wine or beer and two for hard liquor. The contract should also specify that the hotel or venue will not serve a drink to anyone noticeably intoxicated or underage. Buy your own coverage as well.

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Los Cabos is Wide Open for Business

Business Traveler USA

BT: How are meetings managing in Los Cabos? ESPONDA: We have seen a big, big comeback in meetings, especially involving incentive programs and small corporate meetings. If you make a check of average daily rates on meetings in various locations, usually the bigger bulk of rooms, the lower the average daily rate.

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The Event Planner’s Guide to Venue Sourcing and the RFP Process 2023

Stova

Allegedly covering WiFi and access to health clubs they can often be negotiated out of the contract, particularly if they are being picked up elsewhere by the event budget. And herein is another crucial arrow in the quiver of the contemporary meeting and event planner – you have to have the gimlet eye of an attorney!

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How to Create a Long-Term Event Planning Timeline

Social Tables

It takes careful planning to pay deposits on time and keep track of contracts. Consider it your event planning insurance for one of your most scarce resources: time. If you’re planning something relatively smaller, like a corporate meeting, you might not need six months.