Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. By the Numbers.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

That could be why more than two-thirds (71 percent) of respondents to our meeting planner survey say free-flowing alcohol at events now concern them from a duty-of-care perspective. People at events expect to be able to drink alcohol, and some studies have shown attendance often drops off if booze isn’t part of the draw.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

What’s a planner to do? Even for planners at the top of their game, the current meeting climate has created new levels of stress—the result of severe hotel booking compression, high turnover in supplier staff, and short meeting lead times. And planners need a similar attitude, he said. “We Stakeholder Trust. It's about us.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

But what does this mean for meeting planners and business travelers? Is it time to “lift and shift” events again? Still, and perhaps partially a result, many travelers have found themselves stranded since the weekend, hundreds of flights are suspended, and some events are already being canceled.

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Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

At the end of this guide, you should be able to use these tactics no matter what industry you are in or the type of events that you plan to create a holistic approach to event management. Aspects of an Event Budget Every Event Planner Should Consider Event planning can be a challenging affair, especially when it comes to the budget.

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