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Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract

Smart Meetings

They want to maximize their revenue, whereas meeting planners and organizations want to maximize our savings and our value to our organizations.” With this information, planners should: Use these averages when calculating damage in contracts for cost savings. Hotels want to make up for lost time, lost money.

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Michael Dominguez Offers Hospitality Predictions for 2024

Smart Meetings

Despite the fever pitch excitement about the advancement of the technology, Dominguez suggests being mindful and using the AI with calculated intention. Dominguez pointed towards Microsoft Co-Pilot as an AI that could potentially save planners a lot of time in their day, “That is where I think AI now starts to make us better.

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How Event Technology Will Benefit Your Events

Endless Events

It saves time, optimizes event management , boosts engagement, and thus makes event marketing more profitable. Such calculations rarely gave a realistic picture of an event’s success as the open rates rarely reached statistically significant percentages. Additionally, 20% save more than 360 hours per year.

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Making the Connection Between Food and Carbon

Meet Green

This is often difficult and time-consuming, so MeetGreen teamed up with Clear Current Consulting to develop a free Event Food Carbon Calculator to help event organizers. This calculator helps estimate the carbon impacts of food menu options, whether you are planning for a: Family dinners. How does the calculator work?

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5 Tips for Flexible Event Budgeting, No Matter the Format or Economic State

Smart Meetings

Save Money by Skipping Software You Don’t Need. Take the Time Up Front to Set Up the Sheet in a Way That’ll Save Time Later. While it may take a little longer to set up, I strongly recommend using formulas from the get-go to automatically calculate each of your totals. Include a Savings Account Within Your Budget.

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More In-person Meetings in 2023, Says Amex GBT Forecast

Smart Meetings

According to the report, the top three ways North American organizations do this is by minimizing paper use, choosing green suppliers and applying energy-saving and waste-reduction practices. Minimization of paper usage and energy-saving and waste-reduction practices are the most common practices among European respondents.

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Sustainability Is in Focus for Cultural Heritage Conference in Sydney

Smart Meetings

GA2023 corporate patron EarthCheck will manage ICOMOS GA2023’s carbon neutral calculations. The guide covers all aspects of an event, from planning and choice of venue to event promotion and catering, with options to save energy and minimize waste. The event’s collaborators will be making their contributions, as well.