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Before You Sign That Contract: 5 Hotel Contract Tips For Novice Planners

Endless Events

And even though innovative event technology solutions help automate many of the event planning processes, certain tasks remain unchanged. Let’s take the skill of hotel contract negotiations ; novice planners tend to feel overwhelmed by the nitty-gritty details of hotel contracts and often learn as they go.

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How Drip Email Campaigns Can Revolutionize Your Hotel Sales Strategy

Smart Meetings

Effective drip campaigns can help you automate personalized communication to engage potential guests, convert casual inquirers into bookings, and even rekindle relationships with past clients. Customer Onboarding: Once a contract is signed, follow up with details on dining, rooms, and exclusive amenities, ensuring smooth client onboarding.

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Consistency Is Key: Better Brand Management With Astute Review!

Endless Events

James Hirchak is the president and co-founder of Astute Review , a company that helps companies ensure their brand compliance by offering two computer software solutions: a PowerPoint automation tool and a real-time brand monitoring tool. And now, you automate that for me.'” Maybe it’s a two-month contract.

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Best Project Management Tools for Event Planners

Endless Events

Reserve integrates with other programs to manage reservations, budgeting, contracts, and more. By automating repetitive processes, the software helps event planners focus on more creative and time-sensitive items. Because it automates many basic tasks, event planners have more time. Pros: The program really does do it all.

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15 Best Business Travel Cities for Spring 2025 (Expert-Picked)

Traveler's Q

Government Contract Opportunities Spring marks the peak season for federal contracting, with the Office of Contracting and Procurement listing contracts worth USD 100,000 or more. Business travelers can find opportunities on the new e-procurement portal that makes the bidding process smoother.

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Hospitality Strike Votes Could Increase with Arrival of High-Tech Hotels, Minimum Wage Increases

Smart Meetings

Strike votes by hospitality workers in Las Vegas and, now, Chicago could be harbingers of more labor actions in response to loss of job security caused by automation, according to labor experts. The union’s members voted August 15 to walk off the job at month’s end if a new contract deal isn’t reached. An August 31 Deadline.

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Automated Contact Tracing: The Next Big Thing for Events?

Convene by PCMA

None of the approximately 200 participants or staff at the event had contacted him to say the that they had contracted any communicable diseases. And, two weeks after the event, Lippman reported that he had not had to put Check-In’s contact-tracing features to the test. Luckily, we didn’t have to use it,” he said.