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A Planner’s Guide to Event Vendors 

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Planners work with venues, specialized staff, and vendors to ensure everything runs smoothly. A lot of tiny pieces must fall into place for an event to succeed, and the wrong event vendors could lead to lots of trouble later in the planning process. What are event vendors? a musical festival).

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Everything You Need To Know To Create Your Event Timeline

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However, if you’re planning a corporate meeting, six months might be all you need. Select your venue, virtual platform, and major vendors. Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers. Book caterers, florists, and any remaining vendors.

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5 Tips for Planning Franchise Conventions

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In both instances, there’s a high chance that franchisees will walk away feeling talked at rather than communicated with. Pre-event communication, the event itself, post-event communications, and follow-up surveys should all be impactful. Sessions also often attempt to deliver too many messages at once. It just doesn’t work.

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Q&A: What Does an Event Planner Do?

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Planners work with vendors, suppliers, and venues to coordinate meal service, event staffing, negotiate pricing, and so much more. Pro planners are constantly on the lookout for exciting new event venues, vendor options, potential suppliers, and other resources. A keen eye is required for event planners who want to remain competitive.

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How to Create a Long-Term Event Planning Timeline

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Here are some other ways this master planning guide can help: You can get on the same page with vendors and caterers well in advance. Add vendor timelines. When gathering vendor timelines, here are a few things you can ask: How long it takes for the caterer to prepare and serve a seated dinner for 500 people.

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Corporate Meetings vs. Incentive Trips: Key Differences in Planning

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What are the Differences Between Planning a Corporate Meeting and an Incentive Trip? People outside of the hospitality industry often assume that planning meetings and incentive trips are one and the same and require the same skill sets with very little planning differences.

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How to Create a Risk Management Plan for a Corporate Meeting

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Risk Assessment for Corporate Meetings. In addition to weather, other significant causes of event disruption are medical issues, vendor failure, flight cancellations or delays, dietary needs, hotel attrition, program inclusions, and pandemic. Onsite documentation: Make sure the team is prepared to document everything onsite.