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How Drip Email Campaigns Can Revolutionize Your Hotel Sales Strategy

Smart Meetings

Picture this: as a sales director for a major hotel chain, you spend countless hours attending conferences, crafting personalized offers, and following up with prospects. How can you stay top-of-mind without overwhelming your prospects? But the leads in your pipeline seem to slip away before the sale closes.

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Event Profs Slated for Upgrades with New Certifications, Training Programs

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4, which covered the basics of the event life cycle, from creating the event and RFP templating to contracting and asking suppliers the right questions. EST and will cover the intricacies of the contracting phase to managing a live event. The first GDP University webinar, Planning 101 in Today’s Reality (Part I), took place Oct.

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3 Easy Ways Planners Can Reduce Risk Today

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The most common mistake Howe sees planners make is that they don’t read their contracts. Contracts are self-inflicted wounds,” he says. You have no rights or responsibilities unless they are in the contract.” Do Your Homework. And as a result, every planner needs to know exactly what they are signing on for.

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Creative Methods to Generate More Revenue for Your Next Conference

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Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort. In the end, however, you’ll reach far more prospective attendees who will hopefully become attendees. Give attendees a deal on your next event. However, your organization will earn revenue up to one year early!

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Canceling An Event: What You Legally Have To Do

Endless Events

“Force majeure is a legal term that’s been around for a long time and it’s in your contracts, but it’s separate from your contracts”, Josh explains. But they let planners and groups get out of meeting contracts or frankly, any kind of supplier contracts too if they meet certain criteria.

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

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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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Planning Events In 2022: The Pandemic Is Over, But Don’t Plan Like It’s 2019

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As a planner, I am happy to sign all the contracts, but I need those dollars to buy all that labor. They might not be the first time your prospect has heard about you. . “And 75% of their role overlaps. I was in a role where I had a planner title, but 50% of what I did was related to trade shows. That’s event marketing.

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