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A Planner’s Guide to Event Vendors 

Social Tables

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

Endless Events

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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How To Create The Ultimate Event Layout Attendees Will Fall In Love With

Endless Events

And real quick, this is primarily skewed primarily to corporate conferences, corporate meetings, things like that. Obviously everyone comes to the event primarily, usually through registration or the front entranceway, right? As an attendee, unless I really need to talk to a vendor, I don’t go into the exhibit hall.

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How to Create a Long-Term Event Planning Timeline

Social Tables

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

Brightspot Incentive Events

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. Tradeshows are optional add-on during meetings.

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Canceling An Event: What You Legally Have To Do

Endless Events

This is obviously for third party planners that recognize that you do a lot of work before the meeting. And of course, you do site visits, you do planning visits, all sorts of planning, registration, you do real work before the meeting. And you deserve to be compensated for that work whether the meeting happens or not.

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Q&A: What Does an Event Planner Do?

Social Tables

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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