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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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10 Questions to Ask Equipment Rental Vendors Before an Event

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Since a large percentage of equipment used for events is rented, it’s important to ask your equipment rental vendor the right questions to ensure your rental goes smoothly and the equipment performs according to expectations. Start by asking these 10 questions long before you’ve agreed to work with an equipment rental vendors.

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What You Can Gain from Group Travel Incentives

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Including preferred vendors, adding small group session options and organization product demonstrations will highlight how your business is able to put all the pieces in place for easy one-stop-shopping and support. Building Brand Loyalty Travel awards tend to be powerful and positive experiences.

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Top 3 DMC Trends as Tracked by an AI Proposal Platform

Smart Meetings

New PURE Local Services tool builds RFPs for activities, decor and transportation What if sourcing activities, decor and transportation were as easy as checking boxes to produce an RFP for a venue? It is a functional, curated package generator to manage data, information and vendors. “I

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How DMCs and Destination Organizations Find Success Through Collaboration

ADMEI

Destination Management Companies, or DMCs, are professional services companies possessing extensive local knowledge, expertise, and resources, specializing in the design and implementation of events, activities, tours, transportation, and program logistics. Resources Looking for the perfect vendor for an upcoming event?

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11 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a DMC

ADMEI

Where are your headquarters and staff located? You want a company that knows its city well and has built excellent relationships with venues and vendors in the area. How do you approach vendor relationships? One of the advantages of working with a DMC is gaining secondhand access to their vendor network.

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When Mother Nature Is an Unwanted Attendee at Your Meeting or Event

Smart Meetings

1: Know Your Location While you think you may know what types of weather to expect when you are in certain parts of the country, the truth is you cannot be too sure. Should you arrange transportation for attendees to get to another venue, or would you cancel it altogether? How do these impact your plan for severe weather response?

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