Event Management
Hotel Points for Planners: Who Cashes In?
Planners face many ethical challenges in their jobs, but one of the biggest is what to do with hotel points.
Event Management
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Event Management
Skift Meetings Forum Uncovers What Stresses Planners Out Most
We distilled a day’s worth of sessions from the recent Skift Meetings Forum to identify seven of the biggest tension points among planners.
Event Management
Enough Already With All These Extra Fees
A fee for turning on the electricity? Or putting an item in the minibar to keep it cold? When it comes to unexpected and unfair fees, planners say the situation has gone too far.
Event Management
Hotel Fees Planners Hate the Most
Destination charges. Administrative fees. Water excise taxes. Hotel fees can add 30 to 40% to a meeting budget.
Event Management
How to Start an Event Planning Business from Home?
Many Event Planners start out working from home. This can be a great model for setting up an event planning business as it keeps overheads down in those critical early stages of trading and can maximise productivity. If you are considering whether it could work for you and how to make a success of it, here are some things to think about.
Event Design
When Team Building Misses the Mark
No amount of bonding will help if employees are overworked, management is toxic, or the activity of choice is either ‘cliché’ or a poor fit for the group.
Diversity and Inclusion
Do Babies Belong at Conferences?
A nursing mom brought her infant son to a women’s conference. She thought it would be a non-issue. It was anything but.
Event Management
10 Tactics To Beat Your Competitors In Business
Competition is stiff for attendees and for clients. It’s hard to “get heard” in today’s world. Instead of simply beating your competitors in business, let’s focus on understanding their strengths and outdoing them with your unique value.
Event Management
The ‘New’ Outsourcing for Meetings: On-Demand and Task-Specific
Companies are leaning heavily on “just-in-time” talent, hired for tasks like sourcing or registration, or to spend a couple of weeks doing site inspections or hotel contracting.
Event Management
Are Your Meeting Contracts Really Protecting You?
There was a time when contracts were written haphazardly, and deals were secured with a handshake. Those days are over. Today, the industry relies heavily on detailed written terms.