The U.S. lodging industry is expected to decline by approximately 13.7 percent in sales within 2009 as a result of the worsening economic situation in the U.S., but also in other major financial markets. Organizations that organize corporate events automatically acquire an advantage in terms of negotiating the hosting of an event at a particular facility. Hotel managers need to meet specific sales targets. Yet, to effectively negotiate with hotel (more…)
Special events often pop in and out of our everyday lives. We are so busy working that it is often difficult to plan them ourselves. The solution to this problem is an event planner. When you think of an “event”, we have a perception of something extravagant like Mardi Gras, Academy Awards and other big occasions we see on television. However, an event planner works on smaller events as well like weddings and business conferences.
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With the increase of technology, computer programs and applications, the world continues to get smaller and smaller for all industries, including event planning services. One day, I was twittering around and ran across wedding event planner Carlo from Carlo at Your Service. Her recipe for a Watermarkitini caught my eye and we have been communicating ever since.
As a wedding event planner myself, I know the importance of using social media t (more…)
Meeting planners ranked “Workload” as the #1 trend impacting their job and industry. Discover seven ways in which meeting planners are cutting their workload in half by using online registration. See why online registration is the fastest growing tool in meeting planning today.
In MPI’s Future Watch survey, meeting planners ranked “Workload” as the #1 trend impacting their job and industry. “Overworked and underpaid” couldn’t be a mo (more…)
Corporate events are organised to attain a wide range of objectives. Such events generally are hosted to rejuvenate a corporation and to build relationships with the key players in business.
Proper planning is very important for the success of any corporate event such as a corporate party, trade show, a retirement party, a promotion party, an annual office picnic, employee recognition dinner, a sales meeting, the annual year en (more…)