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Always Have a Pre-Con Meeting Before Guests Arrive
There is a fun and often funny children’s game called telephone. It’s when a whispered sentence is [...]
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February 2026
5 Tips Before Signing a Hotel Contract for an Offsite Meeting
Before signing a hotel contract for an offsite meeting, it pays to double check these 5 important [...]
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December 2025
Meeting Planning Tips of the Year 2025
It’s that time of year, again, when we gladly share some of the most important meeting planning [...]
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November 2025
Finding Ideal Meeting Space
When you are faced with the task of planning a meeting, start with an agenda to outline exactly [...]
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August 2025
Selecting Ideal Meeting Space
Think about it. Guests are seated close to each other in a meeting room, all day. And, most of us [...]
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Audio Visual Tips for Offsite Meetings
When planning offsite meetings, ask hotels for their AV costs upfront. This is a practice you’ll [...]
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April 2025
4 Questions to Ask Hotels When Planning Meetings
These 4 questions should be asked when starting to plan meetings at hotels: 1) Are the dates [...]
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March 2025
5 Tips When Planning Offsite Meetings
Planning a meeting is like baking a cake. Leave out one ingredient, and the cake may not rise to [...]
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January 2025
Force Majeure
We learned a lot about Force Majeure during the Pandemic. For a long time, it was assumed that the [...]
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November 2024
Five Hotel Pre-Contract Negotiation Tips
Prior to signing a hotel contract for meetings, there are five top pre-contract requests meeting [...]
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Get a Countersigned Contract!
As soon as your organization signs the hotel contract for a meeting, ask the hotel for a [...]
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February 2024
Show Love and Kindness to Vendors
Hotels and hospitality vendors are still experiencing lower staff levels, and add that to their [...]
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