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Corporate Event Trends That Will Set You Apart in 2023
2023 is just around the corner! That means planners have the opportunity to leverage some new corporate event trends that will help them stand apart from the crowd....
Best Practices for Negotiating Hotel Contracts
The Covid pandemic resulted in many changes to the way things are done in the event industry. And negotiating hotel contracts is just one of them....
5 Things That Drive Event Attendees Crazy (And How to Avoid Them)
We’ve been event planners for many years now and every once in a while, we go to events ourselves. As event attendees, we have a really unique...
How to Plan a Successful Company-Wide Kickoff Meeting
Your organization is ready to embark on a new enterprise-wide project. Budget has been set, resources allocated, and team members assigned varying...
Holiday Gift Ideas Your Team Will Actually Love (And That Won’t Break Your Budget)
The holidays are a perfect time of year to show your employees how much you appreciate and value them. And after two insane years of lockdowns and...
10 Festive Team Building Ideas for This Year’s Holiday Event!
The holiday season is quickly approaching, which means event planners everywhere are scrambling to come up with ideas that are not only fun but...
5 Budgeting Tips for Event Planners
As event planners, there are tasks we love doing and those we don’t. Choosing exotic locations, fabulous caterers and headline entertainment… that’s...
5 Ways to Make Your Next Workshop Event a Success
Workshops are the perfect way to get your team members out of the office and into a fun environment where they can learn new skills. Workshop events...
Is the Metaverse Set to Change the Event Industry Forever?
Before last October, when Facebook rebranded itself to Meta to reflect its commitment to pushing the boundaries of new technology, most people had...
Risk Management for Event Planners: The Silver Lining of the Covid Pandemic
Event planners learned something very important over the last two years, and that is the unexpected can and will happen. But, while the Covid...