Experts weigh in on budget tips for events

We at Meetings Today know that among all the other elements of executing a fabulous event, planners must keep an ever-keen eye on the bottom line.

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10 Steps to Demystifying Hybrid Event Budgets

Editor's note: This article, provided by the Event Leadership Institute, was part of an eHandbook collaboration between Meetings Today and ELI.

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Insights From IMEX: Day Two

IMEX America is well underway at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, and four Meetings Today reporters–Tyler Davidson, Rob Carey, Taylor Smith and Jeff

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Take 10: F&B Budget Secrets With Patti Shock

Patti Shock answers additional questions from the 07

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Inflation-Fighting Budget Strategies

Meeting professionals are continually tasked to do “more with less,” facing minimal budget increases year over year as hotel fees and surcharges

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20 Takeaway Budget Tips

Use value season/holidays/days of week or hot dates and watch for special deals and sudden cancellations if you are

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7 Crowd-Flow Tips From a Sports Venue Veteran

Crowd-flow isn’t something you necessarily think about when it comes to smaller events. If you are planning an event for 20 people in a restaurant,

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Take 10 - Best Practices for Event Budgeting

Thank you to everyone who participated in the

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10 Expert Tips for Planning Events at Theme Parks

Theme parks are some of the most popular attractions for tourists, with places like Walt Disney World attracting more than 58 million visitors each

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8 Tech Tips for Creating an Immersive Corporate Event

Whether it’s an intimate stakeholder meeting or a large-scale global production, planning a successful corporate event requires plenty of preparation

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Key tips to save your meetings budget!

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IMEX America 2025: All of Our Event Coverage in One Place

The meeting and event industry's largest tradeshow of the year IMEX America kicked off its 2025 tradeshow this week at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas,

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Save Big Bucks: 20 Takeaway Meetings Budget Tips

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Expert Cost-Saving Tips: Budgeting in the New Normal

As we begin to navigate back to face-to-face meetings moving forward, meeting professionals will be faced with new challenges. Tighter budgets,

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Tips and Tricks for Planning Group Gatherings on the Beach

The limitless possibilities for what a beach meeting could look like make it difficult to know where to even begin planning—so, we asked the pros.

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F&B saving tip

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3 Tips on Connecting With People at Networking Events

  Want to connect with someone you met at a networking event via LinkedIn? Here are 3 ways to help you connect better in a crowd full of

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