Budget

Steep Hotel-Labor Costs on the Coasts Could Spread Nationwide

Recent labor deals in New York and Southern California are setting new salary baselines for hotel employees nationwide, which could increase prices for onsite meetings.

Cost-Savings Strategies: From Cuts to Creativity

Budgets are tightening but expectations are higher than ever. With hotel rates, fees and surcharges on the rise, meeting professionals are under pressure to deliver exceptional results, often with little to no budget increase.

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 continue to rise.

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How to Control Soaring Coffee Costs at Your Next Meeting

Coffee prices continue to rise, and that could cost you big-time at your next meeting or convention if you’re not careful. Follow these tips to avoid a busted budget.

Cost-Saving Strategies

Learn how to avoid hidden fees and discover creative cost savings techniques to impact your bottom-line. Attendees will also learn how to communicate these savings to their stakeholders in an impactful way.

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10 Tips to Produce a Sustainable Event Without Breaking Your Budget

These 10 tips will help you produce a sustainable event while still keeping a keen eye on the budget.

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How to Slim Down Your Meetings and Events Food and Beverage Spend

Expert meeting planner Robyn Mietkiwicz’ tips on trimming the fat on meetings and events food and beverage costs.

Meetings Cost-Saving Strategies

Robyn Mietkiewicz gives a high-impact webinar that will show you how to avoid hidden fees and discover creative cost-savings techniques to impact your bottom-line.

7 Tips to Keep Meetings and Events F&B Safe and Sustainable

Seven tips from thrive! meetings & events’ Tracy Stuckrath you can—and should—implement into your meeting menu planning to save money and foster inclusion, while also delivering a top-shelf sustainable event for all your stakeholders. Read more.

10 Ways an Events Services Professional Can Maximize Your Meetings Budget

Event service professionals, aka convention services managers, can save meetings and events planners time, aggravation and money because of their intimate knowledge of destinations and facilities. Here are 10 ways to tap into that expertise. Read more.