Staffing, service levels, and event costs are all trending in the wrong direction, according to Meeting Professionals International’s latest Meetings Outlook survey.
The meetings market will be central to the recovery of urban hotels. Here, two industry consultants dish to city-hotel sales executives on why securing meetings business is so critical, with numbers that could give negotiating insight to planners.
Planners can learn more about a possible supplier partner over one shared lunch than from a handful of Zoom calls, but they simply might not have that in-person opportunity. Here’s the alternative.
Three veterans from the supplier side of the meetings industry advise planners on how contract negotiations and terms should differ in the post-pandemic environment.