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- Seasite.com Launches Version 2.0Business Planners Can Now Search Cruise Choices and Submit One Request to Five Cruise Lines Simultaneously Seasite.com, the first online portal for cruise meetings and events, launched version 2.0 that provides business and event planners direct access to major cruise lines. With the new electronic Request For Proposal (eRFP) feature, planners can send cus […]
- Not Enough Hours in the Day?What Meeting Planner hasn’t wished for just a couple more hours in the day to get more work done? With all the details and planning involved in orchestrating a successful corporate event, its no wonder sleep falls to the bottom of the totem pole in so many cases. The thinking is always, “I’ll get some rest after […]
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Tips to Lower Business Costs
It does not matter whether the economy is thriving or struggling, keeping business costs as low as possible is just good sense. Of course, you must keep your customers happy, but that does not mean that you cannot economize here and there. Here are some things to consider when planning your next meeting: • Use email whenever possible. It is faster... »
A Few Minutes Into the Future
If you are like a lot of other independent event planners, you are facing some of the most uncertain times of your professional life. No one will deny that events at the end of 2008 made 2009 look pretty scary. The worst thing was, many of us were not prepared for that--it requires more than socking away funds for dry... »
Trimming the Fat with Virtual Scissors – Cutting Meeting Costs
When a company calls you to plan an event for them, they are thinking, “Please, let it be cheap!” They know the costs of a meeting are more than the checks they will write for the event--it may also include the employee-hours lost at their company and a host of other charges that can nickel and dime them to death. However,... »