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3 Reasons Why Groupize is the Most-Loved Solution
Nov 11, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by Madison Harris posted in Meetings and Events, Experts, Best Practices, Partnerships, Professional, Technology
Cancellations and Attrition Best Practices that will Define the Success of Your Meetings
Sep 3, 2020 12:49:57 PM / by Madison Harris posted in Modern Meetings, Success, Best Practices, Cancellations, Attrition
Supplier Optimization Best Practices that will Define the Success of Your Meetings
Sep 2, 2020 11:45:39 AM / by Madison Harris posted in Meetings and Events, Experts, Success, Best Practices, supplier, optimization
Policy Best Practices that Will Define the Success of Your Meetings
Aug 31, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by Madison Harris posted in Modern Meetings, Success, Best Practices
Workflow Best Practices that will Define the Success of Your Meetings
Aug 28, 2020 8:00:00 AM / by Madison Harris posted in Modern Meetings, rules, Success, Best Practices
Do you use rules to break down your meetings by size, type, budget, level of risk between occasional planners and professional planners? If not, it’s time to start.
Data Best Practices that will Define the Success of Your Meetings
Aug 25, 2020 8:00:00 AM / by Madison Harris posted in Modern Meetings, Success, Best Practices
- Communicate with your internal peers about how to win together.
- If the meetings and events team is separate from the business travel team, schedule common supplier meetings together. Present suppliers with a united front.
- Share the business travel hotel strategy and preferred suppliers/venues with the meeting planning team.
- Leverage the new airline meeting programs for ALL meetings and events. The technology recently deployed makes it easier than ever to obtain meeting discounts and rebates.
Now that your program is presenting a united front and the lines are starting to blur, let’s lay out some ideas for where to go next:
- Investigate and deploy integrations for tooling already in place for GDS-related travel data and meetings and events data.
- Use combined commercial leverage to source technology platforms that service both the business travel and meetings and events programs.
- Where possible, leverage business travel agency FTE peaks and valleys to liaise with meeting planners on group air, attendee registration, and attendee management.
- All supplier review meetings should be combined – all data should now be presented as a single point of reference.
For those companies who are ready to be best-in-class, here are the keys to success:
- Integrated business travel, meetings, and events websites.
- Business travel and meetings and events policies are cross-referenced within each.
- Meetings and events have the same Duty of Care requirements as business travel.
- All data streams are shared and available to the combined team.
- Make group air benefits (points/miles) available to internal meeting requestors for site visits or meeting-related travel to show the tangible benefits of working within the boundaries of the program.
Now more than ever, corporations are looking for easier, more efficient, and cost-effective meetings management strategies to navigate through this period of uncertainty and into the future.