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		<title>Does Booking in Advance Really Save on Venues?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an accepted industry pricing rule that states unequivocally that securing a hotel and/or conference center in advance will result in money saved. The same logic applies to flights and entertainment as well, but some are starting to wonder if this widely accepted rule is not being exploited by savvy vendors. Determining whether a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Choose a Venue for Your Next Big Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning your next big event almost always involves picking a venue near the beginning of the process. With so many different venues, there must be an easy logic flow for determining how to pick the venue for your next big event. Try this logic flow: Size counts &#8211; Venues that are too small are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Great Gifts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses often find that offering affordable trinkets as incentives makes participation at meetings and events more personal. Furthermore, the trinkets and gifts often prove to be tangible reminders of the relationship between the participant and host, but that means that there is a potential for both good and bad gifts to make an impression. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pitfalls on the Road to a Successful Meeting/Event</title>
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		<comments>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/pitfalls-on-the-road-to-a-successful-meetingevent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a list of sentiments and ideas that many people have when planning meetings and/or events that should be avoided whenever possible: &#8226; Who needs to eat? The answer is that everyone need to eat, and letting stomachs rumble is a sure way to ensure that nobody is paying attention to anything but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Cheap Seats, More Fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airlines will continue to discount tickets, charge more fees, cut capacity and look for other ways to raise cash to deal the the recession through the rest of this year and into next year, according to IATA in its global forecast. IATA has again asked U.S. lawmakers and other governments to repeal laws and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combine an Incentive Reward Trip with a Conference</title>
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		<comments>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/combine-an-incentive-reward-trip-with-a-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themeetingplannersguide.com/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that business meetings are often a combination of business and pleasure. People are working harder than ever to keep companies solvent. Rewarding employees is a bit more complicated; they deserve a nice trip to an exotic location yet it’s important to keep up appearances to the public. Try combining events, the reward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Your Part for the Economy</title>
		<link>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/doing-your-part-for-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/doing-your-part-for-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themeetingplannersguide.com/?p=169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been said&#8211;and posted on meeting planner blogs all over the internet&#8211;that the economy paired with recent government regulations for bailout companies is creating big trouble for meeting planners. Business are canceling meetings and conferences all over the world, and the ones that are not being canceled are being scaled down almost to ineffective levels. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth Quarter Play Strategies&#8211;Vacations</title>
		<link>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/fourth-quarter-play-strategies-vacations/</link>
		<comments>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/fourth-quarter-play-strategies-vacations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While this sounds like a chapter out of a football playbook, it sort of is and sort of isn’t. Like football, it describes the final chapter of an arbitrary time frame that we use to determine our actions and push for a winning game. However, it is being applied to our business in this blog. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Eh&#8230;So What?” &#8211; How to Counter Public Criticism for Meetings</title>
		<link>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/%e2%80%9cehso-what%e2%80%9d-how-to-counter-public-criticism-for-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://themeetingplannersguide.com/%e2%80%9cehso-what%e2%80%9d-how-to-counter-public-criticism-for-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://themeetingplannersguide.com/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the response that some companies are giving to the idea of public criticism for their meetings. So why aren’t their head honchos worried about business, and what people will think? Because they are more concerned about what their employees think. Leaders Being Leaders If the executives of companies that are doing poorly go [...]]]></description>
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