Keeping Event Housing Profitable – #EventIcons Episode 100

With the shakeups in event housing recently you may be scrambling to figure out how to keep event housing profitable. How do you incentivize attendees to stay in your hotel block? What can you do to foster community? Would you like to know how to leverage your locations and negotiate terms? You are in the right place.

In this episode of #EventIcons Jeff Duncan of Meetingmax Inc. and Nadine Spitteler of A111 Power of Conference Service join us to cover everything you need to know to keep your event housing profitable and a great experience for your attendees. They will answer questions about various issues within event housing such as how to encourage attendees to stay in your hotel blocks, how to keep event housing profitable in light of recent events, and how to create a sense of community within your event housing so attendees can find community. You cannot miss this!

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Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode:

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A111 Blog
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute (book)
Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)
PCMA Convene
Tuesday Tips by Andy Bounds
Top Dog – Impress and Influence Everyone You Meet by Andy Bounds (book)
The Snowball Effect: Communication Techniques to Make You Unstoppable by Andy Bounds
The Jelly Effect: How to Make Your Communication Stick (book)

Brandt Krueger

With over 20 years experience in the meetings and events industry, Brandt has spoken at industry events and seminars all over the world, been published in numerous magazines and websites, and teaches public and private classes on meeting and event technology and production. He provides freelance technical production services, and is the owner of Event Technology Consulting.