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10 Essential Tips for Getting the Most Out of your Site Inspection

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Preparing for and executing an expert site inspection is a whirlwind process! It’s difficult to find the time to do it right, but it you don’t, the opportunity to find the best location for your meeting is greatly diminished. This is where the services of your destination expert, and the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB, sometimes referred to as a Destination Marketing Organization) in the destination they represent, can literally be an extension of your staff, saving you time and money, and allowing you to leverage their local knowledge, relationships, and buying power. So, while using a CVB to assist you in the site inspection planning may be the best tip of all, we have 10 other tips to share as well. These insights will guide you seamlessly through the process of finding just the right fit for your next meeting. In this session you will learn: • 10 great tips for super charging your site inspections • How to enlist the help of your destination expert from the CVB, as the best first call in any destination to save you both time and money
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10 Essential Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Site Inspection! an empowerMINT.com webinar Production Kathy Hedlund Dir of Global Accounts Ted File Terri Roberts Training and Communication for empowerMINT.com Destination Marketing Association International Dir . of Global Accounts HelmsBriscoe Dir. of Site Inspections San Diego CVB
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10 Essential Tips pfor Getting the Most Out of 

Your Site Inspection! an empowerMINT.com webinar p

Production

Kathy HedlundDir of Global Accounts

Ted FileTerri Roberts

Training and Communication for empowerMINT.com

Destination Marketing Association International

Dir. of Global AccountsHelmsBriscoe

Dir. of Site InspectionsSan Diego CVB

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1. Put all your cards on the table early.1.  Put all your cards on the table early.

• Beyond rates, dates, space

• Purpose of your meeting• Purpose of your meeting

• Attendee demographicse dee de og ap cs

• Typical meeting behavior

• Any hot buttons

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2.  If it happens to me, ll h h ?will it happen to them?

• Just how VIP is this treatment?

• Determine what is likelyDetermine what is likely to happen to your attendeesattendees

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3. Take time to sit…before you walk.3.  Take time to sit…before you walk.

• Break the standard pattern

• Get a “lay of the land” before you beginbefore you begin

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4. To see or not to see.4.  To see or not to see.

• Predetermine the most important things to see and insist on seeing them first

• Bring a camera or a gvideo device

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5.  Have a short list, b l f fbut leave room for a few surprises.

• Take control of the agenda, but…

• Encourage creativity 

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6. Address the hard stuff up front.6.  Address the hard stuff up front.• It’s not sexy, but it’s gotta be donegotta be done

• AttritionF d/b• Food/beverage minimums

• Extra costs of parking• Extra costs of parking internet, resort fees, ect.ect.

• Meeting room rental or extra time need for set up or tear down

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7.  Look beyond the h l f lhotel or meeting facility.

• Walk

• Cab• Cab

• Rent a car

• Can’t afford to miss

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8.  Make sure it fits‐d d b ddiagrams and beyond.

Seeing is believingg gActual set upStandard sleepingStandard sleeping rooms

ffMeet the staff or understand the staff 

dstructure and ratios

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9. Decisions, decisions, decisions.9.  Decisions, decisions, decisions.  

• Clearly articulate the ydecision process

• Define your follow upDefine your follow up needs and expectationsexpectations

• You CVB partner can help communicatehelp communicate and consolidate

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10.  It’s not easy being green,h !oh yes it is!

• Dispense with the ppaper

• Carry no bagCarry no bag• Wear comfortable shoesshoes

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11. I thought there were only 10?11.  I thought there were only 10?

–Kindly refer back toKindly refer back to tip number 5…there’s nothing like a littlenothing like a little surprise!

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With over 113,000 hotels and facilities in the US… hi h ?which one?

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Over 880 destination experts to help you FIND j h i h FITFIND just the right FIT…

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Direct to the CVB ….one‐stop‐shop for planners:p p p

•Planners easily search and compare meeting needs across multiple destinations.p

•Planners save time and money submitting one FastTrackRFP to multiple destinations.

•Planners manage a single profile, check their histories and power shop at over 200 top cities.

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