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Laura Corder
Director of
Communications
Programs Manager
USC/Columbia
Incubator
Our Guests Today
Jason Outman
Executive Director
Columbia
Metropolitan CVB
(SC)
Who are these
“planners?”
How CVBs serve you
as consultants
What to know before
you send your RFP
On-line industry
approved resources
Information for the
Occasional Planner
The 5 W’s
Understanding
Internal Expectations
WHERE will be
consider holding the
meeting?
WHY are we having
this meeting?
WHEN can we hold
the meeting?
WHAT type of event
are we trying to
execute?
WHO will attend?
RFP Reconstructed Handbook https://cld.bz/c7d9Qya#
Resources
Convention Industry Council (CIC) http://www.conventionindustry.org/index.aspx
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) http://www.mpiweb.org/Home
American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) http://www.asaecenter.org/
Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) http://www2.pcma.org/
We are the best FIRST point of
contact to help planners FIND the
right fit for ANY SIZE meeting.
CVB Promise and Value
To Planners
• Local expertise
• Extensive in-market relationships
• Comprehensive view of the destination
• Free to you!
Call Your CVB First
• Educate you about the hotels
• Help you understand the desirability and fit of your meeting for the different types of hotels
• Discuss the seasonality and pattern preferences of the hotels, especially if lower rates are a priority or preferred date availability is an issue
• Help you tweak your RFP to be destination-specific
• Distribute your RFP to the hotels you want to consider, and follow up with them to be sure they are responding in a timely and complete manner
• Lobby on your behalf
• Set up your site inspections and coordinate your visit to the destination
• Intercept hotel questions and collect responses so you’re not inundated with emails or phone calls
www.empowerMINT.com
• Review at-a-glance destination
profiles
• Get destination news
• Find your Destination Expert
• Search and compare
• Submit a Quick Request or RFP
to multiple destinations
Keep in Touch
Email [email protected]
Podcast Meeting Planning Madness
blog.empowermint.com/podcast
Blog blog.empowermint.com
Web
www.empowermint.com
LinkedIn DMAI’s Network for CVBs
and Meeting Professionals