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How to start a wedding venue: Tips from two wedding industry experts

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Monique Jeffrey, CSEP/VP of Operations, Bramble Hospitality. Monique has spent the last 10 years as a certified special events professional (CSEP) and the VP of Operations with Bramble Hospitality, helping them run, manage, and grow their two wedding venues, Willowdale Estate and Briar Barn Inn. Staffing your startup.

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Event venue management software: how Clay Theatre scaled their business and came out stronger on the other side of COVID-19

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The dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic was a nightmare come true for the hospitality industry. Andrea Vallencourt was brand new to the events industry in 2019…and got hit with the COVID-19 pandemic in her second year of business. Maybe it doesn’t seem like a big deal having to use another software for floor plans.

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How to Start an Event Venue Business: Two Experts Share 20 Secrets for Opening an Event Space

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For example, we closed our staffed commercial kitchen in 2019 because we had been losing money,” said Dianne. “It Michael suggests getting a Planning Pod account set up as soon as possible so that you can begin to manage your bookings, business, sales and marketing efforts. It has now been turned into a prep kitchen.

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