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7 best event floor plan software apps to create gorgeous event designs

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Summary: Learn about the top event floor plan software applications used by event professionals. Event floor plan designs have been a fact of life in the events industry for decades, and for a few good reasons. What are the benefits of event floor plan software? Top event floor plan software applications.

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Hotel sales software: How we solved data disarray for a Holiday Inn Express and saved them 80 hours/month

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Unfortunately, for many hotel sales staff and catering managers, this often cobbled-together assembly of stand-alone applications and manual processes hinders them from actually doing business. The fact that hotels use a half dozen or more software systems to manage all their operations is commonly accepted as “business as usual”.

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Best Venue Management Software of 2021: Reviews of the Top 4 Solutions

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By far, Planning Pod’s most unique feature is that it offers 20+ easy-to-use tools that work together to: Simplify data access and management Streamline workflows Eliminate double entry Promote collaboration Expand your ability to land and serve more clients. Event floor plan builder for creating to-scale layouts of your setups.

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Best Catering Software of 2022 – Reviews of Top Solutions & CRMs

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Catering software has become one of the most popular ways to streamline operations among caterers, restaurants, hotels and event venues, and for good reason … because it enables venue and catering businesses to automate processes, create timesaving workflows and serve customers better with fewer staff. Planning Pod.

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How The Coonamessett used catering software to streamline and automate their 25-year-old catering business and bring it to the modern age

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Running a catering business looks much different today than it did 25 years ago. Still, despite major advancements in technology and a growing expectation of instantaneous, online access, it’s not uncommon to find a catering company still relying on old-school paper and processes for their event management solution.

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What are BEOs and Why do Event Pros need them?

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BEOs (sometimes referred to as run sheets) allow you to provide critical details that everyone involved in any event MUST have at their fingertips – whether they are a bartender, catering manager, security staff member, event planner, other vendor, or even your client. Event itinerary/schedule. Food & Beverage packages.

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Hotel event management software: How we helped Hotel Salem boost lead response time, get paid faster and save 62+ hours/ month

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Whether they’re responding to new prospects, following up with them for contract signatures or chasing down clients for payments or vital input for their event, there is rarely any free time in their schedule. You can even set-up customized payment schedules with automated reminders and auto-payments.