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Wedding venue management software: How we saved Hidden Barn Venue from spreadsheet paralysis and saved them 62 hours a month

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Examples include: Lead management tools for collecting leads via lead intake forms you can embed into your website; notifying users of new incoming leads; and pipeline tracking and reminders. Reusable templates for quick-turn proposals, contracts, invoices, BEOs, food-and-beverage packages / menus, floor plans and more.

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25 Powerful Event Sales Techniques for Venues and Planners

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If you are somehow engaged in event sales – whether as a salesperson, business owner or manager in the hospitality and events industry – you already know that establishing successful sales practices and habits is the #1 way to grow revenues for private, group and in-person events. source: Spotio ).

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

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Many of the catering solutions below offer these functions as well as other valuable business and event management features for tracking event bookings; generating financial and profitability reports; viewing business data using real-time dashboards; and integrating with point-of-sale (POS) systems and accounting solutions like Quickbooks.

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Top 8 Hospitality Platforms for Events and Consumer Experiences

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However, that’s impossible without using hospitality platforms for events. Whether managing events logistics, booking accommodation, or arranging transportation, hospitality platforms are necessary for planning and hosting results-driven events.

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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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Hotel sales, banquet and private event managers know what it’s like to work under pressure. 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. Planning Pod can help.

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

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We talked with two of our clients and wedding venue experts, Monique Jeffrey and Andrea Vallencourt, to see what advice they have for event enthusiasts looking to launch their own wedding venue business. Monique Jeffrey, CSEP/VP of Operations, Bramble Hospitality. Andrea Vallencourt, Owner and Venue Director, Clay Theatre.

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Museum event management software: How we helped Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum streamline their in-house and private events

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They also boast a large event space and a full race track. Each year, the museum hosts up to 400 in-house and private events. Prior to Planning Pod, the special event planning team relied on a complex event management system that required multiple platforms, manual transferring of information and hours of work updating event details.