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Insider Poll: Have you joined the industry campaign to promote the value of meetings?
 Meetings Mean Business is a grassroots campaign whose goal is to protect the millions of American jobs that depend on business meetings and events. By now you have probably heard from the many organizations in the industry who support the campaign, with GEP and Krisam being among them. Have you had the opportunity to use the
Meetings Mean Business resources in your professional life? Have you acted on some of the campaign’s recommendations. If, not, see the Speak up and Out story in this newsletter giving ideas on how you can help and benefit from the effort. If yes, tell us what you have done. Take our poll.
Results from the Last Issue’s Poll
Event professionals would rather cut back on expenses for
dinners and parties than reduce the number of attendees or staff
members on site for an event, according to the most recent Event
Insider Poll. Planners also put seeking less expensive hotels
and cities higher on the list than reducing the number of
guests. The complete results are below.
Please check the top three you are most likely to do to save money on events in 2009.
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Spend less on
dinners/parties 19%
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Select less expensive
hotel/resort 16%
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Select less expensive
city 15%
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Reduce length of
events 13%
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Hold electronic
sessions 13%
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Reduce number of
attendees 10%
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Send fewer staff
members 8%
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Spend less on
gifts 6%
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