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Triage your eRFPs

Pick up your phone, chat with your buyer buddy, strike a deal and plan a meeting. If these are the steps you use to bring group business into your property, then you've been hiding under your tainted bedspread for too long. Today, many hotel sales organizations rarely have the opportunity to speak to meeting planners because of the planner workload, travel schedules, procurement guidelines, and technology advancements. And, who can blame the planners for not wanting to talk to ten different hotel properties per day?

Continue reading here: Triage your eRFPs

A BIG THANK YOU to all of the meetings and travel leaders who continue to support me through the T&E blog, LinkedIn groups, client engagements and most important, your friendship.

Thank you for visiting the T&E Plus Blog on expense management, travel management, business meetings, events, incentives, strategic meetings management, entertainment, virtual meetings, tickets, hotels, airlines, ground transportation plus more...

Debi Scholar, GLP, CMM, CMP, SSGB, CTE, CTT

• Author, Strategic Meetings Management: The Strategy Quick Reference Guide (2011)
• Co-Author, Strategic Meetings Management Handbook (2011)
• Meetings Management Mover and Shaker as selected by Corporate and Incentive Travel Magazine (2010)
• Top 20 Changemaker who influenced the meetings management industry by Corporate Meetings and Incentives (2008)
• Best Meeting Practitioner as selected by Business Travel News (2007)

*Debi is proud to be a regular contributor to Business Travel Executive Magazine.
*Debi is proud to be one of only seven 2011 Editorial Board members for Hotel Business Review at http://www.hotelexecutive.com/ for Conferences & Meetings.
*Debi created two LinkedIn groups (GBTA SMM and T&E Plus) that now claim over 2,000 worldwide members combined.

Visit me at one of my upcoming speaking engagements; Topics vary per conference

Some sessions include components of SMM Bootcamp© and/or SMM Challenge© 

August 15 - M&C Webinar
August 23- EMC Venues Webinar
September 14 – PCMA
September 20 – BTN Webinar
October 25 - EMC Venues Webinar
December 2 - EMC Venues Webinar

Upcoming Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) Education

Some upcoming education sessions you may be interested in:

1.  ACTE/Cvent webinar on July 12, 2012. Topic:  Creating a Compelling Business Case for
Strategic Meetings Management. 

2.  SignUp4 webinar on July 18, 2012:  Topic:  SMM 101: Jump-Start Your Implementation Efforts 

3.  GBTA Session on Monday, July 23, 2012 in Boston:  Topic:  Preferred Suppliers:  Positioning for SMM Success

4.  SCG 45-minute Lunch 'n Learn Webinar on August 22, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. EDT.  Topic:  Learn how to write Service Level Agreements.  Available to the first 40 travel/meeting buyers who email me at:  [email protected]. 

5.  EMC Venues Webinar on August 23, 2012:  Topic:  SMM: Choosing the Right Resource Model

6.  MPI Northeastern NY Chapter, Sept. 14, 2012 in Saratoga Springs, NY:  Topic:  Create a Master Hotel Contract Agreement with Service Level Agreements   (Website forthcoming)

7. Business Travel News - Corporate Travel webinar, Sept. 20.  Topic: Leveraging Travel and Meeting Spend at 2:00 p.m. EDT. (Website forthcoming)

Also, please LOOK for my new article titled: Triage and Answer your e-RFPs which will be available at www.hotelexecutive.com on Monday, July 23, 2012.

Hope to see you at one of my upcoming training sessions!

A BIG THANK YOU to all of the meetings and travel leaders who continue to support me through the T&E blog, LinkedIn groups, client engagements and most important, your friendship.

Thank you for visiting the T&E Plus Blog on expense management, travel management, business meetings, events, incentives, strategic meetings management, entertainment, virtual meetings, tickets, hotels, airlines, ground transportation plus more...

Debi Scholar, GLP, CMM, CMP, SSGB, CTE, CTT

• Author, Strategic Meetings Management: The Strategy Quick Reference Guide (2011)
• Co-Author, Strategic Meetings Management Handbook (2011)
• Meetings Management Mover and Shaker as selected by Corporate and Incentive Travel Magazine (2010)
• Top 20 Changemaker who influenced the meetings management industry by Corporate Meetings and Incentives (2008)
• Best Meeting Practitioner as selected by Business Travel News (2007)

*Debi is proud to be a regular contributor to Business Travel Executive Magazine.
*Debi is proud to be one of only seven 2011 Editorial Board members for Hotel Business Review at http://www.hotelexecutive.com/ for Conferences & Meetings.
*Debi created two LinkedIn groups (GBTA SMM and T&E Plus) that now claim over 2,000 worldwide members combined.