Free Webinar To Offer Planners Tips For Evaluating Hotel Proposals

Washington, DC (I-Newswire) December 7, 2011 - Negotiation is an art form, and successful negotiation requires a planner to have a keen eye and a host of support to get it right, especially when evaluating multiple RFPs for a meeting.

On December 8 at 1:00 pm ET, Jennifer Johnson, General Manager and Owner of the Johnson Meetings Group will team up with empowerMINT.com to share "5 Tips for Evaluating Hotel Proposals" in a free webinar providing meeting professionals with strategies for addressing this key pain point in the meeting planning process.

Hosted by empowerMINT.com, as the featured guest speaker, Johnson will share actionable advice for analyzing incoming hotel offers and making the proposal evaluation process more manageable.

"Preparing, sending, summarizing, evaluating and responding to RFPs and resulting proposals can take so much of a planner's time," commented Johnson. "I have found my CVB partners to be a tremendous asset when trying to do this. Not only do they send out my RFPs, but they will summarize the proposals and send me a synopsis showing a streamlined, apples-to-apples review. Working with a CVB sales team not only helps me better understand their meeting destination, but allows me to focus on other tasks while the CVB gets the hotel information organized."

In addition to discussing how to leverage multiple offers for the best rate, Johnson will share tips she has learned during her 25 year career including how to effectively partner and utilize the free services of a CVB, also known as a destination marketing organization (DMO), to find the best fit for any size meeting.

Interested meeting professionals can register for this upcoming webinar here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/933368234.

Media interested in writing about this topic are welcome to join the webinar, or can also contact us for more information.

Media Contact:
Kristen Clemens, +1.202.835.4214
Vice President of Marketing and Communications
kclemens@destinationmarketing.org

Andrea Cates, +1.202.835.4205
Manager of Marketing and Communications
acates@destinationmarketing.org

About empowerMINT:
About empowerMINT.com - More than 100 official destination marketing organizations (also called DMOs or CVBs) have collaborated to create empowerMINT.com, the industry's first collective portal of meeting destinations and the largest repository of post-event reports. Powered by Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI), empowerMINT.com is the fastest and easiest way for meeting professionals to send a request for proposal (RFP) to one or multiple destinations and connect directly with a local destination expert who can help planners save time and money, offer unbiased destination expertise and provide qualified lead distribution, all for free. In addition to simplifying the search for destinations based on the planners' requirements, empowerMINT.com allows access to the planners' post-event report, through the planners' profile. DMAI is advocating for accurate and complete histories since this data plays an important role in business qualification and negotiations for DMOs, hotels and planners.

Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) advocates for the professionalism, effectiveness, and significance of destination marketing organizations worldwide. Representing over 600 destination marketing organizations (DMOs), DMAI's membership includes more than 3000 DMO professionals, students, educators, and industry vendors and partners in over 30 countries. Providing cutting-edge educational resources, networking opportunities and marketing benefits, the association has worked on behalf of DMOs since 1914. www.destinationmarketing.org

Company Contact Information
empowerMINT
Christine Shimasaki
2025 M Street, NW Suite 500
Washington, DC USA
20036
Phone : (202) 296-7888