Hotel Meeting & Events: Changing World, Creative Ideas and still Ancillary Revenue .... Really?

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Today we are joined by two guests from one of our Expert Partners: Get Into More https://www.getintomore.com Niki van den Broeck and Peter Brauer join us to discuss what has changed over the last 6 months within the hotel meeting, groups and events space. We look back on some points made in a previous podcast as to how the meeting space might change:  Meetings Survival Pack and How Hotel Meetings Might Change Post Crisis https://revenue-hub.com/meeting-survival-pack-hotel-meetings-change-post-crisis/ Why 2020 Should be the Year of MICE Revenue Management https://revenue-hub.com/2020-year-mice-revenue-management-podcast/ We question whether meetings, groups and events revenue should still be considered ancillary revenue when it can make up a substantial part of a hotels income  Niki and Peter give us some examples of what they are seeing in creative ways to attract meeting and event business: https://www.postillionhotels.com/en-gb https://www.hotel-mechelen.be/en Finally we ask are your hotel sales people showing the ‘hunter’ attitude needed in todays climate. Here are the chapters: 1:29     Welcome Guests 2:43     Guest Intros 5:20     Current Meeting & Event Situation 17:18   Is Meeting & Event Revenue still Ancillary 23:25   Creative Meeting & Event Examples 30:55   Still Hunting for Meeting & Event Business? 36:10   Wrap Up You can see the interview on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/0bc54viuidU You can also connect with us on: LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/company/revenue-hub/ Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/revenuehub/ Twitter:        https://twitter.com/revenue_hub