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Business Travel/Questions Answered by Expert Steve Collins
| Subject | Date Asked |
| Hotel and resorts discounts for a new travel agency | 5/13/2009 |
| Q: I am planning on openning a licensed travel agency and i will specialize on guided tours. how can ... A: Unless you are booking airline tickets (which is a WHOLE new ball of wax--and NOT very profitable), ... | |
| Hotel and resorts discounts for a new travel agency | 5/13/2009 |
| Q: I am planning on openning a licensed travel agency and i will specialize on guided tours. how can ... A: Honestly, as a new agency, you are going to have a difficult time getting amazing discounts. ... | |
| Incentive Travel | 5/1/2007 |
| Q: I need to purchase a lot of airline tickets for a consumer incentive/promotion I am running. Here is ... A: I need to do a little research on this before I can give you a good answer--because there are SOOO ... | |
| Generating Business via Hotels | 5/28/2003 |
| Q: I am in the process of starting a busniness designed for corporate teambuilding (I have interactive ... A: Actually that IS a very common practice, and many corporate groups look for teambuilding options ... | |
Steve Collins
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Expertise
My main area of expertise is in meeting and event planning. I can help answer questions on how to find the best hotel for a specific group, ways to make a group more attractive to a hotel so that they will offer better rates, and negotiation strategies for working with hotels. I can also give tips on items that are and are not standard in hotel contracts, although I am not an attorney. I am not as familiar with the specifics of food and beverage functions (i.e. how many appetizers would you need to order for a reception of 250 people?).
Experience
I had been working as a hotel sales manager for 11 years when I decided to "jump the fence" and become a meeting planner myself. I feel that my background can be very helpful in the negotiation process because I know what the hotels look for when evaluating a potential piece of business.
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