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Heading to Vegas, 1 week today for #VirtuosoTravelWeek - resting, mind, body and soul until then!! #sovirtuoso #virtuosotravel #luxurytravel #exceedingexpectations #customerexperience

Happy New Year! 🌟2024 is starting with a bang with $81.9M in event-driven spending this January, and that’s just for the top 5 cities across the US! 5️⃣ First on the list is Bakersfield, CA where local spending is expected to surge by $792,037 due to sports matchups including AHL Bakersfield Condors vs Abbotsford Canucks 🏒 4️⃣ Next up is Wichita, KS with a spending surge of $4,332,321 as a result of sports events combined with major expos such as the Wichita Bridal Expo 💍👰🏻 3️⃣ Chandler, AZ starts the year off strong with a demand surge of $9,629,768 spanning across two weeks due to overlapping shows and festivals including the Chandler International Film Festival 🎥🍿 2️⃣ Sacramento, CA is our runner up this month with a demand surge of $13,279,289 in local spending due to attractions such as Monster Jam Sacramento and the Sacramento Chocolate Salon 2024 during the last week of the month 🍫🎉 1️⃣ Tampa, FL stays in demand surge territory for most of the month with a whopping $53,897,955 in event-driven spending over three weeks. The Gasparilla Pirate Festival alone accounts for most of this, bringing together 300,000 attendees who are predicted to spend $24.7M in just one day! 🏴☠️ Discover these incredible events and more with your free copy of the January 2024 Demand Surge Report! 📊 #predictiveanalytics #predictivedata #localevents

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Tickets for Kacey Musgraves' Deeper Well World Tour started pre-sales yesterday, with tickets officially being sold to the public this upcoming Friday. After details regarding ticket pricing for the tour were released, some fans online voiced disappointment that the tour uses dynamic pricing. So, what is dynamic pricing? When a tour or specific event chooses to use dynamic pricing, the prices of each ticket will fluctuate based on demand for each show. As a result, two people sitting in the same section at a venue might have paid drastically different prices to attend the event, depending on how in demand the show was deemed at the time of purchase. Fans who have purchased tickets through the tour's pre-sale events have documented specific price points based on the location of each seat. The KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, where Kacey Musgraves will perform on November 12, created a seating graph showing how each seat is initially priced. However, the bottom of the image includes a disclaimer stating that the prices can change at any time. What are your thoughts on tours using dynamic prices to sell tickets? #dodgemojo #BRJL305 #countrymusic #KaceyMusgraves #DeeperWellWorldTour

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#TBT to this sea-side soirée complete with a local artisan shopping experience, live entertainment, and delicious bites 🌊 #EventProfs #MeetingProfs #EventManagement #MeetingPlanners #LiveEvents #EventPlanner #EventPlanning

If you've followed the work of the GNO, Inc. New Orleans Music Economy Initiative, you know just how exciting it is to host NOLA MusiCon, a premier music business conference that explores music business trends, innovations, and intersections with economic development. If you work in music, make music, or like music, you should buy your conference tix today! #MakingMusicMakeMoney #NewOrleansMusicEconomy

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"The latest retail-sales report on Tuesday showed spending at stores, online and at restaurants rose a stronger-than-expected 0.7% in September from a month earlier. The data show that consumers are still spending on goods and experiences, including cars and restaurant meals." And even though concerts are selling out, ticket prices of up to $250/average are forcing some consumers to either go without or save up for 1 or 2 live entertainment shows a year. #shopperbehavior #trends #consumerbehavior https://lnkd.in/gUXnbStn

If your venue consultant is aggressively pushing you down the road of making major acts a feature of your entertainment programme...he is usually just after a quick commission. Running these acts creates an expectation among your clientele that you will be staging them on a regular basis and there just aren't that many of them around that will make a positive difference to your bottom line. The trick is to 'make the venue the drawcard" by creating an environment that people come to regardless of who is playing. This encompasses excellent hospitality, food and beverage, security and the like. Safety is a big plus especially for your female members who want a good night out without some drunken, overly amorous lout making them uncomfortable. Focus on the basics, get a good, consistent entertainment program in place and then maybe feature a major act. When you do book a "star" engage a venue consultant that is working for your best interests and not trying to curry favor with industry mates. #entertainmentindustry #acts #clubs #directors #hospitality https://lnkd.in/gap3cc7a