The document discusses the services provided by The COI Group to help plan meetings and events. Some key points discussed include: - It can take a significant amount of time, from 2-6 months, to plan meetings and events, and The COI Group can help save clients this time. - The COI Group will work within clients' budgets and help negotiate with hotels on items like rates, concessions, deposits, and more. - They offer their planning services for events with a minimum of 10 hotel rooms and do not have a maximum size limit for events they assist with. - The COI Group's services are available nationwide and internationally, not just in Las Vegas. They were founded

3. That it takes an average of 100 hr to plan
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a meeting of 30 to 50 people?
• It takes 6 to 12 months to plan a
successful conference.
• Budget estimations are one of the most
time consuming tasks in planning a
meeting.

4. The COI Group can give you back 2 - 6 months
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of your time by planning the initial stages of
your meeting (determining the desired
destination, proposal gathering from the
hotels, sourcing, contract
negotiations, budgets...etc..)
The COI Group will not only work with your
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budgetary guidelines but also negotiate with
the hotel/facilities in meeting your budget
requirements
Renegotiate Attrition
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5. High rate
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Food and Beverage minimum requirements
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Meeting room rental
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Low or no concessions
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Wrong location
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Cancelation and attrition flexibility
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Negotiation of deposits schedule and
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amounts
No time to plan details
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6. The COI Group offers over 40 years of
professional hospitality management
experience to assist in coordinating your
meeting planning needs. As your Las Vegas
Experts, we apply our local knowledge and
relationships to obtain your overall
objectives. Our combined backgrounds
include the most luxurious hotels and resort
in the US and Internationally

7. How can The COI Group offer such valuable services at no cost to me? Is there a
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catch? A: There is no catch! The COI Group receives a commission from the hotel after your group departs.
We are paid from the hotels without compromising your rate. It is a win-win situation. You, the client benefits by
saving time and paying less. Our industry expertise gives us negotiating power that benefits your organization.
I need to plan a meeting and have no idea where to start. How can you help? A: The
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COI Group can assist you by sourcing your meeting specifications to various hotels in cities and destinations that
you request. We focus on finding you the right hotel by giving you back your time so that you can focus on the
logistics and content of your meeting.
For what size meetings do you offer your services? A: We provide our free services for any event
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requiring a minimum of ten hotel rooms for a period of at least one night. We handle meetings and events
ranging from small board meetings, sporting events, incentive travel to large conferences and conventions.
However, there is no maximum size for a meeting or event we can plan.
It is my job to find a hotel for our annual meeting. Am I not doing my job if I enlist The
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COI Group to assist me? A: Quite the opposite. You will actually be doing yourself and your company
a favor by enlisting our help. First of all, our site selection services will save you valuable research time so you
may focus your efforts on the details of your meeting. Additionally, because of our hotel sales background, it is
very likely that we will find better rates, better upgrades, more concessions and negotiate better contract terms
than you would on your own.
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Will hotels raise their rates to compensate having to pay your commission? A: No. The
hotel rates that The COI Group receives are at least as competitive, and usually better, than those you might
find on your own and our commission is already built into the rate. It is in the best interest of the hotel to offer
great rates to our clients, so we may in turn bring future business to their hotel.
I have a meeting that I want to plan but it's outside of Las Vegas. Can you help me? A.
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Absolutely! Our expert services are not limited to Las Vegas, we will assist with planning your meetings
Nationwide as well as Internationally.
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8. Three professional ladies that shared a
passion for the hospitality industry also
strongly desired more time with their
families. Needing a compromise
between their professional and home
lives they formulated The COI
Group, LLC. What started as a discussion
over lunch is now a dream lived.