SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How to prepare for 2023 contract negotiations Yes, we’re out of the pandemic shutdown, but it’s not back to “business as usual.” From workforce shortages to inflation worries, what should event planners be looking for when it comes to 2023 contracts? On the “high” side: Larger deposits up-front for hotel contracts.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

High-tech Approach to Old-world Venue Conflict: Imagine a beautiful old building with vaulted ceilings gilded molding, polished hardwood floors and gleaming chandeliers in the heart of Washington, D.C. New Venue, No Site Visit Conflict: New and unusual venues in remote locations bring their own complexities.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 28, 2023

In advance: When setting up the contract, make sure it measures attrition on a cumulative basis versus per-night basis. Another contract solution is to ask for the option for the hotel to resell any unused rooms to lessen the attrition, if applicable. Set up the contract to allow for a post-meeting audit. Our quick save?

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

How can you, as a planner, structure contracts to be flexible? What can you do at the contract level to make sure that last-minute changes don’t have a negative impact on your event or your budget? Look into the history of pre/post stays with your attendees and contract accordingly. You can subscribe to the magazine here.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Is it your dream to run a wedding venue perfect for tying the knot? Whatever the reason, starting a wedding venue can be a great choice to shift your career and improve your financial portfolio–but getting an event venue up and running isn’t always easy. Andrea Vallencourt, Owner and Venue Director, Clay Theatre.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

Venues for Business is delighted to be the first specialist venue finding agency to offer carbon-footprint measurement as standard to their clients, when scouting venues and destinations for events. All agencies are promoting their sustainable credentials” says Venues for Business Co-Owner Amy Woodthorpe. “We

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 1, 2024

Their close partnerships with local vendors and venues will bring a client’s vision to fruition by outsourcing logistics and creative research to local experts. Meeting professionals can pick a venue that’s fabulous for their event, but we have more buying power,” says Diane Lyons, DMCP, CMP, owner of ACCENT New Orleans. “We

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

International Convention Centre Wales ( ICC Wales ) has secured a number of notable repeat business wins for 2023, as it establishes itself as the UK’s most exciting new events venue and brings a significant boost to the South Wales visitor economy. The Open University will also hold its Autumn 2023 Graduation Ceremony at the venue.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2022

Unique Venues Birmingham (UVB) launched in 2017 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham Repertory Theatre Ltd and Birmingham City Council. More recently, UVB has been awarded the contract to deliver interim sales and marketing services to Alexander Stadium, expanding its venue portfolio.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Leading London events venue, The QEII Centre , has strengthened its director team with the appointment of Elena Gurgul as Sales and Marketing Director and EeLain Ong as Finance Director. I can’t wait to continue building on the success of this pioneering world-class venue and am looking forward to making 2024 the QEII Centre’s best year yet.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The north London Camden venue is proving that there is a steady growth of confidence in the industry with an increase in a wide variety of event contracts from 2022/23 – 2024. Pressley continued “ With a high calibre of returning clients, it shows that the team and venue consistently deliver well-produced events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Wyboston Lakes Resort has launched Wyboston Venue Management to help venue owners make the most of meetings and events business opportunities. They can bring their expertise to a venue and replicate what they have achieved here at a fraction of the time and cost that it would take with a new team.

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Canadian Special Events

JUNE 9, 2017

Project managers, accountants, designers, and so much more and while we are not lawyers we deal with a lot contracts. Corporate Event Contracts. While we are not lawyers, we should be involved in reviewing contracts, especially if before they are signed. We need to be aware of some of the key deliverables for our entertainment.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Venues of Excellence, the UK’s leading sales and marketing consortium for independent venues, have just announced two new partnerships for their Preferred Partner Programme. Venues of Excellence as an organisation share the same values as us, striving for quality and high levels of customer service over anything else.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Award winning consortium Venues of Excellence has just launched its ‘Confidence in Us’ campaign to underpin their venues commitment to deliver safe events as the UK opens up to ‘business as usual’ for meetings and events. Our venues continue to offer flexibility with their contracts and terms of business. Read more here.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2022

We know from our agency and venue members that millions of pounds worth of event bookings have been held up with contracts waiting to be signed once the Plan B restrictions were lifted. We have a full schedule of events planned for 2022 including 20/20 club networking events, The COOL Venue Awards and The Sustainable Events Show.”

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The Planner's Lounge

JANUARY 31, 2024

Connect with vendors, venues, and other wedding planners willing to chat. Many venues require proof of insurance from vendors, so it is better to have it in place from the start. Contract Creation Finally, one of the most important things you need to do is create contracts.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Paje Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract to provide a full marketing, membership and enquiry service to the prestigious Westminster Venue Collection (WVC) from 1 st November 2021.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The venue’s enquiry and booking levels continue to exceed expectations with the year-end forecast for 2023-24 looking even better with turnover expected to hit circa £16.5m. Together with the many multi-year and long-term contracts that we have on the books we are in a fantastic position for the future. “As

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Guidebook

MAY 16, 2023

It surprised many people when Forbes Magazine listed event planning as the fifth most stressful job. Many things can go wrong leading up to the event — an entertainer could be ill and unable to perform, your caterer could have labor issues, or a natural disaster could affect your chosen venue. So how do these apps help anyone?

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Remember that time when you presented your contract terms to a vendor—perhaps a hotel, production company, tech provider, off-site venue, or speakers agency—and the vendor simply replied, "Sure, this is fine." Of course you don't, because that doesn't happen.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Accompanying the 100 will be just 45 event suppliers and venues for networking and pre-qualified face-to-face meetings. Caroline Clift, editor of StandOut magazine and EBL’s content manager, said: “It’s been great to get out on site this summer and hear what challenges industry professionals are facing.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Many of the most-read articles from the past year will remain relevant in the year to come, with information on contract clauses and planning stress to EU entry regulation changes and, yes, shoes. On MeetingsNet.com, start the series here: “ Planners at Their Breaking Point ” or read it in the June edition of the MeetingsNet digital magazine.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

SWAPPING serving fans for supervising Covid testing, 12-hour shifts to serve key workers and live-streaming church services – these are just a few of the ways in which staff at venues across Newcastle and Gateshead helped their communities during the pandemic lockdowns.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Convene has a global network of 39 venues in the U.S. The Convene Refer-a-Friend program for individuals follows the company’s updated Third-Party Agency Commission Policy program that was introduced earlier this year and its Broker Referral Program that has been in place since 2018. To refer business to Convene, visit: [link]

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Westminster venue has opened the new year with new hires on the events team, in lieu of a forthcoming announcement which will broaden the Royal Horticultural Society’s events offering. Michelle Tough joins the team as event sales manager and will oversee all sales ensuring clients get the best from this adaptable historic venue.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 7, 2019

He has published articles in Meetings and Conventions, Convene, Meeting Mentor magazine, Connect magazine, Plan-It Tennessee, The Meeting Professional, Meetings Focus and Successful Meetings magazines and as a guest columnist for The Tennessean and Nashville Business Journal. Website: michaelowen.info eventgenuity.com.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

An impressive list of new catering vendors has been released by the Roundhouse, Camden’s iconic music and arts venue, following a months-long competitive tender process.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Here are some soft skills for event planners to consider: Interpersonal skills and communication, Time management and effective problem-solving, Creativity and ability to think outside the box, Multitasking, Attention to detail (especially important for budgeting and signing contracts). CMM (Certified Meeting Management) by MPI.

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EventSource

JUNE 29, 2020

The hardest part of starting your own business was taking care of all the behind-the-scenes administration – setting up systems, creating contracts, sending emails, getting paid, doing taxes, marketing, etc. That venue was Malaparte and it was a brand new space at the time. What do you find most rewarding? It has changed a lot.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

From start to finish, the responsibilities involved with a meeting planner career are endless, from site selection to venues, from set-up to speakers, from contracting service companies to tear down and on and on the list goes. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Once planners have moved to the phase of booking the perfect venue for a holiday soiree, the next challenge is sure to begin. Get the venue and items secured as soon as possible because the demand is so high right now for in-person and face-to-face gatherings that items can and will sell out,” she says. Anticipate Competition.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Contracted positions exceeded expectations, reflecting growth over previous years and outperforming set budgets. Outlook for 2024 Looking ahead Richard Smith is optimistic about the future, “The company has already secured substantial contracts for 2024, positioning itself for continued success in the coming year.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Show floor education takes place at the expanded Inspiration Hub with sessions addressing topics such as how to manage supply chains, volunteer burnout and venue contracts. There are also sessions from IAEE, EIC and MPI, plus She Means Business a joint event by IMEX and tw magazine, supported by MPI.?. “We

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Resort already has contracted bookings for more than 50 per cent of its 2023 budget, and that is greater than it achieved in the whole of 2018. Extensive refurbishment of our venues before and especially during the pandemic has paid off.” Bookings and prospects for 2024 and 2025 are also very strong. www.wybostonlakes.co.uk

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zkipster

APRIL 14, 2022

Now, guests are not limited to those flowing through the entrance to your venue. Michelle Russell, British GQ magazine’s Events Director, framed it perfectly: “It’s no longer about having a “Plan B”. MICHELLE RUSSELL | EVENTS DIRECTOR | BRITISH GQ MAGAZINE. Contracts suddenly matter more than ever!

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Paje Consultancy are delighted to announce their partnership to provide a learning and development programme and course options for beam agency and venue members. Paje are specialists in the meetings, events, and conference market, who offer bespoke training for venues, hotels, and agencies.

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