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Hotels Chase the Money, Leave Groups in the Lurch

MeetingsNet

Does your hotel contract make it easy for a hotel to relocate your business? If your hotel contract was written before or during the Covid pandemic, you’d better watch your back. First, these meeting contracts do not prevent cancellation; rather, they allow cancellation subject to a party’s obligation to pay cancellation damages.

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The Leading Ladies behind Unique Venues Birmingham

Prestige Events Magazine

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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What Did You Do Differently Last Year?

PCMA Convene

Better contract negotiations. We are moving to a larger venue for 2017. Increase in what we budget for food and beverage, and managing other costs more closely. We may shorten our 2017 meeting, have one less speaker, reduce the meal costs. • Budget control is being exercised [two mentions]. • Cvent implementation.

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5 Best Webinars for Meeting Planners

SmartMeetings

Smart Meetings regularly offers free webinars that cover a range of valuable topics, from contract negotiation to sourcing strategies. Problem Contract Clauses and How to Avoid Them. 2017 Hospitality Trends. Improving Contract Negotiation Skills. These are a few of our most popular webinars from 2016.

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More Marketing Isn’t the Answer

Velvet Chainsaw

Attendees value experiences like food and beverage, speakers/entertainment, and learning environments with good audiovisual. Moving forward more associations will hire interns or contract DaaS (Data-as-a-Service) providers to improve customer and prospect intelligence and segmentation.

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Trade Show Booths: 100 Best Ideas for 2022

EventMB

A post shared by EverBlockSA (@everblocksa) on Nov 16, 2017 at 9:52pm PST. Food is a crowd pleaser, particularly for long exhibitions and trade shows. You needn’t sell cookware or food to use a booth like this. A post shared by “WOODEN STYLE” – Surabaya (@woodenstyle_interior) on Apr 29, 2017 at 7:00am PDT.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Meeting Planners

SmartMeetings

By making a few resolutions and taking these simple steps, meeting planners can be sure 2017 will be a great year for fabulous events and stellar career progression. In 2017, do yourself a favor by making learning a priority. As we start the new year, let’s take a moment to make sure it will be a great one. Learn something new.