2020 Conference Contracts Negotiating 
EventMB
JUNE 27, 2022
If you thought event contracts were tricky before the pandemic, buckle up for even more complications. In 2020, executing the force majeure clause in a contract was fairly straightforward. Performing the activities stipulated in the contract had been made impracticable. A lot of contracts don’t specify that.
Velvet Chainsaw
APRIL 13, 2020
hotel industry is projected to report a 51-percent decline in revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2020, according to a special forecast revision from STR and Tourism Economics on March 31. Many conference organizers want to change their exhibit contract language or attendee cancellation policies to avoid future losses.
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PCMA Convene
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Adrian Ott (from left), Clare Melton, and Ori Lahav discuss the rising costs associated with planning conferences and events at Convening EMEA 2023. This was a vital lesson for his association — understanding the fixed costs to deliver an outstanding experience and where there is room for negotiation.
Smart Meetings
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
After two years of not meeting, companies and audiences may have different goals and expectations so conferences that were previously produced as simple iterations on the previous years’ event must now be reinvented whole cloth. Once the contract has been signed, the tough talk doesn’t stop. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus. Tell a Story.
MeetingsNet
JULY 7, 2020
Global DMC’s survey found that 60 percent of 2020 incentive-travel programs are still expected to happen but with later dates in 2020 or even early next year, while 75 percent said that 2021 incentive-travel programs are moving forward in planning. 25 percent said lack of airlift will be a major concern once in-person meetings return.
PCMA Convene
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Members of PCMA’s Catalyst community discuss when they might be able to invoke the force majeure clause in contracts for 2021 meetings. We have a 2021 contract in late April in Chicago for which we updated the force majeure clause to include COVID-19 as a specific situation that would allow us to cancel.
Stova
MARCH 17, 2023
The Event Planner's Guide to Venue Sourcing and the RFP Process This guide examines a shift event professionals are experiencing in negotiation power with venues. For the first time in decades, event professionals are in command of the venue negotiation and selection process. The sharing economy is giving power back to the user.
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