Event Leadership Institute

JULY 28, 2021

If you or your organization require expert assistance, you should contract the services of a professional. Key Takeaways: Be a fully informed planner: read the entire contract, ask questions, and hire a hospitality attorney if you need assistance in reviewing, negotiating, or renegotiating a contract.

Contracts 80

Contracts Negotiating Food and Beverage Hotels 80

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

They negotiate for higher wages, improved benefits including retirement plans and family healthcare, job training, due process and safety concerns. Unite Here created FairHotel to assist meeting and event planners in choosing a union hotel or venue. Many of Unite Here’s goals concern taking care of their hospitality workers.

Hospitality 98

Hospitality Contracts Hotels Healthcare 98

Event Industry News

MARCH 8, 2022

UNITAS Wholesale Trade Show, which recently extended its contract to five years, will take place this week on March 9 – 10. The event – which brings together leading national and global brands with the UK’s independent wholesaling industry to negotiate deals and network – will increase from 5,400m2 to 8,100m2.

Trade Shows 96

Trade Shows 2024 2025 2023 96

SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

It was deemed “better than nothing,” but if used, it was suggested that this option should accompany a clause in the contract that allows an in-person site inspection at a future date. Based on the in-person site inspection, that clause should allow meetings professionals the option to cancel the contract without penalty.

Meetings 104

Meetings Contracts Insurance 2025 104

Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 21, 2020

In-house AV companies reside in the venue and share a portion of their revenue with the property. However, they offer convenience and intimate knowledge of the venue. The venue is unusual (old, strangely configured, has unique rules regarding audiovisual installations). Start Date: January 21, 2020. In-House AV Companies.

Negotiating 89

Negotiating Contracts Speakers Venues 89

Unique Venues

MAY 19, 2021

AEG Presents Special Event Venues (AEGSEV) Are Springing Back to Life. progresses forward in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, live event venues are getting ready to reopen. The talent buyers, general managers and sales team all work together to make mutually beneficial decisions for the venues and the clients.

Venues 69

Venues 2015 Contracts Corporate Meetings 69

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.

2021 98

2021 Meetings Contracts Hotels 98

Nunify

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

According to a report published by statista.com , the United States meeting, convention, and event planning market employed a whopping 125,900 people in 2020. As an event organizer managing multiple events at the same time, and having top-notch organizational skills is non-negotiable.

Event Planning 52

Event Planning Negotiating 2020 Contracts 52

EventSource

APRIL 14, 2020

Alejandra and Jimmy Our original wedding date was May 23rd, 2020, but the global pandemic had different plans for us. Sajni and Saba Photo Courtesy of Scarlet O’Neill Saba and I have been together for 8 years and were supposed to get married on May 17, 2020. They simply held our deposits and there has been no added charge.

2020 117

2020 Contracts Negotiating Government 117

Eventscase Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The contract renewals we have closed in recent weeks are a testament of our clients’ trust in our team. Coinciding with our anniversary, negotiations began to achieve this latest round of investment that we have made public this week. In September 2020, it managed to close a £3.5 NEW ROUND OF FUNDING.

2022 52

2022 Negotiating Social Media Tech 52

The MICE

JUNE 3, 2022

And now with live events returning and many companies rescheduling events which had been postponed in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and planning for 2023, this timely interview focuses on providing tips on how to plan an incentive trip with confidence, and with safety protocols built into it. So we negotiated, in case we also have other challenges.

Travel 65

Travel Negotiating Sustainability Airlines 65

The Planner's Lounge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

4 Key Strategies for a Sustainable Wedding Business: 1) Solid Contracts for Long Term Sustainability. Is there anything we learned more about during the pandemic than the importance of contracts? It showed us how extremely important it is to have a solid wedding planning contract in place. 2) Safety Protocols.

Sustainability 64

Sustainability Insurance Contracts Travel 64

PCMA Convene

MARCH 14, 2018

Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that conventions and events would expand by 44 percent from 2010 to 2020, growing far faster than other industries. Attendee numbers in some areas; convention center size in other areas; shuttle transportation to/from venues in large cities. It makes sense — the U.S. Attendance.

Negotiating 86

Negotiating 2010 Travel Healthcare 86

Social Tables

JUNE 29, 2023

Provide a budget outline that breaks the total down into specific categories like venue costs, presentation tech, F&B, entertainment, decorations, and security. Include hidden event costs like guest count attrition, conference calls, credit card fees, and venue amenity expenses. Want to test out event diagramming for free?

Event Planning 78

Event Planning Social Media Advertising Banking 78

Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Mind your money with battles over escrow deposits to suppliers and more room to negotiate venue commissions. You have no idea what really would have happened in 2020 if there hadn’t been a pandemic.”. All of this will make managing venue guarantees more challenging. Venues will close. NOT Industry Surveys.

2021 111

2021 Site Selections Contracts Venues 111

Conference Care

JUNE 4, 2020

As we began talking to our client about negotiations on the finer details of the venue contract for their Annual Trainee Conference, we established there was no plan B should they decide not to go ahead with a live event. Brief – Graduate intake and onboarding programme – Can we make ours work in this pandemic?

Negotiating 52

Negotiating Conference 2021 2020 52

SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

According to the Fall 2019 Pulse Survey, conducted by Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), only one-third (33 percent) of planners planned to grow the size of their meetings in 2020, and just 14 percent planned to expand their incentive programs. Work with Partners—and Haggle. Maybe a three-hour event is 2.5

Financial 72

Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 72

Social Tables

MARCH 2, 2021

This means that your contract should say what clients will and will not be billed for. in 2020 was $1,500, according to The Knot research. A full-service wedding planner usually takes care of big picture to-do list items such as negotiating contracts and coordinating vendors. How much do wedding planners make per wedding?

Contracts 99

Contracts Event Planning Negotiating Consulting 99

Endless Events

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Even if you’re not talking about changing cities, sometimes trying to find that independent third-party venue might save you a ton.” Yeah, the venue’s location is another great point,” says Brandt. “So They might help you negotiate with the union because you’re in a union city this year. It isn’t going to work.

Contracts 71

Contracts Tech Sustainability Negotiating 71

Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2020

The integration adds 1,500 non-traditional venues to the Aventri database. Event professionals will be able to book non-traditional venues directly through their event management software (EMS) platform, thanks to an agreement announced today by Aventriand VenueBook.

Food and Beverage 59

Food and Beverage Negotiating Meetings Contracts 59

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

First, you negotiated your way out of every contract with minimal exit fees, then for a split second you converted everything to hybrid (with no additional budget), and then transitioned from hybrid to virtual, where we thankfully stayed for a red-hot minute. Melissa Park. Increasing Efforts on Client Education.

Negotiating 96

Negotiating Banking Education Contracts 96

EventSource

MARCH 11, 2021

You’ve now got yourself a full time job navigating the constantly changing government rules, re-confirming with the venue, and then having to re-coordinate all your other vendors around newly announced rules. Most would agree that even at the best of times, planning a wedding can be a challenge. Factor in a pandemic?

2020 118

2020 2021 Venues Negotiating 118

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It has given me a little bit more credence, a little more credibility, in different negotiations with facilities and dealings with suppliers. Choices range from Contract and Negotiation Specialist to Health Care Meeting Compliance, to Inclusive Meetings Strategist and Emergency Preparedness for Meetings and Events.

Education 105

Education Hospitality Telecommunications Negotiating 105

Eventtia

APRIL 12, 2023

For example, Eventtia has a badge printing feature, allowing you to print personalized badges for your attendees on demand, and there’s also the ability to scan QR codes or NFC tags of your attendees to register and track your attendees’ participation in the venue. Collect attendee feedback with surveys.

2023 62

2023 Event Management Management Speakers 62

Eventtia

APRIL 12, 2023

For example, Eventtia has a badge printing feature, allowing you to print personalized badges for your attendees on demand, and there’s also the ability to scan QR codes or NFC tags of your attendees to register and track your attendees’ participation in the venue. Collect attendee feedback with surveys.

2023 48

2023 Event Management Management Speakers 48

Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 10, 2020

Even when the current lockdowns start to lift, organizations will be far more gun-shy in committing to venue contracts for future events, out of fear of a second wave of the virus causing another cancellation. It will not help venues, transportation, catering, lighting and other vendors. Start Date: April 27, 2020.

Financial 116

Financial Trade Shows Food and Beverage 2001 116