The Castle Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Looking Ahead – 2024 Communications Landscape We have turned the page on 2023, and with a few months of 2024 behind us, our public relations , events , crisis communications , public affairs , and social media experts shared their insights on 2024 trends that are here to stay. Here’s what they had to say: 1.

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Planning Pod

OCTOBER 2, 2023

From creating your own business plan to finding the right catering management tools, here’s a step-by-step guide to turn your vision into a reality as soon as January 2024. Manage event details: Keep track of event dates, deadlines, client preferences, communication, contracts, payments, and more all in one place. Here’s how.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Many of our clients have had to navigate unchartered waters as venue contracts (that were secured years ago) are now being questioned and challenged by members in states that have adopted discriminatory and women’s health laws that go against the mission and values of the association.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 29, 2020

The extended contract will see the overlay specialist continuing to deliver bespoke temporary infrastructure across Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT). Philippa Hayday-Brown, head of hospitality and events at RAFCTE, commented: “Extending our contract with GL events was an investment in quality and continuity.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 27, 2024

According to the “ 2024 Speaking Industry Benchmark Report ,” sustainability comes in tenth on a list of 17 relevant speaking topics — between technology and human rights — that organizers are planning their events around this year. We’ll start with whether climate change is being incorporated in the program content.

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Nunify

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

” Simplify Payment and Contracts: Automate contracts and payments to maintain good relationships with vendors. Software platforms like DocuSign and automated payment systems ensure contracts are managed efficiently and payments are timely. Let 2024 be the year you transform those dreams.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In January 2024, EP Team was appointed Traffic Management Consultant for Canary Wharf Management Group. The contract required EP Team to design and implement industry best practice Traffic Management plans for the popular light exhibition held in London’s Canary Wharf.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Read More : Contract Clauses You Need in 2024 Solution: “The challenge is tricking the ballroom,” said Goodman. This article appears in the January/February 2024 issue as “Emergency Event Maneuvers.” “It was a true collaboration from start to finish due to all the communication and the transparency,” he said.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Hilton has announced plans to roll out a direct-booking tool for small, simple meetings in early 2024. The group transactions, aimed at in-person meetings without third-party support, will be entirely online at Events.Hilton.com and will not require a separate contract.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2024

percent) in 2024, compared to a strong 2023 that saw pent-up demand unleashed after the Covid pandemic. CoStar also expects acceleration of the group market in spring 2024 as well as in September through early November 2024. The result: Less negotiability for meetings. percent) and guest-room rate (3.0

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Google Cloud Next was the latest, which despite having booked Moscone Center for 2024, has announced the show will be held at Mandalay Bay instead. Dreamforce took place in September as planned, but Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made headlines when he threatened to move the show in 2024 if the street conditions were not improved.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Plus strategies for managing increased business travel costs in 2024 Business travel and event cost are not increasing as steeply as they were in 2022, but they’re still going up, according to 2024 Business Travel Forecast , a new study by CWT and Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). ADR for group bookings follow the same trend.

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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. Bookings are such that availability for popular dates from September this year are proving hard to find.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 27, 2023

With Unite Here Local 737’s nearly 800 workers at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center threatening to strike since the end of 2022, a tentative contract agreement was reached on January 24 between the union and Sodexo, the foodservice provider at the facility. Vote ‘No’ to Disney’s contract proposal on February 2 and 3!”

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Elena joins the venue as Sales and Marketing Director from Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport, where she re-launched the hotel post-pandemic, built a brand-new corporate base, and secured several major airline contracts.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2024

Problem clauses to consider fixing or downright excluding Sometimes, in an attempt to cover all of our bases by including every conceivable contract clause, we trap ourselves in the outfield with confusing and unenforceable language that leads only to lawsuits and court cases. Lowest Rate Every contract is a futures agreement.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

“They continue to have productive meetings with the union and believe both parties are committed to negotiating a contract that is good for all. Read More : LA Hotel Strike Impacts Political Science Annual Meeting Forty thousand are currently working under an expired contract at 22 casino resorts divided among the three hotel brands.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 1, 2024

For 2024, the award went to DeShawn Fitzpatrick, CMP, senior client services manager for Visit Houston. They had signed the contract with the convention center but did not have a lot of their hotel contracts finalized. One was for planners of a 2027 association event requiring 9,000 rooms on peak across nearly 50 hotels.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

Session proposals are now being accepted for the MeetingsNet track at CaterSource + The Special Event show happening February 12 to 15, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

portfolio, inclusive of etc.venues; the program will launch in the UK in early 2024. The Convene Refer-a-Friend program extends to the company’s Meeting & Event and WorkPlace products across its entire U.S.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The leading London venue, which is situated opposite Westminster Abbey, has also reported several long-term bookings with multi-year deals contracted as far out as November 2029. 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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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Floor Coverings, Galore There’s no contracted carpet for these shows, so while some exhibitors choose to stand on the bare concrete floor, many use this opportunity to pad the booth experience with just the right rug. Taking place concurrently at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Feb. Here’s what we saw, and did, on the show floor.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Multiple representatives on the panel advised planners to evaluate contracts more carefully than ever—don’t pre-assume anything as a given if it isn’t explicitly stated in the contract. Read More: Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract During the open Q&A, planners aired frustrations—contracts are time-consuming already.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 26, 2024

Read More : Change Requests and How to Mitigate Risk What this means is that you can front-load the discussion that increased scope has on both your team and contracted team members. This article appears in the March 2024 issue. You can subscribe to the magazine here.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

It’s no secret that costs for just about every element of meetings and events shot up in 2023—and even the slowing inflation rate probably won’t be enough to head off further event-cost hikes in 2024. McKinnon also implored planners to “get the term ‘prevailing rates’ out of your contracts.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. Without fail, at least one person in the room will share a story about someone they know who has gotten what they want in a hotel-contract negotiation. Here’s how one meeting professional does it. Be prepared for poignant questions.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

How did we know that a focus on contract tips, ways to use AI for events and a discussion about work-life balance with a seasoned and a new meetings prof were just what you needed to kick off 2024? We start with quick flashes of brilliance to inspire you, move on to the tools you need now and then dive into our feature stories.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

How did we know that a focus on contract tips, ways to use AI for events and a discussion about work-life balance with a seasoned and a new meetings prof were just what you needed to kick off 2024? We start with quick flashes of brilliance to inspire you, move on to the tools you need now and then dive into our feature stories.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

How did we know that a focus on contract tips, ways to use AI for events and a discussion about work-life balance with a seasoned and a new meetings prof were just what you needed to kick off 2024? We start with quick flashes of brilliance to inspire you, move on to the tools you need now and then dive into our feature stories.

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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 will take place again in June this year and is set to return in 2023 and 2024. We look forward to returning to Exhibition Centre Liverpool in June and recently signed a deal to return until 2024.”.

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ePly

JANUARY 3, 2024

A Guide for Event Profs in the Age of Rising Costs Welcome to 2024, where contract negotiations continue to be a critical but dreaded aspect of event planning. As always, negotiating contracts remains a crucial component of success, allowing organizers to maximize their return on investment and deliver exceptional events.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Location: Brighton – Moulsecoomb Salary: £24,285 to £27,131 per annum Contract Length: 12 months Fixed Term End Date: 02/01/2024 Closing Date: Friday 09 December 2022 Reference: CC5014-22-482. This is a full-time, fixed-term post until 02/01/2024 to cover a period of maternity leave. Job-sharers are welcome to apply.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 1, 2024

We know them, they know us, they know if we say we’re booking something and we contract with them, they’re going to get their money and we’re going to be there for the long run.” This article appears in the March/April 2024 issue. But the entire scene had this destination flavor. You can subscribe to the magazine here.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Pylon One Limited, are thrilled to announce that they have been awarded the contract to design, build and provide support to Bonhams, the international auction house, for all off-site UK and European Motoring (motorcar and motorcycle) sales. This multiyear contract is effective immediately until the end of 2024.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 13, 2021

GL events UK has been formally appointed by R&A Championships Limited and their Consultant Engineers, Fairhurst, to provide TV Tower Scaffold Services at The Open, in a four-year contract which runs from 2021 to 2024 inclusive.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 26, 2023

AHLA is also pushing Congress to help hoteliers address workforce shortages by expanding the legal H-2B guest-worker program by including “returning worker exemption” in the fiscal year 2024 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2024

What to expect at Business Events Industry Week 2024 The meetings and events industry calendar is a crowded place, filled with must-attend association conferences, regional gatherings and our own projects, especially in the summer and fall.

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