SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

In speaking with Ty Sheaks, attorney at McCathern , LLC, we found out how meeting professionals and venues are reacting to the fluctuating legal landscape of safety protocols and signage, as well as what questions we should be asking moving forward. The post Event Contract Considerations for 2021 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Has this year strengthened your relationship with the event contract? In speaking with Ty Sheaks, attorney at McCathern , LLC, we found out how meeting professionals and venues are reacting to the fluctuating legal landscape of safety protocols and signage, as well as what questions we should be asking moving forward.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 13, 2020

In the latest Smart Meetings Accelerator “ Top Planner Contract Questions Answered ,” Lisa Sommer Devlin, an expert in contract law at Devlin Law Firm , answers those very questions (and more) for planners. If a planner wants to make a change to a contract, is it necessary to sign a whole new contract? More : J.D.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 2, 2018

In other words, hotels and resorts saw what airlines were doing and started figuring out their own ways to increase revenue beyond the basic fare —or, in this case, the room rate. I have heard of planners negotiating out this fee,” says Lauren Wolfe, a lawyer who publishes the website killresortfees.com. Last year, the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Underwood shared that, overall, hotel rates are up 38% since before the pandemic and properties are less likely to negotiate day rates or minimums than pre-Covid as they are under pressure from increased labor and operating costs. Thank you @LEOEvents for putting some context behind the increased prices and fees we are seeing in contracts.

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The MICE

JUNE 3, 2022

So we negotiated client-friendly terms for all cancelled trips under very good conditions, and for all projects which were upcoming, that the payment would be postponed as well. We are not in this business, but everybody is used to negotiating things, to talking about things in online meetings. You always need a backup.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. His background is in venue operations, large-scale event management, emergency response, guest services and budget management. Maytas Jiwalai Jiwalai joined ConferenceDirect as director of global accounts.

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