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. Long may it continue.” www.roundhouse.org.uk

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

Post-Covid Contract Solutions.”. We’ll delve into a condensed review to address what and what not to include in your venue contract, as well as negotiation tactics and what can potentially trigger a force majeure. Local laws can impact your contract and your options for termination, recovery and liability, Sheaks explained.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Newbie event planners will often pick a venue, negotiate a deal with them, and sign the venue’s provided contract. . Here’s how your event goals can (and should) change your venue contract in those areas. If wheelchair users are attending, for example, you shouldn’t book a historic venue without ADA-accessible ramps. Management.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 16, 2020

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has launched guidance to the sector to assist contract negotiations and to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on trade. We want to keep events alive and continue to encourage organisers to book events for the future.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Meetings Industry Association has updated its contract and cancellation guidance to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on future bookings and ensure all parties are protected. To download the latest contract guideline visit [link].

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

However, from past experience, any time that there has been a shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s market, those contracts signed during a seller’s market just flat out had to be updated. Room rates should be adjusted to keep attendees from booking outside the block. Here are some changes that will need to be made. Remove Barriers.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

Destination partners with Convenus LLP for bespoke BookingZon offering MeetBlackpool has launched its brand-new online accommodation booking platform , which will provide event organisers with a free and secure way to book rooms, whilst receiving impartial advice on the town’s accredited hotels.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Contract concerns. Future bookings are getting more difficult as organizations are more reluctant to take on new risks. Future bookings are getting more difficult as organizations are more reluctant to take on new risks. In an effort to reduce and manage risks, venues and planners are adopting new contract clauses.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Judging by the increase in contracts confirmed and bookings moving to contracts that we have seen in three days since the news of the lifting of the Plan B restrictions, many event planners are gaining greater confidence to run live events,” says Adam Simpson, Director of Marketing for etc.venues. Contracts worth £1.6m

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Event Industry News

MARCH 22, 2022

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has updated its Operating and building confidence in a risk-averse world best practice and contract guidance , following the government’s easing of Covid-19 restrictions.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

In the fifth of FICP’s new virtual education series, Financial & Insurance Professionals (FICP) Chats, more than 200 participants explored how to book group business for future meetings, including immediate adjustments for events, and how those were not being written into RFPs for the long-term. Uncertainty Persists in the Short Term.

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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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Master the Event

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Booking event entertainment is as important a task as booking the venue or choosing the caterer. Let’s be honest, when it comes time to booking event entertainment it’s often left to the very end. Whatever the type of event entertainment you’re responsible for booking. When does the contract need to be signed by?

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Eventinterface

JULY 11, 2017

As we speak with meeting and event professionals for our Interviews with Planners series, we continue to be amazed by the variety of books that help these talented professionals in their jobs as planners. Although traditionally a marketing book, the takeaway of standing out in a field of cows is very important in the events industry as well.

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Eventtia

MAY 18, 2022

Booking artists for your events can be a daunting task. It’s even more daunting if you’re not familiar with the process or don’t know all the little details that go into booking artists. When you’re not sure of the process or overlook the details, artist bookings can become a major headache in a heartbeat. The Booking Process.

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Event Industry News

JULY 4, 2022

The results showed that only 12% of buyers had booked a Christmas Party and only 2% are not holding a party. Of the remaining 86%, around half had approval and were in the process of researching and contracting their venue, with the remainder awaiting and decision or approval to proceed. Formal dining remains favourite.

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Event Industry News

MAY 26, 2020

The Meetings Industry Association has developed contract and cancellation guidance to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on future bookings and ensure all parties are protected. The guidance that we’ve developed includes a dedicated COVID-19 contract clause, which our members can safely add to their existing contracts. “The

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Conference Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Now 40 years on, I find myself having the same reaction when being told that I really must adopt an instant booking tool for small meetings. . In one search, an instant book room hire rate of £1,000 was offered at £300 on RFP. If you’re booking several hundred small meetings in a year, this cost could easily run into the £100,000’s. .

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 5, 2022

The results showed that only 12% of buyers had booked a Christmas Party and only 2% are not holding a party. Of the remaining 86%, around half had approval and were in the process of researching and contracting their venue, with the remainder awaiting and decision or approval to proceed. Formal dining remains favourite.

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Skift

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Dion Hinchcliffe / Flickr Skift Take: Event planners are putting their money on the line when signing a room block contract, and often the gamble is just not worth it. If Stayker catches on, the group booking rate may start to pick up again. Conference attendees mingle in the halls of a hotel convention center.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 4, 2023

Some associations and meeting organizers are reevaluating their site-selection requirements for future meetings as well as how to mitigate fall-out from members as they move forward with meetings at destinations previously contracted.

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Canadian Special Events

DECEMBER 26, 2018

As an event planner, you need to sign a lot of contracts and let’s face it, some of them can be confusing, particularly the AV contracts. Luckily, Jon Trask breaks it down what you need to know to get through a long and complex AV contract. . This is especially important when booking systems and additional costs.

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Eventinterface

MAY 4, 2017

And that stress only gets worse when you factor in the process of booking entertainment for your event. Before you take any other steps toward booking entertainment for your conference or event, the first thing you have to do is sit down and figure out the event’s budget. Understand Your Budget. Define Their Role.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2018

Surely, he thought, there must be a less aggravating way to book small meetings. So amid the flooding and frustration, he pivoted from another startup idea he was working on to pursue this: an online platform for automated, DIY instant bookings for small meetings. The post Is There an Easier Way to Book Small Meetings?

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 8, 2019

You might want to put your best suit on because today we’re talking about hotel contract negotiations! But anyone who’s ever had to go through it knows there’s more to the story than just signing a contract. a national meeting planning company, which books over 100,000 room nights annually.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 22, 2019

After event organizers manage to motivate attendees to register for a program, they face another — and arguably, more challenging — hurdle: getting them to book a room at one of the hotel properties in the official hotel block. Money, however, is not the only deciding factor when it comes to booking rooms.

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Event Industry News

MAY 14, 2020

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the decision by a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the organisers of Coachella over their alleged violation of anti-trust law through the restrictive radius clause it places in its artist contracts. Soul’d Out’s suit was dismissed by U.S.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 28, 2023

Book a block of rooms for meeting attendees based on the number of people and the times of the meetings. What about the people who want to book a different hotel and just show up for the conference itself. Two Tips to Break Down Barriers to Booking Let’s focus first on the conference attendees. Just follow the formula, right?

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 23, 2018

Gucu, who is a professional singer and entertainer as well as the owner of New Moon Entertainment, a booking agency for talent and production experts in Las Vegas, began his presentation with the five-ingredient-formula for a great entertainment event: venue, décor, audiovisual, catering, and talent. Make Good on Promises.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The venue-finding agency has secured sole supplier status on the Scottish Government Framework for the Provision of the Sourcing and Booking of Meeting Rooms and Conference Venue Service.

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Attendease

MAY 31, 2023

Step #6: Understand the contract before you sign When searching for the best event planning tool, it’s important to carefully consider the contract that you’ll be signing with the vendor. This contract should contain a clear list of services being provided. Book a demo today!

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 27, 2024

Forty-five percent of 326 event professional respondents, 63 percent of whom work for associations and 31 percent of whom book events on behalf of corporations, said sustainability is a relevant meeting trend, coming in third after DEI and attendee wellbeing and of almost equal importance as digital engagement.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 18, 2018

Long-term contracts —three, five or even ten years—can save you money, especially if you book during a hotel or resort’s slower times. “A A three-year contract can mean a 10 percent savings,” says John Berglund, CEO of Mira Smart Conferencing , a management software firm in Clayton, Missouri. What if a better idea comes along?

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Event Industry News

MARCH 30, 2021

But the lack of certainty around the roadmap dates has made event bookers understandably cautious about contract terms,” says Adam Simpson, Director of Marketing and US Sales of etc.venues. Most of the potential bookings have been from organisations that have held events at our venues before and are familiar with them.

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Capterra Event Management

JULY 25, 2017

Before those expectations are met, they must be clearly defined in an event planner contract, not only to establish certainty between you and your client, but to protect you from the ramifications of any obstacles that may come up. Here are the five things every event planner must include in their event planner contract.

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Sourcing and booking the most suitable corporate event entertainment can be a challenge and just plain old nerve-wrecking. Consider these Tips Booking Corporate Event Entertainment Here are some tips to finding and booking the right corporate event entertainment and ensuring the event is a great success story.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Space conflicts — There were many re-bookings during the pandemic. The meeting rooms you contracted for may have been double booked. Chances are high that 10 percent or so of your coworkers will either get COVID or need to quarantine because of potential exposure. Some of these groups have been squeezed in.

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