Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 12, 2020

Global, national and local governments are all over the board on prescribed actions, from declaring states of emergency to barring travel. Many industry organizations and business leaders have taken the position that shows, events and business must go on with appropriate precautions.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

of events contracted in 6 weeks – up 225%. We’ve seen strong and consistent weekly growth since 19 July in the number of enquiries we’ve received, in the value of the enquiries and in the contracts signed, with substantial increases in the last 6 weeks compared to the previous 6 weeks. We’ve contracted events worth £5.2m

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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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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. . Governing Laws. The first part of the event AV agreement is the quote.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Up until 2012 when the media broke the Muffingate story and the scandal of the GSA Western Regional Conference changed everything, government meetings were considered a relatively recession proof base of business. Since late 2012, I have been teaching The Future of Government Meetings, which was very uncertain.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 3, 2021

During a period when its core conference, events and training business has been suppressed, etc.venues has taken a 360 degree look at how its portfolio of 400,000 square feet of space could be temporarily repurposed. Dominic James, Venues Director at etc.venues said: “etc.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 1, 2024

It’s tough to imagine a meeting that might run more smoothly than the Event Services Professionals Association’s annual conference, the most recent edition of which took place in late January in Indianapolis. They had signed the contract with the convention center but did not have a lot of their hotel contracts finalized.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

-Third best trading year since opening in 1986- World-renowned conference, events, meetings and exhibition centre, The QEII Centre , has announced a remarkable year of business stabilisation and recovery, resulting in the Centre’s third best trading performance since opening in 1986.

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Coterie Spark

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As we continue to navigate what the “new normal” means for in-person gatherings around the world, we remain in what we call the Wild West of Conference Planning. With that in mind, here are a few things to consider when planning your next conference: Government Mandates and Venue Requirements . Don’t Pack a Room or Bus.

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Eventmobi

JULY 27, 2022

Simultaneous live hybrid conference and trade show. For our first hybrid event, we streamed conference sessions live to a virtual audience and hosted a virtual expo where attendees could book 1:1 video meetings with exhibitors. Our government affairs team collected valuable poll data from the app that will guide policy development.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 19, 2019

International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has appointed Barbara Gaeremynck as its new head of conference and events. My previous experience has given me a good global perspective along with the right capabilities to make a difference as head of conference and events.

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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.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 28, 2020

“There’s a balance between privacy concerns for folks attending versus your [need to protect yourself] as planner, as well as ensuring adherence to whatever current health and safety recommendations are in place from local, state, federal governments and related agencies,” Sheaks says.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The Government have so far failed to engage with MP’s questions regarding the lack of support for companies, freelancers and staff from the events sector. The Government’s Jobs Support Scheme is designed to help industries operating at 30-50% of normal capacity. The government says they are supporting viable businesses.

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Event Industry News

MAY 15, 2020

… (with a few observations and comments from the Venue Search London team below each): The above data shows any months in which the buyers currently had contracted events, with some buyers having multiple events booked across these months (NB. And so to the results. We only asked about these four months).

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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. Working with the Event Managers, you will assist in the organisation of a range of student, academic, research and corporate events.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 24, 2022

Events range from 50 – 1,500 guests and include – but are not limited to – conferences, meetings, receptions, product launches, fashion shows, brand activations, dinners, press events and exhibitions. It receives no regular funding from the Government. Contracts will run from March 2023 – March 2025.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 15, 2021

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has reacted to the Prime Minister’s announcement that the government’s move to Step 4 of its roadmap will be delayed until 19 July at the earliest. The ongoing issue being faced by our industry is confidence to book and commit to contracting events.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 2, 2020

We understand the challenging decisions government must take to control the spread of the virus whilst mitigating its economic and social impact. Targeted Government support is urgently needed for the industry to survive. We write to propose an urgent support package for the sector.

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Event Guru

MARCH 6, 2024

Colleges and Universities host many events from conferences to banquets to expos and even sports and other youth camps. Data Governance: Centralizing data management can help in implementing and enforcing data governance policies more effectively. However, most times these departments use different applications.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 6, 2021

Those who are vaccinated [but contract the virus] generally have seen very mild symptoms,” he added. “If On March 25, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order rolling back restrictions for events of 50 or more people; these no longer need the approval of local governments. In Reno, Nev.,

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

One signal that “meeting professional” is a new career track is the way government looks at us. We are usually grouped in the broad category of “hospitality,” which can include anything from small weddings to large-scale conferences. This affects us in the form of legislation that gets passed. They promise a win, or you pay nothing.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

We see conference and event planners are looking to our venue find team to advise them on the guidelines around hosting events, seeking more flexible terms, assistance with negotiation and an understanding on how they instil confidence in their delegate participation to return to the meeting room.

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The Planner's Lounge

JANUARY 31, 2024

Check for the availability of the name, and then register your business with your local or state government. Contract Creation Finally, one of the most important things you need to do is create contracts. Attend workshops, webinars, and conferences to stay ahead. Research the requirements in your area.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

What I do: I am responsible for contracting more than 75 hotel agreements per year. I also am responsible for our Canada conference and I am accountable for the overall management and delivery of the RIMS Canada Conference, which attracts more than 2,000 participants. .

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2022

Events range from 50 – 1,500 guests and include – but are not limited to – conferences, meetings, receptions, product launches, fashion shows, brand activations, dinners, press events and exhibitions. It receives no regular funding from the Government. Contracts will run from March 2023 – March 2025.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 14, 2020

Alongside supporting the NHS, army, building contractors and clinicians to create the hospital, staff at Harrogate Convention Centre, including electricians, caterers and security teams returned to their roles after the centre temporary closed in line with government guidelines for the events industry.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

When we emerge from our government-imposed cocoons, we are less likely to find participants content with trends that meet pop culture standards but rather will shift and seek those that tie into the deeper values they have put to the test over this past year. This eloquently sums up what 2021 will need as we return to live events.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 20, 2023

There are no one-size-fits-all solutions, but we found that both UPMOs and DMOs are serving as a bridge for information between city services and other stakeholders in communities, and they often are the sources of innovative solutions that fill in gaps and make government public safety programs more effective.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Bookings for conferences, meetings and training events at Wyboston Lakes Resort for 2022 are currently over 140% ahead of 2019, alongside a record number of large events from leading pharmaceutical companies taking place this Autumn. There is also a clear trend for short lead times in 2021, even for relatively sizable events.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2016

Mia Monroe is an award-winning certified special event, meeting and government meeting professional, speaker, author of trade articles and the conference and event manager for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Human Health and Institutional Management contract for Florida-based AllPoints, LLC. Conference and Event Manager.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 8, 2020

In March, like many other event organizers, Bonnie Stetz, director of conference content design for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), found herself in the position of having to convert a live event to virtual in a very short period of time — five-and-a-half weeks, to be exact. Speaker Contracts. Choosing the Right Platform.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 17, 2020

“The mia will continue to apply pressure to ensure the business event sector can bounce back in a timely manner from this pandemic and that the government delivers on its promise ‘to do whatever it takes’.”. To register for regular COVID-19 updates visit [link].

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Event Industry News

JULY 8, 2020

It takes account of the COVID-19 environment and global economic contraction predicted by the International Monetary Fund and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development over the rest of the year. Many companies are taking advantage of government loan schemes or approaching banks for loans.

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StraussCA

MARCH 11, 2021

Manuals should include everything a board member would need to know about the history, actions, and goals of the association, down to the most detailed information that a director may need, so that even the newest board member can learn about the organization and the governance structure. Calendar of Events. Additional Resources.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2020

Many of the people we supply are celebrities, but not always – particularly for conferences – when clients don’t necessarily need a well known name, just a solid professional. How do we work?

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Bizzabo

JUNE 2, 2021

CGMP: Certified Government Meeting Professional. CGMP: Certified Government Meeting Professional. The CGMP program is the highest designation geared toward government planners and suppliers. The certification program spans a variety of topics within the event industry such as: Conference & Meeting Management Principles.

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