SmartMeetings

JULY 31, 2020

If there’s one thing coronavirus has done, it’s shone a spotlight on the importance of having a rock-solid contract to protect you from legal action. Before the coronavirus, many venue contracts didn’t feature force majeure clauses , and too many planners may not have seen a need for it. Event Contract Language.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The global exhibitions market is set to contract by c.70% 70% in 2020, according to the latest Globex updated 2020 forecast released today by strategy consultancy, AMR International. AMR’s methodology has focused on three factors – event cancellations, event postponements and the contraction of events. 70% contraction.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

If you are seeking legal advice, consult with a professional. Has this year strengthened your relationship with the event contract? Over the months, Sheaks noticed more hotels and venues using liability waivers, along with enhancing safety protocols, revising contracts , signage and training. If so, you’re not alone.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 13, 2020

If you are seeking legal advice, consult with a professional. 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. Devlin: Contracts Made Easy. Is this an addendum?

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Van Halen ‘s 1982 World Tour performance contract contained a provision calling for them to be provided backstage with a bowl of M&Ms from which all the brown candies had been removed. ” — Brown Out , snopes.com. ” — Brown Out , snopes.com. ” I can’t post materials on the walls.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Paje Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract to provide a full marketing, membership and enquiry service to the prestigious Westminster Venue Collection (WVC) from 1 st November 2021.

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BizBash

MAY 2, 2017

Contracts are an essential part of a successful independent consulting project, creating a sense of professionalism, encouraging communication, and ensuring a streamlined process.

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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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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) has teamed up with Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics Company as its consulting partner for exhibition industry performance-related research. Effective 1 October 2023, Oxford Economics will take on the role of tracking and analyzing U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibition performance.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 23, 2019

Whether you’re a novice or an old pro, this webinar will help you keep up with changes in hotel contracts. Attend this webinar to: Identify and understand the problems and solutions behind new clauses being used in hotel contracts. This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 21, 2019

There are unfamiliar challenges when negotiating and contracting with foreign hotels, convention centers, and other vendors; different cultures to understand; and potential risks to be explored. Attend this webinar to: Recognize the three fundamental principles to follow when negotiating international meeting contracts. Foster, Esq.,

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 2, 2024

Natalia is an event consultant with over 10 years international experience working across the corporate and public sector. Venue sourcing and management: The team secures the perfect location, negotiates contracts, and oversees logistics. Event consultancy: Have an idea but don’t know how to manage an event or where to start?

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

How would you handle an unanticipated budget increase of $40,000 because the venue’s contract had fine print that dictated your client had to use the in-house preferred supplier for all breakout rooms? Being able to work with your own preferred AV supplier begins with negotiating solid and comprehensive language into the venue contract.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 18, 2024

The performance information—including the number of guest rooms booked, the number of guest rooms booked compared to the number of reservations, and the percentage of the room block filled in each contracted hotel—provides valuable attrition-management data.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Again, it depended on whether the applicable contract contained a force majeure provision and whether that provision was the “long” or “short” form (i.e. Again, this can be addressed either initially in the contract, or by negotiating additional addendums or riders to the contract after the fact.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Start Early The first tip is to book early and contract early! Italy does not have a lot of large hotels so if your program requires a peak of more than 100 rooms on a five-star category I suggest anticipating as much as you can the hotel sourcing and contracting, especially if you travel on shoulder and peak seasons.

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Event Planning BluePrint

JANUARY 18, 2022

Hourly consultation packages. Contracts & templates. If you’re just getting started or your business is not well established, I highly recommend you do not sign vendor contracts on a client’s behalf. You can still negotiate the contract but the client should be responsible for all payments. . Sponsorship

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SevenEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

once pitching is complete, the planning timeline consists of several crucial stages from contracting to post-event wrap-up. contracting stage: the journey begins with the initial client consultation and contract signing. once the contract is signed, the agency outlines the scope of work, timelines, and deliverables.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 8, 2024

There’s also trivia, a chance to “sign a contract” to be an Oat Milker for a day and other brand touchpoints throughout the MiLB stadiums, where Oatly’s non-dairy frozen dessert is available at concession stands. CARE FOR A BAGEL AND A SMEAR OF SUNSCREEN?

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The Planner's Lounge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Contracts, invoices, bookkeeping, and even your calendar are right at your fingertips. Booking coordination — Create and send quotes, contracts, and invoices. In review: Our Favorite Features of 17hats: Electronic Contracts & Invoices. Related post: Wedding Planner Contract Templates. Easy peasy! Lead Management.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 28, 2020

If you are seeking legal advice, consult with a professional. But there also exist common law principles that are similar to the force majeure clause, and they come under different guises, such as “impracticability,” “impossibility,” “frustration of contract,” or “frustration of purpose,” depending what state you’re meeting in.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Master planner consultants offer 6 tips for negotiating your next corporate event Does this sound familiar? How can you word the hotel contract to protect your company? How can you word the hotel contract to protect your company? What should you include in the RFP? How can you manage costs when attendance might be uncertain?

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The Planner's Lounge

MARCH 1, 2022

One of the best ways to avoid major headaches when canceling an event contract is to suggest to your clients that they consult with a private attorney before they sign their vendor agreements to make sure that they understand what they agree to when they sign. Persons requiring advice should consult an independent adviser.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

I’ve consulted for more than a thousand organizations. Here are some of the pros and cons of consulting for large organizations. Here are some of the pros and cons of consulting for large organizations. Pros of consulting for large organizations. Other consultants’ experiences may be different.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. Register here to hear him in person. I understand hotel costs have risen.” Perhaps to include more than just the meeting specs.”

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 10, 2022

“The meetings industry is in a tough place right now, and we need to openly discuss staffing, changes in service, and how it will be handled,” says veteran independent planner Joan Eisenstodt, principal of meetings and hospitality consultancy Eisenstodt Associates. But now we have to make sure the amenities we need are available.”.

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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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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Are planners obligated to fulfill their contracts although the event could not take place? Adelman joins us to outline the responsibilities of all parties that now enter into an event contract from health and safety requirements to cancellation policies. In all cases, groups should consult their legal counsel.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Resort already has contracted bookings for more than 50 per cent of its 2023 budget, and that is greater than it achieved in the whole of 2018. Wyboston Lakes Resort has made an outstanding start to 2023 following a year of record results in 2022. Bookings and prospects for 2024 and 2025 are also very strong. www.wybostonlakes.co.uk

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MeetingsNet

JULY 28, 2023

The news comes on the heels of a positive development for event planners: a last-minute agreement between UPS and more than 340,000 of its employees on a new contract. About one-third of all freight costs are tied to fuel,” says Candy Adams, CMP, CMM, CEM, CTSM, president of Trade Show Consulting.

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The Planner's Lounge

JULY 18, 2023

Most wedding planners do not have contracts with the vendors, so while you can support your clients, you are not the one who was legally contracted with them. Ensure that your contract with your clients states that you are not responsible for vendor performance. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND DOWNLOAD TODAY!

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Conferences that Work

MAY 14, 2018

Long ago, consultant Tom Gilb coined the term “mythodology” to describe erroneous but commonly held beliefs about how something should be done. Mythodology: We can contract a venue for our meeting before we design it. Here are nine mythodologies about conferences. Mythodology: We know what our attendees want to learn about.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 13, 2018

The announcement of two new contracts to deliver the event ticket sales and support service for the Witcombe Cider Festival 2018 and Noisily Festival 2019, coincides with the first-time delivery of their ‘On Sale to On Site’ service for Sunflowerfest in Northern Ireland. TheTicketSellers has scored a hat-trick when it comes to new clients!

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

To minimize no-shows, put the requirement for a tech check in presenter contracts. Also include in the presenter contract that the tech check must be held with the same equipment & location the presenter will be using at showtime. ” Are eager to be “checked” but then want an hour of advice on their setup.

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QC Event School

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Mistake #6: Not having a contract. It’s always essential to have a well-written, legally binding contract when you’re working with vendors and clients. A comprehensive contract should contain: Information about the services being provided Compensation Payment schedules Cancellation policies, etc.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 9, 2020

If you were a client looking to contract with a meeting planner or a company, which would you want to work with one that did not address risk? Why should meeting professionals address risk?

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A November 29 article on MeetingsNet.com about contract clauses that can better protect groups when a venue cancels drew a lot of conversation on Meetings Community (MeCo), an online chat forum for meeting professionals. We consulted legal counsel but were told that there was pretty much nothing we could do,” she says.

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