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The Commonsense Guide to Coronavirus for Events and Conferences

Bizzabo

These usually have to do with speaker cancellations, unexpectedly long registration lines, poor WiFi, and other last-minute challenges that may seem like a big deal in the moment but absolutely pale in comparison to the global buzzkill that is coronavirus. Reach out to all meeting spaces, hotels, and venues. Maintain an Update Log.

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Insurance For Conferences and Special Events; What Planners Need to Know

Planner WIre

Planning conventions can be a whirlwind of choosing keynote speakers, venues, session topics, and vendors. At a typical technology conference held at a convention hotel, a lot can go wrong — from guests falling and injuring themselves, to vendors damaging the venue. Think of your insurance as layers of protection.

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Insurance For Conferences and Special Events; What Planners Need to Know

Planner WIre

Planning conventions can be a whirlwind of choosing keynote speakers, venues, session topics, and vendors. At a typical technology conference held at a convention hotel, a lot can go wrong — from guests falling and injuring themselves, to vendors damaging the venue. Think of your insurance as layers of protection.

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Insurance For Conferences and Special Events; What Planners Need to Know

Planner WIre

Planning conventions can be a whirlwind of choosing keynote speakers, venues, session topics, and vendors. At a typical technology conference held at a convention hotel, a lot can go wrong — from guests falling and injuring themselves, to vendors damaging the venue. Think of your insurance as layers of protection.

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Insurance For Conferences and Special Events; What Planners Need to Know

Planner WIre

Planning conventions can be a whirlwind of choosing keynote speakers, venues, session topics, and vendors. At a typical technology conference held at a convention hotel, a lot can go wrong — from guests falling and injuring themselves, to vendors damaging the venue. Think of your insurance as layers of protection.

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The definitive guide to event planning you’ve been looking for

Hubilo Blog

Negotiate contracts with various vendors, hotels, caterers, and speakers. After understanding the client’s needs, you need to finalize the venue and/or the virtual event platform based on the event theme, the number of attendees, and the budget. The venue should also have ample parking space based on the number of guests.

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Don’t Let a Weather Emergency Derail Your Event

SmartMeetings

Corporate meeting planners generally choose their destination and book the venue a year or more in advance, making it hard to plan around monumental weather events, natural disasters or other citywide emergencies. To prevent this, consider having a contractual backup plan for your speakers and VIPs. Actually, have multiple plans.