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. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions. Event Tech. Sporting Events. Yes, I agree with the privacy policy.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2023

To explore this further, Smart Meetings sat down with Michelle Mason, president and CEO of ASAE , to learn how meeting professionals can bring members together in more meaningful ways and what the next generation of convention attendees want in their experience. I think we are the trusted source. Mason used AI as example of this. “AI

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

Force Majeure clause and employment classifications changes coming for MPs The legal nuances of meeting planning can be a bit overwhelming even for the seasoned planners. To offer some helpful insight in what areas to be on the lookout for, Smart Meetings sat down with Ty M. Sheak continued, “The short form is usually not advisable.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 15, 2021

HBAA, the association for the meetings, events and accommodation industry, is calling for the UK government to urgently lift the current ban on venue site inspection visits because it is delaying and preventing meeting and event bookings and blocking the industry’s return to business.

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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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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2023

May 11 was also the day the government announced the end of the official emergency response to the Covid-19 epidemic. The federal government must ensure U.S. airports and other ports of entry are appropriately staffed with Customs and Border Protection officers to meet the growing demand for entry.”

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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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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Cardiff based creative event specialists Genero Group are thrilled to secure their first production contract to take place at the new International Conference Centre Wales. The three-year contract consists of producing a large annual awards ceremony, jointly organised by the Welsh Government and the National Training Federation for Wales.

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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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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. Federal meetings almost singlehandedly bailed out the hospitality industry following the tragedy of 9/11.

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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. If you breach the contract, they keep the money.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

So, what happens when there aren’t specific government restrictions to trigger a force majeure event to postpone or terminate an event? Government Action vs. Fear of Variants. 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.

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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. A lot of planners don’t know these experiences can happen in their meeting.”

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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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Event Industry News

MARCH 3, 2021

Nick Hoare, Chief Operating Officer of etc.venues said: “It is testimony to the ability of our team to be able to adapt our venues to meet the needs of organisations that are carrying out essential works in the current environment. “We

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Most meeting planners found ways to move ahead, even if there were some tense moments and damages paid. Now, the question is how to build contracts moving forward. Read More : A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses. It’s a big deal,” Devlin said of the struggle to share risks around a possible pandemic redux.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 29, 2020

The industry influencer, author, and educator knows that the meetings and events industry will adapt, but hopes that surviving the new normal won’t mean an end to creativity. Hawaiian-born Kevin Iwamoto has worked in almost every aspect of meetings and events, from procurement to consulting.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

With the addition of the two new hires, the senior leadership team for the world-renowned meetings and exhibitions centre is now 60 per cent female. Situated in a prime location opposite World Heritage Site, Westminster Abbey, the QEII Centre is one of London and the UK’s foremost conference and events centres.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 23, 2023

Flight disruptions have become the norm rather than the exception, and when things go wrong–as they so often do now–we are at the mercy of the airlines’ own Contracts of Carriage, rules written by and most assuredly for the airlines. McGee recommended that “state governments and citizens should be given greater rights to police the industry.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

Paul Pomerantz Paul Pomerantz, ASAE As managing director of ASAE ’s Association Governance Institute (AGI), Pomerantz will lead the launch of the new initiative, which is dedicated to promoting excellence in governance practice for Associations. Dringham enters as director of marketing.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Government, large international agencies, and for-profit and non-profit companies. For example, meeting rooms, specialized support staff, and travel budgets are often plentiful and generous. And if I can’t do a good job for them, whatever the quantity of work, I won’t sign a contract.). Which some people do.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 28, 2020

When you begin planning in-person meetings again, the last thing you want is for an attendee to suddenly become ill and blame you for it. See also : How to Write Force Majeure to Protect Your Meeting from the Next Pandemic. You should know how to write this clause to protect your meeting from the next pandemic or other disruption.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Few would argue that the experience of connecting groups via screens is better than the in-person meeting experience. However, far fewer would say that the experience of traveling by air to get to that meeting is better than, well, not traveling by air. lawmakers are trying.

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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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PCMA Convene

JUNE 12, 2023

Olympic track-and-field medalist Allyson Felix related her advocacy of contract protections for pregnant athletes to equal employment opportunities for all women during Convening Leaders 2023. You are our captive audience and we’re going to shove our governance on you, and our awards on you, and all these other things.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The meetings industry is facing the potential of a winter Covid surge due to the Omicron variant. Vaccines are still believed to be “considerably protective” against the most severe Covid symptoms, such as hospitalization and death; but vaccines are less successful in protecting against Omicron contraction.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2020

Drowning in a sea of protocols and guidance documents released daily by government agencies, venues and organizations? Expert groups are addressing each area, starting with a report on health and safety from the Meeting and Event Design group that is scheduled to be on the EIC website by early July. Preparing for Return to Meeting.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Water Quality Association staff used the Go-To-Meeting platform to deliver virtual sessions from their headquarters. The following is taken from a presentation by LyNae Schleyer, WQA meetings director and Wesley Bleed, marketing and communications director in the Nov.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The legal issues for meetings and events evolve along with the world around us. Some of the big issues of 2018—the #metoo movement, terrorism and weather disasters, and new data protection standards—have brought new legal considerations for meeting professionals. Webinar live date: November 17, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Grimes, Esq.

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Event Industry News

JULY 22, 2020

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has launched a tool enabling venues to manage the tracking and tracing of delegates, as part of its ongoing reopening support for the sector. As the entire business meetings and events industry will face the same challenges, it makes sense to offer the same solution to all.”.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Wyboston Lakes Resort has launched Wyboston Venue Management to help venue owners make the most of meetings and events business opportunities. The fact that last year we were chosen to host one of the government organised pilot events to test Covid security measures is a strong testament to our operational standards.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The new contract-based permitting model allowing restaurants to operate sidewalk dining parklets in Miami Beach was upheld by a Miami-Dade County judge this week following a legal challenge brought by a small group of businesses who disputed the new model, which goes into effect Oct. Read More: Epic Lessons from an Only-in-Miami Experience.

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EventMB

JUNE 2, 2022

While the pandemic wreaked havoc on the event industry, companies that provide childcare at meetings are among those who suffered the most from the lack of live events. Lyons said that most of her returning clients are association and government organizations, with corporate business lagging.

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Endless Events

APRIL 7, 2020

“Force majeure is a legal term that’s been around for a long time and it’s in your contracts, but it’s separate from your contracts”, Josh explains. So there’s a strict force majeure principle out there” “Now, what we’ve done in the meetings industry is broaden that.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 25, 2019

meeting planners was initiated, not by ECPAT-USA, but by Nix Conference & Meeting Management, a St. Joseph — to research a hotel’s policy on preventing human trafficking before it signed a contract, and Nix turned to ECPAT-USA for help. The organization’s first contact with U.S. Louis– based company, Guelbart said.

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Eventsforce

APRIL 22, 2020

The research study, titled ‘The Impact of Coronavirus on Meetings & Events’ was conducted by Eventsforce in April 2020 and is based on the views of 550+ event professionals based in the U.S. and the UK, representing corporates, associations, government and educational institutions, PCOs and event management agencies.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 26, 2023

It’s a baffling trend, and one that hotel guests and meeting planners alike must contend with: The percentage of U.S. Unfortunately, current law prevents them from legally working for at least six months, forcing them to rely on assistance from local governments and communities.

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