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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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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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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Event Guru

MARCH 6, 2024

Scalability: Adaptability: A consolidated software environment is often more adaptable and scalable to meet the evolving needs of the organization. Data Governance: Centralizing data management can help in implementing and enforcing data governance policies more effectively.

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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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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Event profs can plan conventions, exhibitions, corporate events, meetings, fundraisers, weddings, and other events. Their curriculums typically consist of courses, such as experience design, event marketing, event financing, venue management, agreement negotiating, and more. CMM (Certified Meeting Management) by MPI.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Let’s lobby to change how meeting professionals are categorized to elevate our worth The meetings industry is still relatively new. One signal that “meeting professional” is a new career track is the way government looks at us. One signal that “meeting professional” is a new career track is the way government looks at us.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 17, 2020

Jane Longhurst, chief executive of the Meetings Industry Association (mia), said: “Following the devastating effects of the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday and the reaction from our members, our sector was forced into making crisis and damaging decisions today such as reductions of staff, services and closures. “We

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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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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Award winning consortium Venues of Excellence has just launched its ‘Confidence in Us’ campaign to underpin their venues commitment to deliver safe events as the UK opens up to ‘business as usual’ for meetings and events. Our venues continue to offer flexibility with their contracts and terms of business.

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The MICE

JUNE 3, 2022

Incentives are the most exciting part of the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibition) business. So we negotiated client-friendly terms for all cancelled trips under very good conditions, and for all projects which were upcoming, that the payment would be postponed as well. We negotiate exit windows with the suppliers.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 2, 2021

Click through the list right here: CMP: Certified Meetings Professional. CGMP: Certified Government Meeting Professional. CMM: Certification in Meeting Management. CMP: Certified Meetings Professional. CGMP: Certified Government Meeting Professional. CSEP: Certified Special Events Professional.

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The MICE

AUGUST 17, 2020

It was a big contract, which took six months of negotiations to come to an agreement. Before having my new company, I already had a one-year contract signed for our first project for a hotel company. I was lucky at that moment because I had very good clients—everyone paid the maximum and respected the contract.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 14, 2018

Each year, along with the numbers we collect for the annual Meetings Market Survey , we ask respondents open-ended questions, including this one: What’s the biggest challenge facing the meetings industry?”. AirBnb and other disruptors, budgetary constraints relating to government meetings. Click to read survey.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 24, 2017

For many professional meeting planners, however, the policy makes good business sense. Stricter requirements mean cancellation costs are less likely to be passed on to businesses and associations that sign contracts with hotels in advance. Cancelled reservations drive up room costs for reliable customers—including meeting planners.

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Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

RELATED STORY: Long-term career options for meeting planners. An employment contract. Your coach might be able to guide you on the topic of employment contracts. Among other things, my coach advised me on the importance of establishing a contract. In all professions, the most valuable people work with a contract.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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Conference Care

JUNE 4, 2020

As we began talking to our client about negotiations on the finer details of the venue contract for their Annual Trainee Conference, we established there was no plan B should they decide not to go ahead with a live event. Meet exhibitors and sponsors individually and in small groups. Client : National Law firm.

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Capterra Event Management

APRIL 25, 2017

Includes conferences, meetings, graduations. Resources: Registering your business online with State and Federal governments. If you are able to negotiate beneficial contracts with your vendors, you will minimize your need to store resources. Price: $345 – $875. Topics: Budgeting. Wedding Planning Strategy. Aesthetics.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Local government officials in Macau requested “detailed clarifications” about the Wynn investigation, and met with Wynn executives, said the Times. The post Wynn Resorts Vows to Move Forward appeared first on Smart Meetings. The New York Times reported that the investigation would go forward despite Wynn’s resignation. Planners React.

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SpotMe Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Strategic meetings management is a concept that’s over 20 years old but has recently taken on a new form. The meetings and events industry has evolved, and planners now have a seat at the omnichannel table, where data-driven insights and attendee experiences are top of mind. The time for strategic meetings management is now.

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Event Guru

MAY 5, 2023

This may involve designing innovative communication tools, incorporating audience engagement techniques, and providing comfortable spaces for networking and meetings. Navigating the complex process of securing permits, negotiating contracts, and setting up the event infrastructure requires excellent project management skills.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

in meeting and event management. Most meeting professionals are familiar with Certified Meeting Planner certification, which was launched in 1985 by Washington, D.C.-based Two of those stalwart CMP volunteers are Barbara Connell and Alisa Peters, who both serve in leadership roles on the CMP Governance Commission.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 1, 2020

As with meeting professionals all over the world, the go-, no-go decision was complicated. Herrera is also moving ahead with plans for VenueConnect2020, an annual meeting for more than 2,000 people in Long Beach, California, in August. The Surgeon General told us to stop buying face masks unless we have contracted the virus.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2021

“The answer will always be ‘it depends,’” Ty Sheaks, attorney, author and faculty legal advisor to International Association of Venue Managers, began the latest Smart Meetings webinar, Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses You Need to Know. A franchisee, he adds, may be more willing to deal with you or make changes to the contract.

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EventSource

MARCH 11, 2021

You’ve now got yourself a full time job navigating the constantly changing government rules, re-confirming with the venue, and then having to re-coordinate all your other vendors around newly announced rules. She contacted every vendor with changes, found alternatives, and negotiated budget changes when needed.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2019

In the 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey, respondents listed rising food and beverage costs as a major challenge. As part of the 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey, we asked respondents a handful of open-ended questions, including: “What is the biggest challenge facing the meetings industry today?” All material © 2019 by PCMA.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Travel Association , about what that could mean for the meetings and travel industry. . A unique and natural understanding of the importance of face-to-face meetings and the connections that are made in person, and how special and critical those are to conducting business. International Meetings. In what way? While the U.S.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

There’s continually a lot of give and take and continually a lot of negotiation. The first strategy meeting was with the city and the city leaders,” said Colette Jones, Destination Cleveland’s vice president of marketing. “I You’re dealing with a lot of hotels that are great partners, but they don’t have meeting space.”.

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