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SoCal Hotel Workers Strike Again; a Force Majeure Situation?

MeetingsNet

For planners concerned about how strikes in Los Angeles or elsewhere could affect them, here’s some advice on negotiating stronger force majeure clauses. In the Los Angeles International Airport area, several thousand hotel workers walked off the job on July 10. Can Planners Claim Force Majeure?

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Planners Beware: New Fees at Some L.A. Hotels

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What does your hotel contract say about surcharges and fees? Last summer, Los Angeles enacted a law called the Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance that places a number of new demands on hotels. But what is good for workers in Los Angeles is likely a red flag for corporate travel managers and meeting professionals, says Joshua L.

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Strikes Begin at Several Meeting Hotels in SoCal

MeetingsNet

On Sunday, July 1, thousands of Unite Here Local 11 hotel workers refused to report to work at more than a dozen hotels in Southern California cities including Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Universal City, and even as far south as Dana Point. The reason: an expired labor contract for about 15,000 Local 11 workers across 65 hotels.

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In L.A., Labor Dispute Wreaks Havoc on a Citywide Meeting

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An early-September convention in Los Angeles might see just a fraction of its 6,000 registered attendees after pressure from the hotel workers’ union failed to persuade the group to cancel the event.

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Talking shop with The Party Goddess

Event Industry News

Verbose, in the best Los Angeles tradition, Marley Majcher is CEO of The Party Goddess, an A-list full-service event planning and catering company in LA, and author of acclaimed business guide for entrepreneurs, But Are You Making Any Money? To keep up to date with all the news, subscribe for free here.

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Will New Labor Deals Bring Budget Blues to Meetings?

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As with recent hotel-labor agreements around the country plus a new contract for UPS workers, fresh contracts for more than 45,000 airline pilots may well affect costs around business events. The compensation and benefits for American pilots will be more than $9 billion across the four-year contract.

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The Brief: ‘Tortured’ Swifties and Hot Ones Live

Event Marketer

So before she released “The Tortured Poets Department” (“TTPD”) on April 19, the queen of Easter eggs herself teamed up with Spotify on a library-themed art installation at The Grove in Los Angeles that offered clues about the new record around every shelf.

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