SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How to prepare for 2023 contract negotiations Yes, we’re out of the pandemic shutdown, but it’s not back to “business as usual.” From workforce shortages to inflation worries, what should event planners be looking for when it comes to 2023 contracts? On the “high” side: Larger deposits up-front for hotel contracts.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 28, 2023

In advance: When setting up the contract, make sure it measures attrition on a cumulative basis versus per-night basis. Another contract solution is to ask for the option for the hotel to resell any unused rooms to lessen the attrition, if applicable. Set up the contract to allow for a post-meeting audit. Our quick save?

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

See also : Win at Negotiating AV Services with Hotels. Negotiate Your AV Costs Before Signing a Contract. They want to make their money back on their equipment in roughly three rentals, which is fine for them—but that leaves plenty of room to negotiate before signing a contract.

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Canadian Special Events

JUNE 9, 2017

Project managers, accountants, designers, and so much more and while we are not lawyers we deal with a lot contracts. Corporate Event Contracts. While we are not lawyers, we should be involved in reviewing contracts, especially if before they are signed. Everything and I mean everything, is negotiable. merchandise sales.

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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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MeetingsNet

MARCH 7, 2024

The hyper-granular attention to detail required to negotiate and contract the various parts of an event, and then manage the ever-changing tactical and strategic elements leading up to the opening session, is beyond my capabilities.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 30, 2023

Write better emails, RFPs and contracts. Simply defined, it’s getting back to someone—even if there is no tangible update on the RFP, contract, negotiation, etc.—to You can subscribe to the magazine here. Meeting professionals and supplier-partners need to pitch in together and make the commitment to do better.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

With global business travel rebounding and expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2024 , the company is preemptively offering complimentary hotel room block sourcing and contracting services to clients as an extension of that commitment.

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Event Planning BluePrint

JUNE 1, 2016

Question: Have you ever run up against a client who suddenly stopped paying for your event services, which left you wondered what to include in your event legal contracts to protect you and your event business? Your Event Legal Contracts. At what point do you sue over breach of contract? (16:29). Geneen via @eventblueprint.

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Event Industry News

MAY 7, 2020

Human psychology, Nature, collaboration, contract negotiations and more. Sessions will address hot topics including resilience, the future of work, creative event design for a new era, crisis communication, contract negotiations, technology, wellbeing and psychology. EduMonday Live kicks off at 10am UK time.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Tunnicliffe commented: “With increases in commodity costs and event budgets tighter than ever, winning a contract or appointing a supplier can often be only the start of a tense process of negotiation which can risk making or breaking the event supply chain. I am delighted to be joined by Sam and Jack.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 2, 2024

Venue sourcing and management: The team secures the perfect location, negotiates contracts, and oversees logistics. Natalia Events offers a comprehensive range of services, including: Event planning and coordination: Natalia Events takes the stress out of planning, handling every detail with meticulous care.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Read More : Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract However, there is also the lawyer who prices on commission. You can subscribe to the magazine here. This tells you immediately the value of that person’s experience and you are paying because you believe you will benefit from that rather than simply time spent.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 7, 2019

He has published articles in Meetings and Conventions, Convene, Meeting Mentor magazine, Connect magazine, Plan-It Tennessee, The Meeting Professional, Meetings Focus and Successful Meetings magazines and as a guest columnist for The Tennessean and Nashville Business Journal. Website: michaelowen.info eventgenuity.com.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Here are some soft skills for event planners to consider: Interpersonal skills and communication, Time management and effective problem-solving, Creativity and ability to think outside the box, Multitasking, Attention to detail (especially important for budgeting and signing contracts). CMM (Certified Meeting Management) by MPI.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Tunnicliffe commented: “With increases in commodity costs and event budgets tighter than ever, winning a contract or appointing a supplier can often be only the start of a tense process of negotiation which can risk making or breaking the event supply chain.

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Social Tables

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Here are some tips I have learned along the way that can help you get what you need without sacrificing your relationship with the party you are negotiating with. To help you with your own process, I have formatted my tips in a form of the questions that you should ask yourself before negotiating your next rental contract.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 3, 2019

It’s more difficult to negotiate prices with a venue that outsources its food and beverage service, as it doesn’t have much control over food options. There’s flexibility in negotiating with a venue that provides in-house food and beverage, however, as it has more control over adjusting menus to cater to the planner’s budget.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Of course, the easy answer is to look up the cancellation clause in the contract, calculate the number of days out on the sliding scale to see how much you are liable for to the venue and type it in the return email. I know, just reading those words can send shivers down your spine. But that is just the tip of a very expensive iceberg.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Then why not something that lets you show off the skills meeting professionals are revered for, such as organization, creativity, problem-solving, attention to detail and contract negotiation? And our September magazine takes a deep dive into even more options. Familiarize Yourself with the Virtual Interview.

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Event Planning BluePrint

APRIL 5, 2022

Be reasonable, but the strong negotiator. Whether you are learning from a mentor, taking a course, listening to a podcast, or reading industry magazines & blogs, you should never stop learning. Emphasize soft skills, like organization, negotiation and attention to detail. Be able to anticipate the unexpected.

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Event Planning BluePrint

APRIL 5, 2022

Be reasonable, but the strong negotiator. Whether you are learning from a mentor, taking a course, listening to a podcast, or reading industry magazines & blogs, you should never stop learning. Emphasize soft skills, like organization, negotiation and attention to detail. Be able to anticipate the unexpected.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Paje offer well established courses including Sales Excellence, focused on providing sales skills for MICE teams in agencies and venues, all aligned to industry standard benchmarking and best practice.

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Plan Your Meetings

MAY 31, 2018

Exploring the meeting and event industry publications landscape, we recognized the need for something more like a career resource than a newsy magazine. With the magazines, blogs and podcasts, you’ll have plenty of free fodder to help you grow. Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Plan Your Meetings Professional Development Guide !

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Event Planning BluePrint

MARCH 29, 2022

Not only can it help you learn the lingo to help you sell your services, but it can give you insight into how the pros handle things, like negotiations to help save their clients money. You don’t have to think of it as a formal, tough, adversarial negotiation,” she said. Vendor Recommendation, Negotiation, and Coordination.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 15, 2017

Jenkins and his firm are the recipients of the prestigious Gala Awards by Special Events Magazine for Best Event Produced for a Corporation - Budget $100,000 to $249,000 and Best Event Design - Budget $20,000. He has also served for several years on the editorial advisory board of Event Solutions Magazine. In closing.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The awards were divided into two areas of focus: The Eddie’s recognize the best in print and digital editorial, and the Ozzie’s honor the best in magazine and website design. For more than 20 years, the Eddie & Ozzie Awards have recognized excellence in magazine editorial and design across all sectors of the industry.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The International Regional Magazine Association convenes today for day 1 of its annual conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and meeting planner Dianne Davis is confident things will go off without a hitch. We struck a deal and signed a contract. I was personally as stressed as I’ve ever been in my career,” she says.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2018

But the phone-tag negotiations moved at the speed of molasses. You’d leave voicemails and hope they’d call you back, then end up with 10 phone calls between the RFP and the contract. That led him to establish enterprise accounts and relationships in the form of signed contracts. his building.

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Social Tables

MARCH 2, 2021

This means that your contract should say what clients will and will not be billed for. In an interview with Brides magazine , wedding planner Kimiko Hosaki of K.H & A full-service wedding planner usually takes care of big picture to-do list items such as negotiating contracts and coordinating vendors.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

By doing so, they’ve reduced the need for large sales forces at the hotel companies and have generally elevated the booking/contracting process for clients. Thirty-four years ago, my firm, Conferon, negotiated the first chain-wide, guaranteed commission (on net room price) contract in U.S. The Evolution of the Commission Model.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2020

Wherever you stay, Breust suggests taking a long, hard look at the contract before signing. “We We can expect major revisions to all travel contracts after COVID-19,” he says. The time to do this, of course, is when negotiating the contract, not when trying to exit it.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 8, 2023

You can subscribe to the magazine here. The post Meetings MBA: Budgets, Models and Forecasts appeared first on Smart Meetings. . — Heather Mason is CEO of Caspian Agency , a senior fellow and instructor at San Diego State University and Smart Woman in Meetings Hall of Fame winner. This article appears in the May 2023 issue.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

We see conference and event planners are looking to our venue find team to advise them on the guidelines around hosting events, seeking more flexible terms, assistance with negotiation and an understanding on how they instil confidence in their delegate participation to return to the meeting room.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 1, 2020

Dominguez acknowledged that, often, meeting planners often have no choice but to pull the plug as they are tasked with undoing years of contracts in a day. The Surgeon General told us to stop buying face masks unless we have contracted the virus. Reactions to contracting COVID-19 have varied from no symptoms at all to death.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Asico has worked with both Barack Obama and the Rolling Stone Magazine, and she's just one of the many high-caliber guests interviewed on this informative and entertaining podcast. In a recent episode, Lopez and Wheeler sat down with well-known event photographer, Joy Asico, about the anatomy of the perfect event photo.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It has given me a little bit more credence, a little more credibility, in different negotiations with facilities and dealings with suppliers. Choices range from Contract and Negotiation Specialist to Health Care Meeting Compliance, to Inclusive Meetings Strategist and Emergency Preparedness for Meetings and Events.

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