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Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract

Smart Meetings

But entering a new relationship with a hotel usually comes with a detailed contract of agreements and stipulations. Smart Meetings chatted with Cheryl M. State of the Market Based on the current state of the market, Payne has seen a shift occur due to the events that transpired during Covid-19.

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Meeting-Negotiation Essentials: F&B, AV, and More

MeetingsNet

7 business-event pros weigh in on how to get what you need in an event contract and stay on budget. Finding ways to solve these challenges was the focus of a September 24 webinar hosted by Global DMC Partners titled “How to Negotiate in a Supplier-Driven Market.” Sound familiar?

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Event Contracts: Agree to Be Agreeable

SmartMeetings

Negotiation experts share tips for building win-win event contracts The ROI is in the details when drafting a vendor contract. A win-win contract allows everyone to feel that their biggest risks are covered and they can partner in good faith to execute confidently while working creatively to deliver the best event possible.

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Event-Contract Sticking Points: A Practical Approach

MeetingsNet

Three industry veterans share their advice on crafting contract terms and clauses that meet the needs of host groups, not just host venues. Right now, the meetings industry’s landscape features high demand, rising prices, and hotel reps’ relative inexperience with meetings, all of which make planners’ jobs more difficult than ever.

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Risk and Reward: Meetings in Hurricane Season

MeetingsNet

Just as the 2024 hurricane season began on June 1, a few meetings-focused hotels in South Florida, both on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, publicized promotions to the group market featuring especially favorable pricing and contract terms for meetings taking place between July and December of 2024 and July and December 2025.

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Tips for Accidental Meeting Planners

SmartMeetings

Whether your title is marketing, administrative assistant or training professional, you may find that your to-do list includes planning a meeting for the first time. Figuring out where to host your next meeting can be a strenuous task. Our destination guides can ease the process of sourcing your next host city.

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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

2022 contracting will require going back to basics. The beginning of a new year brings the promise of new events, incentives and meetings. Contracting in the current Covid climate, however, is complex—everything feels unsettled, so it’s hard to know how to plan. How do we navigate this ever-changing environment?

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