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Contracts and Negotiations Amid Covid: Best of What’s Worked in 2021

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With the pandemic and public concern fluctuating in the midst of uncertainty, event planners and professionals are left with an enormous responsibility to prepare themselves, their guests and their contracts for whatever comes next. Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era. But we’ve anticipated this. State laws are varied.

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Best of 2021: Career Accelerator Webinars

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Alison Fragale, associate professor of organizational behavior at University of North Carolina, goes over some of the misconceptions people have about negotiating and why they need not fear believing in themselves. Summary: Contract Negotiation: Post-Pandemic Clauses You Need to Know ).

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Experts: Travel Industry Could Coast Through Recession

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“This is an e ngineered recession, a recession by design,” said Christian Savelli, director of tourism economics with Oxford Economics, speaking at IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange this week in Durham, North Carolina. Travel Priorities First, some history. Many paid off credit cards and even saved during the pandemic.

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Unique Experiences - Volume 4

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Just minutes from the Atlantic Ocean and the historic downtown riverfront, University of North Carolina Wilmington's picturesque campus offers the perfect location for your next big event. Coastal Adventures await your next conference or event in beautiful Wilmington, North Carolina. Rocky Top’s One Stop Shop.

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California Travel Ban Provokes Scorn and Cancellations

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We’ve seen in other states, like North Carolina, when these travel bans go into effect, it does not get any better,” he said. “It These were conferences prepared to sign contracts,” Fisher stated through a spokesperson. It just leads to more and more bad announcements.”

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Elizabeth Goad Never Stops Learning

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Marketing and graphic design for Accent Imaging, a printer and copier company in North Carolina. When I relocated to South Carolina, I fell back on my marketing and design skills and took a job working for Cora Bett Thomas Realty & Associates. MY FIRST INDUSTRY JOB. MY PREVIOUS THREE JOBS. trade show.

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What Really Happens to Your RFP?

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When we gather with our peers, we don’t brag about ADR or how we “won” a contract negotiation. Spencer Hux is director of group sales at Pinehurst in North Carolina. It almost always saves more time than a series of emails sent for clarification. All hotel sales managers understand that our jobs wouldn’t exist without planners.

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