Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Cardiff based creative event specialists Genero Group are thrilled to secure their first production contract to take place at the new International Conference Centre Wales. Genero has been producing events for the past 20 years, for clients such as FAW, NHS, Business Reporter, Airbus, Valero Energy and Stereophonics.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

Some of the host organizations were transparent and shared these reported cases with attendees. Some organizations are contracting with suppliers to manage check points for proof of vaccination, enforce mask and social distancing and even employing technology solutions for contact tracing. Others were not.

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BizBash

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The Nash & Cibinic Report read as follows: “The FAR: Does It Have Contractual Force and Effect?” In Lockheed , the Army awarded two separate indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, time-and-materials (“T&M”) contracts to Lockheed for various support services. ASBCA 59508 (Dec. 16, 2016).

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Maritz Global Events released its Industry Trends Report at IMEX America with some eye-popping data on the rising cost of hotels, airfares, F&B, and other event-budget elements. For its Industry Trends Report, October 2023 edition, Maritz Global Events crunched numbers from the U.S. Read the full report here.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

ICC Wales has today launched its report into the positive and lasting impact of the events industry on a global scale. The report features forewords from Rt. The report also demonstrates how the events sector aligns with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. But it’s not enough to look at obvious measures of success.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 1, 2020

Group members report on how their businesses are faring and offer coping strategies amid the massive disruption from COVID-19. Where possible (client contracts worded appropriately), consider being more aggressive with cancellation polices. We call it the Situation Room. Recently, the conversation covered securing working capital. .

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A recent survey takes the pulse of meeting planners, asking about budgets, contracts, airfares, virtual meetings, and more. Contracts: The survey asked planners about their number-one concern when negotiating a contract. Read the report here.

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Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 30, 2020

Group members report on how their businesses are faring and offer coping strategies amid the massive disruption from COVID-19. Become more willing to pivot your service offerings (bidding on non-event related government contracts, for example) to keep work coming in. We call it the Situation Room.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 23, 2023

Flight disruptions have become the norm rather than the exception, and when things go wrong–as they so often do now–we are at the mercy of the airlines’ own Contracts of Carriage, rules written by and most assuredly for the airlines. The post Meeting Profs Travel Report: Can ‘Broken’ U.S. Airlines Be Fixed?

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Attendease

MAY 31, 2023

Step #6: Understand the contract before you sign When searching for the best event planning tool, it’s important to carefully consider the contract that you’ll be signing with the vendor. This contract should contain a clear list of services being provided. Onboarding can be lengthy and expensive.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 27, 2019

CWT, the B2B4E travel management platform, yesterday reported a strong performance for 2018, with a significant increase in transaction volumes, sales, and revenues. . “I Contracted new sales** of US$ 1.7Bn ? Total transaction volume* US$ 25Bn, a 6.1% increase over 2017 ? Revenues US$ 1.5Bn, a 4.9% increase over 2017 .

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MeetingsNet

JULY 10, 2023

While no progress was reported in the negotiations between the hotels and union, front-desk agents, bellhops, cooks, servers, and other hotel employees reported back to work on July 5. In those cases, a well-written force majeure clause might allow the group to cancel their contract without penalty.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 12, 2022

In the B2C marketplace, performance-based contracts and deals are on the increase, meaning planning and data play an increasingly important role in influencer marketing in 2022. Some of your influencers are experimenting with these new channels of communication, so pay special attention to them to be part of your campaigns. Data rules.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

News & World Report highlighted the most popular European cities for 2023 and three of the top 10 were in Italy. Start Early The first tip is to book early and contract early! Pent-up demand has filled planes going across the pond.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Big Numbers Las Vegas Grand Prix reported a 315,000-person attendance number over the course of the event. Before the race even began, Caesars Sportsbook reported a record amount of money wagered ever for any auto race. BetMGM, Station Casinos and Westgate Superbook reported record betting for an F1 race.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Now, the question is how to build contracts moving forward. Phoenix-based hotel attorney Lisa Devlin sat down for some rapid-fire questions about what is and isn’t working today and offered her prescription for a win-win solution to trading contract clauses. Read More : A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Wall Street Journal also reported that “the police were confident the incident was not the result of an intentional act.”. To help you build a force-majeure clause into your event contracts that minimizes your organization’s financial risk across a range of crisis situations, check out t his MeetingsNet article.

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Eved

JULY 3, 2017

Following are seven spend analysis reports you need to successfully analyze and act on your meeting and event spend. This report will provide total spend by category, such as Decor, Food and Beverage, Transportation, etc. If you budgeted $125,000 on decor, but the report states that you spent $350,000, you know you have a problem.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to the Centre’s latest report and accounts, The QEII Centre delivered total revenues of £14.95m for the period 2022-23, equivalent to 94 per cent of what was achieved in its best year of trading in 2019/20 (£15.94m).

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 10, 2023

Here are some things to consider before signing a connectivity contract. As with any business relationship, he said, event planners get into trouble when they don’t get everything in the contract up front. But prices can vary widely, so make sure you get the basic pricing for Wi-Fi and ethernet in the contract.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

Success was measured based on attendance, views on the videos and reported as brand deposits with “key opinion formers.”. Read more tips for negotiating contracts amid Covid. . Contract and Negotiation Tips. Ask for an occupancy report for each night so you know if the rooms resold.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series reporting on FICP Chats about the future of meetings. You can read previous reports here , here, here and here. Based on the in-person site inspection, that clause should allow meetings professionals the option to cancel the contract without penalty. group business.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 22, 2023

According to a recently released survey report from the Global Business Travel Association and Cvent, the median salary for a corporate travel manager in the United States and Canada rose year over year from $113,500 to $117,500, or 3.5 While that’s a decent bump, it is considerably lower than the rate of inflation in the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Maguire is reported to have attended the rambunctious first parade, bringing some much-needed music to the event. For example, Unite Here used union contracts to protect more than 200,000 members from anti-LGBT discrimination before the 2020 Supreme Court ruling that included the LGBT community in the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We may eventually tame the pandemic by developing effective and inexpensive antivirals and making them widely available to those contracting COVID-19. “ —Quote from a meeting planner’s January 2022 conference report. Currently, hardly any in-person events report post-event attendee and staff COVID cases. Conclusions.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2023

There are three factors the study reported that most effect a venue’s ability to make changes effectively. According to the survey, 97% of venue operators said they must fulfill floor plan changes without issuing additional charges and 84% of them reported experiencing stress and risk in dealing with change requests.

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Event Farm

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Put a system in place that allows you to notify attendees that, according to your contract tracing tool, they were in the vicinity of someone who tested positive for COVID. #20: 20: Compliance reporting.

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Glisser

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Preparation: Review contracts, insurance, and communications. On Monday, the virus known as COVID-19 took the world spotlight again with reports of increased infection in major world economies including Italy and South Korea. Awareness: Be mindful of the current and evolving crisis.

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SpotMe Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

In March 2023, SpotMe has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave : B2B Event Management Technology, Q1 2023 report by Forrester, a leading global market research firm. The management team, the product and services lineup and all existing contracts remain unchanged.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

30, the day before reports of a potential transaction were published. 31, 2022, on the Cvent Supplier Network, an online platform with tools to search, negotiate and contract with hotels and venues for event space. billion, it will be acquired by a New York-based private equity fund managed by Blackstone for $4.6

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SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Pro Tip: Give yourself enough time to complete the contracting process with the advisors. The best practice here is to set up a Master Service Agreement with the advisors that contracts for a block of hours to be used throughout the year as appropriate. This will greatly speed up the contracting process.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Hannah will oversee the sales journey through to the contract stage, working closely with the operations team to ensure service standards are maintained. Both Michelle and Hannah report into Ruthie Coverdale the venues and special events manager. Previously she was at Plaisterer’s Hall working for Company of Cooks.

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Planning Pod

JUNE 10, 2022

Many of the catering solutions below offer these functions as well as other valuable business and event management features for tracking event bookings; generating financial and profitability reports; viewing business data using real-time dashboards; and integrating with point-of-sale (POS) systems and accounting solutions like Quickbooks.

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Gallus Events

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

We must still understand contracts. Artificial Intelligence will be able to read and amend a contract. It will be able to collect and report detailed feedback on every element of your event. We will still need to understand, if not actually oversee, how an event is marketed and sold. A new horizon for event managers.

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Stova

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As a prominent figure in the meetings and events sector, ConferenceDirect oversees a substantial portfolio of contracts annually, catering to a diverse clientele. The platform's reporting functionality was highlighted for its efficiency, facilitating both pre-populated and customized reports.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Recently I’ve received invitations to attend webinars and download industry research reports and articles all aimed to help conference and show organizers grow sponsorship revenue. Most organizers can effectively sell these by offering them as a check-the-box, upsell opportunity during booth contracting.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 10, 2020

A recent report on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by Destinations International found that while most employees of destination organizations would like to see more cultural diversity in their own offices, they still lack the training to understand and mitigate unconscious bias. “It While many U.S. The good news? Almost half the 16.9

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