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Olympics Crisis and Hotels’ Pain Provide Event Contract Lessons

MeetingsNet

Understanding things like event-insurance fine print and which areas of operation hotels get group revenue from will help planners become better at contracting and negotiating. With the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo postponed to 2021 , some of the biggest insurance firms in the world are breathing an enormous sigh of relief.

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Interviews with Planners - Chivonne Hyppolite

Eventinterface

Looking to create your ideal event planner? In your beaker, combine the elements: creativity, passion, experience and negotiation. Actually, add a bit more of negotiation for good measure - I mean who doesn’t love a good negotiator. What is the most unique location you have ever planned an event at?

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Trade show organisers and associations join forces to create safe, successful platforms for economic recovery and reconnection

Event Industry News

As global economies look for opportunities to rebuild business in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, exhibition organisers and associations from around the world are joining together to form a coalition dedicated to bringing critical live event platforms back to market, with safety at the foundation of the collaborators’ approach.

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Students Getting ‘a Crash Course’ in Virtual Events

PCMA Convene

The pandemic-related postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games has given a George Washington University professor the opportunity to teach students who had planned to attend about crisis management for events. The coronavirus pandemic may have knocked the entire business events industry off kilter, but for Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Ph.D.,