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A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses

Smart Meetings

We’ll delve into a condensed review to address what and what not to include in your venue contract, as well as negotiation tactics and what can potentially trigger a force majeure. Deciding the “choice of law provision,” or what state and who gets legal jurisdiction, may come down to common law negotiations, Sheaks said.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

Negotiation is more essential than ever for achieving cost savings, and planners should work closely with partners — including DMCs, hotels, speaker bureaus, and food and beverage vendors — to identify creative opportunities for doing more with less. Work with Partners—and Haggle. Keep F&B Simple.

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A Planner’s Guide to Event Vendors 

Social Tables

Planners may rely on one or two vendors for smaller events, like a business luncheon, while food vendors may make up as much as 5% of the total attendee count at massive outdoor events (e.g., Food & and beverage suppliers. Food and beverage (F&B) suppliers play a significant role in most events.

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Q&A: What Does an Event Planner Do?

Social Tables

Planners work with vendors, suppliers, and venues to coordinate meal service, event staffing, negotiate pricing, and so much more. Event planners are coordinators, organizers, moderators, and professional negotiators. Negotiation. Event planners must be skilled in the art of negotiation. Government meetings and events.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

This covered delegates’ expectations for personalization, right down to food and beverage, as well as keeping up with evolving technology and addressing security needs. Experts from Maritz Global Events, Accor, Hyatt and MGM Resorts International discussed how meetings will change and what will drive growing demand in the year ahead.

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A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Events — and the World

PCMA Convene

COP26 is shorthand for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, a summit which brought leaders from more than 130 nations together to negotiate a global plan to address climate change. It also was the site for negotiations. It’s hard to think of a conference with higher stakes than COP26, which took place Oct.

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What Is the Meetings Industry’s No. 1 Challenge?

PCMA Convene

In the 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey, respondents listed rising food and beverage costs as a major challenge. Nearly 30 percent of respondents’ answers in some way reference budgets or rising costs this year, with AV, food and beverage, and Wi-Fi expenses standing out as particular pain points. Budget decreases.