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Canada Unveils Financial Incentives to Draw Conventions, Exhibitions

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A large fund from the national government is now available to destinations making bids to host larger events from outside the country. Here's how the program works: Before a Canadian city bids on hosting a large conference, convention, or exhibition, it can apply to the federal government for financial support that can be included in the bid.

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Best of 2023: Event Contracts and Budgeting

Smart Meetings

Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract Cheryl M. Payne, strategic partner at INNOV8 Meetings + Events , gives her take on the current marketplace of contract agreements and stipulations and its impact on meeting planners and how to negotiate that next big event contract. In short, think big.

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Don’t Ask for a Covid Force Majeure Clause Now, and Other Advice from a Hotel Attorney

Smart Meetings

Negotiate a clause about what will make an event financially important to go forward and negotiate based on that.”. Instead, talk about concerns of people canceling and negotiate at what point it doesn’t work. Fee Negotiation. Don’t put pandemic in your force majeure clause because we are still in the middle of it.

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What Happens When “Fear” Majeure Is Used to Postpone or Cancel an Event?

Smart Meetings

So, what happens when there aren’t specific government restrictions to trigger a force majeure event to postpone or terminate an event? Government Action vs. Fear of Variants. Again, this can be addressed either initially in the contract, or by negotiating additional addendums or riders to the contract after the fact.

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UK to appeal to individual European countries over arts touring ‘crisis’

Event Industry News

The government has said it hopes to open negotiations with individual EU countries “very shortly” to help UK artists to tour after being told Brexit had created an “absolute crisis” Musicians, actors and their crews will face extra red tape and fees for visas to tour in some European countries.

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Software Consolidation Can Be Good Budget Strategy

Event Guru

Data Governance: Centralizing data management can help in implementing and enforcing data governance policies more effectively. Vendor Management: Simplified Vendor Relationships: Dealing with fewer software vendors simplifies the management of relationships, contracts, and negotiations.

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UK Music Chief welcomes Boris Johnson’s pledge to fix music industry’s EU work permits crisis

Event Industry News

The PM said the Government was working “flat out” to find a solution. It is also good to hear that the Government is ‘working flat out bilaterally with countries’, and we look forward to hearing of more progress on this front soon. He added: “I want to say how strongly I share the frustrations of the sector.