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Not So Close! New Distancing Tool Eases Transition to F2F Meetings

Event Industry News

Using algorithms based on local government restrictions, the mapping tool will allow meeting planners, with simple mouse clicks, to set parameters and see what a space will look like, how new rules will affect capacity, room entry and food service—all while putting the safety of guests and staff at the forefront. Room to Experiment.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

PCMA Convene

Rather than leaving it solely up to governments to take action on climate change, associations representing industry and professional sectors that are not directly related to environmental health are declaring climate emergencies in an effort to encourage their members to lead the charge for a more sustainable future. On the Program.

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Are Wedding Venue Deposits Refundable?  

Milestone Events Group

Quick Tip: Look for language like “including but not limited to,” “government mandate,” “government action,” or “trade restriction.” . . The critical word here is impossible, meaning the government forbids events of this size, or the couple cannot get to the location due to flight cancellations. .

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Spearin Doctrine: A Construction Case Described in A Tweet!

BizBash

If you live in the government contracting world, don’t start sending me emails about how wrong I have described the Spearin Doctrine above. In order to build the dry-dock in the site selected for it, the contractor was required to relocate a portion of a sewer that ran through the specified site. Here you go: US v.

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Health-Care Event Planners Adapt to a Shifting Landscape

SmartMeetings

government in early 2017 are still being argued in the courts. health-care events this year: It’s also affecting site-selection decisions for meetings scheduled over the next few years. For instance, the enhanced restrictions on foreign visitors instituted by the U.S.

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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Slower Growth Ahead

PCMA Convene

government shutdown — which wasn’t even on respondents’ radars when they participated in the survey in November. This time around, most respondents said they prefer to do things the old-fashioned way when it comes to site selection: Site visits top the list (45 percent said it is their first preference).

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Will San Diego Keep Comic-Con?

SmartMeetings

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?