MeetingsNet

APRIL 16, 2018

Here are the steps he recommends to create a proactive medical risk management plan. Identify all of the health risks that could be associated with your program. Coordinate with your hotel security, and your corporate security team if you will have one on site with you. You are not alone.”.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP). He brings an extensive background in travel risk management, with experience in business growth, strategic development and building lasting relationships with customers and partners.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this new role, Michaels will expand her scope to oversee all legal, risk management, internal audits, compliance and workers compensation functions within the company. He will oversee all operations and management of the newest AC Hotels by Marriott, continuing his professional journey with Highgate.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) released a certification program that focuses on event service professionals at convention centers, hotels, CVBs and other venues. Read More : Sustainable Hotel Certification, Explained. “As Event Service Professionals Association’s Certification.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Hans Ritten Loews Hotels & Co announces Hans Ritten as the new general manager of Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. He blew over from another Windy City property, Omni Hotel Chicago, where he was general manager.

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EventMB

JUNE 16, 2022

Whether you participate in corporate event planning, association event planning or agency planning, you will have to consider how much risk you are willing or able to take. Maybe your risk management protocols prevent you from holding an event in a neighbouring country to Ukraine even if you wanted to.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Hotels have storm preparation plans and protocols for severe weather in place, and our staff is well trained to implement these plans,” said Hector Mastrapa, senior vice president of risk management with Marriott. “We additional resources are deployed to address activities that could happen right outside the hotel’s doors.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

To best be prepared and aligned with the hotel, it is important to address so you establish a shared agreement as it relates to the pandemic and its impact on a program. We advise working with your legal and risk management to establish acceptable approaches to what could be problematic, what solutions will be explored and the timing.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 25, 2021

Meeting professionals today are risk managers. Pandemic-era contracts now require contract clauses that include Hotel Protocols and Policies for Covid-19 prevention. The planner can get dinged if attendees are able to get lower rates at the same hotel, so focus on room nights. What if a hotel cancels due to bankruptcy?

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Cartotto is complex director of security and risk management for Caribe Royal Orlando in Florida. This practice has been implemented by most—if not all—hotels, but using VMS could help hoteliers identify high-touch areas not previously thought about. What Meeting Planners Should Ask Hotels.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 14, 2023

is a travel planner who often finds herself in unfamiliar cities in the US and abroad on hotel site inspections and destination FAMs. “I On one occasion, however, the hotel had booked her on the ground floor of a hotel which was also near the garage, a security no-go because of its easy proximity to possible bad actors.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 10, 2023

And with event insurance it’s all about risk management. courtesy of smartybook.com Some think that the venue, hotel or even our own company insurance automatically covers us during event time. It makes no difference how much planning or hard work you do; how many people attend or the location of the event.

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SevenEvents

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

when it comes to hotel transfer options, it is also crucial to consider the infrastructure of the destination. how far is the hotel from the airport? ” group Size. budget and time frame. time and money go hand in hand when planning a successful incentive program. ease of travel. what are the conditions of the local roads?

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM, works in Woodhaven, New York, as a s enior business events manager at RIMS, Risk Management Society. What I do: I am responsible for contracting more than 75 hotel agreements per year. I manage our exhibitor housing and hospitality processes (more than 31,000 peak room nights).

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Effective procurement strategies not only ensure that companies get the best value for their money but also play a role in risk management, innovation and corporate social responsibility. After moving to the United States, she earned a meeting management and MBA while working full-time in sales departments of various hotels.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Effective procurement strategies not only ensure that companies get the best value for their money but also play a role in risk management, innovation and corporate social responsibility. After moving to the United States, she earned a meeting management and MBA while working full-time in sales departments of various hotels.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

That lit up the interest in this article about the demise of the Tropicana and its 100,000 square feet of event space, and the ballpark and hotel that will replace it.& jpg Gallery Slide Headline: 6 Ways Hotel Sourcing Has Changed Since the Pandemic Published: MN JulyAugust 2023 opening image_3_0.jpg Published: TropVegasAerial2_0.jpg

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2020

MD: We’re at a crossroads because everything is changing quickly, and the reality is different in different areas of the country and different types of hotels. That includes the airplane and how you get from the airport to the hotel. Hotels have always done a good job of cleaning. All the paper in the room is gone.

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TicketBud

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Now, imagine showing up to the event, hearing that most speakers backed out after not getting paid, and then being asked to help cover the costs of the event’s outstanding hotel bill of $17,000. Event budgets also act as a risk management tool.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 10, 2020

“Sanitation and health security will be permanently more important risk management strategies,” said FICP Executive Director Steve Bova, CAE. In addition to new risk management strategies, future destination selections and program characteristics and activities are also anticipated to shift as a result of the pandemic.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Greg Sparrow, senior vice president and general manager at CompliancePoint, an Atlanta-area consultant for cybersecurity and risk management, bemoans the fact that repeated occurrences of data theft at major companies in recent years has led to a “desensitization” of public reaction. Try to silo your risk,” he begins.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

Mark Deane, CEO with ETS Risk Management brings years of experience to this conversation. Mark is a risk management specialist whose experience stems from his career working as an Operational Officer for the British Government. Hotel security teams are generally not executive protection specialists.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The study, which delved into top safety concerns women business travelers face, found that almost 69 percent of United States travel buyers believe females face greater risk than males and 61 percent feel it’s imperative to consider female safety when implementing risk-management programs.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She presented a special session at Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference titled, “Event Risk management: 2022 Risk Categories.”. Defining Risk. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

While some hotels are doing the right thing by taking Covid safety protocol seriously, even offering on-site testing, it’s especially important to have contracts squared away. Meeting professionals today are risk managers.” —Ty Sheaks. State laws are varied. Event Contract Essentials in the Covid Era.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 20, 2021

How can meeting professionals assure them—and their risk managers—that it is safe? We will motivate these leaders to act by unapologetically reinforcing the value that our industry brings to people, businesses and communities. A new APCO Insight survey shows that business travelers are eager to return to face-to-face meetings again.

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Plan Your Meetings

MAY 20, 2019

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), more than 60 percent of Americans are neither prepared nor practicing for disasters of any kind, be they natural or manmade. Certainly, event facilities and other public places, including hotels, have developed emergency plans. 4 phases of risk management.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

Visit Orlando hosted a three-day virtual FAM last week for more than 600 planners, showing off what’s new and safe at Orange County Convention Center and a panoply of hotels and resorts. However, some industries put more emphasis on risk management than others. Case Study: A Virtual VIP Club.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 10, 2017

This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. Don’t worry if you have to stay an extra night to fit in your day of fun; Orlando comes in first in affordable hotel prices. Meeting space: 600,000 sq. Meeting space: 600,000 sq.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 5, 2017

Event planners are no strangers to airport terminals and hotel check-ins. Most of their time on the road will be spent in hotel rooms, airports and attending to business-related obligations. Since event planners are always tasked with managing a million moving parts, their brains are definitely getting a workout.

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Decibel Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

While hotels and conference center spaces are always a solid option, this could be the year to explore venue space that’s a little bit more off the beaten path. Whether you go the traditional hotel/conference center route or opt for something a little more untraditional, act fast. Step Two: To Theme or Not To Theme?

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

These steps from communication, legal, and risk management professionals will help you lay the groundwork for reaching out to your attendees and preparing information before an event so that you won’t be left scrambling during one. In 2008, a terror group attacked a hotel in Mumbai and held hostages for three days.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

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.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 15, 2019

Global trends related to technology, sustainability, social media, event security, risk management drove a need for the industry to come together to develop a body of knowledge that includes best practices for the planning and execution of events. . Director, Sales & Marketing, Anvil Centre | President Elect, MPI BC Chapter.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 7, 2017

We have implemented a risk-management manual to our events and we have purchased more event insurance for better protection. Increase in what we budget for food and beverage, and managing other costs more closely. Started implementing a strategic meetings management program.• . • We are moving to a larger venue for 2017.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Create a risk management assessment prior to the event, along with a protocol and policy for handling emergency situations. Once the risk management assessment and emergency protocol is set , share it among all members of your team. This applies to all venues, whether it’s an aquarium or high-rise hotel or a tent.”

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 26, 2020

MD : We’re at a crossroads because everything is changing quickly, and the reality is different in different areas of the country and different types of hotels. That includes the airplane and how you get from the airport to the hotel. Hotels have always done a good job of cleaning. COVID-19 kits are provided where available.

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