Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Let’s take the skill of hotel contract negotiations ; novice planners tend to feel overwhelmed by the nitty-gritty details of hotel contracts and often learn as they go. If you’re planning a conference, it’s very likely you’ll need to contract and negotiate a hotel room block for your attendees.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 24, 2017

Hilton has announced it will enforce a 48-hour room cancellation policy beginning July 31. For many professional meeting planners, however, the policy makes good business sense. A recent Business Travelers Coalition poll found 59 percent of respondents believe the policies will be negatively received by business travelers.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Negotiation experts share tips for building win-win event contracts The ROI is in the details when drafting a vendor contract. Read More : Why AI Might Mean Salvation for the Meeting Industry Payne believes in creating a custom contract for each client that addresses all hotel fees and surcharges.

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Event Farm

MAY 5, 2021

The Playbook provides three valuable tools for venue scouting. . Selecting an event venue. This section suggests questions to ask venues about compliance and safety, recommends venues with GBAC STAR accreditation, and advises following CDC guidelines on ventilation and sanitization. . Event risk assessment planning tool.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Today’s cybercriminal only needs one piece of information to wreak havoc with meeting planners - an email password. There are many in-house audio-visual organizations throughout the country that have a very good reputation for being fair in contract negotiations with their clients. Negotiate Venue and AV Liaison Fees, Security Fees.

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Event Industry News

JULY 11, 2019

Does the thought of organising a conference or corporate meeting for your company leave you in a cold sweat? Jigsaw Conferences, an event planning and organising company with years of experience, offers free venue finder service and helps in booking venues for events in the UK and other countries.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It comes as no surprise that one of the key elements of organising any event is securing a space or venue. It may sound like simple work – finding a venue and exchanging contracts – but the devil is in the detail and more often than not, there’s a myriad of hidden factors that will impact the eventual price tag.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How to prepare for 2023 contract negotiations Yes, we’re out of the pandemic shutdown, but it’s not back to “business as usual.” Take a look at nearby venues. This helps balance the hesitation on the clients’ part for meetings that are farther ahead, but it means the team has to be ready to commit quickly.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The likely answer is that would not be sufficient or meet the threshold of impossibility or impracticability to equate to a force majeure event. Again, this can be addressed either initially in the contract, or by negotiating additional addendums or riders to the contract after the fact. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SevenEvents

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Finding a venue for your next event can be daunting. At seven events, we provide a venue-finding service to remove the stress of finding a venue for an event. We have narrowed down the top things to consider when selecting a venue, so you don’t have to. . #1 Photo by Caio: [link]. 1 location. 3 Flexibility.

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Eventsforce

OCTOBER 14, 2019

With a wide range of easily accessible transport links, and a large choice of potential venues, it could easily be the perfect place for your next meeting. We’ve put together the key commonly asked questions below, and followed this up with a bit more information on some great Liverpool venues. What is your budget?

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

How safe are your meetings and events? Here are some action items and ideas that you can implement at whatever stage of your meeting you are in, from Choosing a Location or Venue, to negotiating The Contract , or creating a Communications Policy. Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. Then one more.” .

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Smart Meetings

MAY 6, 2022

The most recent seasons have taught us that venues with the ability to quickly adapt to their environment and their experiential offerings were the most resilient in a time of peak uncertainty. Having a clean venue is an element that contributes to the atmosphere and attractiveness of an event. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 25, 2021

Meeting professionals today are risk managers. Start by communicating your health policy through emails on the registration website and at the event. Then share your refund policies available if they refuse to agree to the conditions. Force majeure needs to include all three legal standards to protect the meeting planner.

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Event Industry News

JULY 17, 2019

We understand how stressful, time-consuming and expensive sourcing that perfect venue can be for event organisers. So many event planners have got enough on their plate, without dealing with the frustrations associated with securing a great venue. We aim to keep the venue finding process easy for our clients.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 28, 2021

Key Takeaways: Be a fully informed planner: read the entire contract, ask questions, and hire a hospitality attorney if you need assistance in reviewing, negotiating, or renegotiating a contract. Last year, all meetings and events were on hold. Last year, all meetings and events were on hold.

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Event Guru

MARCH 6, 2024

A software that allows for unlimited events as well as unlimited seats is a smart move if you are a large venue that organizes many events. Scalability: Adaptability: A consolidated software environment is often more adaptable and scalable to meet the evolving needs of the organization.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2018

In 2014, venture capitalist Ron Shah was deep into a month of internal meetings when the pipes burst in. He worked the phones in a rush, trying to clinch local hotel meeting rooms on short notice. But the phone-tag negotiations moved at the speed of molasses. his building. The office’s conference space was flooded and unusable.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

Now two years out from where we were at the pandemic’s genesis, one question continues to peck at the minds of meeting planners: “Can the fear of Covid be sufficient enough to trigger 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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SevenEvents

MARCH 27, 2024

trends are constantly evolving, and event planners must stay informed to meet the changing requirements and expectations of their targeted audience. this includes everything from venue selection to catering choices. this includes everything from venue selection to catering choices. as an event planner, what should you avoid?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Unionized hotels provide the stability and training that hospitality workers are seeking—they could be part of the solution to the shortage that meeting planners are waiting for. They negotiate for higher wages, improved benefits including retirement plans and family healthcare, job training, due process and safety concerns.

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The Castle Group

MARCH 2, 2021

This will depend on several circumstances, such as the speed of the vaccine rollout, safety thresholds of hosting organizations and hosting venues, and local market conditions. A smaller in-person group will allow you to ensure that you meet the proper capacity limits for your in-person guests. Vet your live venue.

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The Planner's Lounge

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Often, couples without a professional wedding planner get so overwhelmed before the vendor meetings that they walk away with many unanswered questions. Is the amount negotiable? What is your cancellation policy? Event Venue Specific Questions. Pro tip: Most venues require clients to obtain an event liability policy.

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ePly

JANUARY 3, 2024

A Guide for Event Profs in the Age of Rising Costs Welcome to 2024, where contract negotiations continue to be a critical but dreaded aspect of event planning. In this day and age, negotiation skills are even more essential as event professionals strive to deliver memorable experiences while staying on budget.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Listen to the podcast to learn how Capita Travel and Events and Universal Live approach clients’ pitches, budgets and negotiations. Yes, I agree with the privacy policy. It is, therefore, important to recognise this and bring in different partners to help create the event that the client wants. Areas of interest. Brand Events.

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Event Industry News

JULY 12, 2019

Does the thought of organising a conference or corporate meeting for your company leave you in a cold sweat? Jigsaw Conferences, an event planning and organising company with years of experience, offers free venue finder service and helps in booking venues for events in the UK and other countries. No fees whatsoever!

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 23, 2019

Average Daily Delegate Rates (DDR) rose 3% from January to July, compared to the same period in 2018, according to the Meetings Industry Association (mia). . Yes, I agree with the privacy policy. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions. Event Tech. Sporting Events.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 17, 2017

In fact, this is such a consistently recurring challenge and issue for meeting and event planners that many of us simply expect to do more with less at the onset of planning any event, and we’re almost astonished when someone says “Go for broke.” Book vendors and venues for multiple events.

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Conference Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Now 40 years on, I find myself having the same reaction when being told that I really must adopt an instant booking tool for small meetings. . With demand for small meetings generally accepted as being on the decline thanks to Teams & Zoom, I decided to put this to the test…. send an RFP to the venue).

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Cvent: Event Marketing

JUNE 18, 2018

When you’re running hundreds of events each year, you need a way to manage and organize your events to optimize the outcomes of these meetings. Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) programs help companies manage their meetings and events through streamlined planning processes, preferred vendors and meetings data.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 14, 2018

Each year, along with the numbers we collect for the annual Meetings Market Survey , we ask respondents open-ended questions, including this one: What’s the biggest challenge facing the meetings industry?”. AirBnb and other disruptors, budgetary constraints relating to government meetings. Click to read survey. Attendance.

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Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

This guide will show you how to put together an event strategic plan, streamline your event marketing process and be a best-in-class meetings and events team. Introduction Planning a meeting or event of any size can be a daunting task for those who aren’t used to that level of orchestration.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. Things like target audience, messaging, venue selection, and budget are all part of the planning process. They can often negotiate better deals and availability. It is not for commercial purposes.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 11, 2019

A statement on the venue’s website read: “As an ethical and responsible company, we consistently review the content of all events while continuing our commitment to generate business and economic impact for the city.” It continued to state that negotiations with the show had been “terminated”. Yes, I agree with the privacy policy.

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QC Event School

MAY 20, 2021

Since the beginning of the global pandemic, the event industry has seen a substantial financial loss, and many vendors and venues have gone out of business. Contract negotiations and securing new vendors. Some of these ways include: Virtual meetings and events. Online venue tours. conferences, trade shows, weddings, etc.)

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 29, 2019

Listen on to hear Louise discuss different aspects of working with event organisers, covering topics regarding creating ideas, negotiations and show coverage. Yes, I agree with the privacy policy. “With B2B, there’s still a really solid incentive for businesses to attend shows.”. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours.

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