2008 Contracts Negotiating 
The MICE
AUGUST 17, 2020
It was a big contract, which took six months of negotiations to come to an agreement. Before having my new company, I already had a one-year contract signed for our first project for a hotel company. You had an event management agency during the 2008 crisis and lost 50% of your business in one week. How did you feel?
Smart Meetings
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
More strikes could begin with little advance notice across the nation if negotiations remain deadlocked. For future events, the site also offers “model protective language [to] stay in control of your options by including these key clauses in your event contract.”
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SpotMe Blog
JUNE 13, 2023
They can often negotiate better deals and availability. Here are 3 benefits of working with a professional pharma event management company: Access to resources Pharma event management companies have established relationships with top venues, caterers, A/V companies, and other vendors. Get our comprehensive list of event production companies.
PCMA Convene
JULY 31, 2016
W hen Geralyn Krist, CMP, CTA, put in a request to start working from home in 2008, she’d been in convention sales with Visit KC for six years. When she came back 15 years later, she negotiated a flexible schedule of working from the office and from home. We set them up with a laptop and a portal, so they’re always online with us.
Event Leadership Institute
APRIL 10, 2020
Even when the current lockdowns start to lift, organizations will be far more gun-shy in committing to venue contracts for future events, out of fear of a second wave of the virus causing another cancellation. Examples include the 9/11 attacks, the 2008 financial crisis, Pearl Harbor, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
PCMA Convene
JULY 31, 2016
From stories about fax machines to photos of 3D projection mapping, from advice about negotiating piles of paperwork to a roundtable discussion among female CEOs, we’ve gone from serving an industry in its infancy to one that has come of age. Does a planner’s attitude make a difference when negotiating with hotels?” November 2008.
PCMA Convene
OCTOBER 31, 2016
There’s continually a lot of give and take and continually a lot of negotiation. You probably know that Cleveland bid on the 2008 Republican National Convention. This space has been empty for about seven years now, so we have been lucky enough to get our catering contract to do events in this space. The capacity here is large.
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