2009 Conference Contracts 
Velvet Chainsaw
APRIL 13, 2020
The previous low for occupancy was during the financial crisis in 2009 when occupancy was 55 percent. However, from past experience, any time that there has been a shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s market, those contracts signed during a seller’s market just flat out had to be updated. Conference Go/No-Go Decisions in a Pandemic.
Event Marketer
JULY 11, 2024
But 2027 may see a shift for the long-running festival as its 13-year contract with Park City ends in 2026 (the 2025 and 2026 editions will remain in Utah). Still, Sundance isn’t the only festival (possibly) on the move; it joins a growing list of big events and conferences that are set to relocate or expand to new cities.
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Event Marketer
JANUARY 29, 2024
Michelle Rosen Sapir: We put out the very first set of guidelines, which focused on accessibility, in 2009 on our company’s intranet and in a Google Doc, really simply. A live experience could be a sporting event or a b-to-b conference, which are two totally different animals.
Event Industry News
JULY 8, 2020
It takes account of the COVID-19 environment and global economic contraction predicted by the International Monetary Fund and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development over the rest of the year. The research involved 675 survey respondents from 59 countries. This includes redundancies and business closures.
Smart Meetings
DECEMBER 8, 2021
It happened in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009,” Juliane Farinazzo, co-founder and events director of Bijou Events, remembers as if it were yesterday. As a conference organizer you may want to be more proactive than that. Returning to F2F, do alcohol and meetings still mix? Chock it up to higher costs, to supply chain problems, whatever.”.
PCMA Convene
APRIL 2, 2017
During the Alzheimer’s Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease in Vienna, discarded cups became such a nuisance that AIM chose to ban F&B samples at all of its future shows. Every flat surface was covered with those cups,” Herlitz said. “For HOW TO LIMIT LITTER.
Event Leadership Institute
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
The last recession ended in July 2009, well over ten years ago. This looming economic threat is the impetus for a webinar I gave recently for FICP (Financial & Insurance Conference Planners) titled Recession-Proofing Your Job: Strategies for Improving Your Value. We are more than due.
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