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Should presenter contracts include a no brown M&Ms rider?

Conferences that Work

Van Halen ‘s 1982 World Tour performance contract contained a provision calling for them to be provided backstage with a bowl of M&Ms from which all the brown candies had been removed. ” — Brown Out , snopes.com. ” — Brown Out , snopes.com. ” I can’t post materials on the walls.

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Nine conference mythodologies

Conferences that Work

Mythodology: We can contract a venue for our meeting before we design it. Designing your meeting and then choosing a venue that can showcase your design will improve your meeting experience (and can save you big bucks!) This is the meeting industry’s biggest dirty secret.

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Guest blog: Are you getting the best value from your venue?

Event Industry News

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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Swapcard secures 3-year contract with Dubai World Trade Centre

Event Industry News

Since its inception in 2014, Swapcard has worked with large exhibitions across the globe including Reed, Informa, Comexposium, GL events and many other premium organisers. Gitex, DWTC’s flagship exhibition, will be the first event to use Swapcard’s engagement platform followed by Food Cluster (DWTC) and HR Summit (Informa). Areas of interest.

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Is There an Easier Way to Book Small Meetings?

PCMA Convene

In 2014, venture capitalist Ron Shah was deep into a month of internal meetings when the pipes burst in. No stranger to online innovation, he’d been an early advisor to MakeMyTrip — which went on to become the largest online travel company in India — and sold two companies to Google in 2014. Bizly in action. his building.

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10 Tips for Choosing The Perfect Conference Venue

Bizzabo

These 10 tips will help you find the perfect conference venue. 36% of event planners spending most of their budget on the venue , choosing a event space becomes o. To make it a bit easier, here are 10 tips for choosing a great venue for your next corporate event, conference or a trade-show. Source: American Express.

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East of England Arena awards comprehensive FM contract ahead of festival season

Event Industry News

Angus Wilmot, Operations Manager at Mick George Ltd commented: “We originally became a sponsor in 2014 and over the last four years have developed a fantastic relationship that continues to blossom.”. The post East of England Arena awards comprehensive FM contract ahead of festival season appeared first on Event Industry News.