SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

If you spent 2020 talking about force majeure clauses more than you ever had in your career, you are not alone. Over the months, Sheaks noticed more hotels and venues using liability waivers, along with enhancing safety protocols, revising contracts , signage and training. If you are seeking legal advice, consult with a professional.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Has this year strengthened your relationship with the event contract? 2020 brought to the fore voluminous talk about force majeure clauses , common law principles and greater attention to legal terms in general. The post Event Contract Considerations for 2021 appeared first on Smart Meetings. If so, you’re not alone.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to another episode of #EventIcons, and this time around we’re talking 2020 event tech trends! So now it’s time for the 2020 event tech trends to shine! And once you’re done, feel free to press play and join us on this 2020 event tech trends focused conversation! ” 2020 Event Tech Trends: 5G.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 29, 2020

The extended contract will see the overlay specialist continuing to deliver bespoke temporary infrastructure across Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT). Philippa Hayday-Brown, head of hospitality and events at RAFCTE, commented: “Extending our contract with GL events was an investment in quality and continuity.

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GEVME

MAY 15, 2020

And when it comes to organizing online events in 2020, apart from event planning skills, it requires the knowledge of online event management tools and technology. What is Event Management Software in 2020? Choose From the TOP Online Event Management Tools in 2020. Conclusion.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Meetings Industry Association has updated its contract and cancellation guidance to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on future bookings and ensure all parties are protected. To download the latest contract guideline visit [link].

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As it turned out, before our clients could move forward with their virtual events, contracts with the hotels, the convention center, and the other contractors had to be resolved.” While coronavirus clobbered conferences, conventions, and meetings in 2020, it decimated exhibitions. But it wouldn’t have made that much difference.

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Planning Pod

JULY 7, 2020

and are still booking up venue spaces for late 2020 and beyond. Some typical paper trail items you should make digital include: Client or vendor contracts. Contracts and other agreements can be sent and signed digitally. Having a standard style for proposals, contracts, invoices, etc.

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Attendease

MARCH 16, 2021

And yet, if you look at a lot of what existed in the industry, pre-2020, it wasn’t that innovative and creative. This could be a good opportunity to provide internship opportunities, offer contract work, or hire entry-level planners that can help you as required. We started to have fun in ways we didn’t imagine prior to 2020.

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Guidebook

DECEMBER 30, 2019

With this in mind, here are the top three trends shaping attendee experience in 2020. We saw an increased focus on sustainability within the events industry, and expect that this focus will only continue to increase into 2020. A recent study by Salesforce reinforces how important personalization is as we move into 2020.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As in-person events now return to pre-2020 levels, attendees increasingly value connecting and learning with peers, as Freeman reported in its Q1 2024 Trends Report: “When it comes to networking, attendees are less interested in discovering new career opportunities and obtaining/providing mentoring.

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Event Farm

MARCH 24, 2021

Since March 2020, this whole pandemic period has been a waiting game. You have carefully reviewed your vendors’ contracts and understand your liability. Any event vendor should have a terms and conditions section within their contract where it spells out that they will abide by the appropriate CDC rules and regulations around COVID-19.

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Event Marketer

JULY 25, 2024

It wasn’t long ago that force majeure was commonly perceived as insignificant boilerplate language added to the end of an event contract. Then 2020 and a global pandemic hit, and the provision was suddenly viewed as an instrumental clause that could shield event hosts from legal action as a sea of cancellations was sweeping the industry.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

Next is the Social Contract, the new Code of Conduct with the event where we agree to maintain safe distancing, wear masks and to not participate if we are feeling unwell. The ultimate reward of incentive travel has been mainly on hold through 2020 and stalled for much of 2021. Micro-Trend: Ultra Personalization.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

It was deemed “better than nothing,” but if used, it was suggested that this option should accompany a clause in the contract that allows an in-person site inspection at a future date. Based on the in-person site inspection, that clause should allow meetings professionals the option to cancel the contract without penalty.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

“They gave us three options: Terminate our original contract and they would return our deposit with no penalty, Reschedule the event in 2020 with new contract terms; or. Postpone to 2021 with the same contract terms.”. FAMP opted to renegotiate its contract terms and host an in-person event in 2020.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Most event planners want a venue contract in which everybody wins. The Latecomer believes that the real negotiation begins when the contract is ready to sign. One is very accepting of the venue’s contract terms. Start Date: February 18, 2020. This kind of negotiating can prolong the process for both parties. LEARN MORE.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The wait is over… the 2020 edition of Event Buyers Live (EBL) will take place from November 23-25 at a location to be revealed next month. The change of date will allow event organisers to contract their suppliers more immediately and get their infrastructure in place at a time of year that’s better suited to their event planning.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. We may eventually tame the pandemic by developing effective and inexpensive antivirals and making them widely available to those contracting COVID-19. It’s time to take another look.

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Event Industry News

MAY 15, 2020

… (with a few observations and comments from the Venue Search London team below each): The above data shows any months in which the buyers currently had contracted events, with some buyers having multiple events booked across these months (NB. And so to the results. We only asked about these four months).

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 20, 2021

It goes without saying that 2020 was a very challenging year for so many people. But in March 2020 when the lockdown was announced, like many in the event industry, Studio Giggle watched all the work that they had lined up for the year disappear overnight. But it hasn’t been bad news for everyone. ”

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SmartMeetings

JULY 31, 2020

A majority (63 percent) reported that they expected their budgets and number of meetings in the coming year to increase or be no less than at the beginning of 2020. Acing the Post-COVID Contract. Before the coronavirus, many venue contracts didn’t feature force majeure clauses. Now they’re top of mind.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 21, 2022

Following recent contract wins at three of the UK’s leading event venues, audio-visual and entertainment technology company Anna Valley has promoted Dan Orchard to the role of venue director. Over the last eighteen months, Anna Valley has established itself as a significant service provider to the UK’s venue sector.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

VFS Global has been named an official ticket reseller for Expo 2020 Dubai to be held in the UAE between 20 October 2020 and 10 April 2021. Mr. Sanjive Khosla, chief commercial officer, Expo 2020 Dubai, and Mr. Zubin Karkaria, CEO, VFS Global Group, signed the contract on 20 October 2019 in Dubai.

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Endless Events

MARCH 6, 2020

?? The Best of the Best: Saving Money: 6 Best Ways To Save On An Event AV Contract. I can’t believe we are almost done with the first quarter of 2020!But There are ways to save money on your AV contract! (15-minute However, there are some opportunities to cut costs in your AV contract! Happy March! ??.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 31, 2020

Story Events Ltd, organiser of the annual London Christmas Party Show , have announced that in light of the current situation with COVID19, they will be postponing the event, from 12 – 13 May 2020 to the later date o f 28 – 29 July 2020. “As

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

IBTM today announced that it has signed a new three-year contract with Barcelona Convention Bureau and Fira de Barcelona that will see IBTM World take place in the city up to and including the 2022 edition. December 2020.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Grass Roots will provide these services for Sibos’ annual events in Toronto 2017, Sydney 2018, London 2019 and Boston 2020. The post Grass Roots awarded three-year Sibos contract appeared first on Event Industry News. Julie Yorke, […].

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic. In that time, “we saw lots of property salespeople and directors of sales get furloughed or let go, and even some people in regional sales offices.”

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Event Industry News

MAY 2, 2019

ExWorks offered the client a bespoke, flexible, funding solution in the form of a revolving credit line, to provide working capital for the company’s various contracts to deliver semi-permanent venues for the 2020 Olympic Games, to be held in Tokyo.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 17, 2020

MeetingsMeanBiz (@meetingsmeanbiz) April 16, 2020. Conference Care Package (@Confcarepackage) April 16, 2020. NYC & Company (@nycgo_press) April 16, 2020. CVB Chatham County (@PittsboroCVB) April 16, 2020. MeetingsChat. GivingBack. I have also been helping local nonprofits get sponsorship. KeepTheHopeAlive.

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EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings. Find the Best Choice From a Wide Pool of Options.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Members of PCMA’s Catalyst community discuss when they might be able to invoke the force majeure clause in contracts for 2021 meetings. We have a 2021 contract in late April in Chicago for which we updated the force majeure clause to include COVID-19 as a specific situation that would allow us to cancel.

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Event Marketer

JULY 12, 2021

33% of consumers say their top life priorities and values have changed as a result of the challenges and opportunities faced in 2020. Brands have made significant business shifts and developed new products and services as a direct result of challenges faced in 2020. Source: EventTrack). Source: Pulse Survey). Source: Pulse Survey).

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Good news: The outbreak of Covid force majeure cancellations and postponements that plagued the industry in 2020 did not lead to a rash of precedent-setting lawsuits. Now, the question is how to build contracts moving forward. Read More : A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses. Covid Cancellations. That doesn’t help you.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. For this trip, the first time I’d been back to Europe since an Estonian meeting design conference in 2020, I decided to spend a week in Rome. I’m looking back on 2023. 2023 in review I slowed down in 2023.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Bray Leino Events has been awarded the Event Management Services contract for the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, now set to take place in October 2021. The UK Pavilion virtual tour is the first of its kind so far created for Expo 2020 Dubai.

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