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3 Extreme Accessibility Experts Share Their Accommodation Mandates

Smart Meetings

Since her mother was traveling in the 1990s, laws have changed to require hotels to contract for ADA rooms, guaranteeing they will be available when the person arrives, rather than making it upon request. She built her career in her dream field of advertising, working for large national and international agencies.

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Event Contracts: What to Watch in 2025

SmartMeetings

Contract tips to keep in mind A quarter century into the second millennium, there are several things that remain constant: humans need food, water and shelter to survive; the law of gravity is still in play; and event contracts are still a necessity between meeting professionals and hospitality venues.

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Sponsorship Needs to Be More Than Banners and Clings

Velvet Chainsaw

Problem is, when you dig into these resources, you find that they are more focused on print and digital advertising than true sponsorship. Most organizers can effectively sell these by offering them as a check-the-box, upsell opportunity during booth contracting. Our industry must get more sophisticated to seize this opportunity.

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What Meeting Planners Want: Understanding Their Needs & Pain Points

Smart Meetings

Unexpected cancellations, attendance fluctuations, and travel restrictions have made rigid contracts a dealbreaker. Contact Smart Meetings today to learn how our magazine advertising, digital marketing solutions, and in-person networking events can put your brand in front of the right audience.

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Top Trends for Your Event’s Social Influencer Campaign

Velvet Chainsaw

In the B2C marketplace, performance-based contracts and deals are on the increase, meaning planning and data play an increasingly important role in influencer marketing in 2022. Paid advertising is key to reach. Also keep that in mind as your hire your videographers for your event, for year-round, shareable content. Data rules.

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Blip Digital Billboards [Review]

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Blip Billboards are digital billboards across the US for event and product advertisement. They let planners advertise their event in advance at chosen times and in chosen places without signing a contract or paying a minimum fee. In this review, we’ll go over how it works and what we liked or did not like about […].

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AI Amendments are Coming to Your Supplier Agreements: How to Prepare

Event Marketer

Advertisers are already tackling AI policies around fair use and transparency with brands adding clauses to contracts, while organizations like the Association of National Advertisers have released official advisements.