Conference Hotels Negotiating 
Smart Meetings
JANUARY 4, 2019
However, leaving audio visual (AV) equipment services to the end could be a costly mistake, especially when negotiating these services with a hotel. Many hotel contracts mandate use of an in-house AV provider and contain clauses prohibiting use of other vendors or charge for the privilege of using the planner’s preferred vendor.
Smart Meetings
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The Coalition’s 41st convention emphasized strength and resilience National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP) held its 41st annual convention in Birmingham, Alabama, at Sheraton Birmingham Hotel and Westin Birmingham Hotel Nov. You can negotiate it back in, but what’s the difference? Let’s look at Covid.
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PCMA Convene
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Negotiation coach Alex Carter will lead two PCMA Business School sessions during Convening Leaders 2025, on Jan. Negotiation coach Alex Carter starts off her April 2024 TEDx talk, “How to Ask for More — and Get It,” by saying the most important things she knows about negotiation she learned in a kayak.
Smart Meetings
MARCH 7, 2025
Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International ( ALHI ), highlighted a significant wave of upcoming renovations and new builds, many of which are on track for completion by 2028. Dominguez pointed to data showing that, on average, hotels currently have 14.5
Smart Meetings
JUNE 27, 2023
But entering a new relationship with a hotel usually comes with a detailed contract of agreements and stipulations. year period of time have shifted into the future years causing a significant demand and compression issue when contracting with hotels,” Payne said. “All Hotels want to make up for lost time, lost money.
Prestige Events Magazine
DECEMBER 10, 2024
2025 will be a year when technology will play a central role in every area of conferences and meetings from operations to marketing. Richard adds more hotels outside London are likely to focus on increasing the conference and training share of their business mix.
Velvet Chainsaw
APRIL 21, 2020
Over the past couple weeks, conversations with our clients have shifted from crisis decision-making for conferences occurring in the near-term (reactive) to scenario planning for the fall (proactive). In our Conference Go/No-Go Decisions in a Pandemic post , we provided a framework for scenario planning. Resetting Expectations.
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