Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

This perfect storm significantly threatens the sustainability of associations and adds tremendous pressure to those who are organizing events to find ways to improve their financial performance. Event planners should consider asking key suppliers to add a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to their contract.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Negotiation experts share tips for building win-win event contracts The ROI is in the details when drafting a vendor contract. A win-win contract allows everyone to feel that their biggest risks are covered and they can partner in good faith to execute confidently while working creatively to deliver the best event possible.

Contracts 98

Contracts Negotiating 2024 Hotels 98

EventMB

AUGUST 19, 2024

There has been a significant increase in what we call variable or on-demand planner contracting tied to third-party planning organizations,” said Todd Taranto, president of Cadre , a placement firm for event industry freelancers. She now finds herself contracting for fellow FICP members.

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Meetings Contracts Insurance 2007 160

QC Event School

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As an event planner, your contract is one of the most important documents in your business. Writing a solid event planning contract helps ensure that everyone involved understands their roles and responsibilities, as well as what they can expect from the event itself. So, let’s get started!

Contracts 105

Contracts Event Planning Events Financial 105

SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 95

ePly

JANUARY 3, 2024

A Guide for Event Profs in the Age of Rising Costs Welcome to 2024, where contract negotiations continue to be a critical but dreaded aspect of event planning. As always, negotiating contracts remains a crucial component of success, allowing organizers to maximize their return on investment and deliver exceptional events.

Negotiating 87

Negotiating Contracts 2024 Events 87

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Experts offer tips and ideas for meeting professionals As the year slowly comes to a close, many financial and insurance meeting planners may be thinking about what they should be keeping on their radar. Meeting planners may also want to consider alternative cities that may offer better financial options. growth in innovation and 15.7%

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Insurance Financial 2024 Meetings 98

Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Corporate events require significant time, effort, and financial investment. Webinars These online seminars or presentations allow companies to share expertise, product information, and thought leadership with audiences globally. Read more: How to Host a Successful Webinar – The Ultimate Guide Why is Corporate Event Planning Important?

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The financial and insurance industry is based on relationships, and the more you can engage your clients, the more you can strengthen the relationship. Alternative plans covered in the contract also need to include the possibility that a group may outgrow a venue if social-distancing guidelines make the space unworkable.

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Insurance Financial Meetings Food and Beverage 85

SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

In the fifth of FICP’s new virtual education series, Financial & Insurance Professionals (FICP) Chats, more than 200 participants explored how to book group business for future meetings, including immediate adjustments for events, and how those were not being written into RFPs for the long-term. Uncertainty Persists in the Short Term.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 24, 2019

To begin building your budget, it’s best to determine what financial success means for your event and how you want to measure it. Let’s take a look first at how you can determine what financial success means for your meeting or event before talking in more detail about cash flow. Gifts in kind (actual fair market financial value).

Food and Beverage 153

Food and Beverage Meetings Financial Advertising 153

MeetingsNet

MARCH 9, 2021

This should give many hotel owners confidence that they will have cash flow and can say to their financial institutions, ‘Okay, we’re back to a good revenue stream, so let’s work things out.”. And if a group’s contracted property suspends operations during that time, “trying to find another hotel to use could be pretty tough.”.

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2021 Hotels Meetings Financial 117

GEVME

AUGUST 13, 2019

A creative event partnership ca n provide financial stability and future prospects for your event. To offer valuable resources aside from the obvious financial benefits, partners can bring other assets, such as networks, media coverage or client lists you can access to increase your brand awareness and succeed. Signing a contract.

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Contracts Financial Social Media Marketing 136

The Planner's Lounge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Contracts, invoices, bookkeeping, and even your calendar are right at your fingertips. Utilizing this business and financial management software will also ensure that your communications are professional, efficient, and consistent. Booking coordination — Create and send quotes, contracts, and invoices. Easy peasy!

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Contracts Financial Consulting Management 111

Attendease

MARCH 19, 2024

Efficient Resource Allocation Running multiple events simultaneously requires that you carefully allocate resources—financial, human, and technological. Look for opportunities to save on bulk orders or multi-event vendor contracts. Regularly reconcile your projected versus actual costs and adjust budgets as needed.

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Management Event Management Contracts Corporate Events 195

ePly

JANUARY 3, 2024

A Guide for Event Profs in the Age of Rising Costs Welcome to 2024, where contract negotiations continue to be a critical but dreaded aspect of event planning. As always, negotiating contracts remains a crucial component of success, allowing organizers to maximize their return on investment and deliver exceptional events.

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Negotiating Contracts 2024 Events 48

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Now, the question is how to build contracts moving forward. Phoenix-based hotel attorney Lisa Devlin sat down for some rapid-fire questions about what is and isn’t working today and offered her prescription for a win-win solution to trading contract clauses. Read More : A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses.

Hotels 98

Hotels Negotiating Contracts Financial 98

MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Given that the property has 15 meeting rooms and 29,000 square feet of event space, though, the severe damage to the ground floor makes it probable that any events contracted to meet there in the foreseeable future will have to move.

Hotels 105

Hotels Meetings Contracts Financial 105

Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

After all, these organizations can add legitimacy to your event, while improving its financial outlook. If a speaker agrees to participate, send them a contract that stipulates their role in the conference, the amount they’ll earn, and other pertinent details. But your conference sponsors should be a close second.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Elena joins the venue as Sales and Marketing Director from Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport, where she re-launched the hotel post-pandemic, built a brand-new corporate base, and secured several major airline contracts. New Finance Director EeLain Ong has worked across multiple sectors throughout her 28-year career in financial services.

Financial 97

Financial Insurance Airlines 2024 97

SmartMeetings

JULY 31, 2020

Many respondents shared their emotional and financial pain, using words like “difficult,” “cautious,” “depressing”—and in one case—“wobbly.”. Acing the Post-COVID Contract. Before the coronavirus, many venue contracts didn’t feature force majeure clauses. Now they’re top of mind.

Meetings 111

Meetings Contracts Sustainability Airlines 111

Eventtia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

It serves as a financial roadmap, providing a clear view of all expenses and revenues associated with the event. By creating an effective event budget plan, organizers can exercise financial control and achieve maximum returns on their investments. Quick note: This guide works for free-to-participate events.

Financial 117

Financial Negotiating Entertainment Retail 117

QC Event School

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As an event planner, your contract is one of the most important documents in your business. Writing a solid event planning contract helps ensure that everyone involved understands their roles and responsibilities, as well as what they can expect from the event itself. So, let’s get started!

Contracts 52

Contracts Event Planning Events Financial 52

QC Event School

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As an event planner, your contract is one of the most important documents in your business. Writing a solid event planning contract helps ensure that everyone involved understands their roles and responsibilities, as well as what they can expect from the event itself. So, let’s get started!

Contracts 52

Contracts Event Planning Events Financial 52

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.

Trade Shows 106

Trade Shows Contracts 2020 Food and Beverage 106

SmartMeetings

APRIL 13, 2021

For example, do you have the resources (labor and financial) to ensure the safety of your guests? Finances and Contracting. How flexible are the terms of your venue and supplier partners’ contracts if you need to cancel the event? Our Duty of Care includes our duty to recommend, plan and inform.

Contracts 130

Contracts Travel Trade Shows Sponsorships 130

GEVME

JUNE 13, 2018

Make your final selection, confirm the final details with a host, and sign a contract. Take care of financial details (collect all payments and receipts in one centralised place, finalise budget reports, etc.). Research additional aspects like accommodation capabilities, parking, transportation options, catering, and more.

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Conference Planning Conference Speakers Advertising 200

MeetingsNet

JUNE 14, 2024

Just as the 2024 hurricane season began on June 1, a few meetings-focused hotels in South Florida, both on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, publicized promotions to the group market featuring especially favorable pricing and contract terms for meetings taking place between July and December of 2024 and July and December 2025.

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2025 Meetings 2024 Negotiating 105

MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

While associations are seeing strong attendance across most segments, planning challenges include finding available meeting space, lack of flexibility on contract terms, and attendees registering late. However, the landscape for corporate clients is distinct from association clients.

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Meetings 2023 Contracts 2019 109

Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

They are purpose-built to streamline processes and financial operations, centralize data, and engage members. Its financial management tools can connect to software like QuickBooks so you can see and manage all your reports in one place. MC Trade MC Trade is an association management solution for larger organizations.

Event Planning 195

Event Planning Event Apps Financial Management 195

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Once the contract has been signed, the tough talk doesn’t stop. By the Numbers.

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Financial Insurance Medical Meetings Contracts 98

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It is possible that hybrid meetings may serve as a temporary transitional solution and will not create a negative financial impact after the crisis subsides. Contracting for the bare minimum level of technical support is a bad idea. Analytics, online polls and sophisticated chat functionality are good examples.

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2021 Meetings Hotels Financial 124

SpotMe Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

The management team, the product and services lineup and all existing contracts remain unchanged. SpotMe will tap into Swiss Post’s technology portfolio and network and will continue to expand in its key markets. Both parties have agreed not to disclose transaction details. Press contact: David Pires, press@spotme.com, +1 312-383-9087.

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Attendease

JUNE 28, 2023

If you host or exhibit events regularly, you may find that paying for a scalable and adaptable event platform will be more financially viable than an ‘off-the-shelf’ solution. Scalability and Flexibility Some event management software may only be suitable for specific events or ones of a certain size.

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Event Management Management 2028 Events 195

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties. As a result, travel planners are shifting the focus to their budgets and contracts with third parties. Guest safety has become a focal aspect of incentive travel planning. Costs are changing and budgets must follow suit.

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Travel Contracts Negotiating Hotels 98

GEVME

JULY 23, 2018

However, just as in any relationship, it’s critical to ensure that you and your partner make a good match before establishing a contract. On the side of sponsors, a smart event investment can also bring them great financial profits. This doesn’t mean you have to be super choosy and organise a casting call for sponsors.

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Sponsorships Event Ideas Contracts Events 174

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

SM What are the legal and financial limitations planners need to keep in mind when hiring freelance staff? TJ When hiring freelance staff, planners need to be aware of several legal and financial considerations: Worker Classification : Proper classification of workers is crucial to avoid penalties.

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Meetings Insurance Financial Contracts 93