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Contract Clauses You Need in 2025

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Professor Tyra Warner on the latest risk factors in this uncertain year From force majeure to data protection, meeting professionals are trying to cover the unexpected in contracts during what could be a tumultuous year for business and the economy. in hospitality. Warner advises caution.

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Smart Moves at Destinations International, Fairmont Dallas and More

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With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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Help Wanted: Can Supplier-Staff Shortages Derail Events?

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We now proactively look at service-related clauses to include in our contracts. She says that planners simply have to drill down more during the contracting process. Ask about staffing in each area and then include service clauses in the contract. But now we have to make sure the amenities we need are available.”. Grimes, Esq.,

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Smart Moves in Berkeley, Hollywood and More

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In his most recent role as general manager of Calistoga Motor Lodge, he spearheaded a construction project that added 39 rooms, reduced food and beverage costs and skillfully managed finances. Along with expertise in corporate travel events and hotel contracting, he brings a passion for community service.

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Nine High-tech Solutions to Explore in the COVID-19 Era

Event Marketer

Shelley Hodgkinson, senior director-event solutions at Walmart, described the “new budget” her team is preparing to build in EM’s webinar, Mastering Event Contracts in the Post-COVID Era. “As As people start to work through it, they’ll look at things differently, and look at things they’ve never looked at before,” she said.

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You Can Negotiate Away Annoying Hotel Fees

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billion for all manner of fees and surcharges, according to Bjorn Hanson of New York University Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism. Even if a hotel has no resort or urban fees currently, I would put it in writing in the contract, so that there is no potential issue in the future. Last year, the U.S.

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IMEX 22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees

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ballroom, a 90,000-square-foot theater, a 25,000-square-foot Meridian Garden, 57 meeting spaces, 3,700 guest rooms and 27 different food and beverage outlets on the 25-acre property, soon to be announced. IMEX2022 #island #Tourism #meetsmart pic.twitter.com/2BlWbAhy0D. of meeting space, including a 105,000 sq.

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