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2024 Contracts Playbook

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What to watch For Contracts don’t sound exciting. But if you look at them another way, event contracts are a dynamic landscape that can either serve as a solid foundation for your event, or a swampy marsh full of lurking danger! Lots of legal language, tons of details—essentially, a heavy lift. Are staff rotating roles?

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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

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2022 contracting will require going back to basics. Contracting in the current Covid climate, however, is complex—everything feels unsettled, so it’s hard to know how to plan. Anyone who has written a contract in the COVID era has learned one thing—patience! How do we navigate this ever-changing environment?

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The Event Vax Debate Uncovers Legal, Health and Moral Questions

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Read about the 25 Hospitality Trends waiting for meeting profs on the other side of the pandemic. . Do you think masks/no masks, vaccines/non-vaxed will or should be an addendum on contracts with venues? Do you think masks/no masks, vaccines/non-vaxxed will or should be an addendum on contracts with venues?

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2019 15 Over 50: Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM

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Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM, works in Woodhaven, New York, as a s enior business events manager at RIMS, Risk Management Society. What I do: I am responsible for contracting more than 75 hotel agreements per year. I manage our exhibitor housing and hospitality processes (more than 31,000 peak room nights).

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How to Take the Risk out of Planning Events with the Federal Government

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Federal meetings almost singlehandedly bailed out the hospitality industry following the tragedy of 9/11. But consistent with a risk management plan, it is critical that the government contracting document protect the agency with an inclusive force majeure (“Act of God”) clause. Government sequestration.

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Best Practices for Safe Meetings from APEX COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce

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The hospitality industry is coming to the rescue. The preview of best practices turned into a vigorous question-and-answer session covering everything from food and beverage to contracts, to roles and responsibilities. What are some trends you’re seeing in new contract clauses that protect both sides? Here are highlights.

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Get the show on the road: Event Management

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All this has led to an uptick in the demand for skilled event management professionals. Good event and hospitality management involves the systematic application of project management techniques to create and develop large events. how to manage budgets, advice on contracts, booking venues and securing sponsors.