Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Drawing from extensive interactions with agency owners, managing directors, c-suite stakeholders, and senior leaders, Robert offers unparalleled insider insight into the evolving priorities and strategies within the industry. We must find a way to better plan for and manage this.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Read more: Helpful Budget Tips for Event Planners in a Post-Covid World Working with Third-Party Agencies Many third parties provide sourcing only, meaning they will find the destination, and other will assist in sourcing as well as contract negotiations.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Contract concerns. In an effort to reduce and manage risks, venues and planners are adopting new contract clauses. No question, negotiating contracts is going to get more complicated as the industry rebounds. What contract concerns are you running up against? Member Considerations and Communications.

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Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

To ensure your conference is a smashing success, invest in conference management. Common Conference Types Why is Conference Management Important? Conference Management Types The Conference Management Process How to Select the Right Conference Management Software What Is a Conference? It’s up to you.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

She brings over two decades of experience managing high-profile conferences across various industries, spending the last decade of her career as president of events at Digiday, where she oversaw a team responsible for producing some of the media industry’s most influential gatherings. Fairbanks is appointed as catering sales manager.

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Food and Beverage Tourism Hospitality Hotels 246

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Learn More: From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices Topics included AI adoption, succession planning, contract negotiations, neurodiversity affordances, transportation management and sustainable sourcing.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2024

Leading luxury catering and event management services provider Blue Strawberry Group has secured a five-year contract to deliver exclusive hospitality and event services at 8½ London – home to The Skinners’ Company. 4 Hamilton Place. 8½ London has a rich history dating back to the 17th century.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Most meeting professionals manage the needs of a small subset of attendees who require food, wheelchair access, sound, language or sensory accommodations. DeWitt also managed her own congenital disability and then married into the military. “I I took a step back and my life became about managing their needs and requirements.”

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

However, from past experience, any time that there has been a shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s market, those contracts signed during a seller’s market just flat out had to be updated. Many conference organizers want to change their exhibit contract language or attendee cancellation policies to avoid future losses. Remove Barriers.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Choosing Bellevue to Host Lenovo Tech World 2024 Meeting Attendee Needs Marty McCormack, destination sales manager, Visit Bellevue Bellevue is a major tech hub in the Pacific Northwest, which made it a top choice right off the bat. Its position as home to numerous tech companies makes it a prime choice for tech meetings in particular.

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2024 Tech Transportation Negotiating 211

Planning Pod

JANUARY 7, 2025

Planning Pod is the end-to-end digital event management solution for businesses of all shapes and sizes, and includes a full suite of tools to seamlessly manage your sales pipeline from start to finish. Proposal & contracting Now its time for everyones favorite part: closing deals. Get started today! Get started today!

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Picatic by Eventbrite

JANUARY 18, 2023

We’re also contracted to produce and project manage events for others. I’m an event producer and the founder of Gold Beams (website / Instagram / YouTube). Gold Beams is a production company. We produce events for Black creatives and the Black community at large. Gold Beams’ internal events have […].

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Event Marketer

JULY 25, 2024

It wasn’t long ago that force majeure was commonly perceived as insignificant boilerplate language added to the end of an event contract. Court of Appeals verdict, a new precedent for event contracts may have been set, as MeetingsNet reports. Now four years later, in the wake of a U.S.

Financial 287

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

As you develop your plan, consider these four difficult questions and how to incorporate your responses in your risk-management planning: Will our preventive measures align with health authority guidelines or will we invest in extra precautions? In risk management, shifting liability to another party is a common practice.

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Attendease

MARCH 19, 2024

This post covers key strategies to help you manage multiple events at once— without pulling your hair out. We’ll also dive into how event management tools make your life easier through automation, cloning, and cross-team collaboration. Look for opportunities to save on bulk orders or multi-event vendor contracts.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Central Hall Westminster has made four new appointments two event managers, a finance director and finance assistant to strengthen its team and help support the businesss growth plans into 2025. Meanwhile, the appointment of Iain Kent as finance director comes as the business explores further opportunities for growth.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

They are responsible for finding the perfect destination, securing a venue, managing logistics, and ensuring a seamless experience for attendees. Unexpected cancellations, attendance fluctuations, and travel restrictions have made rigid contracts a dealbreaker.

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Attendease

APRIL 24, 2023

Finding the right strategic event management software can be an overwhelming and challenging task. Conducting a needs assessment is a vital first step in selecting the right event management software platform for your organization. How do you manage them? What does your ideal strategic event management tool look like?

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

No matter how you slice it, managing multiple events requires planning superpowers. So whether you’re new to managing events or you’re looking to streamline your planning process, EventUp Planner has the tools and resources you need to flawlessly execute your entire events calendar— while avoiding conflicts and without compromising quality.

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Attendease

JUNE 28, 2023

Event management software pricing has become more complicated over the years as the industry has evolved. Event management software has revolutionized the way events are planned, organized, and executed. Event management software has become so indispensable and irreplaceable that most events would fail to function without them.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Again, it depended on whether the applicable contract contained a force majeure provision and whether that provision was the “long” or “short” form (i.e. Again, this can be addressed either initially in the contract, or by negotiating additional addendums or riders to the contract after the fact.

Contracts 264

Contracts Negotiating Insurance Government 264

Smart Meetings

MAY 6, 2022

Flexible Contract Language. Now more than ever, clients are looking to work with facilities on their contract language and overall flexibility so that there is a partnership with the agreement and a clear understanding on cancellation fees, etc. Shannon Licygiewicz is general manager of the Albany Capital Center in New York.

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Corporate event management software streamlines everything into one efficient platform—simplifying processes, connecting scattered workflows, and automating monotonous tasks. Staffing the event properly and managing volunteers 4. The good news? There’s a better way that doesn’t involve burning the midnight oil.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

For larger conferences, planners can’t wait until the last 30 days for a convention services or catering manager to be deployed against their program. Event planners should consider asking key suppliers to add a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to their contract. Tough times require creative thinking.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Learn More: From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices Topics included AI adoption, succession planning, contract negotiations, neurodiversity affordances, transportation management and sustainable sourcing.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Choosing Bellevue to Host Lenovo Tech World 2024 Meeting Attendee Needs Marty McCormack, destination sales manager, Visit Bellevue Bellevue is a major tech hub in the Pacific Northwest, which made it a top choice right off the bat. Its position as home to numerous tech companies makes it a prime choice for tech meetings in particular.

2024 130

2024 Tech Transportation Negotiating 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Learn More: From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices Topics included AI adoption, succession planning, contract negotiations, neurodiversity affordances, transportation management and sustainable sourcing.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The new contract-based permitting model allowing restaurants to operate sidewalk dining parklets in Miami Beach was upheld by a Miami-Dade County judge this week following a legal challenge brought by a small group of businesses who disputed the new model, which goes into effect Oct.

Contracts 241

Contracts Venues Meetings Management 241

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Choosing Bellevue to Host Lenovo Tech World 2024 Meeting Attendee Needs Marty McCormack, destination sales manager, Visit Bellevue Bellevue is a major tech hub in the Pacific Northwest, which made it a top choice right off the bat. Its position as home to numerous tech companies makes it a prime choice for tech meetings in particular.

2024 130

2024 Tech Transportation Negotiating 130

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Global DMC Partners (GDP), the network of independently owned destination management companies, launched GDP University. 4, which covered the basics of the event life cycle, from creating the event and RFP templating to contracting and asking suppliers the right questions. GDP University. The course’s second part will be held Oct.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

Sheaks, attorney, author and faculty legal advisor for International Association of Venue Managers to break down the major legal challenges meeting profs should be aware of in 2023. You can’t get out of your contract under the force majeure clause.” “The Sheak continued, “The short form is usually not advisable.

2023 244

2023 Meetings Contracts Government 244

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Learn More: From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices Topics included AI adoption, succession planning, contract negotiations, neurodiversity affordances, transportation management and sustainable sourcing.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Choosing Bellevue to Host Lenovo Tech World 2024 Meeting Attendee Needs Marty McCormack, destination sales manager, Visit Bellevue Bellevue is a major tech hub in the Pacific Northwest, which made it a top choice right off the bat. Its position as home to numerous tech companies makes it a prime choice for tech meetings in particular.

2024 130

2024 Tech Transportation Negotiating 130

Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2024

Alan Kleinfeld, senior director of meetings and safety for event security company Arrive Management Group , offers guidance for when you are thinking of booking that A-lister, beginning with sheer bluntness. So, working with the venue on rooming for security staff needs to be considered early on, perhaps during contract talks.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The panel was rounded out with Lori Allen, vice president of global event operations at Metlife , who has spent 20 years overseeing and enhancing global event strategies and brings particular expertise in managing complex global programs, consolidations, multi-regional contracts and fostering stakeholder engagement to meet business objectives.

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Sustainability Event Planning Hotels Travel 219

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Choosing Bellevue to Host Lenovo Tech World 2024 Meeting Attendee Needs Marty McCormack, destination sales manager, Visit Bellevue Bellevue is a major tech hub in the Pacific Northwest, which made it a top choice right off the bat. Its position as home to numerous tech companies makes it a prime choice for tech meetings in particular.

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2024 Tech Transportation Negotiating 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Choosing Bellevue to Host Lenovo Tech World 2024 Meeting Attendee Needs Marty McCormack, destination sales manager, Visit Bellevue Bellevue is a major tech hub in the Pacific Northwest, which made it a top choice right off the bat. Its position as home to numerous tech companies makes it a prime choice for tech meetings in particular.

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2024 Tech Transportation Negotiating 130