EventMB

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Skift Take: The Service Trades Council Union has rejected Disney’s latest contract offer, saying a $1-an-hour raise is not enough. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings The historic minimum wage increase at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, is what unions want as the new standard.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 16, 2024

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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EventMB

AUGUST 19, 2024

Skift Take: Companies are leaning heavily on “just-in-time” talent, hired for tasks like sourcing or registration, or to spend a couple of weeks doing site inspections or hotel contracting. Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The new meetings-industry A.I. engine is impressive, but planners need to understand how best to use its contracts section and how human expertise is still required. That’s the small print on the legal prompts in Spark, the meetings-specific generative-A.I. Warning: Please note that the generated output is not legal advice.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2024

Force m ajeure and clauses to keep in your next contract Watch the full webinar here. Contracts are the life blood of the meeting industry. Smart Meetings sat down with Darryl B. Keep Relationships in the Details One key aspect that is sometimes overlooked in the contract process is relationships. Resort fees.

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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.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Creating experiences, setting the stage for networking opportunities, and fostering connections among colleagues and association members are what the meetings and events world is all about. Meetings MBA: Budgets, Models and Forecasts Budgets are great for estimating and tracking spending. In short, think big.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Venue contracts take weeks to finalize? Use it during team meetings to guide discussions and track progress. Time management A workback schedule helps you allocate the right amount of time for each task. Marketing emails need multiple rounds of review? Your schedule accounts for that. It’s built into the timeline.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

If a person’s actions do not meet this standard of care, then the acts are considered negligent…”. Some organizations are contracting with suppliers to manage check points for proof of vaccination, enforce mask and social distancing and even employing technology solutions for contact tracing. 4 Questions to Define Your Duty of Care.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Three industry veterans share their advice on crafting contract terms and clauses that meet the needs of host groups, not just host venues. Right now, the meetings industry’s landscape features high demand, rising prices, and hotel reps’ relative inexperience with meetings, all of which make planners’ jobs more difficult than ever.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Many more people are going to die and contract Long COVID. Under the circumstances, it’s shocking that the meeting industry has developed no widely-accepted standards for safer events. In addition, most current events are still dangerous to attend for people with disabilities and certain chronic illnesses.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 20, 2024

Scott Frankel Attendees to Smart Meetings’ Culinary Experience, hosted at Paris Las Vegas, were treated to a free learning session led by Scott Frankel, president of Animatic Media LLC & Conference-On-Demand + LIVE. The post 4 Event AV Contracting Tips to Consider appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Event planners are experiencing sticker shock from rising costs for audiovisual, food and beverage, and other direct meeting expenses.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2024

Planners: Do not sign venue contracts for event production, electrical services, internet access, and support services until you read the full document—especially if you are bringing in an outside audiovisual company for the event, which usually results in extra conditions and raises prices for certain elements.

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EventMB

AUGUST 19, 2024

Meeting planners have been seeing more “Open to Work” badges on LinkedIn and hearing from colleagues who left in-house jobs to start their own firms. After leaving her job, she pivoted to her own company, Page-One Meetings and Events , which she had previously started as an LLC to do charity work.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Here are five examples of how explicit communication improves meetings. 1—Tell attendees how your meeting socials will be social! Want to make your meeting “socials” actually social? A little explicit pre-party communication will improve your meeting. Don’t just throw a party with loud music.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Skift Take: Hotel rates will rise globally in most locations next year, something to keep in mind when negotiating meeting contracts. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Make no mistake; I love to design and facilitate in-person meetings. But, as meeting professionals, we have a professional duty of care during the COVID-19 pandemic , and I think it’s important to provide a realistic assessment of risk for meeting stakeholders—especially potential attendees.

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EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings. An End to Tedious Email Requests.

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EventMB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Find out how the “one contract, one contact” model can simplify your planning process and help every member of your audience maximize their time on the ground. Caesars Entertainment Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

MARCH 13, 2023

the Las Vegas Convention Center food service provider, have agreed on a four-year contract, averting a looming strike. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: The Culinary and Bartenders Unions and Sodexo Live!,

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MeetingsNet

MAY 15, 2023

Recent news that pilots at American, Southwest, and United airlines are threatening to strike might be fraying the nerves of meeting professionals concerned about their upcoming events. Here’s a wrap-up of the latest news on airline pilot contracts, and some perspective on the possibility of a strike.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 6, 2017

We roll the dice that what was submitted actually meets our core customers’ needs. You become hell-bent on ensuring that every precise meeting specific is perfect. So your registrants lose their souls to your hyper- and laser-focus on meeting minutiae. Meet Expectations With Dull Drab Staleness Or Originality?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 17, 2024

If your 2025 meeting budgets aren’t at least 4.3 That’s upshot of the meetings and events cost forecast released by Maritz as part of the IMEX America edition of its industry trends report. Hotels*: Up 3%-5% Air: Up 2% F&B: Up 4% Wages for Event Staff: Up 4% 2025 Prices—total increase for meetings and events: 4.3%

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Many of our clients have had to navigate unchartered waters as venue contracts (that were secured years ago) are now being questioned and challenged by members in states that have adopted discriminatory and women’s health laws that go against the mission and values of the association.

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Attendease

JULY 6, 2023

Whether delays in planning, frustrations due to lack of proper organization, arguments amongst team members, and the need for extra meetings to address any issues that may arise, these problems can eventually lead to someone else taking over the project. Skipping a needs assessment can have some serious consequences.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. And prioritize.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

If your meetings budget has kept up with price increases over the past few years, you’re among the lucky. The results: Most key meeting expenses are up well over 20 percent even as inflation across the economy has fallen. For its Industry Trends Report, October 2023 edition, Maritz Global Events crunched numbers from the U.S.

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Eventmobi

JULY 25, 2024

Whether located around your annual meeting or as a standalone event, workshops can be an effective way to supercharge engagement. For example, if your workshop is tied to an annual meeting, attendees who prefer listening to lectures may feel lost in a highly interactive session.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Skift Take: ALHI President & CEO Mike Dominguez breaks down economic and hotel industry trends – from compression to the price of eggs – as they relate to meetings. Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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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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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

6 tips for a smooth European event from an international DMC expert If it seems to you everyone is taking their incentive meeting to Europe this year, you are not alone. Start Early The first tip is to book early and contract early! The post How to Host a Brava Meeting in Italy appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience focused on setting and reaching event goals When some of the most productive meeting professionals in the world meet in majestic The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson for three days of education, inspiration and networking, the experience has to be over the top. “We

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Attendease

APRIL 24, 2023

Many variables can affect the length of the process, depending on how many different stakeholders are in your organization, the size of your organization, how many people will be using the tool, and how long it takes to coordinate all the relevant meetings. As we touched on earlier, in-person meetings are the best way to gather answers.

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Trade shows and exhibitions These large-scale industry gatherings allow companies to showcase products or services, connect with prospects, meet with partners/vendors, and assess competitors. Get started by asking yourself questions like: What types of events do I plan (conferences, trade shows, meetings, etc.)?

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EventMB

AUGUST 23, 2023

One industry professional raises the alarm after contracting the virus at a recent convention. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: A new Covid variant is sweeping across the United States.

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