Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

6, 7,500 employees at 24 hotels across several hotel companies in Los Angeles and Orange counties voted to strike if a new contract was not ratified by yesterday. Although a strike has not officially begun, and contract negotiations are continuing, news reports indicate picketing is already underway at four hotels.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 2, 2018

billion for all manner of fees and surcharges, according to Bjorn Hanson of New York University Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism. I have heard of planners negotiating out this fee,” says Lauren Wolfe, a lawyer who publishes the website killresortfees.com. Last year, the U.S.

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MPI

JUNE 7, 2023

​Tyra Warner, CMP, PhD, JD (MPI North Florida Chapter), chair of the department of hospitality, tourism & Culinary Arts at the College of Coastal Georgia, offers an advanced glimpse into her WEC23 session “Just in Time Planner’s Contract Workshop – It’s All About You.”

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 10, 2022

Amid the labor shortage plaguing hotels, it's critical for planners and suppliers to communicate early and honestly, conduct fair negotiations, and—in case circumstances go awry—put everything in writing, according to meeting buyers, hoteliers, and the attorneys who represent each of them. Grimes, Esq., of Grimes Law Offices in Philadelphia.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 10, 2023

For planners concerned about how strikes in Los Angeles or elsewhere could affect them, here’s some advice on negotiating stronger force majeure clauses. While no progress was reported in the negotiations between the hotels and union, front-desk agents, bellhops, cooks, servers, and other hotel employees reported back to work on July 5.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 12, 2024

It’s split across four key themes: INFORM – INSPIRE – INNOVATE – IMPACT, with a stellar line up of expert speakers covering topics including event security, AI, inclusivity, wellness, experiential design, contract negotiation, sustainability and legacy.

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The MICE

AUGUST 17, 2020

‘My vision was to change tourism’. ‘I When I was living with my family in the Canary Islands, where I grew up, my father was a managing director of a hospitality company, so my dream was to set up the tourism company of the future. My vision was to change tourism. My vision was to change tourism.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Registration forecasting for 2023 was the top challenge identified by Louisville Tourism’s Client Advisory Council members. Another benefit to communicating registration data with CVBs, Louisville Tourism’s Doug Bennett said, is that they can assist planners in determining the value of their event.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 11, 2016

DMOs can act as a resource throughout the planning process, but especially before any contracts have been signed. says Rachael Riggs of Tourism Vancouver. Knowing the landscape will help you negotiate the best rates. Reach out to the destinations you’re considering in advance. Be transparent.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism at San Diego State University, earning an M.S. It has given me a little bit more credence, a little more credibility, in different negotiations with facilities and dealings with suppliers. Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism at San Diego State. “So, What changed?

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 1, 2020

Dominguez acknowledged that, often, meeting planners often have no choice but to pull the plug as they are tasked with undoing years of contracts in a day. The Surgeon General told us to stop buying face masks unless we have contracted the virus. Reactions to contracting COVID-19 have varied from no symptoms at all to death.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future? 13, in partnership with San Diego Tourism Authority (SDTA). “During that period,] events in our facility generated $1.1

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SmartMeetings

JULY 11, 2017

In Kentucky, another of the banned states, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer called the travel ban a “real threat to our growing tourism economy” after a hotel in the city announced it had lost two conventions as a result. These were conferences prepared to sign contracts,” Fisher stated through a spokesperson. Cancelled in Louisville.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

CHME, CHSP, CMP, CHE, who in addition to teaching classes at Metropolitan State University of Denver, serves as a faculty adviser for the school’s hospitality, tourism, and events management department. So the interns should learn how you negotiate that type of situation.”. It could be programming.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future? 13, in partnership with San Diego Tourism Authority (SDTA). “During that period,] events in our facility generated $1.1

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2020

It will not be as exciting as being in Tokyo, but they will learn a lot about crisis management, decision making, contract negotiations, and being flexible.”. There are so many events” to use as case studies these days, she said. Casey Gale is an associate editor at Convene. A Virtual Conference Evaluation Checklist.

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QC Event School

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In this case, you might want to focus your business on providing services such as event planning consultation, venue scouting, or contract negotiation. Travel and tourism services. For example, if you’re just starting out in this industry, you may only have limited experience working with specific types of events.

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Social Tables

JUNE 29, 2023

Operations managers negotiate prices, book vendors, place supply orders, and communicate vendor details between the planning team, venue, and benefiting organization. They research services, collect event quotes, and execute event contracts. Operations Manager: An event operations manager oversees vendor communication.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Jason Sojka Jason Sojka, Louisville Tourism Louisville Tourism appoints Sojka as vice president of convention development. She will lead the strategy, positioning, contract negotiations, onboarding and management of MI&W’s event technology partners to help clients achieve impactful event experience.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Therefore, meeting groups sensitive to civil-rights issues and other legal changes their attendees may consider objectionable need to negotiate cancellation clauses into their contracts allowing them to pull out for these potential issues. Arbitration to Resolve Disputes.

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