Guidebook

APRIL 23, 2025

Choosing the right event venue is often a balancing act that requires planners to work within certain constraints – such as budget and time – while also delivering the wow factor that attendees long for. Thats why we created this comprehensive event venue checklist with the 12 most critical venue considerations.

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Planning Pod

MAY 28, 2024

From weddings to corporate conferences, events bring people together under one roof, but they also bring risks. Event insurance is necessary to shield hosts, planners, and venues from the financial losses resulting from these unforeseen circumstances. Get started today!

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Event Farm

APRIL 13, 2021

The questions raised by participants during the first session of our virtual event series, Pandemic Compliance and Safety at Live Events , prompted us to bring a fresh group of panelists, including a lawyer, for the second session we hosted in March on event safety compliance and legal liability. View the session recording #1.

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Event Farm

MAY 5, 2021

As pandemic conditions continue to change, do you feel that you must wade through wave after wave of information to seek answers and solutions to plan safe live events? Ryan Costello, co-founder of Event Farm, unveiled and walked us through the Playbook during the third event in our series on Pandemic Compliance and Safety at Live Events.

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Eventsforce

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Need tips on running successful virtual events? With more and more events making the switch to virtual, event organisers today are having to deal with a whole new set of considerations and risks. Coverage for Virtual Events: What Do I Need? Events have always required comprehensive insurance policies.

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The Planner's Lounge

JANUARY 20, 2025

When working with clients, one of the more significant tasks you might help them with is finding the perfect venue. To help them choose the venue thats just right for them, weve put together a handy list of questions to ask potential wedding venues. General Is the venue available on the date you need it?

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Leading London events venue, The QEII Centre , has strengthened its director team with the appointment of Elena Gurgul as Sales and Marketing Director and EeLain Ong as Finance Director. With the addition of the two new hires, the senior leadership team for the world-renowned meetings and exhibitions centre is now 60 per cent female.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

With ongoing concerns related to Covid variants, a number of businesses and events are re-evaluating whether to postpone or cancel despite the relative loosening of federal, state and local restrictions. So, what happens when there aren’t specific government restrictions to trigger a force majeure event to postpone or terminate an event?

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MeetingsNet

MAY 12, 2023

Especially for autumn events in the Southeast and winter events in the Midwest, planners should understand the current market for cancellation coverage. As a result, it’s best for meeting planners to obtain cancellation insurance right after they sign their venue contracts for events set to happen in a destination’s storm season.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 17, 2023

Emirates Old Trafford will be opening the venue’s new development – which includes an expanded on-site hotel and event space in the four-star, Hilton Garden Inn – as the Men’s LV= Insurance Ashes Test Match is played at the home of Lancashire Cricket this week.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In the events industry, floorplans are more than just simple diagrams – they are essential tools for event professionals of any kind. From improving team efficiency to landing new clients, these designs and documents play a crucial role in the success of any event business. Get started today!

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Planning Pod

JUNE 13, 2024

In today’s competitive landscape, differentiating your event or venue business is crucial. Everywhere we look, there are new venues and event services sprouting like dandelions. It demonstrates proactive risk management By offering or requiring event insurance, you showcase your commitment to risk management.

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Eventsforce

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Want the lowdown on all things events? The world of insurance today can be a jungle for many event professionals. At the same time, new trends like hybrid events are posing new challenges for insurance companies too. As a savvy event professional, you know how important it is to get insurance for your hybrid event.

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Planning Pod

JULY 1, 2024

In the fast-paced world of event management, even the most meticulous plans can go awry. Enter event insurance, which acts as a safety net to protect both your clients and your business. Imagine a guest slips on a wet floor or suffers food poisoning from bad catering, or sparklers scorch the sidewalk in front of your venue.

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Event Farm

MARCH 24, 2021

But the truth is, most of us are tired of waiting and want to get to a place where we can safely go back to hosting and attending in-person events. During our recent Pandemic Compliance and Safety at Live Events panel, we conducted a poll where. Here are 10 signs to gut check if you are actually ready to host an in-person event. #1.

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Eventsforce

OCTOBER 7, 2019

No matter how well you plan an event, things can always go wrong. Or bad weather may force you to cancel the event altogether. In fact, preparing your events for all kinds of eventualities, especially around things like accidents, terrorism and national disasters has never been so important. Hosting an outdoor event?

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The idea of transporting attendees to a metaverse venue may be exciting, but event organizers need to think carefully about how attendees move through virtual reality. A 31 percent spike in VR-related insurance claims shows the risk of accidents is real.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The iconic 82,000-seater stadium hosts England internationals, high profile domestic rugby matches, community rugby events and others, as well as major conferences and exhibitions, whilst also staging world-leading concerts in recent years including The Rolling Stones, Rihanna and U2.

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Eventsforce

MAY 12, 2020

In fact, a new research study investigating the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on the events industry has found that the majority of 2020 events have now been cancelled or postponed with 47% of event planners moving them to the end of the year and another 21% to the following year.

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Eventinterface

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

On this episode of Event TALK we are speaking with Will Thompson, Business Development Manager at Atema Partners. Our discussion focuses on best practices and tips for event planners in hiring and working with AV companies. How event planners can overcome challenges in working with AV companies. From RFP to Venue Contract.

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EventSource

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Do you specialize in indoor or outdoor events, or both? Have you ever worked at my wedding venue before? Do you have liability insurance? Venue manager? The post How to Find a Wedding Photographer You Click With appeared first on Toronto & GTA Weddings & Special Events Blog. Do you offer payment plans?

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Event Marketer

MARCH 18, 2024

Agency: CNC Agency) Photo credit: CNC Agency THIS SXSW CONSTRUCTION EVENT WAS ICON-IC Perhaps we’ve been living under a rock, but unbeknownst to us, there are companies capable of 3D-printing entire homes. The venue at large also features an art gallery, photography and screen-printing studios, a podcast studio, a private bar, and offices.

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EventBank Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Whether for business or pleasure, events require careful planning, attention to detail and focus on the right priorities. Finding the right venue can make or break an event, so it’s important that you find the perfect venue to house your event. But how do you find the perfect event venue? Quick Reads.

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Event Marketer

MAY 9, 2022

Despite the progress made in the return to in-person, event marketers are facing a new set of challenges related to meeting the expectations of changed audiences and fighting the urge to return to the status quo of pre-pandemic programming. Embrace corporate-wide event strategies. Hyper-target markets. Create unifying experiences.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The financial and insurance industry is based on relationships, and the more you can engage your clients, the more you can strengthen the relationship. Today, every event is competing with many others—the barrier to entry is as low as the Zoom account form. Venues: A great deal of uncertainty about the right way to meet still exists.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

Meeting and event professionals are very much aware of the security challenges generated by bringing people together. They plan for accidents, venue problems, protesters, weather related issues, and much more. These situations make us painfully aware how vulnerable event attendees can be to a wide variety of security threats.

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Gallus Events

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

I’ve been managing events for over twenty years. I’ve seen my fair share of risky events taken to market and in this post I want to share some of my tips to reduce the risks of your next event. . I would hope that if you can tick off most of these risk reduction techniques you will run a less risky event.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

Ty Sheaks, attorney at Texas law firm McCathern PLLC , author and faculty advisor for International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), joined this week’s Smart Chat Live!, The key to clarifying the types of force majeure provisions you and your event need is in the language. Post-Covid Contract Solutions.”. Who’s Got Jurisdiction?

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Planning Pod

APRIL 12, 2020

Want to know the secret to planning a successful event? Let’s take a look at the nine critical steps of event management strategy that will put you on the path to event success. The same can be said for event planning. Or a fundraising event to collect donations and communicate your charity’s vision and accomplishments.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2019

Date, venue and rates are critical and typically given priority in the earliest stages of the meeting planning cycle. Knowing this and other nuances associated with AV services contracting can help contain event costs and access to the optimum AV solution. Insurance coverage. Timing is Everything. Contracting Out vs. In-House.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2023

Following the successful preview of its new home during Manchester International Festival, Factory International – the organisation behind the biennial festival and the landmark new venue – reveals details about the venue hire offering of Aviva Studios.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 12, 2021

Opening an event venue comes with a long checklist of items that must be in place for a successful launch … and chances are, as a new event space entrepreneur, you’ve probably already read a dozen or so articles that have run you through the basics. Sign up for a free trial today!

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Guidebook

JUNE 26, 2018

Set expectations and get clarity by preparing your questions for event venues, sponsors and suppliers. Ask the venue. Don’t sign a contract with a venue until you’ve searched every closet for a skeleton! Double down on questions about the wifi at the venue. What kind of insurance do you have?

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Eight Out-of-the-box Event Income Ideas 1. Give attendees a deal on your next event. Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort. One of the biggest obstacles in selling an event into the future is the possibility the attendee can’t make it.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2017

On this episode of Event TALK we are speaking with Christy Lamagna, Founder and Chief Strategist of Strategic Meetings and Events. Our discussion focuses on the need for the planning industry, and meeting professionals to be more strategic to insure long-term success. Event TALK: Facial Recognition Comes to Event Check-In.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Event planning is a risky business. Recent natural disasters, labor strikes, even a massive data breach that may have compromised the identities of 500 million Starwood guests, have illustrated the number of things that can go wrong in the event professional world. Too many planners don’t adhere to a venue’s guidelines.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Pattern, a trusted name in embedded insurance, has entered into a new strategic partnership with Giggster, a leading platform for unique production and event venue bookings. This collaboration marks an exciting development in the realm of event liability insurance for the production and event booking space.

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