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Best of 2023: Event Contracts and Budgeting

Smart Meetings

Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract Cheryl M. Payne, strategic partner at INNOV8 Meetings + Events , gives her take on the current marketplace of contract agreements and stipulations and its impact on meeting planners and how to negotiate that next big event contract. In short, think big.

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What Happens When “Fear” Majeure Is Used to Postpone or Cancel an Event?

Smart Meetings

So, what happens when there aren’t specific government restrictions to trigger a force majeure event to postpone or terminate an event? Government Action vs. Fear of Variants. Again, this can be addressed either initially in the contract, or by negotiating additional addendums or riders to the contract after the fact.

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Don’t Ask for a Covid Force Majeure Clause Now, and Other Advice from a Hotel Attorney

Smart Meetings

Negotiate a clause about what will make an event financially important to go forward and negotiate based on that.”. Instead, talk about concerns of people canceling and negotiate at what point it doesn’t work. Fee Negotiation. Don’t put pandemic in your force majeure clause because we are still in the middle of it.

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A Breakdown of Post-Pandemic Contract Clauses

Smart Meetings

We’ll delve into a condensed review to address what and what not to include in your venue contract, as well as negotiation tactics and what can potentially trigger a force majeure. Deciding the “choice of law provision,” or what state and who gets legal jurisdiction, may come down to common law negotiations, Sheaks said.

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2025: a year when technology will be pivotal and demand growth polarises.

Prestige Events Magazine

Negotiations will continue to be complex and lengthy especially around rate and cancellation terms. Richard adds more hotels outside London are likely to focus on increasing the conference and training share of their business mix. This could lead to pricing instability in the mid-market, medium sized event marketplace.

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NCBMP 2024 Brought History, Culture and Education to Alabama

Smart Meetings

One of them, “Must Have Contract Clauses,” was led by attorney Joshua Grimes, who touched on the latest in contract negotiations, such as force majeure clause changes, F&B cost increases, security issues and new laws ahead. You can negotiate it back in, but what’s the difference? Let’s look at Covid.

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How COVID-19 Impacted Our Wedding: Real Couples Share Their Stories

EventSource

The federal government was taking drastic steps every day and the uncertainty seemed to hit too close to home. Fidan was able to help us by decreasing our overall stress by contacting our vendors and getting all necessary information, she was able to negotiate for us, review all the contracts, and so much more.

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