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: Working in Non-Traditional Event Venues.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

Force Majeure clause and employment classifications changes coming for MPs The legal nuances of meeting planning can be a bit overwhelming even for the seasoned planners. To offer some helpful insight in what areas to be on the lookout for, Smart Meetings sat down with Ty M.

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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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Eventsforce

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

We spoke to the experts at Event Insurance Services to understand more about the top insurance concerns around virtual events and what key areas organisers should think about before taking their next event online. Events have always required comprehensive insurance policies. But the core insurance policies required are.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Read More : Flight Cancellations by the Thousands—Does Your Travel Insurance Cover the Cost? The likely answer is that would not be sufficient or meet the threshold of impossibility or impracticability to equate to a force majeure event. Read More : How to Write Force Majeure to Protect Your Meeting from the Next Pandemic.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 12, 2023

With the full-on return of in-person events in 2023 a most welcome development—especially for associations who rely heavily on revenues from their annual meetings—one issue has gotten trickier for meeting hosts: event-cancellation insurance.

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Event Farm

APRIL 13, 2021

An event organizer could ask for personal healthcare information because you are not bound by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Convey a message of responsibility: we’re all in this together—attendees as well as staff on the organizer, client, venue, and contractor teams.

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Event Farm

MAY 5, 2021

The Playbook provides three valuable tools for venue scouting. . Selecting an event venue. This section suggests questions to ask venues about compliance and safety, recommends venues with GBAC STAR accreditation, and advises following CDC guidelines on ventilation and sanitization. . Event risk assessment planning tool.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Hybrid meetings may be the bridge to bringing corporate gatherings back. Not everyone is going to be comfortable attending a meeting in person just yet, or anytime soon. Budget: Hybrid meetings require healthy AV line items if you are going to engage both audiences. Who will manage screening and cleaning ?

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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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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 17, 2024

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) is set to unveil its new identity at The Meetings Show next week. Topics will include winning mindsets in sales, industry trends, women’s empowerment, agent relations, event insurance, and marketing. It will also be a first for the association as it launches its live member miaMeets.

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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. Plans change and that’s OK—the important part is to have them.”. Hyper-target markets.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort. By offering refund insurance at a nominal rate, you can give each person peace of mind that they’ll receive their registration fee back in the case of an emergency. Create a zero-waste meeting. Optimize each for SEO.

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Eventsforce

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

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. Does Hybrid Event Insurance Exist?

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Planning Pod

JULY 1, 2024

Enter event insurance, which acts as a safety net to protect both your clients and your business. This article explores the different types of event insurance available, helping you understand how each policy can safeguard your clients and foster a secure environment for your business to thrive. Learn more today!

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Eventsforce

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Event insurance helps organisers protect their events against unexpected situations which would otherwise leave them subject to hefty costs, potential lawsuits and loss of business. Have a look at what she had to say: What type of insurance do you need for organising an event? Again, this is where insurance can help.

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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. If AV systems will play a dominant role in the event programming and/or require a large percentage of the meeting budget, convey those needs for equipment and labor in as much detail as possible as soon as possible.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

Now two years out from where we were at the pandemic’s genesis, one question continues to peck at the minds of meeting planners: “Can the fear of Covid be sufficient enough to trigger force majeure ?”. Because of code, [having that meeting] is impossible, or impracticable enough to trigger force majeure ,” Sheaks said, drawing an example.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 1, 2022

Kate Patay, Smart Meetings Smart Style Ambassador and the woman behind the eponymous Patay Consulting for the last five years, recently announced that she is taking a role as director of engagement with Terramar US , a DMC Network Company. How do you see the role of DMCs changing in the meetings ecosystem?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2018

For answers to those questions and more, there are meeting and events legal experts such as Jonathan T. You can’t insure against everything. The post 3 Easy Ways Planners Can Reduce Risk Today appeared first on Smart Meetings. How liable are planners when disaster strikes? What can planners do to protect themselves?

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Eventinterface

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

What event planners need to negotiate with venues to insure an outside AV company can successfully prepare and perform on the job. Besides helping people pronounce the name of the company, Will helps clients in the meeting and events industry have a transformative experience with an audio visual company. ABOUT OUR GUEST.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 30, 2020

Temperature checks, reduced occupancy and increased physical distancing in shared spaces—these were some of the protocols floated by hospitality partners and meetings professionals as they sketched out what a return to travel after COVID-19 shutdowns will require. Sanitation Ratings.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

While certain occurrences can be handled by quick thinking and taking preventative measures, other things that could go wrong may require insurance. As a result, it’s important for event and meeting planners to have a good grasp of basic insurance principles to ensure that they have the proper coverage for their events.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Risk management is a dedicated preparedness rather than simply a mental exercise, according to Lisa Sommer Devlin, the most recent Smart Meetings webinar host. The most common risk in the meetings industry is cancellations. If a hotel or venue cancels, it can derail an entire event. Financial Risks. Legal Risks.

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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. Your venue may be well-protected, but how do you protect your participants after event hours? Venue risks.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series reporting on FICP Chats about the future of meetings. See also : Meeting Profs Demonstrate Community and Resiliency on #MeetingsChat. See also : Meeting Profs Demonstrate Community and Resiliency on #MeetingsChat. You can read previous reports here , here, here and here.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Chilling tales from the front and how meeting profs saved the day. Smart Meetings asked veteran convention center habitues for their real-life, unexpected encounters with such blizzards of doom and put together a handy guide for recovering with grace and charm. Senior Manager, Meetings, Incentive Travel, and Events, Tupperware Brands.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 7, 2020

When the going gets tough, the tough cut costs—at least in the financial and insurance conference sector, where budgets often are more likely to come under the scrutiny of regulators. More : Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less. Production knows the venues, and the processes and procedures they already have in place.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 10, 2019

One of these extras should be insurance, which is no longer a necessary evil but a vital experience-enhancer. Technologies such as machine learning mean insurance policies can be personalised and highly tailored to specific activities, such as attending a festival. Reaping the rewards. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Conferences.

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Eventinterface

JULY 25, 2016

Planning meetings is a hard. Ever-changing demands, a sellers’ market and unrealistic expectations add to the daily stress experienced by professional Meeting Planners. The demand for meeting space continues to increase, and hotel inventory is not keeping pace resulting in a strong sellers’ market.

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Event Farm

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The employee or contractor who is certified for this role is in charge of compliance with state and local regulations and any compliance requirements established by your organization, venue, or insurance carrier. The Advisor establishes the safety policies and procedures for the event but leaves the enforcement to your security team.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. Do they want to meet virtually or in person? You’ll avoid cancellations by people who won’t travel and reduce crowds at the venue to enhance Covid safety. All-in-one platforms are like an insurance policy on your event. You planned a spectacular event. Know your audience.

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Planning Pod

APRIL 12, 2020

Like a sales meeting to train and motivate your sales force. Where would be the ideal location for these attendees to meet? Before you plan your first tasks or spend your first dollar, your event must have a singular purpose or goal that will drive all decisions moving forward. Step 3 – Establish a realistic event budget.

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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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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 1, 2020

When the lights went dark on the more than $1 trillion meetings and events industry in March, the call to shelter in place dimmed prospects not only for 26 million people whose jobs are directly or indirectly connected to bringing people together, but also for the 1.5 billion globally who attend meetings and $2.5 Out of the Shadows.

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Attendease

MARCH 30, 2020

Savings from venue expenses alone may already make a compelling case to choose a virtual meeting instead, but there are many other costs associated with in-person events that can be saved when shifting to online, including a significant cut in staff, catering, print material, swag, accommodation for speakers, insurance, and more.

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