Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

” And so yeah there was a lot discussion going on and we’ve seen a lot of discussion going on in the planner community about how this is going to affect. There will be less pushback on this being a true monopoly and being really scary but more so what does this mean for planners? Oh my, God, did you see?

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 18, 2020

One of the best-attended sessions of the 17th annual Pharma Forum conference for medical-event planners, held virtually this year from June 15-19, was “Meetings Contracts in the Post-COVID Era.” In other words, the cleaning protocols listed in the contract are solely the responsibility of the property to fulfill and monitor.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Once a legally binding contract is in place, it sets the stage for easier conversations,” said Dustin Arnhem, senior vice president of sales with Visit Baltimore. It is time as meeting planners are starting to book again,” said Evy Garcias, Director of Sales & Marketing for Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico Golf & Beach Resort.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

It includes some contract language when it comes to this. And more and more planners actually understand this more, they’re putting it in their contract more and more often now, that hey, if I’m going to bring my group to this venue, you’re going to throw in wifi for my attendees. Brandt Kruger: Wifi.

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Endless Events

MARCH 6, 2019

For those who don’t really understand, a lot of times, the in-house AV company is contracted by the hotel in a relationship that allows them to kind of work together. So as soon as you sign the hotel contract they say, “hey I’m gonna introduce you to John at the AV company, in-house AV company.” Bidding for In-House AV.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 23, 2020

Planners Salary Survey 2019” And then the last one is “Study Finds One in Four Tech-Conference Speakers are Women” Hurricane Dorian Affects the Bahamas Unevenly. But then they call it the top media incentive companies. Hotel Contract Clauses Planners Should Be Using but Probably Aren’t.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At Meet with Momentum, planners learn about Marriott, about the industry and what is changing in the industry. They learn how to become better planners and how they can become better partners with Marriott.” What can they see, and taste and feel?” asks Pfeffer, as he explains what Meet with Momentum helps attendees discover. “We

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

May is president and owner of Bright Spot Incentives & Events, and one of the guests on the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Meet the Secret Weapon in the Quest to Return to F2F.”. Many topics were discussed, among them the phasing-out of hybrid and contract negotiation. Read More : Can Planners Insist on Vaccine Passports…or Not?

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2022

Most of the contracts applied force majeure clause and ended the contract.” You had to convince a lot of people in India to do that by paying them extra or giving them more incentives.” As with all #EventIcons guests, Karmen asks her guest for one final piece of advice for event planners.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic. said that “it is incumbent on us to keep planners informed of all the changes we’ve made to our sales organizations” since last March.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Since the pandemic, the problem of fewer registrants booking within in the contracted room block has become more acute. This last-minute uptick in registration makes it challenging for planners and hotels to accurately forecast and for hotels to manage inventory. Stay to play” policies have limited appeal.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2022

A lot has changed in two years since the actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had contracted what was then known as novel coronavirus on a film set in Australia. and Canadian meeting planners. What hasn’t varied is the desire around the world to visit California for business, pleasure or both.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

Some properties, she says, are offering incentives or higher pay to get the right candidates. She suggests that, as an industry, planners need to—metaphorically, it’s still a pandemic—put their arms around their team members, making sure they get the protocol and diversity training they need to come back stronger.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) market is expected to grow by 7.8 If you can contract far enough in advance, you can secure better rates before supply is squeezed. Catherine Chaulet “Inflation continues to hit the meetings industry hard. Like most things in life, timing makes a difference.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

As guest demand for an authentic, engaging experience in the surrounding community and culture increases, technology plug-ins are making it easier for meeting professionals to meet the needs of attendees without additional research and contracts. An Unprecedented Partnership.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 24, 2022

A new MeetingsNet survey finds nearly 70 percent of planners expect fewer attendees on site due to high airfares, while nearly 60 percent have narrowed their destination options due to potential air delays and cancellations. In fact, one planner said that “canceled flights are currently our biggest concern above all else, even Covid.”.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Barnes comes to Turtle Bay Resort as director of incentive sales with nearly 30 years of experience in sales and operations. In her new role, she will solicit and manage group business in the Midwest and Atlantic incentive markets. In this role, she will personally oversee high-profile bookings from contract to completion.

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Traveler's Q

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Government Contract Opportunities Spring marks the peak season for federal contracting, with the Office of Contracting and Procurement listing contracts worth USD 100,000 or more. New property tax incentives boost development in areas that couldn’t access these benefits before.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Cruise ships are an increasingly popular option for meetings and incentives, and for good reason. However, as is the case when contracting with any meeting venue, think about what you are committing to before you sign the contract. Can you count on the ship you book being the ship you get? Not really, says Grimes.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 27, 2023

Ashley Lawson is a big name in the travel meetings and incentives industry. Ashley currently serves as the Vice President of Business Partnerships at Achieve Incentives & Meetings and is the third generation to work for the 70-year-old family business. One of our top clients wanted us to help move a program’s contract.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Planners: “Make your meetings Boricua” says @MeetingsInPR with the island’s rich history, culinary tradition, nature-based activities and vibrant culture to elevate team building, attendees can hold breakout sessions to break out the dance moves! Fontainebleau will also be opening a Las Vegas location in 2023, boasting 550,000 sq.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A recent survey takes the pulse of meeting planners, asking about budgets, contracts, airfares, virtual meetings, and more. The latest meeting planner survey from Global Event Planners, the network of independent destination management companies, found that higher costs was a top challenge for 70 percent of the 200 planners surveyed.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2024

Jamie Murdock, Maritz’s managing vice president, sales, served as the moderator for panelists Melissa Fenwick, senior manager, event sourcing, Meetings & Incentives Worldwide Inc.; There has been more of an emphasis at Meetings & Incentives to compare/contrast multiple properties. . — was RFPs: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Skift Meetings

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 Fastest Way to Bring Remote Teams Together.

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Achieve Incentives

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Planning one domestic meeting for ten people can be just as consuming as planning an international incentive trip for one thousand people. These firms, often referred to as “incentive houses,” dedicate their whole team to you to make your life easier. Think of Third-Party Planners as the “Planner’s Planner”.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 17, 2023

Planners should look more carefully at the fine print and consider changing some terms, says industry attorney Joshua Grimes. If you're the event planner—or the host hotel, which can also invoke force majeure—you would have to do so” within the next few days, he notes. Joshua Grimes, Esq., What Are the Alternatives?

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 27, 2023

This excerpt from “ What to Know About Event Sourcing: Part 1 ” is reprinted with permission from the Meetings & Incentives Worldwide blog. Hotel contracts have changed, and you can’t assume common pre-pandemic terms still apply. Here are some of the top trends to be aware of as you start the contracting process.

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Motivation Excellence

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Were flexible and can handle everything meetings and events-related, including: destination/venue consultations contract negotiations registration and air bookings pre- and post-engagement with your participants wow-worthy elements on-site including entertainment, A/V, gifting and more Pick and choose how to use us.

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Achieve Incentives

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Planning firms have coordinated every event you can imagine, from small groups to city-wide conventions and domestic meetings to international incentive trips. Or better yet, negotiate in the hotel contract that you can utilize all on-site decorations at no cost. Try scouting out the top restaurants with snazzy private rooms.

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Achieve Incentives

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Planning firms have coordinated every event you can imagine, from small groups to city-wide conventions and domestic meetings to international incentive trips. Or better yet, negotiate in the hotel contract that you can utilize all on-site decorations at no cost. Try scouting out the top restaurants with snazzy private rooms.

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ITA Group

APRIL 13, 2021

Event Contracting Challenges & Meeting Professional Tips. Pressure on Contracting. But when presented to at least one hotel, they responded that terms and conditions should not be changed since they were accepted at time of original contract. They may drag their feet responding to contract addendums. What about 2021?”

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Hotel Contracting Savings. The Brightspot Strategic Sourcing team is staffed with CMPs (certified meeting professionals) who average 20 years of experience, and we offer complimentary site research and hotel contracting. INCENTIVE TRAVEL. Meeting planners like that their budget has zero surprises. Save 16% in Mexico.

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Each week, we email a short survey to a mix of over 23,000 planners, venues, and hotels. In this survey, planners told us that many details change up until the last minute, communication is not shared across the entire team, there’s not enough consistency in documented event details, and communication isn’t concise enough.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 5, 2022

Planners: Are you sure that your next in-person meeting will have enough service staff on property to deliver the quality of experience your audience expects? In labor contracts with hotels in Boston, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Hawaii, the union requires 180 days’ notice before new technologies are implemented.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms. The stakes are high, and rules must be followed.

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