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Hybrid Venue Checklist: Here’s What To Look For!

Endless Events

And in order to help you get things running, we compiled this hybrid venue checklist, complete with everything you should be looking for. Today, we start with a hybrid venue checklist. If the weather allows it, we highly recommend that you look into venues that offer both indoor and outside spaces. Indoor & Outdoor Spaces.

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5 Questions for Your Next Site Inspection

Smart Meetings

With this and ever-changing rules and regulations about Covid-19 safety, what is a meeting professional to do? How Concerned with Safety Is the Venue? What are the venue’s safety standards? Find out how the venue managed during the height of Covid. What is the Venue’s Cancellation Policy? Where will lines begin?

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Surveys: Med/Pharma Meetings are Growing

Smart Meetings

While the content and quality of the speakers are first and foremost in attendees’ minds, it is clear that factors such as the food and destination, in addition to industry regulations, still play a pivotal role in shaping how planners tackle sourcing and agendas. Spas are often misconstrued as a bribe of sorts by regulators.

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Content Marketing Tips: Marketing to Millennials, FTC Influencer Rules and More

Endless Events

The General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect this coming May 25, striving to answer the problem of handling consumer data for EU countries. The regulations encompass several aspects, from opting in vs opting out, the coverage of data capture, asking for consent, the “right to be forgotten”, and more.

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Post-Pandemic Events: The Contactless Way

Endless Events

It will take a combined effort in order to restart the event industry, both from the planners and venues, in order to begin hosting in-person events again. Venues will have to mainly focus on key areas to provide a safe environment for event attendees by leveraging contactless solutions. . And will virtual events be the new normal?

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10 Cost Saving Tips for Planners

Smart Meetings

Consider multi-year contracts: Finding new venues every year can be time consuming for all parties involved. Drafting a General Data Protection Regulation clause to disclose how international attendee data is being stored and used could save you massive fines in the future. Contracting. Review accounts daily.

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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

ADMEI

Consider the following categories of potential risks in your event planning: Regulations : Are there local or federal regulations that may impact an aspect of your event? Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? Do your vendors and venues have emergency plans?