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Meeting Safety Trends in 2022

Smart Meetings

It’s not just Covid-19 (C19) and it’s much more than F&B , room blocks and hotel contracts. However, the FBI reports active shooter events increased 33 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 and 100 percent compared to 2016. His safety topics have included site selection, event safety, emergency operations and crisis communications.

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Hitting the Mark with Your Event RFPs

MeetingsNet

Tanna Pearman, meeting broker for Las Vegas-based Meetings Made Easy, handles site selection and contracting for both corporate and association clients, which means her approach to building RFPs focuses on different elements of each meeting to match a given destination and its various hotels.

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Seven Reasons to Book Now for Your 2024 Event

Blue Spark Event Design

We recommend all of our clients who are looking to book in 2024 and beyond to start immediately, and here’s why: 7 Top Reasons to Book Your Event in 2024 Right Now: Venue and hotel availability (Site selection and negotiation). Vendors were hit hard in 2019 and 2020. Staffing (Learn more about types of staff). High Demand.

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Navigating How to Move Forward After the Dobbs Decision

Convene by PCMA

I do like that there are opportunities to put clauses in contracts. Starting in 2019, we put into all of our contracts a frustration of purpose clause, which basically states that central to our mission is that we respect reproductive choice and access to health care. It’s a quandary. They help us with some of these issues.

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

The topics covered include meetings industry trends, destination spotlights, food and beverage trends, contract negotiation tips, and site selection best practices. In 2019, the ILEA Board of Governors worked with the CSEP Certification Committee to review and enhance the CSEP program.

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

The topics covered include meetings industry trends, destination spotlights, food and beverage trends, contract negotiation tips, and site selection best practices. In 2019, the ILEA Board of Governors worked with the CSEP Certification Committee to review and enhance the CSEP program.

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