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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

ADMEI

The EPCP teaches that preparedness is "a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action to ensure effective coordination during incident response. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid?

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N.Y. Passes New Hospitality Laws Aimed at Human Trafficking

MeetingsNet

All customer-facing employees at hotels must now be trained to recognize signs of trafficking, while information helpful to victims must be posted in public. According to this article by law firm Littler Global , the new laws require hotel owners to provide specific anti-human-trafficking awareness training to employees.

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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Social Tables

Ignoring local policies and regulations Rules and regulations can vary from town to town and city to city. Event planners who fail to research local policies, regulations, and restrictions could end up paying expensive fees for violating policies. Are their venue parking regulations, or street-parking restrictions?

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How To Choose the Best Online Registration Software – The Ultimate Guide

Eventtia

These costs might include charges for payment processing if you’re hosting paid events, fees for integrations with other tools you use, or even training costs to get your team up to speed with the new system. Training Needs While many online registration platforms glorify user-friendliness, the reality can sometimes differ.

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Top 12 Event Planning Certifications You Need To Propel Your Career

Bizzaboo

The certification is meant to provide planners with a strong understanding of the rules and regulations surrounding government meetings, and to “increase the exposure/importance of the government market” within the events industry. Learn more: CGMP 5. GTP: Global Travel Professional What Is GTP Certification? Learn more: DES Certification 7.

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The Future of AI — and Our Jobs

Convene by PCMA

Yesterday, [a conversation I took part in] addressed ways to stay relevant if a client thinks that AI could do some of the work we are contracted for. I don’t see AI as a threat, but there needs to be regulation on how it is being used and what it can do to help, [since] AI is continuing to grow. What are your thoughts?”

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Confident planning strategies for the return of incentive travel 

The MICE Blog

As COVID has not completely gone away, what is your contingency plan if one of your team members, an employee or a speaker contracts the virus? So in the contract, it has already mentioned these six guests from Ukraine and Russia and they cannot travel. You always need a backup. We negotiate exit windows with the suppliers.