Presenter: Christian Hardigree, Glen Simpson & Brenda Rivers Join Meetings Today and Brenda Rivers, president and CEO of Andavo Meetings &

Barbara, I have a contract where the hotel offered a rebook but the percentage was not listed and the meeting has been cancelled

If not careful, meeting planners can lose their freedom to choose their AV provider as soon as they sign a venue contract. And with

Veteran DMO leader Al Hutchinson has decided not to renew his contract with Visit Baltimore, which expires June 30.The DMO said Hutchinson has agreed

A contract covering 6,000 workers at 30 downtown hotels in Chicago expired this week, and labor and management have been unable to come to an

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DETROIT Wes Wesley, president and CEO of SMG, announced today a three-year extension of the SMG Management Agreement to oversee the day to- day

Terrorist attacks, natural disasters, unhinged gunslingers and, most recently, an erroneous public warning in Hawaii of an impending missile attack

On Wednesday, May 6, the meetings and hospitality industry celebrated Global Meetings Industry Day with local gatherings in cities ranging from

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Attorney Jonathan Howe and ConferenceDirect Senior Vice President David Scypinski suggest ways to achieve flexible future program contracts:

Kathy Duse Convention and Programs Coordinator National Art Education Association Reston, Va. Is the duration

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With many hotels more flexible at the bargaining table these days, are convention centers also taking a softer stance on negotiated contract terms?

It hasn't been all that long ago that an association planner could guarantee her convention hotel room block with some confidence. Armed with a

Indemnification in meetings contracts is easier to understand with the "rubber/glue" argument.  

With a fresh squad and a new head coach, an unlikely competitor made it to the Elite Eight round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s College Basketball tournament

Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, employing nearly half of the American workforce and representing approximately 99.9% of

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Meetings Today: Are you finding that attrition clauses are being enforced more or less strictly recently? Can you share any comments/