Threat of Hotel Strikes Loom in Los Angeles, 800 Workers Demonstrate

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018, one week after 7,500 hospitality workers at 24 hotels in Los Angeles and Orange County voted overwhelmingly to

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10 Legal Pits You Can Avoid

When disputes arise over even the best-laid meeting or event plans, lawyers get summoned to pull people out of the litigation pit. Several of the

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10 Legal Pits You Can Avoid

When disputes arise over even the best-laid meeting or event plans, lawyers get summoned to pull people out of the litigation pit. Several of the

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10 Legal Pits You Can Avoid

When disputes arise over even the best-laid meeting or event plans, lawyers get summoned to pull people out of the litigation pit. Several of the

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Strategic Negotiating in the Post-Shutdown World

The only thing constant in our industry is change! This webinar will arm you with tactical strategies that will help you negotiate and defend your

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What Meeting Planners Need to Know About Destination Boycotts

When a majority draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court was leaked in May, hinting that Roe vs. Wade would be overturned in the summer, the

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San Francisco Settlement Ends Marriott Strikes

UNITE HERE Local 2 hotel union workers ratified an agreement with

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Q&A: What Legal Legs Do You Stand on to Cancel?

To accompany the Friday, July 1, 2016 blog (

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In Box

Youthful Indiscretions, Indeed I daresay Ken Hennrich’s comments about Youthful Indiscretions (Inbox, Meetings West, February 2007) will

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Interview With Lou Novick on Meetings Insurance

So much of my work has been “crisis meeting management,” that is, organizations discovered that a signed contract contained ambiguities (

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In Box

Doesn’t hurt to ask When you are setting up your registration form, ensure you think of all potential demands so you can plan for them ahead

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In Box

Huzzah for the Redesign! It is apparent that you’ve spent a good deal of effort in researching and developing your redesigned periodical,

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Take 10 - Meetings Budget & Cost-Savings Strategies

Meeting Sites Resource's Robyn Mietkiewicz answers questions from the Meetings Budget & Cost-Savings Strategies webinar.1. What's the

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Hyatt Settles National Dispute with Workers Union

CHICAGOHyatt Hotels Corporation and UNITE HERE, the union of hospitality workers in the U.S. and Canada, have announced a national agreement that

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Another AC Property Settles Labor Dispute

ATLANTIC CITY Meeting planners heading to a Trump property here can rest easy: after nearly two months of working without a contract, members of

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PLAN FOR MORE!

Book Your Next Meeting or Event and Receive Up To 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy™ Points now.Marriott Bonvoy™ Events is

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Strategic Negotiating Fundamentals 

Contracts are always under scrutiny, and perhaps more so as we hopefully exit the COVID-19 era, so it’s more important than ever to be proactive in

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Joshua Grimes on How Planners Can Access Group Amenities

Want to ensure the service and amenities you want are delivered at your next event? These steps will help: Discuss your

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Take 10 - Site Selection: Checklist for Success With Joan Eisenstodt

Joan Eisenstodt answers additional questions from the 04.26.17 

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10 areas of site selection to question and learn

Each meeting, and the circumstances under which it is created, is different. There is no one-size-fits-all site selection checklist.The checklist I

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