Contracts/Legal

What Meeting Planners Need to Know About Destination Boycotts

To help meeting and event professionals navigate the murky waters of destination boycotts, we take a deep dive into the subject, including some advice for how to approach the conversation with your organization and event partners.

Must-Know Contract Clauses

As we re-enter the in-person meetings environment, meeting and event planners need to educated themselves about the latest contract clauses that apply to this transitional period.

Strategic Negotiating Fundamentals 

Review key contract clauses and negotiation tips and strategies and review the variables that help influence a hotel’s decision to accept your business and what strategies they bring to the table.

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Marriott Settles Resort Fees Lawsuit. What Does It Mean for Meetings?

Global hotel giant Marriott International settled a major resort fees lawsuit regarding “drip pricing” with the Pennsylvania attorney general. Here are the details and how it may affect meetings.

Joan Eisenstodt’s Key Contract Concerns as In-Person Meetings Begin to Resume

Meetings industry veteran Joan Eisenstodt shares her must-know contract tips as meetings and events consider going in-person again.

Tap These 10 Key Negotiation Strategies as In-Person Meetings Resume

The meetings and events landscape has changed, so planners should tap into these 10 negotiation tips as in-person events ramp up.

Contract Tips for Working With Convention Centers During the Pandemic

Legal expert Tyra Warner offers some contract dos and don’ts for planners working with convention centers to plan large meetings during the pandemic.

Essential Contract Clauses and Concerns for Post-Shutdown Meetings and Events

In this Meetings Today Podcast, Tyler Davidson check in with leading meetings industry attorney Joshua L. Grimes to see what contract clause musts planners should include going forward.

WHO Coronavirus Press Updates: The Impact on Meetings and Events

Meetings Today blogger Joan Eisenstodt has been participating in many of the thrice-weekly COVID-19 press conferences from the World Health Organization (WHO). Here's what she found out from the experts fighting the spread of the virus, how it impacts the meetings and events industry, and what the industry needs to learn from the crisis.