Negotiating & Contracts

Electronic hotel-room keycards with a security vulnerability puts a new risk-management issue on planners’ plates.

If the prospect of a management change at your meeting hotel is keeping you up at night, industry lawyer Joshua Grimes, Esq. has 3 recommendations.

Understanding the challenges facing your host hotel’s owners can provide a useful perspective on their group-business decisions. At the Pharma Forum conference in March, attendees will take home insights from executives at four leading hotel...

Reposite, a platform for managing event suppliers, is now working with ConferenceDirect.

A veteran hotel executive provides an inside view of property operations along with advice for planners to get what they need in a contract and on site.

Maritz released its Industry Trends Report at IMEX America with some eye-popping data on the rising cost of hotels, airfares, F&B, and other event-budget elements.

Recent meeting cancellations in the U.S. connected with tensions in the Middle East raise important questions: Who is responsible for enhanced event security? And does a force-majeure clause cover a security-related cancellation?