Negotiating & Contracts

As the cost of AV and event technologies continues to rise, planners need to get smarter about what the really need and how to get it at a fair price.

F&B prices are through the roof, but with some careful and strategic planning you can stay on budget and still delight attendees.

How to stretch your event budget for food and beverage, event tech, ground transportation, and venues. Plus some big-picture ideas to reign in costs.

Events-industry legal expert Tyra Warner led a session at IMEX America this week to help planners understand how to negotiate contracts that work for their budget and minimize financial risk.

Planners can learn more about a possible supplier partner over one shared lunch than from months of Zoom calls, but they simply might not have that option. Here’s the alternative.

The Rocky Mountain State wants to cut 10 percent from some of your meeting cost through mid-2024.

A meeting-procurement expert explains the differences among these time-saving risk-management strategies for the contracting process.