On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic.
Both hoteliers and corporate planners see a boom time for meetings on the horizon, which will drive a number of sourcing and contracting complications.
Fairmont San Jose abruptly shut down last week, relocating all guests. With many hotels suffering, here’s some advice on how to avoid a similar disruption, or at least be prepared for it.
The GroupSync Engage platform from Groups360 allows planners to view and book guest-room and meeting-space inventory in real time without submitting an RFP. Other hotel firms will soon have the technology as well.
Could Covid-specific clauses in 2021 contracts narrow a meeting host’s rights rather than expand them? That’s the concern of industry attorney Barbara Dunn.
A legal expert for meetings lays out the new negotiating balance that can ensure an effective, satisfying in-person event while protecting the host organization from financial and legal liability.
