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.

A good request for proposal gets to the heart of what’s most important to the virtual-conference organizer.

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 comprehensive budgeting breakdown for online events

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.

A KPMG meeting professional offers her best advice for finding the right vendors for online meetings.

Consider these lessons on virtual diplomacy, whether you’re hammering out new F&B protocols or an increase in meeting space to maintain social distance.