As with recent hotel-labor agreements around the country plus a new contract for UPS workers, fresh contracts for more than 45,000 airline pilots may well affect costs around business events.
After the pandemic and in the remote-work environment, it’s not enough to simply plan a meeting and have people show up. Many employees’ social skills have suffered in recent years—something that planners can proactively address.
Hyatt now faces a class-action suit alleging misleading pricing, and federal legislation has been proposed to drive hotel-cost transparency industry-wide.
Representing thousands of hotel workers in Southern California, Unite Here Local 11 calls for a boycott of the entire city by meetings and events. A few groups had already moved upcoming meetings out of hotels without a new union contract.
Come October, the standard reimbursable rate for lodging will rise by nine percent, though the meal allowance will be unchanged.
Planners should look more carefully at the fine print and consider changing some terms, says industry attorney Joshua Grimes.
At least 11 meeting and event-related companies are featured in this year’s Inc. 5000, an Inc. magazine ranking of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S.—including number two on the list.
