Negotiating & Contracts

Even though the threat to your meeting may be nil, the volcanic eruption on Hawaii’s Big Island can still have attendees saying they don’t lava the idea of attending your Maui event.

The InterContinental Hotel Group brands, including Kimpton, are following Marriott and Hilton to 7 percent group commissions.

Download the exclusive MeetingsNet survey on commission practices in the meetings industry.

Hotels that aren’t resorts are now catching onto the add-a-mandatory-fee-to-the-base-rate trend—they just give it a new name.

For too many requests for proposals, it’s a GIGO situation. That’s “garbage in, garbage out,” explained independent planner Meghan Palm, CMP, HMCC, at the 2018 Pharma Forum in Philadelphia. Her breakout session on improving...

With international attendees getting more skittish about coming to the U.S., international meeting planners need to prepare for reduced attendance, or even cancellations.

Seven steps you need to take to safely decide whether or not to cancel when your meeting destination is hit by a hurricane or other devastating event.

The company supplying the Internet connectivity must warrant that your group’s data will be safe, and take measures to ensure that it stays that way.

Today’s bullying and harassment headlines underline the need to have a policy in place for when attendees behave badly.

You might not be able to negotiate them away—but you can try.