15 Questions to Ask Hotels About Their Human Trafficking Policies
If you want to know how a potential hotel partner deals with human trafficking, start with these questions.
Contracts & Duty of Care
Contracts and duty of care are the backbone of responsible event planning. Understanding legal agreements, liability issues, and risk management strategies ensures smooth operations while protecting your organization, attendees, and partners.
This section of the Skift Meetings Toolkit provides essential insights on drafting and negotiating event contracts, navigating force majeure clauses, and understanding venue and vendor agreements.
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Beyond the legal framework, duty of care is a fundamental responsibility, ensuring attendee well-being, safety, and ethical considerations are prioritized in every aspect of event planning.
From crisis management protocols to insurance policies, learn how to safeguard your events from unforeseen challenges. With the right knowledge and preparation, you can confidently create safe, seamless, and legally sound experiences for all stakeholders.
6 Things Planners Need to Know About Incentives and Taxes
Recipients are required to pay taxes on incentive merchandise, trips, and even gift cards — not just on cash bonuses.
Meeting Planners’ Favorite Contract Clauses for Avoiding Surprise Costs
Contracts are a planner’s first line of defense against extra costs on everything from rates to F&B — and those annoying hidden fees.
10 Tips for Managing a Mental Health Crisis at Your Meeting
Meetings can be a danger zone for people with mental health challenges. Here are some steps you can take to be prepared — and to intervene if you need to.
Extreme Weather Means More Cancellations and Pricier Insurance. What Can Planners Do?
Planners need to sharpen their awareness of seasonality and avoid risky outdoor locations — that is, if they want to get their events insured.
Time for Plan B: Five Situations Where You’ll Need a Backup Plan
Flight delays. Unexpected weather. Renovation snags. The list of things that can go wrong at a meeting is a long and winding one.
Tariffs, Riots, Travel Bans: Contract Language to Protect Planners
Tariff-driven price increases and international attendee cancellations can cost companies big bucks — unless they’ve addressed these in their contracts.
How to Address Tariffs in Event Contracts
Tariffs can trigger unexpected cost spikes for both planners and suppliers. Building flexibility into contracts through substitutions and force majeure protections can help mitigate financial surprises and keep events on track.
Parking Lot Safety: What Planners Need to Know
With car break-ins surging in some U.S. cities, business event planners must now consider parking lot safety as part of their site selection and contract process.
5 Security Tips to Keep Top Execs Safe at Meetings
You might think the responsibility for the safety and security of VIPs at a meeting falls on the sponsoring organization – but planners are also partially liable.