CLAUSE: To have Group charges placed on a master bill, Group must complete the attached credit application at least 30 days prior to the meeting dates. Should Group fail to establish credit, Group will be required to pay 100 percent of estimated charges on or before the day of arrival. EFFECT: Once upon a time, a meeting planner showed up on site for a meeting only to find that the hotel would not
Robert Kalt Left his job as meeting planner for Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J., with a mission: He wanted to find a better way to dispose of all the extra food and goodies at the end of a meeting, rather than dumping them in the garbage. The event industry has been historically a glut of excess when it comes to the social end of events, he says. Kalt's solution? Special E, a small, but growing,
Travel, Trade, and privacy groups are heavily criticizing a Department of Homeland Security program that, for the past several years, has been used to mine, store, and assess the personal data of all travelers, including U.S. citizens, entering or leaving the United States. The Automated Targeting System began as a cargo-screening program. Automated Targeting System, DHS, U.S. Privacy Act, BTC, American Civil Liberties Union's Technology and Liberty Project
Hotels are Taking a hard look at all meetings that come across the table, and they are rejecting meetings that don't fit their business model. That's how Jennifer Brown, CMP, partner, Meetings Sites Resource, set the stage for a packed breakout session at the recent Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. If you hear no availability,' go back and ask your salesperson
With the presidential election two years away, contenders for the White House will hit the corporate meeting speaking circuit in full force. Brian Palmer, president, National Speakers Bureau, Libertyville, Ill., has tips for planners who are considering a presidential hopeful as keynoter. Potential candidates not currently in office such as John Edwards, Rudolph Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and Al Gore
