Think submitting your event contract to legal review absolves you of risk? Think again. Meetings and travel consultant Kevin Iwamoto recounts a horrifying story of an American corporate planner who lost her job because of her role in an event contract. The woman passed the contract through her company’s legal counsel, but that was insufficient for protecting the company’s […]
Happy “GMID” 2017! What are you doing to celebrate?
To all of my colleagues in the meetings and events industry – Happy Global Meeting Industry Day! I am so proud that Canada led the way years ago in nationally recognizing the contributions of this industry – and the industry professionals who make it happen every single day…day in and day out! And now it […]
“Acts of God” send sporting events to the sidelines
On Monday I had the privilege of speaking about venue contracts at the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) 2017 Sport Events Congress. Preparing for my presentation, I discovered many examples of FORCE MAJEURE affecting major sporting events. A few examples: Women’s Hockey Championships Terminated The International Ice Hockey Federation terminated the 2003 Women’s World Ice Hockey Championships in Beijing because of the SARS epidemic. […]
SXSW sees performance contract go south
Event contracts were in the news last week when New York musician Felix Walworth publicly denounced sections of his performance contract. Walworth performs under the stage name Told Slant and was slated to perform at this year’s South by South West (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas. But he took issue with sections of the […]
Chaos and Circling Back
Chaos. That’s how I have described the “fall season” for the past 22 years. How about you? Is it “event season” for you too? This week, my team and I are delivering our final major conference of 2016 – and we have one small one left in November…in just a few days, things are going to […]
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