Editor’s note: This article first published in the June 2023 Special Edition of Beyond the Meeting Room, ALHI’s printed magazine, a luxury lifestyle publication focused on sharing compelling, inspirational and educational stories from beyond the four walls of a meeting room.
In the wake of the pandemic era’s Zoom meeting overload, there is renewed enthusiasm for in-person conferences and events.
But how planners are contracting those meetings has changed: from having to find creative ways to deal with increasing costs to rewording contracts to better protect their clients. Attorneys Barbara Dunn, a partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, and Steve Rudner, Founder and Managing Partner of Rudner Law Offices, offer insight for meeting planners.