Essential Contract Clauses and Concerns for Post-Shutdown Meetings and Events

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, legal issues
in the meetings industry primarily centered around
cancellation, attrition and what became the moving target of
force majeure.


Now, with face-to-face meetings taking baby steps to resuming,
meeting and event planners need to cover their organizations and
ensure the safety of attendees by including key contract clauses
in an environment that lacks definition.


In this Meetings Today Podcast, Tyler Davidson check in with
leading meetings industry attorney Joshua L.
Grimes to see what contract clause musts planners should
include going forward.


Key elements of a “COVID contract provision” could deal with
cleaning protocols; the right to cancel if government-required
measures make it so restrictive that your meeting can’t go
forward; and indemnification. Grimes also offers one contract
addendum all planners should make sure are included in their
contracts.


And will we soon start seeing “COVID
surcharges?” Listen to this Meetings Today Podcast to
find out more.