Legal Matters for Meetings

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 9:45–10:55 a.m.
Presented by Jonathan T. Howe, President, Howe and Hutton, Ltd.

Meeting planners have several legal concerns: hotel contracts, negotiations, risk management, financial and legal liabilities. Jonathan T. Howe addresses issues that all meeting planners face as well as additional questions they’ve always wanted answered. Topics include requests for proposal, contract formation, rates, room block attrition, food and beverage attrition, cancellation fees, force majeure, negligence, ADA, indemnification, insurance, releases and waivers, and more. Be prepared to share questions and to jump into real life case studies with colleagues. Howe, president of Howe and Hutton, Ltd., has been recognized as one of the leaders of the nonprofit organization bar as well as the hospitality and meetings, travel, incentive, hotel and trade show industries. Howe is general counsel to MPI, Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association and International Special Events Society; he is a Member Fellow of ASAE; and has taught courses in association management and hospitality industry law at Roosevelt and DePaul Universities.

Education credit: 1.25 CEUs toward CMP Certification

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