Venues will be more flexible on cancellation terms but are adding more robust contract clauses to cover potentially similar issues, according an HBAA survey on venue attitudes to commercial terms following the Covid-19 crisis.
The survey of 35 member venues, including 18 venue groups and 17 independent venues, also revealed that nearly all are still planning how to handle the additional costs resulting from social distancing and extra cleaning at present.
“Only when the industry goes out, shares experiences, increases confidence and meets face to face will the recovery of meetings and events gain momentum” says Juliet Price, Consultant Executive Director
HBAA has demonstrated its commitment to kick-starting the meetings and events industry into life again by announcing a series of face-to face meetings and events to take place in the next few weeks and months.
While the world re-opens, the events industry is still left in the shadows without the support we urgently need.
The £1.57bn arts rescue package and the re-opening of outdoor events only addresses the tip of the iceberg and will do little to support the weakening supply chain.
A combined group of members from the Association of Event Organisers (AEO), the Association Event Venues (AEV) and the Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA), led by the associations, has today launched the All Secure Standard, a risk assessment based framework of Covid-19 secure industry best practice and guidance for business events and consumer shows which take place in meetings, conferencing and exhibition centres.
- Industry will lose major festival brands
- Half of event businesses face losses of £100,000+
- Job Losses could reach tens of thousands.
- Government to begin pilots to help plan how best to restart indoor business events.
- New guidance outlines how the nation’s conference venues can get back up and running safely.
- MeetEngland preparing to welcome back international business events following UK Government announcement
- 30,000 UK job losses if UK Government fails to provide a clear date for reopening of exhibitions sector from COVID-19 lockdown
- EIF - Events industry welcomes guidance for restarting
- Events Industry Senior Leaders Panel - Meeting Note of 23rd June 2020 Meeting
- HBAA - An immediate 12 month cut on VAT for business accommodation rates, venue rates as well as services for organising and presenting meetings and events is vital
- PLASA launches #WeMakeEvents campaign to support the industry
- HBAA report and survey show over 30 per cent of business events and accommodation and meetings agency staff in danger of being made redundant from July 2020
- HBAA launches Diversity and Inclusion Board
- EIA - Open letter to Chancellor
- ‘Project Confidence’ introduced as new cross association working group
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