Practical guidance on hotel contracts, venue sourcing strategy, and risk reduction for organizations planning meetings and events.
Venue and Contract Insights is the educational blog for Thallo Events. It is designed to help organizations, planners, and decision makers understand how venue sourcing and hotel contracts impact cost, risk, and outcomes.
Each article focuses on real world considerations, common pitfalls, and practical guidance drawn from decades of hotel contract negotiation experience.
Ginny DavitoMany event budgets break after the contract is signed, not before. The reason is simple. Financial exposure is often buried in contract language that seems harmless at first glance.
Ginny DavitoI have reviewed and negotiated thousands of hotel contracts. Most of the time, when a client sends me an agreement, they believe the biggest risk is the room rate.
Ginny DavitoFor more than forty years, I have worked inside hotels, alongside hotel sales teams, and across the table from planners and organizations signing contracts. And one question never goes away.
No. The content is educational and designed to help readers understand contract concepts and risks. Professional legal review is recommended when appropriate.
New articles are published regularly based on industry trends, common questions, and contract issues planners encounter.
Yes. Topics are often inspired by real questions and scenarios raised by clients and professionals in the field.
But when a venue is technically open and new regulations make an event meaningless to attend, Force Majeure often fails.
We’ve created a free, professionally written clause you can copy into your next agreement to exit without penalty when circumstances change.
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