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Group sales plays a critical role in driving event success, strengthening hotel and venue partnerships, and creating value for both clients and organizations. This certificate program helps meeting professionals better understand the contract and negotiation dynamics behind group sales, from room block strategy and attrition management to cancellation protections, force majeure, and the key liability clauses that shape risk in venue contracts.

Participants will explore how venue contracts are negotiated, including the clauses that influence attrition damages, cancellation exposure, indemnification, insurance, limitation of liability, and data protection. This session will focus on both business strategy and contract language, connecting the financial and legal risks that drive successful negotiations between planners and venues.

Through interactive case studies and peer discussion, attendees will work through realistic hospitality scenarios. Participants will learn to distinguish between business terms they can negotiate independently and legal/risk terms that require escalation, gaining practical tools to prioritize issues, identify "hot buttons," and advocate for stronger contract positions.

This certificate program is ideal for both new and experienced professionals on either side of the table—whether you work in venue sales or event procurement—who want to build confidence in venue contract negotiations, better understand how contract language creates financial or liability risk, and strengthen their ability to negotiate key performance and liability clauses to support successful event outcomes.

Clock Hours: 4