Bryan Bruce

Most planners take on the whole hotel fee structure at once and lose. Here's the service charge clause to ask for, why the breakdown matters, and the clause that keeps fees from coming back.

Attendees are registering later than ever, but most hotel contracts still assume your room block is full 30 days out. Here's where that breaks down and how to protect your block.

Most planners watch their room block closely. Fewer pay the same attention to the food and beverage minimum. That's a problem, because an F&B...

The event is over, the attendees have gone home, and then the hotel's final invoice shows up with a line you weren't expecting: an...