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Tips & Trends

Tips of the Trade: Event Offers

Your corporate entertainment company should provide you with not only a list of headliners, but also their photo, biography and possibly their routing information, availability and cost. Your favorite...

How to Plan the Ultimate Scavenger Hunt

Marc and Darlynne Menkin of San Diego’s Where You Want To Be Tours are experts on what it takes to organize and run a successful scavenger hunt....

Recent Blogs

Steps to limiting alcohol-related liability: 4 recommendations

Eisenstodt Joan

In the US, the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) recommended lowering the blood-alcohol concentration limit to .05% from .08%. (If you are unfamiliar with how blood-alcohol concentratio...Read full story »

Need your meeting ‘summarized’? I’ve got your guy!

Zachary Chouteau

Dale Irvin has trademarked himself the Professional Summarizer, and I have to believe he’s the best in the biz. Okay, he’s possibly the only one in the biz, but if you’re hosting a c...Read full story »

Risks and Rewards: Crowd Sourcing an Event for 30,000 People

Elizabeth Glau, CMP

Have you thought about giving up more control of your conference? What is holding you back? There is no guarantee your attendees will achieve their goals and objectives, even if you continue to plan y...Read full story »

Destination Close-Ups

Close-Up: Maui

The very geography of the Hawaiian island of Maui speaks to those who know it best, and allows for a tranquil escape grounded in equilibrium. "From the cultural standpoint, it’s the pono—the male and...

Meetings Topics

Green Meetings
When Eric Ryan, architect of the Method brand, stepped onstage at the recent GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference, his words rang true: “It is about progress, not perfection.” In the worl...
International Meetings
Business travel seized the spotlight in February at the 21st annual Asia-Pacific Meetings & Incentives Expo (AIME), held at Australia’s Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) and ...
Food & Beverage
If the same held true for cities as it does for humans, that “you are what you eat,” Portland would be considered healthy, haute and spirited. Groups convening here should tap into the ar...
Religious Meetings
As Lake Geneva began to attract the glitterati of the day to build vacation mansions and sumptuous resorts, some people of faith saw another kind of potential. The area’s natural beauty and rela...
Technology
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, so the old saying goes. When Apple, the signature sponsor of San Francisco's Macworld Conference & Expo since its inception in 1985, pulled out followi...

Webinars

Conference Centers: Sample the Best!

05.29.2013 • 12:00 PM CT

F&B and Other Budget Tips

06.26.2013 • 12:00 PM CT

Hybrid Meetings: A Planner's Checklist

07.31.2013 • 12:00 PM CT

Going Global: Planning Meetings Abroad

08.28.2013 • 12:00 PM CT

Sustainability: Green Meetings Measurement

09.25.2013 • 12:00 PM CT

Innovative CVB Services

10.30.2013 • 12:00 PM CT

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Concierge Insights

Linda Walters and Renann Eddy

Grand Traverse Resort and Spa – Acme, MI

Randy Gardner

Hotel Felix - Chicago, IL

Les Tomines

JW Marriott Orlando - Orlando, FL

Courtney Munday

Big Cedar Lodge - Ridgedale, MO

Going Places

Rick Blackburn, previously director of intermediary sales for Marriott International’s Global Sales ...
InternContinental Hotels appointed Peter Koehler as regional director of operations for Northern Cal...
Chris Nelbach was named director of revenue management for San Antonio’s Hotel Contessa. He for...

Gifts & Gadgets

Snapshot

Popular with Instagram users, the OlloClip is a 3-in-1 photo lens that connects to recent iPhone models and allows users to take pictures using a fish-eye, macro or wide angle lens. Lens caps included...

Catch Some ZZZs

Relax on the go with a lightweight and portable Grand Trunk Hammock. The hammocks condense to about the size of a softball when packed into their smal...

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