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Tips & Trends

Kudos - Power of Pedaling

Element Hotels has installed bike-powered chargers in gyms across all 10 of its brand properties. Guests simply plug in their cell phone or other electronic device and pedal away. Electrifying!...

Expense Report Express

Want to know the one thing worse than doing your taxes? Doing your expense reports! Use your cell phone’s camera and an agreement with your acco...

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: Los Angeles

Groups that “are ready for their close-up,” so to speak, will find a marquee full of glamorous off-site options in L.A., where the glitz and star power of the entertainment industry is alw...

Meetings Topics

International Meetings
More CoverageInternational Protocol: ResourcesRules of the Road Planning a meeting on one’s home turf can be tricky enough, but when it comes to facilitating an event overseas, U.S.-based planne...
Attractions
No wonder Las Vegas is America’s leading trade show destination and global visitor magnet. With seductions up and down the Strip and in resurgent downtown, “Sin City” is the ultimate...
Hotels/Resorts
Glenn Haussman is editor-in-chief of Smithtown, N.Y.-based Hotel Interactive Network (HIN), a leading producer of lodging industry content and events, including the successful BITAC and HI Connect De...
Negotiation Strategies
Don’t look now, but that great meetings contract you negotiated a couple of years ago may be in jeopardy. Demand for U.S. hotel space is higher than ever, few new hotel rooms are coming on-line,...
Attractions
As former Las Vegas mayor and preeminent civic booster Oscar Goodman notes, “investment in entertainment remains paramount” to maintain global visitor appeal. Judging by the kaleidoscope o...

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

Dan Hockaday

Hotel Murano - Tacoma, WA

Neil Fiorito

Magnificent Mile Courtyard Marriott - Chicago

Joey Battaglia

J.W. Marriott L.A. LIVE - Los Angeles, CA

Faith Czajkowski

JW Marriott Chicago – Chicago, IL

Going Places

John Branciforte was appointed director of sales and marketing at the Wyndham Grand Orlando Res...
The Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs named Colleen Pace director of sales and marketing....
Demetrio Maduro brings more than 30 years of hospitality experience to his new position as general m...

Gifts & Gadgets

Power Pack

Luggage Company ECBC is set to introduce a new line of TSA-compliant electronics bags that will not only save you time in the airport security line by not having to take your laptop out of the bag, bu...

Lean On Me

Created by a polio survivor, the Swany Walkin’ Bag makes travelling easier and more convenient for people with limited mobility or those sufferi...

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