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...

Bytes - Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills

It doesn’t get more star-studded than the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills during awards season, and planners looking to experience Hol...

Recent Blogs

When hotels eliminate services...

Eisenstodt Joan

You explained your group's needs to the hotel in a thorough RFP. You did a site inspection to ensure that what you saw on the web site and what was provided in a proposal were what you'd receive....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 - Traverse City

More CoverageClose-Up - Traverse City - 9 Outstanding Off-sitesClose-Up - Traverse City - Getting There If you’re craving a taste of the Central California Coast in the Midwest, the scenic splen...
More CoverageClose Up: BogotaClose-Up: Bogota - 5 Great Off-Sites Getting there: Bogota is just over six hours nonstop by air from New York City, just under five hours from Atlanta, about three hours ...
When it comes to recognizing your accomplishments and achievements, it’s unlikely that your manager is aware of everything you’ve done. If you want to ensure that they’re aware of th...
Anyone even remotely interested in Digital Age marketing has most likely channeled Guy Kawasaki in one way or another. Be it Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or blogs, if it’s about modern marketing a...
The rise of smart phones and tablets is changing some key premises of team building as planners have known it for decades. These devices, especially iPhones and iPads with their camera, display, GPS a...
Ariba Onine Content and Community Coordinator Josh Hedrick had a creative new idea to move attendees to his company’s show booth for the recent Ariba LIVE 2013 users’ conference. He also h...

Going Places

Joe Aguilera was appointed hotel manager of The Langham, Chicago hotel, which is scheduled to open i...
Alicia Crawford Loos will be responsible for all rentals and bookings at the Portland Expo Center in...
Hospitality executive Roberta Rinker-Ludloff was named senior vice preisdent of sales and client ser...

Gifts & Gadgets

Culinary Treats of Charlotte

Attendees will enjoy a taste of Charlotte at home with a jar of all-natural Cloister Honey. Cloister Honey tends to have hives across Charlotte, including 100,000 bees found on top of the LEED Gold-ce...

Scribble Away

Is the Livescribe Smart Pen the missing link between pen and paper and the digital world? With the pen’s record of what users hear and write, pl...