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Tips & Trends

Joshua Grimes on How Planners Can Access Group Amenities

Want to ensure the service and amenities you want are delivered at your next event? These steps will help: Discuss your needs and desires with the hotel during negotiations, and insert your agre...

Tips of the Trade - Mark Sonder

Quality entertainment can raise the bar at meetings, differentiate your organization from its competitors and enchant attendees. The people that repre...

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: Saint Charles

The word “suburb” can carry connotations of subservience to a major metropolitan area, but when you’re the third-oldest city west of the Mississippi and played a starring role in the...

Meetings Topics

International Meetings
More CoverageInternational DMCs Are Key Eli Gorin, vice president of global client relations for ABTS Convention Services (www.abtscs.com), a prominent Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) with a lar...
Career Development
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...
Technology
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...
Training
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...
Technology
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...

Webinars

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

Contracts: The Basics

11.06.2013 • 12:00 PM CT

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Going Places

Richard Senechal was appointed executive vice president of facilities at Loews Hotels & Resorts,...
Maria Andriola and Bonnie Greenspan joined the San Diego CVB as new national sales directors. Andri...
John L. Parkinson was named general manager of DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Orlando – Lak...

Gifts & Gadgets

Luggage Locator

If airline travel has got you down because of another wayward suitcase, place a TrakDot GPS device in your bag the next time you hit the road. The device, which runs on AA batteries and can be linked ...

Wandering Wine

The Wine Check itself is light, so it can transport up to one case of wine (12 bottles) and still meet airlines’ 50-pound weight limit for check...

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