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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...

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: Columbia, S.C.

More CoverageClose-Up Columbia, S.C. - 5 Outstanding Off-SitesClose-Up: Columbia, S.C. - Getting there While South Carolina’s capital may evoke that slow, genteel Old South way of life—it’s offical ni...

Meetings Topics

International Meetings
AUSTRALIA Down under in Australia, the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre recently opened a five-level, $140 million expansion, called BCEC on Grey Street. Beginning with its first event l...
Attractions
If anything can put the cherry on top of the sundae that is a meeting in glitzy, indulgent Las Vegas, it’s a helicopter tour of the Strip or Grand Canyon. Operating from a private terminal locat...
Attractions
As a progressive college town bolstered by a strong creative arts landscape, it’s not surprising that Madison, Wis., is home to a number of top-notch museums and galleries. What might surprise s...
International Meetings
Ancient land of saints and scholars, the Emerald Isle casts a magic spell with its uniquely green landscapes, centuries-old cities and soaring sea cliffs. While less enchanting times past contributed ...
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...

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

Gregg M. Mervis was named president and CEO of the Akron/Summit CVB and of the 123,000-square-f...
Colleen Brzozowski joined the Krisam Group and Global Events Partners as director of sales in the Ch...
Tori Piersante was appointed vice president of sales at the Traverse City CVB. The former director o...

Gifts & Gadgets

Guard the Grapes

Invented in 2006 by a wine connoisseur couple from California, Wine Skin can protect precious bottled cargo in checked luggage. Travelers can avoid additional shipping costs from distant vineyards and...

Don't Get Weighed Down

As airline regulations get stricter for both international and domestic flights, don’t get bogged down by overweight luggage. The small, portabl...

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