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Tips & Trends

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 represent headliner entertainers are professional in wh...

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 t...

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

The Bahamas is enveloped in new meetings development

While scientists are drawn to the Bahamas by the world’s largest underwater cave system, groups can dive into the Bahamas as well, but will find plenty to do on dry land; from learning about the...

Meetings Topics

Career Development
 No one can accuse Heather Mason, president and owner of A Caspian Production, of not expressing lofty goals when it pertains to the value of meeting planners. “My entire mission is to show...
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...
Food & Beverage
Whether your dining event is slated for breakfast, lunch or dinner, each mealtime serves up its own set of challenges for planners. Pleasing palates and maintaining energy levels—while still adh...
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,...
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

Ingrid Ramdial

Hyatt Regency Trinidad - Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

Ian Steiger

DUKES LONDON Hotel - London, England

Neil Sorrell

Live Oak Landing - Freeport, FL

Joseph Castillo

Vanderbilt Grace – Newport, R.I.

Going Places

Joe Aguilera was appointed hotel manager of The Langham, Chicago hotel, which is scheduled to open i...
Vanessa Kager was appointed director of national accounts for the Dallas CVB. Her market segment wi...
Jay Marsh was appointed regional director of sales for the Dallas CVB. Based in Washington, D.C., ...

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...

Rock On

Monster brand, the maker of premium audio and entertainment products, launched Inspiration, a new line of over-ear, noise-cancelling headphones, ideal...

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