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Tips & Trends

Money-saving tips for planners

Every planner wants to save a little money. But sometimes being penny smart can be pound foolish. Following are seven things to look out for when stretching your meeting dollars. Allow continge...

10 Threats to Meeting Security

It’s prudent to use caution when discussing sensitive topics or secret information, especially in the semipublic setting of a meeting. Art Lesse...

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: Maui

More CoverageClose-Up Maui - 5 Outstanding Off-SitesClose-Up Maui - Getting There Boasting a verdant green landscape contrasting with hues of vibrant ocean blue, Maui offers up the natural, rural sple...

Meetings Topics

International Meetings
More CoveragePlanning Pow WowWorld AffairsWorld-Class Venues With many international meetings and events, business goals come first, with personal experiences a distant second. By contrast, an incenti...
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...
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...
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...
Contracts/Legal
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,...

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

Amanda Bloyen

The Shores Resort & Spa - Daytona Beach Shores, FL

Mark Peak

The US GRANT - San Diego, CA

Charisse Fazarri

Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco

Carolyn Bartels

Hotel Teatro - Denver

Going Places

InternContinental Hotels appointed Peter Koehler as regional director of operations for Northern Cal...
Karambir Kang was appointed general manager at Taj Boston and was also named area director of Taj Ho...
Danny Mynar was appointed general manager at Travaasa Hana (the former Hotel Hana-Maui) on Maui, tak...

Gifts & Gadgets

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, planners, attendees and professionals will never hav...

Chill out!

One of Oprah’s favorite things in 2012, the Corkcicle is a stylish wine-chilling device that can replace drippy wine buckets. Stored in the free...

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