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Tips & Trends

LiquidSpace App Creates An "Infinite Workplace"

As every planner knows, organizing an event typically begins months in advance and includes several rounds of communication with suppliers and attendees, catering contracts, AV partnerships and a host...

Bytes - Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa

Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa in Galena, Ill., launched a new meetings-focused website last month, featuring a blog and interactive planner resources. ...

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: Lafayette, Ind.

Situated only a couple hours south of the nation’s third-largest metro, Chicago, and an hour north of Indianapolis, the Purdue University community of Lafayette-West Lafayette offers all the fanfare o...

Meetings Topics

International Meetings
More CoverageInformation for the Asking International incentives are back. That’s the word from incentive planners, destinations, hotels and the destination management companies that tie them all tog...
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,...
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...
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...
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...

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

Dan Sakuta

Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club - St. Petersburg, FL

Anna Vorobyeva

Ritz-Carlton, Moscow – Moscow, Russia

Jan Springsteen

Grand Geneva Resort & Spa - Lake Geneva, WI

Dani Admassu

Silverado Resort & Spa - Napa, CA

Going Places

Christi Davis named director of sales and marketing at The Beverly Hilton. She was promoted from her...
Audrey Laurent brings more than 18 years of hospitality experience to her new position as director o...
Demetrio Maduro brings more than 30 years of hospitality experience to his new position as general m...

Gifts & Gadgets

Flexible Fitness

Yoga mats are difficult to stuff into suitcases for long-haul travel, but Yoga Paws can be easily stashed in a purse or carry-on and are perfect for yoga and Pilates, so globe-trotting planners and at...

Attendee Glamour Shots

A “photobooth for the digital era,” TapSnap allows event attendees to take photobooth-style pictures, complete with props and costumes, an...

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