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Tips & Trends

Tips of the Trade - Arlene Sheff

Saving money on food and beverage functions takes a bit of creativity and strategy...or just follow what experienced planners have already figured out. Guests eat less during receptions if thei...

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 CoverageClose-Up Bogota - Getting ThereClose-Up: Bogota - 5 Great Off-Sites It may have a historic heart, but Bogota’s sights are set clearly on the future. With a slew of international h...
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...
Technology
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...
ROI
Advancements in team building are also helping suppliers create business with planners. During the 1,800-person 2012 MPI WEC in St. Louis, Seattle-based Geoteaming created the MPI WEC Goosechase, spo...
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

Sandi Harvey, director of convention sales for the Atlantic City CVA, is this year's recipient of th...
Paula Remirez was named director of catering at Hilton Anaheim. For the last six years she has serv...
Lisa Hopkins was appointed BCD M&I’s new managing director, Asia Pacific. Based in Signapore, sh...

Gifts & Gadgets

Attendee Glamour Shots

A “photobooth for the digital era,” TapSnap allows event attendees to take photobooth-style pictures, complete with props and costumes, and upload them immediately to social media channels...

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, pl...

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