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Industry News

Earth Day Infographic: Avoiding Single-Use Plastic at Events

Key Association Meeting Trends to Leverage

Travel Delay Tips for Attendees in Limbo

Swearing Speakers: Acceptable or WTF?!

Cvent Ramps Up Event Efforts With Major Hiring Spree

Vegas GMID Provides a Testimonial on Meetings Impact

What Global Meetings Industry Day Means for All of Us

The Flip Side of GMID: Going Beyond Dollars

Vegas Convention Center Expansion Design Unveiled

Is Your Meeting or Event Prepared for a Crisis?

Duty of Care Simplified: A Meeting Planner's Guide

Destinations/Facilities

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Visit Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach, CA

5/1/2015 - 12/31/2016

Schedule a site visit through the sales team at Visit Huntington Beach and received domestic round-trip airfare.*Sign a contract within 45 days of your site inspection and receive $1,000 or more towards the master folio of the group with a minimum 10...

Recent Blogs

Travel Packing Tips for Meeting and Event Planners

by Joan Eisenstodt

Why Would I Use a Speakers' Bureau?

by Lynne Wellish

Don’t Give Up: An Anti 'Fail Fast' Story

by KiKi L'Italien

The Barceló Difference: Unique Spaces & Experiences To Take Your Event Beyond The Ordinary

Barceló Hotel Group’s meeting and event offerings deliver the highest level of quality for attend...

Spotlight: Warner Bros. Studios Brings Creative Expertise To Events

Regardless of how complex your event may be, from concept to clean up, the Special Events Department at...

Why You Should Host Your Event at One of These 5 Kelowna Wineries

Walking among the vines with a glass of wine in hand or dining in the cellar among the tanks are just t...

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Transportation

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Unique/Unusual Meetings

Shattering Conventions: Back to the Bay Area Brony Con!

Webinars

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Top Chefs

Executive Chef Matt Del Regno Is Serious About Sustainability

Just about every top chef proclaims a passion for sustainability and farm-to-table cuisine. While th...

A Lesson in Menu Flexibility With Pechanga Resort's Executive Banquet Chef Hunter Gonzalez

Being the executive banquet chef at Pechanga Resort & Casino is a study in flexibility, fro...

Meetings Technology

GDPR, a Data Privacy Regulation With Teeth, Is Ready to Bite the Meetings Industry

Got an extra $25 million lying around in the petty cash drawer you can afford to lose? In May, a ne...

Four #EventTech Gurus Share Tips and Tricks for 2018

Technology is a moving target. The hottest tech of 2017 can be a go-to for 2018 or already forgotten...

New Tech Trends—and Fresh Takes on Existing Ones—for 2018

To app or not to app? To use VR or AR? To employ a chatbot or a robot? With technology advancing at ...

Going Places

Gary Baker | Connecticut

Norwich, Conn. Gary Baker, CMP, hospitality veteran of both Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, joined The Sp...

Scott Gingerich | California

SAN FRANCISCO Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced that Scott Gingerich has been named senior...

Jennifer Barrett | Florida

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort named Jennifer Barrett senior ...

Destination Close-Ups

Greensboro, N.C., Combines Arts With Industry

Situated in the bustling Triad region of northern North Carolina, Greensboro has risen from a textil...

Lehigh Valley, PA, Gets Attendees Fired Up

Pennsylvania’s peerless renown as the forge and foundry of American invention and innovation h...

Planner Checklists

Incentive Planning: Get What Incentive Winners Deserve

Every planner works from a different checklist when devising an incentive trip. Meetings Today consu...

Incentive Planning: Time and Place

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Recipes

Kumamoto Oyster With Yuzu Basil Seed & Komomo Puree

Ingredients 6 Kumamoto oysters Wakamomo puree Yuzu juice Yuzu basil seeds Maldon salt Micro flower ...

Indi-Tex Lamb Burger

Recipe yields four burgers. Main Ingredients 1 lbs. ground lamb 1.5 oz. curry powder 1.5 oz. cumin...

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