It seems the writing could be on the wall for the current business model.

Having an emergency response plan in place before a meeting or event occurs is seemingly obvious but not always followed advice.

SPIN, the Senior Professionals Industry Network, initiated a petition in protest of what it deemed as Marriott International’s "special consideration to four of the largest group-booking intermediary companies by honoring 10 percent commission for them," while cutting other third-party intermediary (which it labels as meeting and event planners, DMCs, travel agents and others) commission rates to 7 percent from the current 10 percent.

Norfolk, Virginia, is a seaworthy destination for meetings and events.

The commission reduction will take effect March 31, 2018.

Your attendees, staffers and organizations are at risk. So why aren’t you more concerned?

Our famil really kicked off even before the Dreamtime conference started.

Dreamtime 2017, the premier incentive travel product event in Australia, showcased both the Land Down Under and the rising destination of Brisbane.

The U.S. and the meetings industry have given a lot to Burt Cabanas, founder and chairman of Benchmark, and since handing over the CEO reins to son Alex in 2013, he’s upped his lifelong efforts of giving back to the organizations and people who helped shape his success.

If indeed the government does shutdown, how will it affect the meetings industry in the near term?