Joan Eisenstodt interviews three veteran meeting and event planners about their frustrations with F&B service and tips to share with their colleagues.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews two meetings industry food and beverage veterans about how planners can understand the complexities of F&B operations and secure the best prices for their groups.

Former MPI CEO Bruce MacMillan has been named PCMA’s chief marketing officer, effective September 2, 2019. The organization also announced Michelle Crowley as its first chief growth and innovation officer, effective immediately.

Following recent mass protests that called for and resulted in Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosello’s resignation after a leaked text message scandal, Discover Puerto Rico assures travelers and meeting attendees the destination is open for business and on track for a banner year.

Connecticut’s performing and visual art venues help tell the history of the region and bring performers, artists and works of art to the area. Many of these can host events, too. From Hartford area to the historic seaside town of Mystic these art venues will wow creative-minded attendees.

Employ these 10 sustainability tips from MeetGreen to start your journey toward greener meetings and events. From reducing food waste to eliminating paper, adopting these inexpensive strategies will provide cost savings, water savings, energy efficiency and address larger social issues.

From age, race and gender to religion, language and experience, our meetings welcome a strikingly diverse audience of individuals from increasingly diverse backgrounds. How can we as meeting professionals create events that offer welcoming experiences to all of our participants? Discuss the different ways people differ from each other, discover next practices in welcoming diverse audiences and creating inclusive experiences and brainstorm ways we can be more hospitable to the individuals we host.  

Join Meetings Today and Lori Pugh Marcum, Manager of Global Education and Event Production Lead Manager with Meeting Professionals International (MPI) for some tips you can use to make your events more diverse and inclusive.

Hilton is keen to emphasize the charitable efforts that have helped define it for a century as it celebrates its 100th anniversary. Its Hilton Effect Foundation, Travel With Purpose, Meet With Purpose and the more recent Random Acts of Hospitality service initiative harken back to its founder’s belief in bettering humanity.

Major travel-related industry associations have banded together with ECPAT-USA to launch the 20By20 initiative to train 20,000 business events professionals to fight human trafficking by July 2020. Here's how you can join the fight.