Embracing Our Future

The meetings industry is continually striving to improve and enhance the status of meeting planning as a profession. All of the industry

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Hawaii Convention Center Launches Conservation Program

The Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu is launching

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The Critical Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Meetings and Hospitality Industries

For weeks, my co-author Zoe Moore and I have labored over subject matter for corporate leaders to maintain focus on the Value of Diversity, Equity

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Leveling the Field

More CoverageSGMP Conference Set for Atlantic City

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Take 10: Negotiating

Q. Where would a corporate meeting planner find reliable information on the financial condition of a meeting site? A. Have a

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Event Currents

More CoverageOutta Site!

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To a Tee

More CoverageCentral West Tennessee is flush with group

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Southern Beachfront Favorites

Meetings Focus asked several beachfront CVBs to highlight a favorite local off-site location.Virginia Beach, Va.

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Selecting the Right Virtual Event Platform Provider

 Once you’ve outlined your objectives, engagement strategy and online sessions for your virtual event, the next step is selecting the right

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Event Currents

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AmEx Meetings Forecast Sees Global Growth

NEW YORK, N.Y.According to the just-released American Express Meetings & Events 2015 Global Meetings Forecast (“the Forecast”),

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PCMA Convening Leaders Set for Record Attendance

BOSTONPCMA’s 2014 Convening Leaders is under way at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center, carrying the theme of “Revolution” that

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How the SITE Young Leaders Conference Will Focus on Opportunities This ‘Dragon Year’

On this year’s Lunar New Year (celebrated February 10, 2024) we entered the Year of the Dragon, one of the most powerful and auspicious animals in

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SITE Young Leaders Conference 2023. Credit: John Wolfsohn Photography

What's Your Color World? How Color and Design Impacts Meetings and Events

Hello! Destination Management, in collaboration with Google Xi and Lori Weitzner, creator and author of Ode to Color, share how engaging color in

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Photo of a pink table and chairs outside in a field of yellow flowers.

These Group Offsites and Activities Can Only Be Experienced in Austin, Texas

Known far and wide as the Live Music Capital of the World, Austin, Texas, draws more than 30 million domestic visitors annually and welcomes music

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Historic Sixth Street Mural in Austin, Texas. Credit: Carmen M. Fischer

Dear Ashley: 7 Ways to Immerse Attendees in Local Culture Pre-Arrival

Dear Ashley, What ideas do you have to make our attendees more knowledgeable about and engaged in the destination before they arrive to

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Team Achieve taking a Mexican live-cooking class before heading to Riviera Maya, Mexico to lead an event.

7 Top Golf Courses for Group Tournaments in South Carolina

South Carolina is as golf friendly as it is meetings friendly. In a field of newer teambuilding activities that includes everything from escape rooms

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2019 Meetings Trends Survey Responses: What Worries You About the Meetings Industry?

Meetings Today: What sorts of things, in a professional sense, worry you about the meetings industry or the responsibilities of meeting

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Corpus Christi Offers Exclusive Incentives to Coast Your Own Way

Attendees traveling to Corpus Christi for a meeting or convention can expect to “Coast Like a Texan” in this Gulf Coast beach destination, and a new

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Corpus Christie beach event.