Benchmark Unveils Meeting Trends for 2016

Benchmark Resorts & Hotels announced its "Top Meeting Trends for 2016" as

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Short Takes - MidAmerica November/December 2010

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Tourism Australia Reveals Findings From Its 2024 Business Events Consumer Demand Project

Tourism Australia’s specialist business events unit released new international research findings that bode well for incentive programs in Australia

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Why Lincoln’s Haymarket District Should Be the Hub for Your Next Nebraska Event

The Haymarket neighborhood in Lincoln, Nebraska, began its story in the second half of

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How to Stay Relevant With an Evolving Workforce

In a fast-changing business world, MICE industry leaders and meeting and events firms need to stay on top of changes.  At the same time,

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Dear Ashley: No Site Visit? No Problem. Assess Your Destination From Afar.

Dear Ashley, I plan a lot of meetings in the U.S., but rarely have the time or budget to do a hotel site inspection before signing a contract

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Tapping the Latest F&B Trends

Every fall, as the upcoming year's food and beverage trends reports begin to emerge, we're prompted to ask: What will be the next big thing in dining

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Ten Tips for Negotiating in 2012

This piece courtesy of negotiation expert Ed Brodow, author of Negotiation Boot Camp The ability to negotiate successfully in today's turbulent

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Nova Browning Rutherford Gets Real About Self-Care for Stressed-Out Planners

Starting her career at 19 as a budding marketing and promotions executive, Nova Browning Rutherford spent much of the next six years on autopilot.

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RFP and Contract Language to Keep Your AV Options Open

If not careful, meeting planners can lose their freedom to choose their AV provider as soon as they sign a venue contract. And with

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Cookie-cutter conference centers are a thing of the past

A decade or so ago you could grasp everything you needed to know about conference centers eponymously; they were a physical place to confer, first

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Choose Chicago to Grow Global Meetings with New VP of Sales

Shakara Shelton was named the vice president of sales for Choose Chicago, effective January 9.In the role, Shelton will drive growth for Chicago

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Membership Has Its Privileges

More CoverageWhere to BeginAnyone who has been

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GMIC Education Roadmap Gives Life to APEX Standards

PORTLAND, OR The world’s leading sustainable meetings association is rolling out a wide-ranging professional education roadmap that puts

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Florida CVB Veterans Talk Pandemic Recovery and Beyond

With new protocols, flexibility and partnerships, today’s hospitality leaders are working to bring groups back to Florida. We spoke to a few of them

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Q&A: Paul A. Greenberg on Hospitality Industry Ethics

For the first of two (or more) Friday With Joan articles on ethics, I chose to highlight this interview with Paul A. Greenberg, a

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GMIC Education Roadmap Gives APEX Standards Life

PORTLAND, OR The Green Meeting Industry Council is rolling out a wide-ranging professional education roadmap that puts practical resources

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Meetings That Measure Up

The profession of meeting planning has been forged through the fire of the Great Recession and government and corporate scandals over the past few

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Take 10 - Top Ten Tips for International Meetings

International meetings take 10Q: Any ideas for engaging attendees who don't speak the same language? They'll be together for two days.A: It’s

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