Destination Hotels Reveals 2016 Trends

Destination Hotels released key findings on 2016 meetings trends from its fourth

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5 Essential Questions to Ask Your AV Team

Contracting audiovisual services is one of those areas of meeting planning that can be a mystery—and a potentially expensive mystery—for

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The Bleisure Travel Trend Isn’t Going Away: How to Incorporate It Into Your Next Event

What does bleisure really mean for the future of meetings and events? We explore why this travel trend isn’t going away and how to select your

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A Day in the Life: Becky Phelps, Sr. Event Manager, Ramsey Solutions

At 6:10 a.m. on a Thursday in late October, the Dallas suburb of Frisco is still dark. Becky Phelps is by herself in the prefunction space that wraps

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Amex Meetings Forecast Predicts Strong Asian Growth

NEW YORKAccording to the American Express Meetings & Events 2013 Global Meetings Forecast ("the Forecast"), Asia Pacific, with its relatively

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ASAE Show Heats Up in Atlanta

ATLANTAThe Center for Association Leadership (ASAE), which is currently hosting its Annual Conference at the Global World Congress Center in Atlanta

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The All-Inclusive Advantage

More CoverageMeeting packages are evolving way beyond

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Viviana Matasaru, United States Tennis Association

Viviana Matasaru Conference Coordinator, Learning and Leadership Development United States Tennis Association White Plains

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Brenda C. Park, Park-Way Meetings

Brenda C. Park Owner Park-Way Meetings LLC, meetings manager for two associations, Council of Engineering and Scientific

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Melissa M. Schepacarter, CMP, Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education

Melissa M. Schepacarter, CMP Meetings manager Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education PhiladelphiaIs the

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Vanessa LaClair, CMP

The Empire State Society of Association Executives (ESSAE) announced the appointment of Vanessa

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Atlantic City May Steer Casino Funds to Marketing

Advisers to New Jersey governor Chris Christie are recommending that the state loosen regulations on the Atlantic City casinos, cutting spending by

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Lee Linderman, Union Bank Events

Lee Linderman, CMP Vice President, Senior Event Manager Union Bank Events Los AngelesIs the duration of your

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2017 Trends Survey Interview With Kathleen Quill

Kathleen Quill, President & COO, CAE, CBA National Association of Credit Management–Gulf States, Houston and New Orleans.Do you

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Planner's Perspective: Karen Sweigard

Karen Sweigard Director of Meetings and Education County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pa.What type

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Planner Survey Spotlights Major Challenges

ORLANDO Destination Marketing Association International’s (DMAI) empowerMINT initiative has conducted its second annual Meeting Planner Survey

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Lessons Learned

The mother of all public relations disasters for the meetings and incentives industry, the AIG junket at Southern California’s St. Regis

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4 Ways to Design Experiential Events That Activate Minds

In today’s experience economy, attention is currency. And the best events don’t simply capture it, they activate it.Planners must  balance the

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Center Stage

 While staging a spectacular gala in a cavernous, utilitarian convention hall may seem akin to making the proverbial silk purse out of a sow’s

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Center Stage

 While staging a spectacular gala in a cavernous, utilitarian convention hall may seem akin to making the proverbial silk purse out of a sow’s

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