New MPI Program Sparks Planner Outcry

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Talking Tech

When the Internet took off in the mid-’90s it delivered a real curveball via its use as a business tool. Even as we saw it coming, few of us

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How Food Choices Affect Meetings Productivity

We’ve all hit the afternoon slump. Staying awake in a meeting after lunch seems impossible. Your mind wanders and the next thing you know, your

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Happenings

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3 Meeting Planners Share Their Top Florida Incentive Programs

Incentive groups are loyal to the sandy shores and sunny skies of Florida.The destination’s appeal may start with its warm weather, but it has other

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Airboat tour

A Day in the Life of the Ontario Convention Center Executive Chef

Daly Cruz, executive chef of Ontario Convention Center (OCC) and Toyota Arena in Ontario, California, started working in the

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Executive Chef Daly Cruz, Ontario Convention Center and Toyota Arena

History and Hospitality Make Vienna, Austria, an Ageless Meetings Destination

For the third year in a row, Vienna, Austria, has been named the world’s most livable city in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU)

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Vienna, Austria

Take 10 - Top Tech Trends to Watch for in 2015

1. As far as the iBeacon with mobile apps, app developers are charging far more than $10 for integration.  What options do you recommend

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Turn it Down!

Meetings Focus Hot Topic eNewsletter

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IMEX America Kicks Off in Las Vegas

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Unique New Approach for Meetings Focus

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Meetings Focus, known for its Meetings Focus East, Meetings Focus MidAmerica, Meetings Focus South, Meetings Focus West and

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D.C. Welcomes $520M Marriott Meetings Mecca

WASHINGTON, D.C.With a location near the site where Willard and Alice Marriott launched a worldwide international hospitality company from their nine

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Government planners fight back with advocacy and education

What with headlines about $16 muffins at a Justice Department meeting and excesses surrounding IRS and GSA conferences—not to mention sequestration,

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Queen Kapi‘olani Hotel Unveils Transformation

Queen Kapi‘olani Hotel completed a $

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Short Takes

Museums & Attractions Running through early November at the The Charleston Museum, Charleston

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Short Takes

Programs & Packages Hong Kong-based Regal Hotels launched a Green Meetings package at more than 10

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Short Takes

Destination Dispatch The new Dream Racing program at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway allows participants

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Coastal Meetings

As sure as waves crash into the shores up and down the West Coast, group-friendly destinations along the picturesque coastline are consistently

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Checking In - Pop the Cork!

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Meetings Focus International! We’re quite excited to bring you the newest member of the Meetings

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AHC+Hospitality Executive Chef Josef Huber Shares His Group Dining Trends

Austria is renown as a great producer of top chefs, such as Wolfgang Puck. Add Josef Huber, who has worked with Puck in the chaotic kitchen at the

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