Wisconsin Dells entices with updated venues

The Wisconsin Dells is an established getaway known for outdoor escapes and family fun, but that hasn’t stopped the locale from breaking virgin

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2-Team Baseball Towns Offer More Options for Event Planners and Attendees

As I’m traveling to conferences and client meetings in larger cities, I often check schedules to find out whether local major league baseball

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3 Luxury Resort Trends to Watch in 2024

Last year was the year of meetings roaring back following a tough stretch from 2020-2022. Despite the setback in group business—or maybe because of

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New Developments in Fort Wayne, Indiana, That Meeting Planners Should Care About

The compact downtown convention district in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a selling point for meetings.Fort Wayne offers lots to see, do and dine-around

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Greater Milwaukee is an ever-evolving draw for groups

The Milwaukee area is one that keeps up with the demands of planners, offering a number of updated group-friendly hotels, increasingly popular

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Taking charge of negotiating begins with knowledge

The meek may be set for a pretty sweet inheritance, but they won’t get very far with hotel negotiations.While a seller’s market might

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Montgomery County suburbs make for lively meetings

Montgomery County is home to some of Washington, D.C.’s first suburbs, the place to which post-World War II federal workers and contractors

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5 Creative Breakouts and Teambuilding Opportunities in Plano, Texas

Located close enough to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to be convenient and accessible yet far enough away to feel like a unique destination, Plano

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Minnesota moves forward with new venues and excursions

Minneapolis made headlines recently when it was named the host city for Super Bowl LII in 2018. A new stadium is set to open in 2016, and the state

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Cvent's Director of Meetings Shares What Inspires Her

While Cvent is the leading industry data and RFP platform for meeting planners

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Code Blues

Perhaps during no time in history have corporate meetings, particularly those in the medical/pharmaceutical realm, been under greater scrutiny. In

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Tech the Halls!

 Garden Court Hotel’s Tech the Halls holiday package is designed for tech lovers with good taste planning a last-minute trip to the San

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Change Agents

By Rayna Katz The average person might think that, of all industries, the meeting industry must do education right. After all, if event organizers

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Philadelphia's Top-Down Focus on DEI Paves the Way Forward for Meetings

In 1987, two African-American directors on the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) board, A. Bruce Crawley, a prominent marketing

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How North Carolina Meetings Destinations Are Faring in the Hurricane Florence Aftermath

Hurricane Florence dominated the news this past week, as the massive storm unleashed torrents of rain on the Carolinas and Virginia, with a confirmed

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High-Tech Meetings

Mark Phillips, Landry & Kling and Seasite.comCorporate meetings and events are on the rebound after the recession, but many organizations are

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Meetings in Mexico: Dispatch from MPM

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Super Bowl LVI and LACC Career Academy Showcase CSR Potential in L.A.

In Los Angeles, corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities have long been important components of meeting programs. As in-person events bounce

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CVBs Enter Triage Mode in the Wake of COVID-19 Staff Reductions

COVID-19 has cut a path of destruction through the meetings industry, and among the hardest hit are DMOs/CVBs, which are cutting staff as much of

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How the Pandemic Era Has Forever Changed Attendee Learning Styles

Today’s workforce lives in a time of growing disruption and uncertainty

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