Vail, Breckenridge and Beaver Creek heat up for groups in warmer months

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! And once those flurries stop falling?Well, when that blanket of powder melts away, Colorado’s popular mountain

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Newport delivers on unique experiences and venues

While Newport has long been known as a retreat for the billionaire set, whose yachts and Gilded Age mansions are an indelible part of the landscape,

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Groups get active in Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood and The Valleys

Los Angeles is known for its nearly perfect weather year-round, as well as a healthy and active lifestyle of its residents, so it comes as no

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Idaho spills with enticing off-site venues

Whether it’s a waterborne reception in Coeur d’Alene, a group dinner complete with wine tasting during a Boise-based meeting, or a

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3 Unique Teambuilding Activities in Milwaukee for Your Next Event

Milwaukee’s reputation as a premier meetings and events destination is only increasing. The city is set to debut a newly expanded Baird Center (

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Cooking class at Milwaukee Public Market

Q&A With Visit San Antonio President & CEO Marc Anderson on City’s Meetings Potential

There’s a lot of new happenings in San Antonio’s hospitality industry. Fresh hotels are on the horizon, including new-build Artista San Antonio Hotel

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Convention center view in San Antonio

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.

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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Industry Leader Joan Eisenstodt Announces ‘Retirement’

After a meetings industry career that has lasted nearly 50 years, Joan Eisenstodt announced she is dramatically scaling back her work.Like many in

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Two photos of Joan Eisenstodt at meetings industry events.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Destinations International’s Annual Convention Draws Record Crowd in Tampa

Record-breaking attendance and an emphasis on local community engagement defined this year’s iteration of Destinations International’s Annual

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Tampa, Florida skyline

Meetings in Mexico: Dispatch from MPM

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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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