Sizzling Group Dining Tips from a 'Top Chef' Favorite

Tiffany Derry is a two-time Top Chef contestant and winner of the show’s coveted Fan Favorite award.  A native Texan, Derry is Executive

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Luxury Redefined: How and Why Luxury Meetings and Events Experiences Are Shifting

Nothing demonstrates the current shift in what defines luxury more than hotel brands and property experiences.When I started in this industry, luxury

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Luxury Redefined, a new column by Laurie Sharp

25 Ways to Future-Proof Your Meetings and Events Firm

Over the past 25 years, AKeynoteSpeaker.com has worked with dozens of event planning companies, hundreds of Fortune 500 brands and thousands of

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Futurist Scott Steinberg.

2019 Meetings Today Trends Survey

A number of issues impacted the meetings industry in 2018, from

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Group-Friendly Restaurants in the Québec City and Montréal Michelin Guide

Following its 2022 Canadian debut in Toronto and Vancouver, the Michelin Guide expanded to Québec this year. Introduced in 1900 by brothers Andre and

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Food from Restaurant Europea, Montréal

10 Reasons Why Washington, D.C., Is a Rising Incentive Travel Star

Incentive travel rewards are breaking from the traditional, with new generations of award-winners expressing a desire for programs that explore the

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The Smithsonian Natural History Museum, with a crowd gathered around an exhibit of an elephant.

New Year’s Resolutions for Hotels

Courtesy of www.hotelchatter.com The New Year is practically upon us and once again, we are looking for ways to fix ourselves up in 2012 by

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Work-Life Balance: New Perspectives and Actionable Tips for Busy Planners

That ever-elusive idea of work-life balance seems to be on everyone’s cluttered mind in today’s hectic world. Meetings Today’s Lori

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Work-Life Balance: New Perspectives and Actionable Tips for Busy Planners

That ever-elusive idea of work-life balance seems to be on everyone’s cluttered mind in today’s hectic world. Meetings Today’s Lori

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10 Essential Meetings and Events Social Media Strategies

One-in-three people globally are using a social media platform, and in the U.S., that number increases to almost 80%, according to research from

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John Tanzella

Take advantage of all Vegas has to offer

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John Tanzella

Take advantage of all Vegas has to offer

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Establish a Truth Baseline

By examining body language, you can often tell if someone is not telling the truth.

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Establish a Truth Baseline

By examining body language, you can often tell if someone is not telling the truth.

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3 Earthquake Safety Precautions for Meeting Pros With SoCal Events

On July 5, 2019, the Kern County city of Ridgecrest, California—near the Mojave Desert—was rocked by an earthquake at a 7.1 magnitude. One day before

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Incorporate charity into your events.

Make sure to incorporate charity, or a CSR element, into your teambuilding programs.

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Words of wisdom from association planners

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Taking Off: Saint Lucia Is Primed for Immersive Incentive Programs

Is it just me, or does everyone know someone who has traveled to Saint Lucia recently?The island in the East Caribbean stands out for its towering

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Beach and Pitons, Saint Lucia.

Showing Value

Meeting professionals who want some solid statistics about the value of the meetings industry to the U.S. economy and job creation can access a

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