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

Stress your destination’s culture

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Stress your destination’s culture

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5 Ways for Meetings Groups to Get Outdoors in South Texas

A couple hundred days of sunshine per year makes outdoor activities popular for groups meeting in southern Texas. Fishing excursions, bird

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Make sure to emphasize the size of your group to suppliers

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Make sure to emphasize the size of your group to suppliers

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How to Avert a Networking Trainwreck

Mention networking these days on your live event agenda and you may be met with eye rolls—or total rejection—from delegates.Younger

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Use mobility to cut costs on meetings and events

Roll out your materials on tables to save significant labor costs at your meetings and events.

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How to Attract and Retain Younger Generations

When we speak about adapting to changing business environments, we’re often focused on external environments such as the larger market for MICE

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Managing Millennial attendees means embracing technology

To some, the Millennial generation is like a team of wild horses in need of taming. Strong willed, speaking a language laced with cyber terms,

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Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center Conducts a Massive Security Exercise

When Executive Director Mark

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Engage Me: Tips, Tricks and Trends to Motivate Attendees to Get Involved at Events

Aired October 30, 2019 Presented by Flo Miniscloux & Rick Turner 

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A Formula for Hosting High-Energy Meetings

Zzzz… Wha, huh? Most meetings are kind of a drag—but who says that corporate gatherings have to be stale and boring? As a futurist keynote

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Hybrid Meetings: Connecting with Your Virtual Audience

Any speaker who addresses an audience has a commitment to create a connection with that audience. It is easiest to create that

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4 Tips for Event Planners to Use Essential Oils at Home to Find Inspiration or Unwind

The health benefits believed to come from essential oils can be traced to ancient history, when they were first used to improve the health of

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An Essential Contract Checklist for Meeting Planners

Contracts are important to meetings and events in that they ensure both parties understand the terms of an agreement and have apportioned risk in an

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4 Major Highlights From IACC 2024 Meeting Room of the Future Report

The International Association of Conference Centres (IACC), a global association for meeting and conference venue professionals, released its

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Build Your ROI Emergency Kit: 5 Tips for Proving the Value of Your Events

Aired February 13, 2019 Presented by Myllisa Patterson 

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