Designing meeting breaks that contribute to productivity and retention may be just as important to fulfilling objectives as the program content

Meetings industry veteran Sandy Biback, who worked as a planner in a variety of capacities over a 35-year career, has jumped headlong into a new all-

While Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) may have come and gone

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

In today’s meetings landscape, attendance goes beyond simply being in the room. It’s about creating moments that capture attention, spark emotion and

Sheryl Sookman Schelter, Career Forum columnist for Meetings Focus, tells meeting planners what she thinks the job market will be like in 2011.

Sheryl Sookman Schelter, Career Forum columnist for Meetings Focus, tells meeting planners what she thinks the job market will be like in 2011.

With unemployment at a recent high, the response to online job postings is off the charts—in many cases, employers receive anywhere from 500-1,

So far this year, significant job cuts at many large companies have contributed to a drop in domestic leisure travel; U.S. government policy has

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While early October saw thousands of meeting planners, hotel sales managers, and destination reps attending industry shows such as IMEX America and

Following the release of the 2025 Incentive Travel Index (ITI) on Smart Monday and an insightful panel discussion in which industry leaders broke

Les Clefs d’Or Golden Keys holder Jeff Moon, concierge at San Antonio’s historic The St.

Mary Reynolds Kane, PCMA’s director of online marketing, offered some of the many business models possible for monetizing event content:

As much as we might prepare and plan ahead for the holiday season, the stress that usually comes with the time that should be joyful often takes us

   In this Meetings Today Podcast for Taylor Smith's "The Z: Planning for the

When Executive Director Mark

No one can understate the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the meetings and events industry. But outside of the massive disruption in the

Welcome to the October/November edition of Meetings Focus East, where we travel from the “Sweetest Place on Earth,” Hershey, Pa., to