Megan Higgins, CMP

Megan Higgins, CMPMeeting Consultant/PlannerSite Solutions WorldwideAlbany, N.Y. Do you find that your booking window is increasing or shrinking

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San Francisco Combats Homelessness With Compassion

Losing a $40 million piece of business tends to get one’s attention.Thus was the case in July 2018 when the

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Celebrating 60 Years of the World’s First National Convention Bureau

While serving as tourism director for Montreux, Switzerland, in 1964, Raymond Jaussi had a bright idea.Montreux, nestled within steep hills at the

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Matterhorn Mountain and the Swiss Alps

CANCELED - Accessibility for All: Five Ways AI Can Improve Your Meetings’ Accessibility

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we need to cancel this webinar, and we will let you know if it is rescheduled.Artificial

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4 Family-Friendly Midwest Resorts That Have Unveiled Major Improvements

With business travel nearly back to pre-pandemic levels and family schedules returning to normal, mom or dad may be on the road for meetings more

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Government planners expect tough times ahead

This is a rough year to plan government meetings and events. So were 2013, 2009 and every other year following presidential elections. But 2017 is

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Owner Proposes Plan for Iconic L.A. Hotel

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McCormick Place Loses Ruling on Work Rules

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Chicago CTB Launches New Brand

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Back-to-Back Meetings Making You Stressed? Here’s How to Fix It.

In 2016, when I was a sophomore in high school, I took an economics class over the summer. The class was offered in what was, at that point, a

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Back to Back Meetings

Las Vegas Forecast: Diversification Continues to Draw Bigger Visitor Spend

Kicking off the January 2025 edition of Preview Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Chamber’s annual economic forecasting event, Jeremy Aguero, principal at Las

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Sphere at 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Q&A With Current and Former Planners on Transferable Skills

Thinking about some of the interesting people I’ve met in the meetings and hospitality industry, these four—Amy Beaulieu, Jacy Hanson,

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Market Trends Sneak-Peek

Thanks for participating in our 2010 Meetings Market Trends Survey. The archived version of the webinar is available for free On Demand on the

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IBTM Debuts First Report on American Planners' Buying Habits

The IBTM’s global meetings industry research arm presented its first report on the Americas June 20 at AIBTM in Baltimore, with highlights

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Kimpton to Manage Historic Minneapolis Hotel

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Kay Bothwell, CMP, Department of Labor & Employment

Kay Bothwell, CMP Administrative assistant III Department of Labor & Employment DenverIs the duration of

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Spanning the Globe with International Meetings

With the unstoppable force of globalization, chances are good that the meeting planner of the future will need to plan meetings in international

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Jackie Cassarly, CMP

Jackie Cassarly, CMPPresidentPlanning Connection, Inc.Gainesville, Fla. Do you find that your booking window is increasing or shrinking recently

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Cost Consciousness

Often in life, procuring goods and services of quality means paying top dollar. Not so in meetings. There’s enormous

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2011: Lookin' Up

Welcome to the 2011 Meetings Market Trends Survey.We received responses from nearly 700 meeting planners during the survey last October, which

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