How to Slim Down Your Meetings and Events Food and Beverage Spend

Food and beverage costs can eat up a significant amount of a meeting or event budget and are typically the biggest or second-biggest expense item

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Take 10: Avoiding Meeting Mistakes...

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Checking In

As stated in this space before, 2007 is shaping up to be the “Year of Education” here at Meetings Media. I guess we could’ve called

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Checking In

As stated in this space before, 2007 is shaping up to be the “Year of Education” here at Meetings Media. I guess we could’ve called

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Checking In

As stated in this space before, 2007 is shaping up to be the “Year of Education” here at Meetings Media. I guess we could’ve called

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Exiting the Comfort Zone

Planning a meeting on one’s home turf can be tricky enough, but when it comes to facilitating an event overseas, U.S.-based planners face a

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Are You Being Served?

In an era when many hotels and resorts are facing unprecedented financial challenges, it’s not surprising if cost-cutting on staffing and

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Labor Pains

Last fall, Hawaii nearly lost its biggest citywide convention of the season when the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP)

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Destination and Site Selection: The Basics and Deeper Dives

Selecting destinations and sites for meetings and events is one of the most important aspects meeting and event planners and their employers and

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Dallas NRA Meeting a Flashpoint for Convention Risk

Over 80,000 gun enthusiasts and more than 800 exhibitors will descend on Dallas May 4-6, 2018, for the

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Starwood Reaches Union Agreement in Hawaii

Six Starwood hotels in Oahu, Maui and Kauai reached a tentative, three-year contract agreement with Unite Here Local 5, which represents 2,800

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On Demand Webinar - Destination Boycotts: What Meeting Planners Need to Know

Aired September 12, 2019 Presented by Tyler Davidson, Tyra Hilliard, David Kliman, Eric Rozenberg & Cathy Mason

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Marriott Workers Arrested During San Francisco Protest

San Francisco police arrested 75 hotel workers on Labor Day who were protesting outside the J.W. Marriott’s

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One-Month Vegas Strike Could Cost Caesars, MGM $300M

UNITE HERE Gaming Research, the research arm of the hospitality workers’

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Boston Marriott Strike Ends Following Agreement

Members of the UNITE HERE labor union, which represents hotel workers across

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Level-Up Your Events Planning Toolkit With This Free Future Skills eHandbook

Planning meetings and events has become infinitely more complex in recent years, even before the global pandemic is factored in. Planners

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ABCs of AV: Saving Big on Audiovisual Services

Meeting and event audiovisual is one of those things as an attendee you often don’t notice until it blows you away—or blows up a meeting

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An Alternative to Destination Boycotts: SocialOffset

Many organizations, and especially associations, are challenged by legislation and policies that are counter to the values of their members, such as

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Caesars AC and Workers Reach Deal

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey Union workers at the four Atlantic City casinos owned by Caesars Entertainment Corp. overwhelmingly approved a new

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