Affordable Meetings

Hotel rooms, food and beverage, transportation and meeting space are not the only areas that have a budgetary impact on meetings. Content providers

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Affordable Meetings

Hotel rooms, food and beverage, transportation and meeting space are not the only areas that have a budgetary impact on meetings. Content providers

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Value Destinations

The National Middle School Association (NMSA) knows the value of meeting in destinations other than first-tier cities. Along with a growing number of

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Inspiring Speaker and Former NFL Long Snapper Turns to Magic to Overcome Tragedy

When it felt like his life was falling to the ground like a house of cards, Jon Dorenbos picked up his own deck and started shuffling. In the

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Jon Dorenbos Performs On Stage

2018 Trends Interview With Anonymous Meeting Planner

Anonymous meeting planner for a corporation in New YorkDo you find that security has become much more of an issue for your meetings? Do

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Travel Industry Issues Meetings Guidelines

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Travel Industry Issues Meetings Guidelines

Responding to mounting legislative pressure to regulate the meetings, events and incentive/recognition travel industries, members of the industry-

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Why San Francisco Is the OG Sustainable Destination

San Francisco was sustainable before sustainable was cool, so maybe it’s time to take a step back and recognize the City by the Bay for being an

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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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Getting bang for the buck with off-site events

The right off-site venue, whether it’s an art museum, historic mansion or swanky restaurant, can add incalculable flair to a meeting agenda.

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Planner Discusses Decision to Meet in N.C. After HB2

The Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (

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Gaming destinations bet big beyond the casino

With some 950 land-based and riverboat casinos in 40 states, tribal properties included, people can gamble virtually anywhere in the U.S. That’

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Corpus Christi Offers Exclusive Incentives to Coast Your Own Way

Attendees traveling to Corpus Christi for a meeting or convention can expect to “Coast Like a Texan” in this Gulf Coast beach destination, and a new

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Corpus Christie beach event.

Meeting Profs Reflect on 'Universal Truths' of Industry

I reached out to a whole bunch of people I’ve known well and a little through my many years. Some of them have familiar faces and names;

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HSMAI Expands MEET Offering; Hires Questex

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How to Hire a Speaker Without Actually Talking to Them

As a meetings and events professional, you deal with constant interruptions, 24/7 connectivity, work overload, limited budgets, client and company

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Costing Your Connectivity

It's safe to say few planners expect the meeting or event venues they contract to provide free food and beverage services. Yet many planners continue

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A Transgender Event Planner Shares His Journey and Inclusion Tips

While transgender meeting and event planner Chase Brunson is very comfortable in the industry he’s in, he also realizes that meetings and events can

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Beyond ADA: A Site Inspection and Disability Accommodation Checklist for Events

Most hotels in the U.S. say they are “ADA Compliant.” This checklist will guide you to look at what makes a meeting or

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Montgomery County's diverse districts will fascinate attendees

Montgomery County has historically served as the sleepy suburbs of the frenzied power center that is Washington, D.C. For generations, politicians,

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