Identity Interrupted: How Meeting Planners Can Navigate Job Mobility and Career Grief

When who you’ve been is no longer who you are becoming, your identity has been disrupted. But what causes this unpredictable change or transition in

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Medical & Pharma Meetings: Straight Talk From 4 Veteran Planners (Part 1)

To help medical and pharmaceutical meeting planners

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Why Meeting Planners Should Consider Offseason Bookings in Greater Palm Springs

Things are getting busy in Greater Palm Springs right now. While most of the country experiences crisp winter winds and gray skies that feel

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How Amex GBT M&E Uses AI for Its Own Meetings

It might be a terrible pun, but it’s true: In 2025, Amex GBT Meetings & Events had one of its most eventful years ever. The September purchase of

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Preview Las Vegas Proves Sin City Is Still Poised for Growth

As the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA) blockbuster annual CES show turbo-charges the Las Vegas convention engine each year, the Las Vegas

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ConferenceDirect Announces New Leadership for Global Accounts

ConferenceDirect, a global company that manages meeting professionals and creates meeting solutions, has appointed Mai Lim as vice president of

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Know Before You Go: International Meetings and Security Tips

Aired May 29, 2019 Presented by Eric Rozenberg 

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The 2025 Meetings Trendsetters Stoking the Fire in the Events Industry

Meetings Today's annual Meetings Trendsetters list recognizes 20 outstanding individuals who have made an outsized impact in the meetings, events,

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Meetings Today Trendsetters 2025

Live From PCMA CL 2025: Maritz CEO on Incentive Trends and More

What are “channel incentives” and why are they important to get right, both for your incentive program attendees and client base?Tyler Davidson

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Meetings Attorney: CrowdStrike Outage ‘Is as Clear of a [Force Majeure] Case Since 9/11’

Meeting and event planners could reasonably claim force majeure if they needed to cancel a meeting or mitigate attrition damages in the wake

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Strike Averted! Las Vegas Culinary Union Reaches Historic Deal With Strip Resorts to Avoid Strike

The Culinary and Bartenders Union, a Nevada affiliate of the UNITE HERE labor union representing 53,000 hotel and resort workers in the Las Vegas and

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Mastering Negotiation in a Constantly Evolving Market

This advanced-level workshop is designed to empower meeting professionals with the knowledge and confidence needed to successfully navigate complex

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Industry Leader Joan Eisenstodt Announces ‘Retirement’

After a meetings industry career that has lasted nearly 50 years, Joan Eisenstodt announced she is dramatically scaling back her work.Like many in

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How Maritz Uses AI and How Meeting Profs Can Learn From It

AI represents a massive sea-change in the business world and beyond, and the business events segment is quickly adapting its benefits to workflows.

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Essential Legal Tips for Event Cancellation and Postponement

Editor's note: This information was accurate at the time of publishing, March 12, 2020. We are monitoring and updating as new information is

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Negotiating in the New Year

CHANGE….the one thing constant in our industry. Being able to adapt to our current economic climate and having the tactical strategies to negotiate

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Navigating the new negotiation landscape

Needless to say, the rate of change both in the meetings industry and society as a whole is growing exponentially. Can you imagine, say, five years

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The New Negotiation Landscape

Needless to say, the rate of change both in the meetings industry and society as a whole is growing exponentially. Can you imagine, say, five years

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Protecting Your Meeting

More CoverageLabor PainsMuch like acts of nature,

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