The Rules of Engagement

Convention center tradeshows are still going strong in this digital age, but the success of these face-to-face affairs may come down to one key query

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Brain Food, Tai Chi, Healthy Seating: Wellness Offerings for Events in Tampa, St. Pete, Clearwater and Sarasota

Today’s meeting professionals are looking for creative ways to help meeting attendees experience enhanced wellness.From offering platters of

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Teambuilding Experiences in Eastern Iowa to Rebuild and Reacquaint Groups

As in-person meetings slowly begin to replace virtual options, colleagues are looking to get reacquainted with each other. There’s no better way to

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ESPA Leader Julie Brakenbury Details the Role of Event Service Profs in the Recovery

Event service professionals, who facilitate meetings and conventions as a liaison between facilities, destinations and meeting planners, have taken

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Destination Marketing Is Undergoing a Radical Shift—Here’s How

The pandemic has accelerated forces already in motion that will transform the way DMOs collaborate with and impact the communities they serve.

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CVBs Enter Triage Mode in the Wake of COVID-19 Staff Reductions

COVID-19 has cut a path of destruction through the meetings industry, and among the hardest hit are DMOs/CVBs, which are cutting staff as much of

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Matthew Marcial, CMP

Matthew Marcial, CMPDirector of Meetings & Event ServicesAmerican Association of Clinical EndocrinologistsJacksonville, Fla. Do you find

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Change Agents

By Rayna Katz The average person might think that, of all industries, the meeting industry must do education right. After all, if event organizers

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High-Tech Meetings

Mark Phillips, Landry & Kling and Seasite.comCorporate meetings and events are on the rebound after the recession, but many organizations are

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12 Major Changes Coming to the Meetings and Events Industry—And How to Prepare

We’ll excuse you if your head is spinning due to the massive disruption that’s impacted the meetings and events industry in the last two years.

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The Most Popular Hotels for Meetings and Events in Eastern Iowa

Meetings traveling to Eastern Iowa can avail themselves of some great group properties that are ready to meet and exceed the expectations of planners

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2017 Trends Survey Interview With Stephan Gerhardt

Stephan J Gerhardt, Senior Director, Global Accounts, HelmsBriscoe, Falls Church, Va.Do you find that your booking window (the time between

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What’s New and On the Horizon in Missouri for Meetings

Development is booming in Missouri. And even though 2020 brought a catastrophic disruption to the MICE industry, Missouri still welcomed a handful of

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Survey Respondents Sound Off

Do you find that your booking window is increasing or shrinking?We try to book, if possible, as fare in advance as possible. 

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Making Good With Strategic CSR

HSMAI's Meetings Insights

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How Pharma Meetings Have Adjusted to the Virtual World

While hospital workers are on the frontlines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association) is leading

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Pharma meetings are going virtual

The Census Bureau Must Meet—Even During a Pandemic

The United States Census Bureau doesn’t let a pandemic get in the way of its hallowed duty every decade.Like the Postal Service delivering “neither

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Together Again Expo: Face-to-Face With the Brave New World of Meetings

In all my years covering conventions, this is one I truly looked forward to, as the Together Again Expo commenced July 24 in the West Concourse of

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What Does an Uncertain Future Hold for Association Planners and Association Meetings?

It’s no secret that association planners face challenges that are unique to their sector in the MICE industry—and the coronavirus

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Presidential? Sweet!

By Gregan Wingert, Las Vegas Sun/McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jan. 27, 2012--If you're the president of the United States and are in Las Vegas,

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