How to Remain Relevant as the Stakes for Hybrid Meetings Rise

Without the right expertise, hybrid events can look like a two-ring circus.  But when they work, they can feel like a dazzling, seamless show

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GDPR, a Data Privacy Regulation With Teeth, Is Ready to Bite the Meetings Industry

Got an extra $25 million lying around in the petty cash drawer you can afford to lose? In May, a new data protection law will change the way you

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Connecticut's venues and service make it a meetings standout

Last October, the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTCSB), the state’s official meetings and sports event sales and marketing

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Albany and Saratoga Springs are bullish on group business

First proposed in the mid-’80s, the call for a convention facility in Albany, N.Y., began in earnest around 1994. The project’s chief

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New Tech Trends—and Fresh Takes on Existing Ones—for 2018

To app or not to app? To use VR or AR? To employ a chatbot or a robot? With technology advancing at warp speeds, it’s no easy task for meeting

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7 Success Stories for Meetings in Florida—As Told by Planners

From sunny weather to top hotels, attractions and restaurants, we spoke to planners about the many reasons they choose Florida for events—and why you

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Off-Agenda Experiences and Shows for Meeting Groups in Las Vegas

The Las Vegas development ecosystem is running hotter than ever in 2023. Sidelined since 2005, Fontainebleau Las Vegas soon joins the party after

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San Antonio

Just ask San Antonio locals and you’ll probably get a more positive economic outlook than most destinations provide these days. And residents

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Changing attendee preferences are upending traditional approaches to room design, presentations and more

Say goodbye to the old classroom set-up where attendees listened dutifully for two hours in a windowless room while a speaker gave a presentation at

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Changing attendee preferences upend tradition

Say goodbye to the old classroom set-up where attendees listened dutifully for two hours in a windowless room while a speaker gave a presentation at

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Sports venues loom large in West/Central Texas

Covering 267,000 square miles, the Lone Star State can seem infinite in places—especially when traveling across its vast western reaches.

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Marketing Your MAGIC

Meetings industry statistics indicate that the vast majority of meeting planners and other event professionals are women. Research by Catalyst and

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Exquisite spaces and desert backdrops are hallmarks of Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Ambitions are running high in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which recently declared during the World Government Summit in Dubai a plan to colonize

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Association planners need to hammer down a theme

When working with association and corporate clients to create and carry out an effective theme or central message for a meeting, Dianne Devitt,

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Harris Rosen: “No More Delays. No More of These Silly Restrictions. We Must Open!”

Outspoken Orlando hotel icon Harris Rosen believes constant guest and staff screening is critical to getting the meetings industry out of its deep

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Harris Rosen: “No More Delays. No More of These Silly Restrictions. We Must Open!”

Outspoken Orlando hotel icon Harris Rosen believes constant guest and staff screening is critical to getting the meetings industry out of its deep

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A Little Something More for Louisiana Meetings Groups

Louisiana is all about getting together to enjoy its unique culture and cuisine, from Cajun-style cookouts to one-of-a-kind music that is steeped in

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Portland's Latest Food and Drink Options Tease the Tastebuds

If meetings destinations are judged by the food and drink they have to offer groups (and indeed they are, as the nation's collective palate gets

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