IACC Expands Membership to Include Smaller Meeting Venues

IACC is seeking to expand its membership base by updating and relaunching its Global Standards of Brilliance criteria in an effort to attract small

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9 Questions to Ask Yourself About Future-Proofing Your Work Team

Artificial intelligence (AI), automation and the hybrid

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How Monterey Is Driving Into 2026 With Major Meetings Haps

Monterey, California

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4 Cities Blaze New Development Trails for Events

From attention-getting cultural scenes to major new convention centers, here are four destinations where major downtown investments are significantly

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Airport Properties, Boutique Hotels and Offsite Venues Debut in the East

New YorkSet to debut this spring,

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Teneo Identifies 6 Major Concerns on Planners’ Minds

Teneo Hospitality Group identified the top concerns and trends within the meetings

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Five New Tech Trends Impacting Meetings

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J.The Rental and Staging Network (RSN), a network of geographically diverse rental and staging companies with complete event

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What Planners Need to Know About AV

AV is a costly, often confusing aspect of planning meetings and events, from the basic terminology involved to accurately assessing what is a “need”

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Online attendee management, including event registration, revolutionized the meetings industry a decade ago or so. Automated registration, by which

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GBTA Reveals Biz Travelers' Tech Habits

Business travelers commonly use hotel apps according to a new study released today by

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‘Experiential Events Explosion’ Tops CWT’s 2020 Meetings Trends

CWT Meetings & Events, the global meetings and events division of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), released its

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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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How Florida Destinations Can Help You Incorporate Unique Wellness Activities Into Meetings

Techonomy, a multi-day event and retreat dedicated to exploring the intersection of business, social progress and technology, has been held in

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Sales Kick-Offs in 2023

Now is the time to start thinking about the 2023 sales kick-off events. For many organizations, this is the first time in three years they will be

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Best-practice tech tips Meetings-related travel currently makes up approximately 35 percent to 45 percent of a company’s annual travel

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Transformative tech and venues continue to dazzle

It can boggle the mind to gaze into the distant future and ponder some of the wild tech tools that might one day be handy for boosting meetings and

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Goldman Sachs to Purchase PSAV

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.PSAV, a leading event technology and audiovisual company, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be

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Q&A With Explore St. Louis' New President & CEO Brad Dean

Formerly with destination marketing organizations for Puerto Rico and Myrtle Beach, the

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Aquatic Group Activities, Upgraded Convention Centers and More East New and Renovated Property News

District of Columbia Willard InterContinental Washington, D.C. unveiled the

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Hilton Launches Guest Experience Incubator

Hilton announced the opening of its Innovation Gallery, which it describes as "a first-of-its-kind incubator and experiential showcase for cutting-

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