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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K.C. Hotel Creates Special High-Tech Space

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center has capped off a two-year, $22 million renovation with the completion of Tangent at Westin,

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The Path to a Successful Tomorrow

Preparing meetings and events industry professionals for the business

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Kris Singleton

Omni Hotels appointed Kris Singleton as the brand's new chief information officer. In this role, she will oversee enterprise-wide IT vision, creating

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IMEX America Unveils Education Offerings

New insights into innovation, "white space culture" and purposeful meetings are among the themes IMEX has outlined for its education program at

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MPI Academy Launches New AI Certificate Course

With artificial intelligence (AI) at the forefront of everyone’s minds, MPI Academy has launched a new AI-focused certification course entitled, “AI-

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Talking Tech

There has been wide distribution of the newest generation of smart phones such as iPhones, Blackberries, Treos and all the others, along with a vast

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Lessons Learned From the Pandemic Experience, According to Meetings Industry Leaders

The path forward is often paved by lessons learned from the past. As meetings and events industry professionals work to navigate through the pandemic

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StarCite, Experient Create Meetings Tool

Experient, a meetings management firm, and StarCite, a web-based meetings technology provider, teamed up to offer MeetingsComplete, a service and

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Noble Investment Obtains Four Ohio Marriotts

CLEVELAND, OhioNoble Investment Group ("Noble") recently acquired four Residence Inn by Marriott hotels within the greater Cleveland, Ohio, metro

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Key Notes: Rock On!

Are You Ready to Rock?!? Yes, I know, it’s a redundant question, gentle reader, but we’re cranking up the amps to

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Next Best Thing to Being There

When planners can’t go on-site to review and analyze a prospective venue for a meeting or event, it’s imperative to use a combination of

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Five Secrets to Great Events

The National Conference Center has unveiled five secrets to knock the socks off your meeting attendees.  According to Eric Whitson, director of

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Mobile Meets Meetings

Remember when it was the height of rudeness to be pecking away on your smart phone while in a meeting session? Well, the days of even intermittent

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Marriott and PCMA Talk Next-Gen Trends

Marriott and PCMA assembled a group of experts from various fields—not necessarily within the meetings industry—to discuss their thoughts

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From Chatbots to Ultra-Healthy F&B: IACC’s Mark Cooper Sheds Light on the Latest Meetings Trends

Meetings, like the world around them, are changing at warp speed, and keeping up on the latest trends is imperative for planners wishing to cater to

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What's Ahead

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Florida's group market is soaring to new heights

Well-founded optimism has Florida feeling pretty good about itself. When it comes to the future of tourism and by extension, the future of meetings

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Hotel RL Spokane Completes Conversion

SPOKANE, Wash.Inspired by Spokane's local culture, Hotel RL Spokane at the

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Interview With 3 Hospitality Industry Educators

Three professors in our industry graciously gave their time to help us understand what they teach now and what we may need as part of the curriculum

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