Is Air Travel Stress Preventing Full Business Travel Recovery?

While U.S. travel spend is approaching pre-

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How the Consulting Business Applies to Meeting Planning

Reminder: Don’t let people make everything more complicated than it needs to be, whether at work or in general.One of the highlights from an

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APEX Update

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What to expect in 2016

In September, Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) shared its fourth annual 2016 Meetings and Events Forecast.The report provides projections for hotels and

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Cvent Expands on Future Skills for Meeting Professionals

Following up on an earlier podcast in which the

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How to avoid event bandwidth bust

Along with running water, electricity and AC, a robust Wi-Fi offering is often something planners and their groups take for granted at any meeting

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Munich Hotelier Launches Staffless Hotel

MUNICH, GermanyThe brainchild of a Munich hotelier, Johannes Eckelmann, who also runs the Cocoon Hotel brand,

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Conference center experts weigh in on five hot trends

Wondering what the hottest trends are for conference center events? Meetings Focus reached out to some of the most informed folks in the field, and

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5 Unique Event Venues in New York State

The latest total solar eclipse, taking place April 8, will be one of the most dramatic in recent memory, briefly turning afternoon into night across

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Hospitality School Professors Share What Skills Future Planners Will Need

The global pandemic radically disrupted the very way we conduct meetings as in-person events were canceled and meeting and event planners had to

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South Summer Openings and a Natural Tennessee Getaway

FloridaThis September,

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Experiential events lead corporate meetings trends

Going by indicators such as a confident stock market, corporate liquidity, positive lending environment and carryover of 2016’s record year for

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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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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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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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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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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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IHG Launches New Reward Program

IHG Hotels & Resorts, which represents nearly 6,000 hotels in over 100 countries across 17 brands, has debuted its new global loyalty program:

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