Minneapolis Surpasses 8,000 Room Milestone

MINNEAPOLISDowntown Minneapolis now has more than 8,000 hotel rooms to offer visitors for both leisure and business. The new milestone was surpassed

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Idaho Is Primed for the Post-Pandemic Era With Wide-Open Allure for Groups

Like many destinations that boast wide-open spaces and little congestion in their downtown meetings and conventions cores, Idaho was in prime

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Rafting near Boise, Idaho.

PCMA Convening Leaders Draws a Respectable, and Masked, Crowd to Las Vegas

Update: On January 25, PCMA issued a final health and safety update indicating a total of 96 positive COVID-19 cases

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DEI in Tourism and Hospitality: A Look Back and Forward

Unprecedented has become the word we hate to use, but it is the most popular way to summarize 2020, with three crises converging together: health,

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On the Scene: Experiencing IMEX America as a First-Time Attendee

The first time I felt I truly experienced the world, I was roaming the streets of London alone at the ripe age of 17, independent and unafraid of

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Taylor at IMEX America 2022

Luxurious venue highlights in Monaco

In Monaco, every gathering is a rendezvous with grace, elegance and luxury. Here are some select tickets to making champagne wishes and caviar dreams

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Eat, Pray, Love: Traveling the World and Making an Impact

Is it safe to host meetings abroad? Third generation incentive travel professional Ashley Lawson, VP of business partnerships at Achieve Incentives

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2012 Meetings Market Trends Sneak Peek

We received responses from nearly 700 meeting planners during the survey last October, which provides for a very valid sample size. Thanks to all

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Philadelphia's Top-Down Focus on DEI Paves the Way Forward for Meetings

In 1987, two African-American directors on the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) board, A. Bruce Crawley, a prominent marketing

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Techy Typing

The laser Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard projects a keyboard onto any flat, opaque service and is compatible with any iPad, iPhone, or

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Hyatt Cuts 30% Of U.S. Customer Service Staff in Latest Round of Hotel Industry Layoffs

Hyatt Hotels is the latest hotel giant to engage in massive staff reductions, with the company cutting 30% of its U.S. guest services and support

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Chicago Marriott Launches Fit Meetings

The Spa at JW Chicago, located inside JW Marriott

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Game On! The sixth annual Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC) Sustainable Meetings Conference, which drew over 300 participants, including 60

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Tips for Organizing a Hotel-Based CSR Program

Jo Licata, community projects manager with the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, shares some actionable tips for planners looking to add a

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When You Get a Seat at the Table, Pull Up Another Chair

How can we transform society’s limiting scarcity mindset into a culture that values abundance and collaboration over competition? Megan Henshall,

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Elegant Napa Valley Resort Readying for Grand Expansion

As The Meritage Resort and Spa in the Napa Valley prepares to open its 131,000-square-foot expansion in spring 2012, it has hired a new regional

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Dan Fenton, President & CEO, Team San Jose, Chair, DMAI

The corporate sector is really starting to look at larger events again, and really realize how important face-to-face meetings are to their business

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Dan Fenton, President & CEO, Team San Jose, Chair, DMAI

The corporate sector is really starting to look at larger events again, and really realize how important face-to-face meetings are to their business

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How to Create Diversity and Inclusion in Your Meeting Settings and F&B

Tracy Stuckrath of thrive! meetings + events shares three 

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How to Earn Loyalty Points for Booking Meetings at Four Major Hotel Chains

Earning loyalty points for booking meetings and events within one hotel chain provides a number of advantages for planners, from free room nights to

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