New Orleans Is Built to Host Meetings

New Orleans is Built To Host business meetings and events and it’s reflected in

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Your Risk Management Playbook

Aired March 27, 2019 Presented by Brenda Rivers 

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MGM and Delos Launch Health-Focused Stay Well Meetings Package

LAS VEGASDelos, a wellness real estate pioneer, and MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, unveiled Stay Well Meetings, a new wellness

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Major Meeting Space Expansion for Wisconsin Resort

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. The Osthoff Resort, a AAA Four-Diamond property on the shores of Elkhart Lake in eastern Wisconsin, is planning a significant

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Cvent Names Top Meetings Destinations for 2018

Cvent released its annual lists of the top cities for meetings and events worldwide. Three new regions were highlighted this year: Caribbean and

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My Take - Unintended Consequences

In the 10 days before writing this article, I’ve received invitations to two events, one industry-related and one in an area of other interest

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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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Big Dollar Investments Energize Second-Tier Destinations in Central and West Texas

Surging hotel and venue development, including new convention centers opening in Midland and Odessa (see Convention Center Central, page 8) is

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Meetings Wellness Guru Lee Papa Shares Her Vision of the Future

Over the last decade, I have had gut feelings about certain trends that came fully to fruition. Some I acted on and others I did not, if it was not

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Etch Your Attendees’ Faces on Cookies With the Edible Selfie Booth

Delicate little macarons paired with lasers powerful enough to burn through metal—set to “selfie” mode, of course—what’s not to love? This ain’t your

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Interview With Janet Sperstad, CMP from Madison College

Janet Sperstad’s professional history reflects her lifelong vocation: driving excellence in meeting and event management execution and

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2019 Meetings Trends Survey Responses: What Worries You About the Meetings Industry?

Meetings Today: What sorts of things, in a professional sense, worry you about the meetings industry or the responsibilities of meeting

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The Art of Meetings

Our cover story this issue presents quite a colorful palette of convening opportunities, as it dips into some of the top Virginia historical and

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Experience Columbia, South Carolina

We are so thankful for the technology of virtual meetings, and we know that will continue to play an important role in the landscape of the meetings

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Why Convention Service Managers Deserve Our Respect

It’s disappointed me for years that those in convention services—or event services as it is often now called—are not appreciated by owners and brands

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Meetings Leader Iwamoto Reflects on 35 Years of Service and Looks to Future

Veteran meetings and events industry leader

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As a meeting planner, always prepare for the unexpected.

Untitled Document Expect the unexpected, meeting planners!  

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As a meeting planner, always prepare for the unexpected.

Untitled Document Expect the unexpected, meeting planners!  

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MPI Releases Interactive Gun Laws Map

The Plan Your Meetings division of MPI released a free, interactive

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Where to Meet Outside in East Tennessee

The major markets in East Tennessee have in a lot in common, but two items that are relevant to meeting planners include easy accessibility with

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