How to Slim Down Your Meetings and Events Food and Beverage Spend

Food and beverage costs can eat up a significant amount of a meeting or event budget and are typically the biggest or second-biggest expense item

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CORT Reveals 3 Top Event Design Trends for Fall

CORT Events announced its top event and meeting design trends for the fall

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MGM RESORTS: HERE, EVENTS ARE CARED FOR AND CARE-FREE

Nestled amidst the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas Strip stands the

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What's Your Color World? How Color and Design Impacts Meetings and Events

Hello! Destination Management, in collaboration with Google Xi and Lori Weitzner, creator and author of Ode to Color, share how engaging color in

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Events Industry Boosts Global GDP by $1.5 Trillion

The Events Industry Council (EIC) released the final results of the

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Cvent Flexes Its Muscles at Annual Event

LAS VEGASInnovation was a running theme in presentations at 

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Agricultural event meccas shine in the Midwest

Planners organizing an ag event in the Midwest certainly have a large field of choices to plow, whether putting together a large-scale farming expo,

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How to Source More Inclusively for Your Next Event

Along with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has also brought more discussions surrounding diversity and inclusion efforts within the MICE

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Iowa Event Venues Dazzle Groups

When the meeting itinerary calls for an off-site venue to accommodate a special gathering, Iowa has groups covered. The options here for events away

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Multimillion-Dollar Openings and Renovations Across Florida, Tennessee and Texas

FloridaSituated on the oceanfront of Daytona Beach and located just minutes from the Ocean Center Convention Center and Daytona Beach International

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How Meetings May be Impacted by the Growing Return-to-Office Trend

Remote work became standard operating procedure in many cases during the pandemic, and its impact on business and society in general lingers in the

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Destinations International Launches Event Cancellation Insurance Option

Filling a need made acute due to the unprecedented amount of cancellations and postponements during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Destinations

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4 Benefits of Incorporating Hybrid Elements in Your Meetings

In March 2020, the meetings and events world was hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, with thousands of meetings, events, conventions and tradeshows

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Tier 1 Event Playbook: Pre, During & Post-Event

The large conference is back, but it may look a bit different than before. Attendees and sponsors have higher expectations for value, and hybrid

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Fresh Hotels, Restaurants and Attractions Elevate Atlantic City Events

This August, I attended the 20th annual Visit Atlantic City Airshow. Produced by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber, sponsored by Visit Atlantic City

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The Hook Show in Atlantic City

5 Essential Event Security Tips

Bishop-McCann's Molly Gilliam shares five simple security tips that

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Mocktails Are Gaining Popularity. Will Meetings and Events Catch the Trend?

Who doesn’t like the allure of liquid pleasure in a glass—the clink of ice cubes against the sides, promising cool refreshment; the colors swirling

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Event Security Takes Center Stage at MPINCC ACE

While its many educational sessions brimmed with valuable industry tips and insights, and its exhibition floor buzzed with activity, the main event

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Fast Forward: Hybrid Meetings—A Death Greatly Exaggerated

  Fast Forward Season 1, Episode 1 In the first-ever episode of the Fast Forward podcast, host Logan Pratt sits down

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A Multi-Generational Look at Women’s Leadership Journeys in the Meetings and Events Industry

Every morning throughout the U.S., approximately 600,000 people wake up to get ready for another day working in the meetings and events industry—

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Elevator to the Top: A Multi-Generational Look at Women’s Leadership Journeys in the Meetings and Events Industry