5 Tips to Handle Room Poachers for Your Meetings

Room poaching is one of those stubborn meetings and events industry problems that deftly avoids even the best efforts to snuff it out.It’s the

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Contract Tips for Working With Convention Centers During the Pandemic

Thanks to positive vaccination news and its subsequent rollout, meeting professionals are cautiously optimistic about the return of meetings and

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Hilton West Palm Beach Partners With Theater

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.Hilton West Palm

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A ‘Welcome’ Collaboration

Event planners know all too well the power of first impressions. So when the opportunity arose to submit bids for the 2016 Democratic National

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How the Las Vegas Hospitality Community Gives Back

In the crossfire hurricane of the pandemic

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Rosen Delivers

For all things meetings and events in Orlando, it has to be Rosen Hotels & Resorts. A portfolio of three nationally celebrated convention

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Technology Sector Expansion Means Big Business for Phoenix Meetings and Conventions

In this episode of the Meetings Today Podcast, Lorne Edwards, chief sales officer for Visit Phoenix, checks in with Danielle LeBreck about the rapid

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PCMA Names Bruce MacMillan to Executive Leadership Team

Former MPI CEO Bruce MacMillan will join PCMA as chief marketing officer

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AmEx Meetings Research Explores Risk Mitigation

NEW YORKNew research released by American Express Meetings & Events explores risk mitigation, including areas where lack of business controls,

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Creativity, Innovation and Roots in Hospitality Anchor Meetings in New Orleans

Hospitality is a tradition in the nearly 300-year-old city of New Orleans. Multicultural food, soulful music, historic architecture and some of the

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MPI Reveals New Membership Levels at WEC

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.MPI’s World Education Congress (WEC) is underway at Harrah’s Atlantic City Waterfront Conference Center, with the

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New and Renovated Global Properties (October, 2022)

ChinaHyatt Hotels & Resorts recently announced the opening of Hyatt Place Nanchong Gaoping, one of the newest global expansions

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Lee Papa Shares Tips on Dealing With Stress at Meetings

Mindfulness speaker and trainer Lee Papa teaches meeting planners how to cope with stress and practice better self-care in the Mindfulness Lounge

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World-Renowned DJ Kristaval Will Leave Your Attendees Spinning

In 1977 I started my career as a disc jockey. I was horrible.  I would just play music from beginning to end and was more excited about

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Florida’s Historic Coast: Where History Meets New-World Charm

St. Augustine and Ponte Vedra are a Florida meeting destination like no other. In the nation’s oldest city, visitors to Florida’s Historic Coast are

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New Book Provides Keys to Hiring and Retaining Talent

With the labor shortage crisis still stubbornly hanging on even as the pandemic is waning, organizations in the meetings and events industry and

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Baton Rouge and Shreveport offer an abundance of off-sites

The Louisiana cities of Baton Rouge and Shreveport are poised to accommodate a variety of group events, as each destination boasts a strong lineup of

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DoubleDutch Launches Engagement Platform

DoubleDutch launched its new Live Engagement Platform, which is purpose-built to

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Planner’s Perspective: Katey Pease Talks Atlanta Meetings

Katey Pease is vice president of business development with the National Tour Association (

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Quirk Hotel Gets Creative With Meetings

RICHMOND, Va.Quirk Hotel, A Destination Hotel, announced six new uniquely

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