From the sprawling new Omni PGA Frisco Resort to major professional sporting facilities and a growing downtown, Frisco, Texas, is making moves in the

Resiliency and perseverance are two defining descriptors of Puerto Rico. As with everyone else around the world, meeting professionals in Puerto

Meeting planners can receive significant free services and site sourcing help from CVBs/DMOs. In my 40 years as a meeting professional, I’ve

COVID-19 has cut a path of destruction through the meetings industry, and among the hardest hit are DMOs/CVBs, which are cutting staff as much of

Event design is a game-changer in this business, whether for big one-off affairs or multiday conventions and conferences. Along with F&B, a

I’ve been involved in the meetings industry for more than 45 years. In all those years, a month hasn’t gone by that the cost of coffee (and AV and

Site selection and meetings and events site selection firm HelmsBriscoe has hit $1 billion in room revenue for 2024, the earliest in the year the

CaliforniaLocated near the Gaslamp Quarter and steps away from the San Diego Bay sits the

The Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Marriott has announced their new Escape Entertainment Package. This new DFW hotel deal offers some solid savings for

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Dr. Charles Chambliss, JD The Management and Policy Institute Raleigh, N.C.  Do you find that your booking window is increasing or shrinking

Marriott and PCMA assembled a group of experts from various fields—not necessarily within the meetings industry—to discuss their thoughts

Danielle Strong, CMP Managing director/meetings division Sterling Events Group Clemmons, N.C. Is the duration

Kay Bothwell, CMP Department of Labor & Employment Division of Workers' Compensation/Physicians AccreditationDenver  Do you find that your

Los Angeles, “The City of Angels,” has had a heavenly run

Proving meeting and event ROI is so 2016.Though it’s still a critical measurement tool for meeting planners to prove the value of their events

MPI’s FutureWatch 2011 study predicts an increase of 8 percent in the number of meetings held this year over 2010 and a 5 percent

With the past few years plagued with the overcast of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 felt like a return to normalcy for many in the industry. While 2023

Carrying the theme “impact” for the next two years, IMEX Group’s major annual tradeshows in Las Vegas and Frankfurt are striving to communicate the

In-person tradeshows are one of the top media tools that marketers use to promote, buy and sell. But show organizers and trackers say the rules for