Meeting planners in the Meetings Today Market Trends Survey respond as to whether they had leverage on room rates in 2018.

Meeting Sites Resource's Robyn Mietkiewicz details need-to-know hotel negotiation talking points for meeting planners.

The how of doing so—negotiating—is written about in many books and online articles. For me, the best training was my first improvisation class.

Safety and security should be—and should have already been—a major focus for planners.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews improv practitioners Bob Korin and Izzy Gessell.

There is a hotel negotiation in your future.

There is no one-size-fits-all site selection checklist.

Sometimes what you don't say says a lot.

Meetings Focus gathered some key insights from negotiators far and wide.

Robyn Mietkiewicz, an expert on meetings negotiation, tells planners how to get the best deals and contract terms for better Strategic Meetings Management (SMM).