Photo: Thinkstock by Getty ImagesTechnology is revolutionizing every aspect of our lives—including how we organize and run events. Here are four of the top technologies that are giving event managers the ability to heighten their events’ appeal...

Benchmark Hospitality International and Gemstone Hotels & Resorts have merged to become BENCHMARK, a global hospitality company with a new corporate identity and three distinct hotel collections. The combined portfolio includes more than...

Meeting planning companies don’t always wait around for the clients to come to them. Here are three new events created and owned by top independents.

Attention is a drug, as my brilliant friend once said. It’s always been a particularly potent one, but today’s social media quick-hit shares, comments, likes, and messages have sparked an outright epidemic of attention-craving that borders on add...

Meeting Professionals International has been busy lately, what with restructuring to a three-tier membership model for planners and suppliers, additions to its MPI Academy offerings that include seven web-based courses and two Experiential Event ...

Karen Chupka, SVP, CES and corporate business strategyAs an event organizer, your brand is your promise to customers. The Consumer Technology Association’s brand promise for CES is that our show serves as the global stage for innovation. But the ...

Advito has released its 2017 Industry Forecast, and on just about every page is a note about the difficulty of projecting business travel and meeting demand because of uncertainty surrounding the U.S. presidential election. The report acknowledges...

Dallas-based Freeman, which annually produces more than 4,300 expositions and 11,000 corporate and special events, has earned the international Event Sustainability Management certification, ISO 20121...