The 2016 South by Southwest culture festival opens next week in Austin, Texas, screening 150 feature films and 106 shorts, showcasing 2,266 musical acts, and offering about 2,000 conference sessions, plus a number of trade shows and 126 official ...

Experts have long been sought after as great speakers to share their unique, hands-on experiences in ways that directly relate to and benefit different audiences. Today, the caliber and diversity of experts available as professional speakers has...

With more than 60 properties across the JW Marriott, Renaissance, Marriott, and Gaylord brands, as well as the Autograph Collection, Marriott’s Convention & Resort Network can be a revealing microcosm of the big-meeting universe, revealing trends...

The Magnolia Hotel Denver recently completed a multimillion-dollar renovation to its guest rooms. The enhancements include the addition of 51 standard-sized guest rooms and a presidential suite, as well upgrades to the guest room design and décor...

Delivering the keynote address a few years ago at an Annual Users Group meeting of TMA Resources, maker of association management software, usability expert Amy Schade, director, Nielsen Norman Group, told attendees she’d visited all of...

If you ever want to strike fear into the heart of an association executive, just tell her that you want to do away with that little economic engine that drives the majority of most organizations’ revenue—the annual meeting. The annual meeting tha...

Having kept a low profile for a bit, the Green Meeting Industry Council is striding back to life with new resources behind it and a new ability to spread its message and its impact across the meetings and events industry...