Ibtm world, formerly known as EIBTM, opened its 2015 conference at the Fira de Barcelona November 17 with an announcement that the conference has signed an extension to its partnership with Barcelona and the convention center for the foreseeable ...

Marriott International has announced that it will acquire rival hotel giant Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in a $12.2 billion deal expected to be completed by mid-2016. The new Marriott will be the world’s largest hotel company, with 5,570 p...

ECPAT's luggage tags include an educational insert that explains the signs of human trafficking.ECPAT USA’s mission to end the sexual exploitation of children moves forward one donation at a time. This holiday season you and your organization can...

I would hazard a guess that most people in the meetings and events industry have either asked or been asked to provide their services "on spec," with the thought that somewhere down the road, it would lead to a paying gig. Whether it's destinatio...

Car-hailing service Uber has just taken its new UberEvents service nationwide, allowing event hosts to prepay for Uber rides for their guests...

There may be nothing more dismaying for a meeting planner than looking out at a half-empty ballroom while the closing keynote speaker takes the stage. Where did everybody go? Especially now, when attendees are not only busier than ever but have a...

Two event powerhouses team up to to attract record numbers at meetings

Elizabeth Pinkham of SalesforceDreamforce, the legendary Salesforce user conference, drew more than 172,000 registered participants to its headquarters city in September (plus some 11 million online viewers). “We took over San Francisco, includin...

A new conference, SenseUP!, a Summit on the Power of Sensory Marketing, debuts next spring in the marketing and events arena. Its focus is “sensory marketing”—that is, awakening and using all the senses to meet an organization...

In 2013, we conducted a survey in partnership with our friends at Tagoras. One hundred and twenty conference/education professionals responded to the question “Does your organization re-write any of its speaker session submissions (e.g...