Thanks to CT Business Travel for putting together this handy infographic outlining what is wrong with all-too-many internal meetings—and how to make them more productive for all involved. What do you do to make your meetings more effective? ...

This is an announcement I’ve been barely holding on the tip of my tongue for the past few months, and today is finally the day! I am so excited to let you know that in observance of Human Rights Day, December 10th, Hyatt Hotels Corp. is...

Thanksgiving may be in the rearview mirror, but there are a few companies that likely are celebrating all over again after finding out that they made Crain's Best Places to Work in New York City 2015. The 100 companies on the list, compiled throu...

Several things happened after the Federal Communications Commission fined Marriott International $600,000 in October 2014 for blocking attendees' personal Wi-Fi devices in the meeting space at Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville...

  You can’t always predict when storms or unforeseen events will affect your meetings, but you can protect yourself with a good force majeure clause. Force majeure, meaning a superior or irresistible power, is the name of a contract provisi...

We write a lot about meetings and sustainability—and I do mean a lot! From where to find green venues to benchmarking green practices to reporting on 20 totally doable ideas to make events greener and kinder, MeetingsNet is a big supporter of eve...

Listen to the Podcast Play in new window | Download During this week’s featured podcast, Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McCallen speaks with Tahira Endean, who currently works as a producer for BC Tech Summit. Tahi...

According to the Center for Exhibition Research, the exhibition industry is continuing its long run of growth with a healthy 3.1 percent year-over-year gain in the third quarter of 2015. This makes it the 21st consecutive quarter of year-over-yea...

Courtney Morrow, social media manager, Hilton AnatoleDuring IMEX this year, I heard a lot of cool property stories. One that seemed pretty unique was about the 1,606-room Hilton Anatole Hotel, which is near downtown Dallas. Not only do they offer...

In September, I teamed up with others in the meetings industry—Susan Sarfati, CAE, CEO of High Performance Strategies; Heather Burkee Scherer, president of ATC Travel Management; Neal Couture, director of government procurement law and business p...