I just got an e-mail from someone who said the whole #boothlove hashtag idea was making her nuts because it is a misuse of the word "booth." According to the Convention Industry Council's APEX Industry Glossary, a booth is "Specific exhibit displ...
Orly Sorokina’s thought-provoking post on the Hootsuite blog, 3 Marketing Lessons from Internet Easter Eggs, in fact did get me thinking that these inside jokes and hidden gems could be a really fun way to get potential attendees engaged with you...
Leaders always seem to know what is next. That’s part of what I love about meeting planning. Somehow, somewhere the meeting planner in me always knows what’s going on next. I now call that “something” my intuition.
Meeting planners by and larg...
Meeting planners surveyed for a report by Marketing Challenges International said 2014 was a good year for association meetings held outside of North America, and they're optimistic about the remainder of 2015 as well. Europe and Asia are still ...
Conference attendees are collectors of experiences. They don't remember or share mediocre or vanilla—only the extremes: Great! Wow! Sucks! Disappointing...
Indiana Governor Mike Pence at the Tuesday press conferenceIndiana Governor Mike Pence, who was firmly behind his state’s Senate Bill 101, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, until Tuesday, has reversed his position that the law should stand a...
James E. RooneyJames E. Rooney, who has been executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority since 2003, has been named the new president and CEO of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Rooney will succeed current Chamber P...
Oh this is just too fun—go to Google Maps, zoom into your meeting's host city (or wherever else you like), click the Pac-Man icon on the lower left corner of the screen, and start playing! Just use your arrow keys to navigate around the streets w...
