Meetings need Wi-Fi. Our attendees want—nay, demand—fast and reliable Internet access everywhere they go, from guest room to ballroom. It’s become a basic meeting necessity on the same level as electricity and running water.
Planners and venue...
A menu of suggestions from U.K.-based not-for-profit Positive Impact that can help you send a lot less good food to the landfill. Positive Impact, launched in 2005, provides sustainability education for the events industry. Its...
When you’re in the middle of reviewing a contract and you need to come up with wording for a specific clause, do you sign up for a course in contracting or start researching which university degree in meeting management you should enroll in? Prob...
Today's guest post is by speaker and author Cyriel Kortleven.
As a professional speaker, I have the opportunity to attend a lot of events and conferences. While they all differ in scale, audience, locations, and cultures, they almost all shar...
Every election cycle comes with its own unique set of issues, challenges, gaffes, unlikeable characters, unrealistic policy statements, ugly campaign ads, truth-stretching, blunders, and general craziness, but this one has been the worst and weir...
Where are you?” This crucial question is the first one asked in the Bible, was crooned by Frank Sinatra in his song of the same name, and should be the first thing you consider when you start designing your meeting. Specifically, you should...
IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer says the key to meeting success is being able to personalize the experience on a grand scale.When MeetingsNet asked the IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer about the most important trends she’s seeing played out on the world s...
Innovation consultant and keynote speaker Susan Robertson of Sharpen Innovation packed a lot of good tips into one half-hour session!Who would have thought that knowledge could be a curse? But when it comes to creativity, what we’ve learned along...
Conference space at The Grand at Moon Palace Cancun. Photo courtesy of Palace ResortsMexico’s luxury all-inclusive resort brand has expanded to Jamaica and added a resort-within-a-resort to its signature property in Cancun—and it’s well on its wa...
