I just read Becki Cross's fantastic post on the Event Manager Blog about how to get the most out of your event photographer. She has the topic pretty thoroughly covered, from why you should hire a professional to reference checks, quotes, the typ...
Riots in Baltimore have led to at least two conference cancellations for the city: the Door and Hardware Institute CoNEXTions conference, scheduled to meet at the Baltimore Convention Center April 29–May 1, and the American Heart Association...
Ellis Hotel, a boutique property in downtown Atlanta that features 127 rooms and suites, has undergone a $700,000 renovation that includes a refresh of its meeting space, and of its women-only floor. This floor provides female guests with private...
View of the Pennsylvania Convention CenterIn a move that came as a surprise to the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board last week reversed its dismissal of complaints by the Metropolitan Regional Cou...
If only your body clock was as easy to reset as your alarm. As anyone who has flown through a few time zones knows, it’s not. We’ve gathered some tried, true, and new ideas for managing jet lag. Is it all about pre-planning? An in-flight dose of ...
While convention and visitors bureaus (also known as destination marketing organizations) provide informational, logistical, and other services that meeting and event planners traditionally expect, these entities have stepped up their game to...
I just checked out something called Crystal, a site that can profile anyone who has an online presence, then tell you how you can best communicate with that person. Kind of like Myers-Briggs or the PACE Color Palette only fast, automated, and no ...
Reed Expositions introduced AIBTM: The Americas Meetings and Events Exhibition, in 2011, holding the annual hosted-buyer event and trade show in Baltimore, Orlando, and Chicago. For 2015 Reed has totally revamped its model. The renamed ibtm ameri...
