Upper management for Reed Exhibitions’ The Americas Meetings and Events Exhibition is in transition. Steve Knight, who served as project director for the Baltimore-based AIBTM in 2011, its inaugural year, and had worked for Reed since 2005, is now...
If you want to know what your attendees or potential attendees are thinking, the best thing to do is to ask them. Surveys and audience-response systems are tried-and-true ways to unearth opinions, but here’s another: Synthetron, a remarkable tool...
Labor is hotels' No. 1 cost. If you go into a negotiation with some solid ways to save on labor, that's good leverage, says Michael Dominguez, vice president, global sales, Loews Hotels & Resorts. Here are five ideas...
When it comes to meetings and conventions, every destination has a unique story to tell. Here's a look at six CVBs from around the country where new developments are shaping opportunities for meeting planners.
RCMA has embarked on a new journey to meet the changing needs of our planners and partners, all while retaining the core values that have made it a great organization. Here's a look at the new leadership team and its mandate, management, ministry...
There are different styles and preferences in learning, but individuals can't necessarily be pigeonholed into one style or another. To maximize the educational impact of your meetings, you need to understand how attendees learn within different...
