Service is often among planners' top site-selection criteria, yet it can be difficult to quantify. To help, I've created a list of typical banquet server duties, along with related questions to ask. Those who can answer these questions in the...
Cabrin Kelly-Hale, a 28-year hotel catering veteran, joined the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson as director of event planning during the resort's pre-opening in 2004. She worked closely with Executive Chef Ryan Littman on a journey to green cuis...
There’s almost no aspect of life that doesn’t intersect with green issues and working more sustainably,” says Dennis Church, founder of Eco-Speakers.com.
When you think of meetings at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, you think of hospitality, not necessarily “environmentality.” But for the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, the latter was a major draw.
At the moment of this writing, we are awaiting the cresting of the rivers in and around St. Louis. With anxious moments that are influenced by memories of the flood of 1993, we are again reminded that there are some situations over which we have...
With the slowing U.S. economy and shrinking budgets, you're going to need some savvy negotiating skills and cost-cutting panache to pull off the meetings your attendees have come to expect. These 16 tips will keep your expenses under control...
What does that Canadian attendee mean when he tells you to keep your stick on the ice? If your American attendee told you she was going to take the dog to get to the meeting, should you look into pet-friendly housing? The answers to these and many...
