Philip Myers is a highly experienced corporate entertainer who has made his mark in the industry by offering a multitude of customized show options, both as a versatile solo act as well as by fronting his band. He’s ...
When planners pay deposits to hotels, meeting and incentive companies, destination management companies, and other meeting suppliers, they expect that their money is being used expressly for their programs. But in...
The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel; St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort; Laguna Cliffs Marriott & Spa; and the Double Tree Guest Suites of Doheny Beach—resorts that normally compete for groups—are joining together as The Res...
Event marketers are always after the latest, greatest tools and ideas that will engage audiences at trade shows and conferences. We spoke with Norm Aamodt, CEO of Event Strategy Group, about what’s in and out at...
A meetings industry panel at the Global Business Travel Association Convention this summer engaged an audience in a discussion of “the attendee journey of the future.&rdquo...
Event management software company Certain Inc. and strategic sourcing platform Zentila have joined forces to give planners a complete tech tool for their strategic meetings management process. Using the combination of...
The process of collecting attendee names, hotels, and flight arrival data and passing that along to your ground transportation provider to schedule pickups seems straightforward. But if you’ve done it even once...
Etouches, a provider of cloud-based event management software, has acquired Inevention, a venue-sourcing platform for event planners. Etouches says the acquisition is part of a focus on its enterprise client base...
Mobile app developer DoubleDutch, based in San Francisco, announced a $45 million round of growth financing from KKR and other investors. Global expansion and targeted acquisitions are primary efforts that will be...
More than $8 billion in meetings and events were sourced through event management platform Cvent in 2014, and the most popular U.S. city considered and/or booked for those programs was Orlando. Florida’s meeting...
