Registration just opened and the line is out the door. Your CEO is in rehearsal for the opening keynote when the audiovisual company tells you that the confidence monitor you ordered cannot be repaired in time. There is nothing you can do. You...

Each week, MeetingsNet invites readers to meet a member of WomenInTravel. WINiT is a nonprofit, volunteer-led organization founded in 2013 to support and empower women in the meeting, event, travel, and exhibition industries through access to car...

I have had many conversations with meeting professionals concerned about what might happen next because they have a new boss. Usually, the conversation reveals some level of fear or concern for their livelihood brought on by uncertainty and the...

Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McAllen talks with Jaime Smith. Jaime joined audiovisual company Bartha's development team in July 2012, where she serves as the director of national business development. She focuses on developing new busi...

The U.S. Travel Association has organized a leglislative “fly-in,” bringing hundreds of travel industry representatives to Washington, D.C., to talk about the power of meetings and travel to create jobs and fuel the U.S. economy...

Each week, MeetingsNet invites readers to meet a member of WomenInTravel. WINiT is a nonprofit, volunteer-led organization founded in 2013 to support and empower women in the meeting, event, travel, and exhibition industries through access to car...

One of Alissa's favorite quotesPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McAllen talks with Alissa Hurley. Alissa has more than 20 years of experience in corporate events and ma...

I’ve never been a great sleeper—I’m a night owl living in a early-bird world, and I don’t even like worms! And it’s even more difficult to get good sleep while traveling, and even more difficult yet when at a conference. I can only imagine how ex...

Jennifer C. Squeglia, CMP, founded RLC Events Inc. nine years ago (the initials are those of her late father, Robert Lee Colburn). Planners who have attended meetings industry events may have met Squeglia in one of the many educational sessions s...