Meet Lynn Averill, 2nd Vice President, Travel and Conferences, National Life Group, Montpelier, Vt.
Maybe you know that implementing a strategic meetings management program would bring value to your company, but you don’t know where to start. Maybe you believe an SMMP is fine for global companies but doesn’t have relevance for your small meeting...
The sight of the Opryland Hotel underwater in May marked the beginning of an extreme weather season, highlighting for me the vulnerability of the meetings economy to effects of climate change...
Meet the first graduating class of the Strategic Meetings Management Certification program
One of the most-watched awards in the meetings industry is the meeting technology company recognized in the annual Worldwide Technology Watch by EIBTM—The Global Meetings & Incentives Exhibition, scheduled for November 30–December 2 in...
The last revolution in hotel architecture began in 1967, with the opening of the John Portman–designed Hyatt Regency Atlanta. The hotel’s soaring, 21-story atrium lobby transformed the image of the big convention hotel. The concept was copied in...
How to be a reverse optimist
Experts say meetings and events are part of the solution.
Despite troubles in other areas, when it comes to tourism in New Orleans, the numbers tell a hopeful story
