Food prices are going up, which means that your flat F&B budget isn’t flat at all—it’s going down. But take heart. Hotel and resort chefs want to give you the impact you expect, even if they have to pull out all their special...
Cruise Lines International Association sees seven trends ahead for an industry that continues to grow globally:
1. Passengers Come BackCruise travelers intend to continue to set sail: 62 percent are return cruisers. Overall, CLIA member ocean pa...
Like Smokey the Bear imploring each of us to take care of the forests, Roger Rickard recently implored a group of meeting professionals to join the Meetings Mean Business Coalition to protect the future of the meetings industry. An author and...
A recent petition filed by Marriott International, the American Hotel & Lodging Association, and Ryman Hospitality Partners asked the Federal Communications Commission to spell out what venues can do to protect their Wi-Fi networks from &ldquo...
The Financial & Insurance Conference Planners 2015 Winter Symposium was scheduled for Boston January 25–27, long before anyone knew that a snowstorm of “historic proportions” would end up scheduled for January 26–27...
By now, many New Year’s resolutions have faded along with their good intentions. The spirit of resolving to make a meaningful change often goes awry if the new behavior is not repeated consistently for two to three weeks. Here’s how to...
Yes, this is another article about Millennials, planning meetings for Millennials, understanding Millennials, citing statistics about Millennials. But here’s the blinding flash of the obvious we had at MeetingsNet: Innovations at meetings, the...
Last October, the Federal Communications Commission fined Marriott International $600,000 for intentionally jamming some of its customers’ Wi-Fi connections in the meeting space at Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center in Nashville. Marr...
The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, on Maui, played host to well over 60 insurance and financial services company meeting planners, guests, Ritz-Carlton representatives, and other meeting vendor partners during The Ritz-Carlton Pre-FICP Event, a weekend...
Two groups of insurance and financial services company planners, along with representatives from properties in the Preferred Hotels & Resorts portfolio, enjoyed a taste of Hawaiian beauty and luxury before and after the 2014 Financial &...
