Prague is quite possibly my favorite city in Europe. It has everything you could want in a city: history, culture, amazing architecture, beautiful buildings, great food, easy walkability, an accessible airport, a remarkable hotel product, and eve...
I was honored to be invited to the White House to participate in the Presidential Council on Tourism and Travel March 20. My trip to Washington, D.C., was an extraordinary opportunity to learn more about the different perspectives of others in th...
MeetingsNet: What was your first experience with meetings?David Smart: I started at Alfa Insurance on June 21, 1976, as the advertising and promotions manager, responsible for selling advertising in member publications and working with events, in...
Lanyon, which earlier this year merged with Active Network Business Solutions, which itself was formed in 2011 after Active Network acquired StarCite, announced this week it has acquired Passkey, the industry-leading group reservation technology ...
Hotels are well aware of the rise of Airbnb, the Web site for people renting out rooms and homes and the people looking to book those accommodations. (With the possible exception of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., that is, whose vice president of lea...
In March, I attended a trade show in the Punta Cana area of the Dominican Republic. While there, I did site visits of many hotels and gained an appreciation for the region. Punta Cana is located in the easternmost province of the Dominican Republ...
The NCAA basketball tournament—also known as March Madness—compels even non–sports fans who don’t know a thing about basketball to fill out brackets based on their gut feelings, a team’s jersey colors, or because it’s just fun to be a part of the...
To find out how to help attendees get the most from meetings, we contacted health and stress expert Heidi Hanna, PhD, a speaker, author, and the CEO of Synergy, a consultancy that creates specialized health and performance solutions for organizat...
Last year we published a comprehensive guide to high-speed Internet access at meetings. Then we blinked.
We wrote about attendees with two devices downloading video. Now they’re probably carrying three, all running high-bandwidth apps. “It’s an ...
Fitness bands, the wearable monitors that capture movement, heart rate, sleep data, and more, were among the fastest growing product categories at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. And they are catching on at meetings, too, along with other...
