The key to a win-win hotel negotiation is to open a dialogue, set goals and objectives, know the value of your business, and understand the needs and priorities of the property. In any hotel negotiation, dates, rates, and space are the critical...

Britt Andreatta, PhD, author, speaker, coach, consultant, and the director of learning and development, Lynda.comThere’s good reason the neuroscience of learning is a hot topic at meetings industry conferences nowadays: how one’s brain harnesses ...

Two regular data dumps reveal the current contrasting fortunes of domestic business travel and meetings...

Today's guest post is by Kristin Arnold, the “Panel Improvement Evangelist.” “Rapid-fire panel discussion” sounds sexier than a boring panel discussion, doesn’t it? After all, we live in the land of TED and short talks, so rapid-fire panels mu...

Does your company have certain meetings that don’t quite fit under your strategic meetings management program? Maybe they are too small or, for any number of reasons, just easier to leave on their own. Well, you may want to take a closer look at ...