The view from the new Conrad ChicagoConrad Hotels & Resorts, a Hilton Worldwide luxury brand, dropped out of the Chicago hotel market last spring when the Conrad Chicago on North Rush St. was taken under the wing of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worl...

For years now, planners and hoteliers have been working out how to provide and pay for the ever-increasing bandwidth consumed by meeting attendees. With experience and knowledge building on both sides, things are getting a little easier. Here is...

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...

Mary Ann Kenmotsu, CMP, CPCEI recently had a chance to e-chat about conference centers with Mary Ann Kenmotsu, CMP, CPCE, the director of catering and conference services at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort and Conference Center. Here’s ...

What compels employees, clients, and incentive qualifiers today? It’s not cash or more stuff. It’s access. The high-performing talent and high-value customers that companies need to attract and retain want to go behind the scenes, make a diffe...

For years now, planners and hoteliers have been working out how to provide and pay for the ever-increasing bandwidth consumed by meeting attendees. With experience and knowledge building on both sides, things are getting a little easier. Here is...

Over the past 10 years, our company has done quite a bit of consulting with leading event technology providers. For consulting clients who host conferences and trade shows, we often advise them on their event technology choices and help them short...

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...

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...