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 ...
Keep your eye on Greg Skloot. As a student at Boston’s Northeastern University, he was the guy mumbling “There’s gotta be a better way” as he managed invites, registrations, surveys, and more for a stream of weekly meetings and events he ran for ...
Experts envision a new approach to strategic meetings management focused on aligning events with corporate objectives and with customer and employee engagement.
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...
