When Marriott announced in late January that it would be reducing group commissions, David Bruce, managing partner at CMP Meeting Services, rallied independent planners by creating LinkedIn and Facebook groups under the name Meeting Planners Unite...
Effectively addressing attendees’ dietary restrictions is essential—and ignoring them can be life threatening for some. Tracy Stuckrath, CSEP, CMM, CHC, CFPM, founder and chief connecting officer of Thrive! Meetings & Events, walks you through...
The countdown is on to May 25, 2018, when the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect. Now’s the perfect time for global strategic meetings management program leaders to finally get visibility and oversight...
With international attendees getting more skittish about coming to the U.S., international meeting planners need to prepare for reduced attendance, or even cancellations.
While most event professionals are taking steps to comply with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation, a new survey finds 62 percent still don't understand what's required for compliance.
As director of global events at MarkLogic, a Silicon Valley–based tech company, I sat down with some of the creative minds here last summer to come up with a conference theme for our 2018 Sales Kickoff (SKO). It only took a couple meetings...