I’m not sure about you, but I don’t rank RFPs high on my “what I love about my job” list. There’s often so much back and forth that I end up drained by the end of the process. But the reality is RFPs are a necessary evil when it comes to venue se...
WomenInTravel (WINiT), a nonprofit organization driving change and providing support for the career development, visibility, and mobility of women in the travel, meeting, event, and exhibition industries, holds its 2016 Annual Summit November 12...
Herb N' Kitchen, the grab-and-go outlet at the Hilton New York MidtownIt’s been three years since the Hilton New York Midtown closed down room service and opened up Herb N’ Kitchen, a grab-and-go store/cafeteria/restaurant with both packaged and ...
At its meetings during the past few years, Financial & Insurance Conference Planners has included “idea exchange” sessions on the agenda, allowing meeting planners and hospitality partners to share experiences and ideas on various...
While conference organizers often welcome social media interaction at their events, making it easy for participants to snap, tweet, and share by providing hashtags and photo opps, some meetings need to keep what’s shared—confidential corporate in...
Meeting venues are always coming up with new ways to energize your attendees, help them bond with each other, or boost their meeting productivity. We’ve collected some recent ideas that have crossed our desk that could inspire your next...
A new meeting planner association designed to facilitate networking and growing business relationships for the lesbian, gay, and bi/transgender meeting professionals community recently came online. The Philadelphia-based organization, called the ...
Rod Abraham, newly named SPIN executive director
Veteran industry leader and consultant Rod Abraham will take over as executive director of the Senior Planners Industry Network, a 3,000-plus-member organization founded in 2008 to serve the nee...
