Cambria hotels & suites is the upscale brand within the Choice Hotels portfolio. During the Choice Annual Convention, held each year in Las Vegas, Cambria executives plan an exclusive reception and awards presentation for Cambria owners...
J Ocana, President, COO, and Co-founder of Reaction Audio VisualToday's guest post is by J Ocana, president, COO, and co-founder of Reaction Audio Visual.
Staying within budget is always a major concern for meeting and event planners. Take ev...
In the 2016 Winter Meetings Outlook from Meeting Professionals International, respondents predicted a little spending increase but a bigger pricing increase. MPI put those predictions together and what came out was a 2.5 percent decrease in...
The logistics of site visits can be a huge drain. You know the drill: coordinate dates, travel, lots of e-mails, report to the team, followup ... According to a new survey by Social Tables, the average event planner manages 37 events every year...
This question is asked during every training, conference session, and webinar I present, without fail. Rumor has it that it is illegal to donate leftover event food, and this rumor persists despite the facts.
Recently, I had a convention servi...
Meeting executives hire speakers to educate or to entertain; the best speakers do both. It has become common practice for organizations that retain meeting speakers to enter into agreements with them outlining the terms under which their...
When you think “conference app,” the look, feel, and revenue model of SummitSync is probably not what comes to mind.
Attendees search for their meeting on the SummitSync app.The new app, which officially launched this week, wants to be a “univ...
Tim Brown will be remembered for his many contributions to the meeting industry.Meetings industry leader Tim Brown died suddenly on January 25. The founder and CEO of Meeting Sites Resource is being remembered for his life-long contributions to t...
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Brandt's favorite quoteIn this week's Meetings Podcast Event Technology Consulting's Brandt Krueger and Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McAllen discuss the chall...