Old Man Winter doesn't care that you’ve chosen the perfect keynote speaker and confirmed every conference detail a year in advance. Think of the two recent winter storms that paralyzed much of the country, one ruining many a Thanksgiving dinner a...
JW Marriott Minneapolis Mall of America opened November 23.The Twin Cities area has a new luxury meeting option with the Thanksgiving week opening of the 342-room JW Marriott Minneapolis Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.
The property’s eve...
There are a lot of lifestyle brands out there (try our matching game)—so many, in fact, that it’s not easy for consumers to distinguish between them. Which one is all about local flavor? Which is the one for cost-conscious (and design-conscious) ...
Convention Industry Council delegates discussed innovation, dealing with crises, generational shifts, and other trends at their recent meeting in Baltimore. Big takeaway for meetings: The time to reinvent is now.
After testing it for a year internally, MCI recently launched an app that is designed to provide its 350,000-plus annual congress delegates with travel disruption and risk alerts when they travel internationally. The Safeture App, which will be a...
I don’t know about you, but after the shopping hype of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the idea of #GivingTuesday really feels good. Now in it’s fourth year, #GivingTuesday organizers aim to make the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving the kickoff of...
Freeman is continuing its evolution into a global brand experience company with the appointment of designer, author, optimist, and massive changer Bruce Mau as chief design officer. This is a newly created position, and also will be a new...
Mobile-friendly and designed to provide comprehensive information while also being visually compelling, the new meetLA.com Web site officially launched November 19.
A sample of the Meet L.A. Web site's clean designJournalists got a preview of ...
According to a recent survey of 804 travelers, meeting planners aren’t the only ones with a bone to pick about Wi-Fi fees—nearly three-quarters of travelers who got dinged for airport or hotel Wi-Fi fees were not happy about it. The survey, condu...
