About 225 attendees at the third annual Hosts Global Alliance Forum enjoyed a solid education program along with plenty of the creativity that destination management companies offer meeting planners. Knowing how challenging it is for a DMC to hos...
Among the major new education initiatives Meeting Professionals International President and CEO Paul Van Deventer announced at the start of MPI’s World Education Congress in San Francisco August 2 is MPI Academy, meant to include all of the...
A recent study has calculated an answer to that question. Funded by the International SOS Foundation and conducted by research and consulting firm Prevent, the report, “Return on Prevention: Benefit/Cost Analysis of Prevention Measures for Busine...
It's summertime, and the living is ... just as hectic as any other time of the year! That's why it's more important than ever to take a break and, if you can, get away from the office (though likely not your smart phone). We asked the...
According to a survey of 7,800 Millennials conducted by Deloitte, young executives are looking for a sense of purpose beyond their paychecks. They need a close connection to the “why” of what they do at work...
On a series of dates this fall, business travelers staying in select Hilton properties in U.S. cities can show up in a ballroom and spend a couple of hours meeting fellow travelers and doing their part to stop world hunger.
“This is a way to e...
Noting the dearth of women at the mics of most technology conferences, Sandi MacPherson, founder of a professional network called Quibb, decided to do something about it. Starting with this tweet:
Please add yourself and share!! I'm starting...
A record number of travel buyers (1,366) and a total of 6,389 attendees from around the world gathered in Orlando July 25–29 for the 2015 Global Business Travel Association Convention. General sessions tackled hot topics while morning...
It’s where the rubber meets the road, you might say. Lots of business travelers use ride-hailing services such as Uber, and a new survey shows that three-quarters of companies are fine with that. But do these services—also called transportation n...
Results of an exclusive survey reveal what what medical meeting planners value in sites, venues, and destinations, what their meetings and trade show budgets look like, the number and size of the meetings they plan, and more.
