I am often struck by how corporate meeting professionals understand the need for strategic meetings management while simultaneously disparaging SMM for not putting the needs of meeting stakeholders front and center. They argue that the standardiz...
Even Mango is sick of being up to her neck in the white stuff.I rejoiced this morning when I looked at the thermometer and saw it was 24 degrees out—heat wave! Then I looked again and it was actually 2.4 degrees. Sigh. It takes me longer to don m...
Meeting Professionals International has partnered with Destination Marketing Association International to incorporate DMAI’s Destination Finder into its Web site, MPIweb.org. The free tool, which is powered by DMAI’s empowerMINT.com, provides des...
One of the many reasons I love the good folks at the Meetings Community (aka MeCo) listserv is the way they freely share information and resources. Here are a couple of online space calculators they shared recently that can help you figure out wh...
Everyone wants to wow attendees with a cool reception or other special event at their conference, but what do people really want? Interactivity, cocktails, and food top the list, according to this cool infographic from Kapow Events. It also cover...
We’re well into the new year, and with so much to be grateful for, I thought I would pass along some suggestions for “random acts of kindness” I’ve seen that would be wonderful for more companies and meeting planners to do...
Everyone wants ubiquitous, free Wi-Fi in their meeting headquarters hotel, but sometimes it can be harder to find than Waldo. That's why I found this worldwide hotel Wi-Fi infographic from Tourism Review so fascinating—it details which countries'...
Food prices are going up, which means that your flat F&B budget isn’t flat at all—it’s going down. But take heart. Hotel and resort chefs want to give you the impact you expect, even if they have to pull out all their special...
NFL coach, association CEO, strategic meetings management champion, SMM supplier: What do they all have in common? The ongoing challenge of balancing risk versus reward.
Most people agree that the decision by Seahawk’s coach Pete Carroll to pass...
The St. Regis Punta Mita ResortThe Forbes Travel Guide’s 57th list of worldwide star-rating recipients includes 18 new five-star hotels, 46 new four-star hotels, and 26 new hotels in the “recommended” category. Among the 115 five-star hotels are ...
