Planners who attended the recent Omni Hotels & Resorts Be Collaborative education and networking event in Boston are now designated Omni Meetings Specialists, having taken the Omni Meetings University online course and passed the multiple...
I participated on an enlightening, inspiring, and informative panel at this month’s Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Conference in Hawaii, sharing a behind the scenes look at booking entertainment for events...
More than 500 meeting planners and Hospitality Partners traveled to the Big Island November 16-19 for the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners’ 2014 Annual Conference at the Hilton Waikoloa Village.
Can swag be sustainable? You betcha, according to Fairware founder Denise Taschereau, CEO, who has made her promotional products company’s mission to source merchandise that reflects the social and environmental priorities of many...
These days, with people using social media platforms to share everything they do, experiences have become as prized as possessions. Incentive conference planners can give attendees both when they offer on-site customized gift programs...
The U.S. Travel Association calls it the “annual stress test” for airports. It’s Thanksgiving weekend, and if you’re a traveler who avoids these peak travel days at all costs, you might want to stop reading now...
In previous pieces I have written about how important I think strategic meetings management is, and what I think should be included in an SMM program. And yet, it seems to me that the spread of SMM has stalled. For the purposes of this discussion...
Global economic growth has been climbing steadily since 2013, a trend that will continue into 2016, according to data crunched by CWT for its 2015 Meetings & Events Forecast, a supplement to its 2015 Global Travel Price Index, which was this...
