The solo traveler knows it’s sometimes a bit lonely on the road. Meeting planners understand this better than most; when your attendees go home and the last box is shipped, there’s often empty time to fill. I’d resolved in the...
About a year ago, November 14, 2013, the leadership, sales professionals, and support staff of the hotel representation company Krisam Group found themselves suddenly without jobs and without a company. “It was an absolute shock,” says Raffaella ...
“The Pleasure Principle” is the name of a Janet Jackson song from 1986, and it’s also the title of the 2015 Trends Report from Andrew Freeman & Co., the hospitality marketing and public relations agency that each November...
Most of the more than 2,900 exhibiting companies in the IMEX America trade show gave away something. Marketers came to the Sands Expo in Las Vegas with everything from logo pens and candies to the popular fruit-infusion water bottles at the Visit...
Las Vegas was the place to be in mid-October, when IMEX America drew more than 2,900 exhibiting companies and an equal number of hosted buyers to the Sands Expo. Both were new records for the four-year-old show. (Read our report.) It was an...
After today, stores will be emptying out their inventory of Halloween decorations and before you know it holiday decorations will dominate the shelves and storefronts. Television commercials will change over to sharing the best gifts of the season...
In "Decoding Apple as a Luxury Tools Company," Seth Godin describes the potential dichotomy that faces an organization—or conference—that wants to be both a luxury, cachet-driven brand, and one that provides useful tools...
Is there a less elegant element of meeting operations than airport transfers? Probably not. But this Rodney Dangerfield of tasks has to get done! And while it’s not a huge part of your budget (about four percent of overall spending on a meeting...
