Last year we published a comprehensive guide to high-speed Internet access at meetings. Then we blinked.
We wrote about attendees with two devices downloading video. Now they’re probably carrying three, all running high-bandwidth apps. “It’s an ...
SMM expert Shimon Avish of Shimon Avish Consulting LLC is our Meetings Maven, part of MeetingsNet’s IdeaXchange panel of contributors. Send your queries and quandaries about designing and implementing strategic meetings management programs...
Meeting Professionals International has announced it is backing away from some controversial changes in its Certificate in Meeting Management program.
In December, MPI relaunched the certificate program in partnership with the Global Business Tr...
Fitness bands, the wearable monitors that capture movement, heart rate, sleep data, and more, were among the fastest growing product categories at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. And they are catching on at meetings, too, along with other...
The world of destination management companies was rocked last fall when the Washington, D.C.–based DMC consortium Global Events Partners first announced the closing of seven company-owned DMCs and then the bankruptcy of the entire company (and it...
The Convention Industry Council is turning its gaze on poachers—companies that exist to divert attendees away from the official conference hotel room block and into other area properties. The poachers’ tactics range from annoying to unethical, an...
The Site International Foundation is offering anyone with an Internet connection the chance to score an incentive-level travel experience to one of 14 destinations as part of its Around the World online auction. A nonprofit organization, the Site...
